The cause of death for notorious cult leader Charles Manson was acute cardiac arrest, with colon cancer as a factor. That's according to a death certificate obtained by TMZ, which listed respiratory failure as a contributing cause.

Charles Manson, the leader of the notorious 'Manson Family' cult which committed a series of violent murders in 1969, is the topic of a new Netflix documentary, Chaos: The Manson Murders.

Bernard Crowe is a major figure in the Manson Family case, and here is who he is, how he connects to Charles Manson, and why Manson shot him.

Charles Manson is a towering figure in the true-crime world because of the notorious murders he is accused of orchestrating, as well as the cult-like psychological hold he had over his followers. However,

Did Charles Manson kill anyone personally? In the late 1960s he was the leader of a cult whose members murdered several people. Was he directly involved?

Serial killer movies and shows have really made an impression on the public, especially those about the infamous Charles Manson.