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The latest entry in the canon of a true madman. George, a retired corrections officer who met Manson in 1975 at San Quentin, says up front that his Jesuit training led him to believe that the beast could indeed be tamed. His years of knowing Mansonwhom he frequently describes as devilish or demonic, a wicked trollled him to believe otherwise, and as both George's narrative and the parole board hearing transcripts cited here make clear, Manson is as monstrously sick as ever; he builds cockroach cages and voodoo dolls and rants about himself as a Christ-like figure. This volume (coauthored by true-crime writer Matera) gives us an ugly, ugly look at a man whose entire life has been a study in sickness. George advances a few theories about Manson's childhood and relationship with his father, then admits he doesn't know if Manson actually knew his father. George also has little to offer about Manson's motivations, though he does provide a chilling glimpse of Family members like Lynette Squeaky Fromme, who showed up at the prison regularly in her red cape, begging to be allowed to see Manson. George saw her just days before she attempted to assassinate then-president Gerald Ford. George

Who reads Taming the beast: Charles Manson's life behind bars?

Author

Edward George with Dary Matera

Publisher

Macmillan Digital

Published

1999

Language

EN

ISBN

9780312209704

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Social Science, History, Biography

Rating

3.34 / 5 (11 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14