Leslie Van Houten - Murderer - In prison

She met Charles Manson and the Family in 1968 as a 19-year-old and moved onto his ranch.

Van Houten quickly became infatuated with the monster, and she committed murder less than a year later.

She walked into the home of Leno and Rosemary LaBianca and stabbed the latter 16 times.

Shortly after she was found guilty and sentenced to death in 1971, California banned executions, so her tariff was changed to life.

In April last year, having had 19 of her previous parole hearings thrown out, a panel recommended her for release.

But Governor Jerry Brown overturned the decision and the 67-year-old remains in prison.

Bobby Beausoleil - Murderer - In prison



Beausoleil was an aspiring musician and actor before he joined the Manson family.

He was originally was sentenced to death for the 1969 slaying of musician Gary Hinman, but it was commuted to life in prison when the California Supreme Court ruled the death penalty unconstitutional in 1972.

He was transferred in 1994 to the Oregon State Penitentiary in Salem at his request, after he married a woman from Oregon while in prison and fathered four children.

If parole officials recommend his release, the decision will be reviewed by the entire parole board and California Governor Jerry Brown could also block his parole.

He has spent 45 years in prison and has been denied supervised release 18 times.

Paul Watkins - Family member - Dead

Watkins became entranced by Charles Manson and became close to him during his time sporadically living at the ranch.

After the leader's shift towards violence, Watkins left the Family and hid out while they carried out the murders.

He testified against Manson, revealing his 'Helter Skelter' prophecy, and went on to lecture on the effects of drugs and cults.

Watkins died of Leukemia in 1990 at the age of 40.

Catherine Share - Convict - Born-again Christian

Share was a World War Two survivor who was sent to the US after her parents committed suicide in an act of defiance against the Nazis.

She found solace at Manson's ranch where she met Bobby Beausoleil on the shoot of a soft-porn movie.

Share became a recruiter for the Family, bringing in Van Houten, and was although she wasn't convicted of the murders, she was sent to prison for witness tampering and hijacking.

It is claimed she gave birth to Manson's son in prison, but when she walked out a free woman in 1975 having served five years, she turned her back on the cult and became a devout Christian.

Mary Brunner - Convict - Released with new identity

The college graduate was the first follower of Charles Manson's cult and was present during the 1969 murder of musician Gary Allen Hinman.

A year earlier she had given birth to Manson's third son - Valentine Michael Manson - after she and the boy's father had become lovers.

She was sentenced to 20 years to life but was paroled in 1977 and has managed to keep a low profile with a new name.

Susan Atkins - Murderer - Dead

Atkins met Manson in 1967 and gave birth to a son on the ranch which the cult leader named Zezozose Zadfrack Glutz.

She was convicted of the 1969 murder of Gary Hinman, who was beaten to death, as well as the later murders of actress Sharon Tate and four others.

Shortly after she was found guilty and sentenced to death in 1971, California banned executions, so her tariff was changed to life.

Atkins died in prison in 2009, and at the time of her death was the longest-serving female inmate in the state of California.

Linda Kasabian - Family member - Living as a traveller

Having joined the family as a 20-year-old hippie, she moved onto the ranch in 1969.

Kasabian witness the Manson murders and claimed to have fled in horror.

She became the key witness in the murder trials and was granted immunity for her testimony.

Kasabian moved in with her mother in New Hampshire but was hounded regularly, so changed her name and tried to vanish.

A film crew caught up with her in 2009 when she was living as a traveller.

Steve Grogan - Murderer - Free man having served 15 years

Grogan moved onto the ranch in the late 1960s and was with Manson when the LaBiancas were murdered.

Although he played no part in killing them, two weeks later he killed Hollywood stuntman Donald 'Shorty' Shea.

Grogan served less than 15 years for the murder, orchestrated by Manson, and is now living as a free man at the age of 64.

He was initially sentenced to death, but it was reduced to life due to diminished responsibility because of his sobriety and intelligence.

Patricia Krenwinkel - Murderer - Awaiting parole

Krenwinkel helped kill pregnant actress Sharon Tate and six other people at the urging of Manson 47 years ago.

Shortly after she was found guilty and sentenced to death in 1971, California banned executions, so her tariff was changed to life.

A two-member parole panel has delayed making a decision on whether to release the longest-serving female inmate in California.

The 69-year-old has previously been denied parole 13 times, most recently in 2011.

Charles Watson - Murderer - In prison

Watson, 71, is serving a life sentence for the murders of Tate and four others at her Beverly Hills, California, home on August 9, 1969.

California parole officials recommended in October that Charles 'Tex' Watson, the self-described right-hand man of murderous cult leader Charles Manson, should remain in prison 47 years after he helped plan and carry out the slayings of pregnant actress Sharon Tate and six other people.

The next night, he helped kill grocer Leno LaBianca and his wife, Rosemary.

Watson's 17th parole hearing was held at Mule Creek State Prison, near Sacramento.

He can seek parole again in five years.

Squeaky Fromme - Attempted assassin - Released on parole

Fromme was one of Manson's most trusted member of the Family.

She was never actively involved in any of the murders, but was a permanent fixture at the trials where she voiced her support of Manson.

In 1975, she pulled a pistol on the then President Gerald Ford in Sacramento's Capitol Park.

The gun did not go off and Fromme was wrestled to the ground by a Secret Service agent.

She was sentenced to life but now walks free at the age of 68 having been released in 2009, despite escaping to see Manson who she heard had developed cancer.

Source: Biography.com

But what about his ACTUAL family?

A number of people have come forward claiming to be illegitimate children of Charles Manson either by way of rape or relationship.

The definitive family tree of one of the world's most disturbing men may never be fully proved.

But here are the children and their mothers that we know for sure to be his.

Rosalie Jean Willis - Former spouse - Dead

Charles Manson married his first wife Rosalie Jean Willis in 1955 in West Virginia.

Shortly after, they decided to move to Los Angeles to be with his mother, and he stole a car to make the trip for which he was arrested and jailed.

While in prison, Willis gave birth to Charles Milles Manson Jr in 1956.

They divorced a year later and she died in 2009 of lung cancer at the age of 72.

Candy Stevens - Former spouse - Dead

The prostitute pleaded with a judge in court after Manson had been convicted of attempting to forge a cheque.

With tears streaming down her face, she begged the bench to free him so that they could get married.

They tied the knot in 1959, had a child together - Charles Luther Manson - and divorced in 1963.

Charles Manson Jr - Son - Dead

He was born in 1956 with his father in prison.

His mother Rosalie Jean Willis and Manson Sr divorced in 1957 when he was barely a year old.

In 1993, he was found on the side of the road in his car having reportedly shot himself in the head.

Charles Luther Manson - Son - Unknown

The murderer's second son was born shortly after his father and prostitute Candy Stevens married in 1959.

Unsurprisingly, he disassociated himself with the family name and his whereabouts are unknown.

It is not clear if he is alive or not.

Mary Brunner - Partner - On parole

The college graduate was the first follower of Charles Manson's cult and was present during the 1969 murder of musician Gary Allen Hinman.

A year earlier she had given birth to Manson's third son - Valentine Michael Manson - after she and the boy's father had become lovers.

She was sentenced to 20 years to life but was paroled in 1977 and has managed to keep a low profile.

Valentine Michael Manson - Son - Alive

Manson's third son was adopted by his grandparents as a child, and he quickly abandoned the family name.