Claim: Charles Manson led a sort-of-commune that came into being in California in the late 1960s.
Evidence: Charles Milles Manson -LRB- born Charles Milles Maddox , November 12 , 1934 -RRB- is an American criminal and former cult leader who led what became known as the Manson Family , a quasi-commune that arose in California in the late 1960s.