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.

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?

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.

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,

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.

What songs did Charles Manson write? He learned how to play the guitar while in prison and eventually recorded an album. It's available for purchase.