Charles Manson is a Bowie fan.
 Inspired by the burgeoning free love philosophy in HaightAshbury during the Summer of Love, Manson began preaching his own philosophy based on a mixture of Stranger in a Strange Land, the Bible, Scientology, Dale Carnegie and the Beatles, which quickly earned him a following
On July 24, 1970  the first day of testimony  Manson appeared in court with an "X" carved into his forehead

