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6 Apr 2023


NextImg:My wife wants to name our son ‘Charles’ after her late brother — but my last name is Manson

A man has turned to Reddit to ask fellow users if he’s wrong for not wanting to name his son Charles, after his wife’s late brother, because his son’s name would apparently then be Charles Manson – the same name that was given to the convicted murderer and cult leader of the 1960s.

The anonymous Reddit user, ThrowRA_Names12, consulted the popular “Am I the A–hole” subreddit, where users submit queries on non-violent conflicts to see if they may be the offender in a social dispute.

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ThrowRA_Names12 wrote that his wife of four years, Melissa, 31, is eight months pregnant and was considering naming their son Charles in honor of her brother.

“A few weeks ago her brother unexpectedly passed away of a heart attack at the age of 35,” ThrowRA_Names12 wrote on Monday, April 3. “We were both shocked and devasted [sic]. He was a great man who was always healthy, and we were very close to him. Nobody saw it coming. He left behind his wife and three kids.”

“Melissa now wants to name our son after her brother,” he continued.

ThrowRA_Names12 wrote that he usually wouldn’t have a problem with the kind gesture, but since his last name is Manson and his wife has also legally taken his surname, that would leave their son with the name Charles Manson.

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A couple is fighting over whether to name their baby “Charles Manson.”
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Charles Manson

Charles Manson led a cult that commit a series of murders in the summer of 1969.
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Charles Manson was formerly known as Charles Milles Maddox, according to the California case, People v. Manson. In July 1969, Manson ordered a member of his Manson Family cult to murder Gary Hinman, a California-based musician, which led to an investigation that uncovered the crime syndicate, according to several news reports.

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Authorities went on to discover the Manson Family cult was also responsible for a string of murders committed in Los Angeles in August 1969, including pregnant actress Sharon Tate, coffee heiress Abigail Folger, celebrity hairstylist Jay Sebring, delivery salesman Steven Parent, Polish writer Wojciech Frykowski, supermarket executive Leno LaBianca and his wife Rosemary and stuntman Donald Shea, according to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation’s news release announcing Charles Manson’s death in 2017.

Manson was convicted of first-degree murder on seven counts and conspiracy to murder on Dec. 13, 1971, Fox News Digital previously reported.