Charles Manson

Charles Manson is a nefarious cult leader who led the murderous “family” bearing his name. He is a guest starring character in American Horror Story portrayed by Evan Peters.

In 1969, he ordered his loyal followers to carry out a campaign of terror inside the home of director Roman Polanski and his wife Sharon Tate. Manson’s "Helter Skelter" would leave the pregnant Tate, and friends Jay Sebring, Wojciech Frykowski, and Abigail Folger dead, along with innocent bystander Steven Parent.

In 2017, Kai Anderson hallucinates Manson, who offers advice. He tells Kai to find the “Judas” whose integrated themselves into the cult. The hallucinatory Manson also explains to Kai that women can't be trusted and goes on to say that it was his former follower Linda Kasabian who betrayed him.

Manson is again hallucinated by Kai while the latter is demanding that his sister Winter confesses to bugging the inner sanctum. The hallucination of Manson drives Kai to suffocate his sister.