Early Life
Charles grew up in Copeville, Texas, working summers at an onion packing plant in Farmersville to pay for college. He attended college for three years at University of North Texas in Denton, Texas. It was at this point that Charles says he lost interest in college. During his junior year in college, he worked as a baggage handler for Braniff International Airways, which afforded him travel opportunities. After visiting a college friend who had moved to California, he decided to move there. He briefly attended college, but soon dropped out and opened his own wig shop called Love Locs, which quickly failed. One night, Charles says he picked up Dennis Wilson of the Beach Boys who was hitchhiking, and was invited back to Wilson's home on Sunset, where he met Charles Manson.
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