Manson:
Son of a prostitute.
No father.
Awful childhood.
Barely literate.
5'2" tall.
Spent most of his youth in detention centers.
When he was finally released as an adult, he begged to stay inside, worrying he could not handle life on the outside.
With a few years he had harems of women.
Held orgies.
Orgies were so great that Beach Boy Dennis Wilson invited them to move in.
Dennis Wilson was a major Alpha Male rock star of the '60s.
Manson then order his women to kill.
They were so devoted that they did.
His women were not ugly losers -- some were former cheerleaders.
Say what you will about the guy, but he had an innate Alpha quality. Shame it was put to such bad use. Guys who whine they can't get women should think about his life and how he managed to not only get women to sleep with him but basically make them servants to his will. He had some serious charisma.
I'm not surprised at the wife who is a fraction of his age. I'd be surprised if he didn't have groupies.
He was even a talented songwriter. He placed a song on a Beach Boys album and penned this, which was later covered by Guns N' Roses: