Man Learns Biological Father Was the Most Notorious Cult Leader of All Time

Learning the Truth

Robert's mother was from the small town of Exland, Wisconsin, which shared a post office with the neighboring town of Eau Claire. That's where she met Mary Brunner.

"Mary and my mother were friends and she introduced him to her," he said.

In the letters, Roberts was told that Mary, his mother, and a few other women accompanied Roberts' father on a cross-country trip in his Volkswagen to "gather attractive girls for their so-called family." Roberts, in total disbelief, realized that his mother was talking about the Manson family.