Impressionable young people, many from good families who he manipulates with mindcontrol techniques, turning his group of peaceful hippies into a devoted death squad. Police have yet to make the connection between the carnage at two of mansons bloody crime scenes, and charlie is way ahead of them. He wants more death, and he wants it the very next night. How will investigators ultimately piece it all together . Heres part two of the devils work. [ ominous Chord Strikes ] i spent the best part of my life in boys schools, prisons, and reform schools. Roberts you cant understand Charlie Manson without understanding his criminal past and his time in jail. Rick in order for him to survive, he developed skills to manipulate people. Prison is where manson perfected the art of the con. Hes inspired by a very unlikely source. His personal guru is none other than dale carnegie. Dr. Jordan how to win friends and influence people. And then he used those techniques, that ability to manipulate, and
sidner: virginia and another inmate, who also heard this story from susan atkins, both decided to report the manson follower s stunning admission to police. kay: they came forward at about the same time, calling independently of each other, calling hollywood homicide. sidner: virginia says that one thing in particular susan told her compelled her to talk to police. susan had told virginia graham that the plan of the family was to seek out celebrities to murder them. and the one i recall in particular was, they were going to murder frank sinatra. graham: they were going to skin him alive and make purses out of it and sell it on hollywood boulevard. and elizabeth taylor, they were going to remove her eyes. sidner: this hit list of stars susan atkins tells virginia about also includes singer tom jones and steve mcqueen.
sidner: former family member barbara hoyt is torn about whether she should testify against manson. his followers try to keep her from talking. they threatened my family that what had happened at sharon tate s house would happen at mine. she was overdosed with lsd by another manson follower, who was trying to keep her from testifying. it gave her a bad trip but didn t kill her. i knew what to do then. she testified and was a great witness. dr. jordan: during the presentation of evidence, october 5, 1970, the prosecution is presenting testimony of a detective, and charles manson takes it upon himself to stand up and demand of the judge that he wants to cross-examine the witness. and before you knew it bingo he was leaping toward the judge. a bailiff tackled him in midair. he had a pencil in his hand, like a knife. and he yells at the judge,