killed down there. he was right. they were. remember what the door mouse said, feed your head feed your head in california, five members of a so-called religious cult, including charles manson, the guru or high priest, have been indicted in the murder of sharon tate and six others. all of the elements are present for one of the most sensational murder trials in american history. seven people brutally murdered in a glare of hollywood publicity. the involvement of a mystical hippie clan, which despises straight, affluent society. young girls supposedly under the spell of a bearded svengali who allegedly masterminded the seven murders.
spell of a bearded svengali who allegedly masterminded the seven murders. good morning. good morning. the sun s shining this morning. it is. yeah. charles manson cleverly masqueraded behind the image of being a hippie, goes up to haight-ashbury district, surrounds himself with a young bunch of followers. their lifestyle was sex, orgies and lsd trips. allegedly, he gets them to commit mass murder for him. with blood, the killer scrawled on a refrigerator door death to pigs. you see, prior to these murders, no one associated hippies with violence and murder. people would pick up a hitch-hiking hippie. there was no big deal. but after the manson murders, you saw a hippie with long hair hitch-hiking and the image of manson would enter the driver s mind, and they d drive right by. by the time of charles manson and watching altamont and seeing what happened there, it symbolized the drained idealism
young girls supposedly under the spell of a bearded svengali, who allegedly masterminded the seven murders. the 70s is a decade of just brutal violence on every front and anywhere that you look in america. at the time of a mass murder, there s a lot of media coverage. but usually after a brief period of time, the identity of the perpetrator tends to fade from the public s consciousness. but not so with the manson case. it was the biggest publicity case the d.a. s office had ever had. the manson trial begins the 1970s on such an evil, sadistic note. seven innocent people died. steve parent, a teenager. abigail folger, folger coffee. jay sebring. wojchiech frykowski. the labiancas. and sharon tate. all of you know how beautiful she was. but only a few of you know how good she was.
young girls supposedly under the spell of a bearded svengali who allegedly masterminded the seven murders. good morning. why? the sun s shining this morning. it is? yeah. charles manson cleverly masqueraded behind the image of being a hippie, goes up to haight-ashbury district, surrounds himself with a bunch of young followers. their lifestyle was sex, orgies and lsd trips. allegedly, he gets them to mass murder for him. with blood, the killer scrawled on a refrigerator door death to pigs. you see, prior to these murders, nobody associated hippies with violence and murder. people would pick up a hitch-hiking hippie. there was no big deal. but after the manson murders, you saw a hippie with long hair hitch-hiking and the image of manson would enter the driver s mind and they would drive right by. by the time of charles manson and watching altamont and what happened there, it symbolized the drained idealism of the spiritual quest of the beats and
straight, affluent society. young girls supposedly under the spell of a bearded svengali who allegedly masterminded the seven murders. good morning. why? the sun s shining this morning. it is? yeah. charles manson cleverly masqueraded behind the image of being a hippie, goes up to haight-ashbury district, surrounds himself with a bunch of young followers. their lifestyle was sex, orgies and lsd trips. allegedly, he gets them to mass murder for him. with blood, the killer scrawled on a refrigerator door death to pigs. you see, prior to these murders, nobody associated hippies with violence and murder. people would pick up a hitch-hiking hippie. there was no big deal. but after the manson murders, you saw a hippie with long hair hitch-hiking and the image of manson would enter the driver s mind and they would drive right by. by the time of charles manson