that s relative. two, even now. how do our kids end up doing this kind of incredibly violent crime? how did that happen in. we ll do our best to answer that question. to get past the myths that have clouded the story of charles manson and with the help of those who witnessed finally explain the chaos, the crimes the horror. it s a story that begins at a small mill town on the banks of the ohio river, mcmechen, west virginia. where the myth manson had his beginning. manson had told his own life story that he was a child nobody wanted. his mother is a career criminal and prostitute. but manson lied this is jeff gwynn author of manson, the man whose research revealed the facts behind the myths.
in ill health. one of his friends told us they believe he is suffering from dementia. in november of 2017 charles mills manson died of natural causes. up until his last day on earth never even a hint of remorse. i haven t done anything i m ashamed of. guilty. h m. i wouldn t do anything i felt guilty about. manson and his family still seem to occupy some dark corner of our imagination, but, said jeff quinn, it s time to strip away the mystery and stot burn fishing the legend of charles manson. we can t stop what manson did. we can t stop his fate. if he s notorious, let him be notorious for what he is. this horrible sociopath. a small man who used his talents, such as they were, to
. i m craig melvin. and i m natalie morales. hello, i m craig melvin. i m natalie morales. and this is dateline . it s not a play, isn t it? are you sane? sane? that s relative. guilty, hmm. i wouldn t do anything i felt guilty about. you may think you know the charles manson story, but not like this. things that police had never seen before. sharon tate begged him, please don t kill me. he was trying to take advantage of peace and love, flower power. even now, decades later the world is still fascinated by charles manson and his crimes. we take you inside his world of
the hideout of a living personification of evil. you got it stuck in your brain that i murdered somebody. charles manson. one hot, dry weekend in los angeles, august, 1969, a pregnant movie star slaughtered, along with four others in her home, across town a couple butchered in theirs. these were brutal crime scenes. things that the police had never seen before. reporter: murder so bloody, so ugly, they rewrote history. they became a kind of bookmark as an optimism ended. the 60 came to a close, 1969, that was the curtain the final curtain. who could make sense of it? are you sane? sane? yes.
they stole cash and credit cards and cars. manson taught them a skill called creepy crawling, entering houses without waking the sleeping people inside and he used his women to advance his dream of becoming famous. he sends them out into the martz of los angeles that are known as areas where the rockstars live, to find some of them. do what it takes and get them to take charlie on as sort of their project that they will introduce him to the right people [ music playing ] ridiculous? of course. but then, the most extraordinary thing it worked. dennis picked up a couple of girls on sunset.