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: 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,