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
what he used to do, he had this hitlerian stare. that was the stare that was on the cover of life magazine. he d turn around and he d stare at spectators, you know, and they d get up and they d leave. dr. jordan: when the witness for the prosecution, linda kasabian, is entering the courtroom, the intimidation by charles manson was unmistakable. he lifted his finger and made a slicing motion across his throat, to send a very clear message to linda, you re going to die for what you re about to say. the press gets ahold of the fact that president nixon has actually made a statement, charles manson is guilty. manson gets the paper, stands up in front of the jury. headline extra manson guilty, nixon declares. bugliosi: threw the trial into a tizzy, obviously. there was a motion for a mistrial.
i think it s time. think it s time? yeah. all right. i get the honors, right? yeah. travis said that it was his kill. it was his turn to do it. then he managed to get over the hole and act like he was slicing my throat. where was the blindfold? it was on my throat still. and what did he do with the knife? he put it across my throat in a slicing motion. what did you feel? i felt blade but it wasn t like touching my neck really hard. congratulations. you re dead. welcome to the after-life. she s clearly acting because we know her throat wasn t slit. we know she s not dead. but she pretended. she acted. she went along with the play as she was doing all along. if a person thinks they re
well, what do you say, guys? i think it s time. think it s time? yeah. all right. i get the honors, right? yeah. travis said that it was his kill. it was his turn to do it. then he managed to get over the hole and act like he was slicing my throat. where was the blindfold? it was on my throat still. and what did he do with the knife? he put it across my throat in a slicing motion. what did you feel? i felt blade but it wasn t like touching my neck really hard. congratulations. you re dead. welcome to the after-life. she s clearly acting because we know her throat wasn t slit. we know she s not dead. but she pretended. she acted. she went along with the play as she was doing all along.
you, you don t hate me? no. thanks. well, what do you say, guys? i think it s time. think it s time? yeah. all right. i get the honors, right? yeah. travis said that it was his kill. it was his turn to do it. then he managed to get over the hole and act like he was slicing my throat. where was the blindfold? it was on my throat still. and what did he do with the knife? he put it across my throat in a slicing motion. what did you feel? i felt blade but it wasn t like touching my neck really hard. congratulations. you re dead. welcome to the after-life. she s clearly acting because we know her throat wasn t slit. we know she s not dead. but she pretended. she acted. she went along with the play as