things like the police had never seen before. shannon tate begged, please don t kill me, please don t kill me. average kids from average american homes turned out to be the killers. he would doze them with lsd. what are you s sane people? charles manson stole lives. grief like you could not imagine. so innocence. he looks beautiful, happy and it draws a lot of people. and left the city living in fear. gun stores sell out. guard dogs are selling for $5,000. you may think you know the manchin story, but not like this. he s a very evil, sophisticated con man. he knows exactly what he is doing. it was all a play. isn t it? hello and welcome to dateline! he was a charismatic ex con who dreamed of becoming a rock star. then he found a ragtag group of hippies in search of direction and purpose to follow him. in the end, their toxic union would result in a frenzy of brutality. how is charles manson able to insert his influence to engineer a murderous ram
lyrics of their songs. in particular, that cut called helter-skelter. manson s followers were well aware of the including rights in l. a.. now, manson told them the song helter-skelter was the beatles prophesy. of a race war between blacks and whites. the division of armageddon manson preached to his followers, both bizarre and deeply racist. there will be an all out war. during this war, he will lead his family into death valley. where there is a bottomless pit and a city underneath the surface. they will go down there and be safe. when the war is over, the blacks will have won. but they won t have the intellectual capacity to govern themselves. then, charlie told them, the family would take over. in other words, charlie
unofficial end of the peace and love 1960s. the manson family s killing spree in august of 1969 at the direction of charles mansion himself, a murderous rampage born of twisted inspiration they claim by the beatles song helter-skelter, which manson claimed predicted a race war. fife people, including pregnant actress sharon tate murdered at the home of her husband, movie director roman polanski. the next night leno labianca and his wife rosemary were murdered in their los angeles home. 19-year-old leslie mccrae dowless was c leslie van houts convicted. she was denied release over and over again until now. van houten was released on parole from a california prison today, and her lawyer, nancy tatro joins me now. counselor, very nice to see you. this has been five decades in the making for your client. how, what is she doing tonight?
star obsessed with the book of later revelation and the beatles. he thought there were prophets, speaking to him and other people. subliminally, beneath the lyrics of their songs. in particular, helter-skelter. manchin s family hours were aware of the including rights in l.a.. now, manchin told them the song helter-skelter was the beatles prophesy. of a race war between blacks and whites. the division of armageddon manchin preach to his followers, both bizarre and deeply racist. there will be an all out war. during this war, he will lead his family into death valley. where there is a bottomless pit in the city underneath the surface. they will go down there and be safe. when the wars over, the blacks won t have one. but they won t have the intellectual capacity to govern
watson is also fighting to make sure that these tapes are not released and that federal judge says the l.a.p.d. simply has not given him a good enough reason to release them. but a man who covered this case very closely back in the day says that he thinks there is a lot more to the story. listen. i m not at all surprised that there might be more murders. we all suspected, i think at the time that where is the rest of this? because we didn t believe that this just happened one time. yeah, charles manson thought the murders would be blamed on black militants and that that would start a race war, one that he said was prophecied in beatle song helter skelter. shepard: charles manson who is locked up might have something to hide. he says he is not. again is a convicted killer. he did say in a sworn affidavit in court look the only reason he wants these tapes sealed is because he believes the police would make them public and that would cause more pain for the