The interurban Crime Wave has touched off a new round of gun buying. Step out, mr. Bundy. Ill plead not guilty right now. There has been a disturbing growth in Cult Phenomenon in this country. I shall be god. And beside me there shall be no other. All the elements are present for one of the most sensational murder trials in american history. Seven people brutally murdered in the glare of hollywood publicity. 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, theres a lot of media coverage. But usually after a brief period of time, the identity of the perpetrator tends to fade from the publics 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
the last ten years, the homicide rate has increased by leaps and bounds. my god, somebody fired a shot! these tragedies keep getting closer and closer to home. i m afraid to let my kids walk out the door. the interurban crime wave has touched off a new round of gun buying. step out, mr. bundy. i ll plead not guilty right now. there has been a disturbing growth in cult phenomenon in this country. i shall be god. and beside me there shall be no other. all the elements are present for one of the most sensational murder trials in american history. seven people brutally murdered in the glare of hollywood publicity. 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 perp
question and break free. four of warren jeff s children have recently left the flds and are making shocking allegations. tonight, two of them are telling their story on camera for the very first time. revealing the kind of man their father was before he became the the profit. i want people to know the truth. i wish we would have opened up about it a long time ago. when a man like that becomes prophet, what happens? profit, what happened? he can hide his sins behind the title of profits. utah is so majestically beautiful it s often referred to as god s country where mormons finally settled and ultimately divided over their stance on plural marriage where the church rejected the belief, fundamentalist mormons embraced it. but beyond polygamy, there s another tenant that distinguishes the fundamental later day states. guided by the book of mormon, the flds says one living man on earth has the power to relay the word of god to the people and in 2002 all that power was h
how beautiful she was. but only few of them of you know how good she was. and you had charles manson himself. the charismatic leader of the family who didn t show any remorse or any respect for the system. are you all happy with your courts? yes. am i happy? yes. it s your court. wouldn t accept it. the problem is he did not physically participate in these murders but only manson had a mottive to commit these murders. that was helter skelter. they thought the white man would turn against the black man if a black man committed these murders. manson first saw the black man would win this war. he said the black man would not be able to handle the reins of power so we had to look at those who survived from helter skelter, in other words, turn it over to charles manson and his family. when the words helter skelter were first said. man san sat through all this saying nothing but today he had an x scratched in his forehead. it is his way of say he has x d hims
all the elements are present for one of the most sensational murder trials in american history. seven people brutally murdered in the glare of hollywood publicity. 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 ever had. the manson trial begins the 1970s on such an evil, sadistic note. seven innocent people died. steve perrin, a teenager. abigail folger, folger coffee. jay sevring. wojiek frakowsky. the lab yankas. and sharon tate. all of you know how beautiful she was. but only a few of you know how good she was. and you had charles mans