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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. Jord ....
I d like to see them fall on their knees and beg for forgiveness. they don t want to realize what they ve done. reporter: all the elements are present for one of the most sensational murder trials in american history seven people brutally murdered in a glare of hollywood publicity. sidner: in july of 1970, the joint murder trial of charles manson and his followers susan atkins, leslie van houten, and patricia krenwinkel begins in los angeles, for the tate and labianca murders. reporter: young girls supposedly under the spell of a bearded svengali who allegedly masterminded the seven murders. one of the girls was only 16 years old. dr. jordan: the question as to whether the followers of manson were victims or villains the dynamic is that they are both. their victimization, at the hands of charles manson, the brainwashing, turned them into villains. bugliosi: manson was the only one that had a motive for these murders, and that motive was helter skelter. ....