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
even now, decades later, the world is still fascinated by charles manson and his crimes. we take you inside his world of drugs. he would dose them with lsd. sex. he slept with all those girls. and rock n roll. they really did listen to the white album over and over. with new interviews. he says, gary, this is your last chance. and new details. he would always frame his statements, this is what i believe, and the girls all believed it. the murders. these people were brutally butchered. the mayhem. charlie was acting meaner towards the girls. the madman. maybe i should have killed 400, 500 people, then i would have felt better. he symbolizes the horror that can be possible in this world. hello and welcome to dateline. charles manson was a man of small stature and monstrous delusions. the one-time amateur musician believed he would be bigger than the beatles. after that dream was crushed, it was replaced by a chilling fantasy, a nightmaris
impressionable young people, many from good families who he manipulates with mind-control 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 manson s 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? here s part two of the devil s work. [ ominous chord strikes ] i spent the best part of my life in boys schools, prisons, and reform schools. roberts: you can t 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. he s 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 ab
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
But he had a reason to laugh. he was relieved. no one had any idea that they had anything to do with tate and labianca. and they ve got the wrong date on the search warrant. so all of them are now released. sidner: what some of his followers don t realize is that charlie had groomed a violent hit squad within the family. lake: leslie and susan and patty were telling me how they participated. leslie said she stabbed somebody over and over again, even though they were already dead. when i found out that tex had murdered, it was like the rug had been pulled out from under me. i had no idea that i was sitting amongst the murderers. charlie was getting threatening, and he was quite he was mean.