Barri bumgarner we had several suspects. John short i just thought his behavior reeked of guilt. An innocent man doesnt act like that. Keith morrison he lied, lied and lied and lied. About sex, sex, and sex. Libby sullivan there are a lot of people that cheat. It doesnt make them a murderer. Morley swingle all of a sudden, this puzzle all came together. Patrick rogers at The End of the day, No One Else had a motive. Libby sullivan steves on the phone, and hes got a gun. He was crying. I said, fight this. This is crazy. Keith Morrison Voiceover a College Student is murdered. And detectives discover a Trail Leading uncomfortably close to home. John short oh, my god. Its going to look bad. Keith Morrison Voiceover he could have been sunbathing here in the grass. Naked, but for a pair of blue shorts. His face turned up toward the june sky. Was beautiful. It was afternoon by the time someone noticed him, though hed been lying here still, silent since before daylight. Here, among the old roo
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
deeply deeply sorry. it was right out of a soap opera. the husband, the wife, the affair with a local dentist. i just don t think of myself as someone, why would he be interested in me, you know? was it passionate? yes. but the script turned dark when her husband turned up dead. everything was a blur, she said she found him in his car outside his gym. words like heart attack, and and tourism. we all assumed it was a health related death. 40-year-old men just don t drop dead. it s just too many coincidences, shall we say. adding up. they believed it was poisoning. someone else was there with him that morning. this is now a murder investigation. 100%. you are hearing about a love triangle. she admitted that she was having an affair. i had nothing to do with his death. the plot was just beginning to thicken. oh my god, this can t be happening now. a new love makes the world seem a little brighter. a very smooth, i want to say a almos
guinn: dennis wilson absolutely refused to go into court and testify against him. he feared charlie manson. dennis denied any contact with him whatsoever. and terry melcher wasn t really cooperating. melcher went underground for a year, living in fear. so, you haven t got witnesses who can really build up the case against manson and the grudges he held. so, how to prove in court that manson was responsible for the murders? the prosecution went after linda kasabian to testify, which made much more sense, because linda didn t physically participate in any of the actual murders. linda kasabian was chosen by charles manson to go along on the first night of the tate murders because she was the only member of the immediate family that had a valid driver s license, and she later became the chief witness against manson and the others.
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.