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
it is all a play, isn t it? they were mocking america. they were mocking our very foundation. everyone seems to be watching. everyone seemed to have an opinion. even the president of the united states. here is a man who is guilty, directly or indirectly. eight murders without reason. next the headline, times. manson guilty, nixon clears. all the while, manson basked in the glare of media saying anything about any the judgment of old himself again. i questioned him. at the end of the 22-week trial, he told the jurors that charles manson s family preached love, but practice cold blooded murder.
next day headline l.a. times, manson guilty nixon declares, threw the trial into a turmoil. all the while, manson basked in the media talking to any anywhere. the judge questioned my sanity. i question his. at the end of the 22 week trial, bugliosi told the jurors charles manson s family preached love and literally practiced cold-blooded murder. they literally slaughtered the victims in an orgy of murder. the verdict came after nine days of deliberations. the jury found all four defendants guilty of first degree murder. in my verdict, i wanted to protect society.