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
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
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charles manson and his followers are under arrest after a police raid, but not for murder. they re in custody for auto theft, and detectives still have no clue that they re holding the killers responsible for multiple murders. but they re about to get an unexpected break in the case. and the world is about to witness one of the most bizarre murder trials in u.s. history a courtroom spectacle that gives new meaning to the term devil s work. the october 1969 arrests of charles manson and many of his followers, for car theft, has put most of the family members behind bars, including susan atkins. guinn: susan atkins, at the time she was imprisoned, was surely one of charlie s most devout followers. she is taken to what is now sybil brand,
Many of us, but he also happened to be my wife s father, my father-in-law, thomas hugh brown, who died tuesday at the age of 75. born in chicago, these photos of him, a seemingly happy kid notwithstanding, tom s early life was difficult. he eventually ended up on his own in his teens. he joined the air force during that time, and he served in vietnam from october 1968 until october 1969. that was a tough period for that war that included the tet offensive. tom last served with the 12th security police department. he didn t talk much about his time in vietnam. he went from managing a supermarket to owning a dollar store in kansas. mott most notably, despite his adversities growing