Charles Manson formed a cult called The Manson Family. How did he transition from a chronic petty criminal to a psychotic villain capable of mind control. ibid.
Did he actually brainwash them or were they working alongside him in a common motive? What was life like inside the so-called Manson family in the year leading up to the murders? ibid.
‘I’ve always been by myself, alone.’ ibid.
The twisted tale of one of America’s most despicable criminal minds: Charles Manson, a man whose evil resulted in a series of vicious murders that still haunt the nation’s conscience. Very Scary People: Manson: The Devil’s Work I II, CI 2020
‘So Charlie reinvents himself as a guru, and he has equal parts Dale Carnegie, the Bible and his own prison BS.’ ibid. Jeff Guinn, author
He tries to incite a race riot between blacks and whites he calls Helter Skelter. ibid.
‘Manson sends out three women with Tex Watson to the Tate residence’ … ‘Manson instructs Tex that he’s to go in there and kill everyone in a gory scene.’ ibid. historians
‘I am very mad and I don’t know whether I can control myself.’ ibid. Manson
Charlie had groomed a violent hit-squad within the family. ibid. historian
‘Manson has come to represent the malignant side of humanity. These people enjoyed killing.’ Dateline: The Manson Murders, historian, Sky Crime 2020
Charles Manson stole lives. Stole innocence. And left a city living in fear. You may think you know the Manson story but not like this: ‘He is a very evil sophisticated con man, and he knows exactly what he’s doing.’ ibid.
Then he found a rag-tag group of hippies in search of direction and purpose to follow him. In the end their toxic union would result in a frenzy of unbelievable brutality. ibid.
One of the most notorious figures in criminal history. ibid.
That hot summer night that caught the world utterly unprepared. ibid.
Drugs, orgies, there was no stopping the gossip … Tate’s husband, Roman Polanski, had directed the horror film, ‘Rosemary’s Baby’. The press wondered about a satanic connection. ibid.
The leader was a short scrubby guy and habitual small-time criminal: Charles Manson. ibid.
Manson Guilty, Nixon Declares. ibid. newspaper headline
A career criminal calling himself Jesus convinced his young followers to slaughter innocent victims. Dateline: The Summer of Manson, Sky Crime 2020
By 32 he’d spent half of his life locked up. ibid.
‘He could somehow identify the one who could be tricked, coerced, drawn in.’ ibid. biographer
Shot, stabbed, massacred: In the months it took place to find the murderers, fear and panic spread. Four members of the so-called Manson Family were arrested, convicted and sentenced. Driven into a homicidal frenzy by the crude apocalyptic visions of their guru Charles Manson, they had committed this appalling crime and others. Too Young to Die s1e4: Sharon Tate, Sky 2012
Charles Manson became an evil icon of the twentieth century. The man with a long criminal record who could hardly read or write and who saw himself as Jesus and Satan in one person still has followers today. ibid.
London had a new celebrity romance … The couple [Tate & Polanski] were a sensation … They ignored conventions and enjoyed life. ibid.
Sharon’s next roll earned her a Golden Globe nomination: Valley of the Dolls. ibid.
The 13 Chairs was a highly promising comedy to be filmed in London and in Rome. ibid.
She was set on having the baby at home. ibid. director
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Anybody order fried sauerkraut? ibid. hero with flamethrower
The dude killed his fucking wife … She doesn’t want his creepy arse around. ibid.
So you gotta do this playacting pattycake version. ibid. Bruce Lee
I unleash all my power. I kill people. ibid.
You’re a little man with a big mouth and a big chip, and I think you should be embarrassed to suggest you’d be anything more than a stain on the seat of Cassius Clay’s trunks. ibid. Cliff
Nobody beat the shit out of Bruce. It was a friendly contest. He barely touched me. ibid. Bruce Lee
Is he here now? So George gave you all permission to be here? And yawl take care of him. ibid. Cliff
One step closer and I will knock his teeth out. ibid. to advancing ladies
When you come to the end of the line with a buddy who is more than a brother and a little less than a wife, getting blind drunk together is really the only way to say farewell. ibid.
At around ten Sharon and her friends left El Coyote and arrived back at her house. ibid.
Dirty fucking hippies. ibid. Ricky
Just outside Los Angeles a group of hippies living on an abandoned movie set called Spahn Ranch are planning a terrible end to peace and love. Serial Killers s1e5: Manson, Channel 5 1999
Manson Guilty Nixon Declares. ibid. Los Angeles front page
MANUEL, PETER: Scotland’s Most Evil Murderer TV - Daily Record - Fred Dinenage: Murder Casebook TV - David Wilson TV -
On 11th July 1958 Peter Manuel was hanged in Barlinnie Prison in Glasgow at the age of thirty-one. Buried in an unmarked grave Manuel stood trial for seven murders although he later said he killed more. Scotland’s Most Evil Murderer, National Geographic 2015
What drove Peter Manuel to kill? ibid.
After the war a criminal lifestyle took hold culminating in three serious sexual assaults – the last of these a rape. ibid.
Some legal commentators have questioned the trial and the ultimate verdict citing Manuel’s psychopathy. ibid.
CID Man Says Manuel Pointed To The Grave Of Isabelle Cooke ... ‘I Am Standing On Her’. He confessed to eight murders – Court Told. Daily Record front page
Twelve-year-old Manuel was sent to a correctional facility. Fred Dinenage: Murder Casebook s2e2: Peter Manuel, CI 2012
A string of sexually motivated attacks ... So far he’d attacked five women and raped another along with a string of house break-ins and thefts. ibid.