Manson: The Lost Tapes
Season 1 Episode 2 of 2
This second of two documentaries revealing the truth of life inside the Manson family, looks at why Charles Manson made his peaceful 'hippy' followers embark on a one of the most brutal and seemingly senseless killing sprees in US history, exploring whether he was a white supremacist - or simply a psychopath. Amid the febrile atmosphere of US race riots in the late 1960s, the programme also features key players explaining how Manson hatched his plan to incriminate young black men as the perpetrators of a series of horrific murders - codenamed 'Helter Skelter'
Manson: The Lost Tapes airs on PBS America at 11:00 PM, Saturday 9 November. (Subtitles.)
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Simon Andreae
Executive Producer
Hugh Ballantyne
Director
Richard Dale
Writer