In August 1969, Charles Manson's followers killed seven people on his orders. Why? Explore a conspiracy of mind control, CIA experiments, and murder.
Direction
Morris's hypnotic Interrotron stare-downs
Editing
Archival footage cut like a psychological horror film
Director
Errol Morris
Charles Manson
Self (archive footage)
Tom O'Neill
Self - Writer
Bobby Beausoleil
Self (voice)
Bernard Crowe
Self (archive footage)
Susan Atkins
Self (archive footage)
Tex Watson
Self (archive footage)
Patricia Krenwinkel
Self (archive footage)
Leslie Van Houten
Self (archive footage)
Terry Melcher
Self (archive footage)
Sandra Good
Self (archive footage)
Marlon Brando
Self - Activist (archive footage)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Tom O'Neill spent 20 years researching this book after a magazine assignment in 1999—his editor originally wanted 5,000 words on Manson turning 60.
Louis Jolly West's presence in the archives isn't incidental—he was the CIA's go-to psychiatrist for MKUltra, and his connection to Manson remains deliberately obscured in official records.
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For the love of god, give us Mindhunter S.3! Probably the best series I have seen on Netflix.
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We want MINDHUNTER back
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"I'm The Devil, and I've Come To Do The Devil's Work" "Nah, it was dumber than that. Something like Rex."
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