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of a so-called religious cult, including charles manson, the guru, or high priest have been indicted in the murder of sharon tate and six others. >> all the elements are present for one of the most sensational murder trials in american history. seven people brutally murdered in the glare of hollywood publicity. the involvement of a mystical hippie clan which despised the straight affluent society. young girls reportedly under the spell of a bearded svengali. who allegedly masterminded the seven murders. good morning...the sun's shining this morning. it is.hining this morning. >> charles manson cleverly masqueraded behind the common image of being a hippie, goes up to haight ashbury district, surrounds himself with a young bunch of followers. their lifestyle was sex, orgies and lsd trips. eventually he gets them to commit mass murder for him. >> with blood, the killer had scrawled on a refrigerator door the words death to pigs.
i'd like to see them fall on their knees and beg for forgiveness. they don't want to realize what they've done. reporter: all the elements are present for one of the most sensational murder trials in american history -- seven people brutally murdered in a glare of hollywood publicity. sidner: in july of 1970, the joint murder trial of charles manson and his followers -- susan atkins, leslie van houten, and patricia krenwinkel -- begins in los angeles, for the tate and labianca murders. reporter: young girls supposedly under the spell of a bearded svengali who allegedly masterminded the seven murders. one of the girls was only 16 years old. dr. jordan: the question as to whether the followers of manson were victims or villains -- the dynamic is that they are both. their victimization, at the hands of charles manson, the brainwashing, turned them into villains. bugliosi: manson was the only one that had a motive for these murders, and that motive was helter skelter.
>> in california, five members of a so-called religious cult, including charles manson the guru, or high priest, have been indicted in the murder of sharon tate and six others. >> all the elements are present for one of the most sensational murder trials in american history. seven people brutally murdered in a glare of hollywood publicity. involvement of a mystical hippie plan, which despise the straight affluent society. young girls supposedly under the spell of a bearded svengali, who allegedly masterminded the seven murders. >> morning. sun shining this morning. >> it is. >> charles manson cleverly masqueraded behind the common image of being a hippie, goes up in the haight-ashbury district, surrounds himself with a young bunch of followers. their lifestyle was sex, orgies,
>> in california, five members of a so-called religious cult, including charles manson, the guru or high priest, have been indicted in the murder of sharon tate and six others. >> all the elements are present for one of the most sensational murder trials in american history. seven people brutally murdered in a glare of hollywood publicity. involvement of a mystical hippie clan which despised the straight, affluent society. young girls, supposedly under the spell of a bearded svengali, who allegedly masterminded the seven murders. >> morning. >> good morning. >> the sun's shining this morning. >> it is. >> yeah. >> charles manson cleverly masqueraded behind the common image of being a hippie goes up to the haight-ashbury district. surrounds himself with a bunch of young followers. their lifestyle was sex orgies and lsd trips.
murder trials in american history. seven people brutally murdered in a glare of hollywood publicity. involvement of a mystical hippie clan which despised the straight, affluent society. young girls, supposedly under the spell of a bearded svengali, who allegedly masterminded the seven murders. >> good morning. >> why? >> the sun's shining this morning. >> it is? >> yeah. >> charles manson cleverly masqueraded behind the common image of being a hippie goes up to the haight-ashbury district. surrounds himself with a bunch of young followers. their lifestyle was sex, orgies, and lsd trips. allegedly, he gets them to mass murder for him. >> with blood, the killer scrawled on a refrigerator door "death to pigs." >> you see, prior to these murders, no one associated hippies with violence and murder. people would pick up a hitch-hiking hippie.
in the glare of hollywood publicity. young girls supposedly under the spell of a bearded svengali, who allegedly masterminded the seven murders. >> the '70s is a decade of just brutal violence on every front and anywhere that you look in america. >> at the time of a mass murder, there's a lot of media coverage. but usually, after a brief period of time, the identity of the perpetrator tends to fade from the public's consciousness. but not so with the manson case. it was the biggest publicity case the d.a.'s office had ever had. >> the manson trial begins the 1970s on such an evil, sadistic note. seven innocent people died. steve parent, a teenager. abigail folger, folger coffee. jay sebring. wojchiech frykowski. the labiancas. and sharon tate. >> all of you know how beautiful she was.
involvement of a mystical hippie clan which despised the straight, affluent society. young girls, supposedly under the spell of a bearded svengali, who allegedly masterminded the seven murders. >> good morning. >> why? >> the sun's shining this morning. >> it is? >> yeah. >> charles manson cleverly masqueraded behind the common image of being a hippie, goes up to the haight-ashbury district. surrounds himself with a bunch of young followers. their lifestyle was sex, orgies, and lsd trips. eventually he gets them to do mass murder for him. >> with blood, the killer scrawled on a refrigerator door "death to pigs." >> you see, prior to these murders, no one associated hippies with violence and murder. people would pick up a hitch-hiking hippie. there was no big deal. but after the manson murders, you saw a hippie with long hair hitch-hiking and the image of manson would enter the driver's mind, and they'd drive right by.
straight, affluent society. young girls supposedly under the spell of a bearded svengali who allegedly masterminded the seven murders. >> good morning. >> why? >> the sun's shining this morning. >> it is? >> yeah. >> charles manson cleverly masqueraded behind the image of being a hippie, goes up to haight-ashbury district, surrounds himself with a bunch of young followers. their lifestyle was sex, orgies and lsd trips. allegedly, he gets them to mass murder for him. >> with blood, the killer scrawled on a refrigerator door "death to pigs." >> you see, prior to these murders, nobody associated hippies with violence and murder. people would pick up a hitch-hiking hippie. there was no big deal. but after the manson murders, you saw a hippie with long hair hitch-hiking and the image of manson would enter the driver's mind and they would drive right by. >> by the time of charles manson
straight-affluent society. young girls, supposedly, under the spell of a bearded svengali who allegedly masterminded the seven murders. >> sun's shining this morning. yeah. >> charles manson, clefverly, mas masqueraded. eventually, he gets 'em to commit mass murder for him. >> in blood, on a refrigerator door, the words, death to pigs. >> you see, prior to these murders, no one associated hippies with violence and murder. people would pick up a hitchhiking hippie. there was no, big deal. but after the manson murders, you saw a hippie with long hair hitchhiking and the image of manson would enter the driver's mind, and they'd drive right by. >> by the time of charles manson.
>> all the elements are present for one of the most sensational murder trials in american history. seven people brutally murdered in the glare of hollywood publicity. young girls supposedly under the spell of a bearded svengali, who allegedly masterminded the seven murders. >> the '70s is a decade of just brutal violence on every front and anywhere that you look in america. >> at the time of a mass murder, there's a lot of media coverage. but usually after a brief period of time, the identity of the perpetrator tends to fade from the public's consciousness. but not so with the manson case. it was the biggest publicity case the d.a.'s office had ever had. >> the manson trial begins the 1970s on such an evil, sadistic note. seven innocent people died.