Manson
True Crime
20 Episodes
After spending most of his life inside institutions, Charles Manson enters 1960s California and begins attracting vulnerable young followers. What starts as a drifting counterculture commune gradually becomes a tightly controlled and increasingly dangerous group. Manson combines drugs, apocalyptic prophecy, racial paranoia, and his obsession with music to manipulate the people around him. In the summer of 1969, his followers carry out a series of murders that terrify Los Angeles and shock the world. This series traces the rise of the Manson Family, the crimes committed in his name, and the trial that transformed the meaning of a cult.
Manson
True Crime
20 Episodes
After spending most of his life inside institutions, Charles Manson enters 1960s California and begins attracting vulnerable young followers. What starts as a drifting counterculture commune gradually becomes a tightly controlled and increasingly dangerous group. Manson combines drugs, apocalyptic prophecy, racial paranoia, and his obsession with music to manipulate the people around him. In the summer of 1969, his followers carry out a series of murders that terrify Los Angeles and shock the world. This series traces the rise of the Manson Family, the crimes committed in his name, and the trial that transformed the meaning of a cult.