Truth and Lies: The Family Manson

ABC retells the dark, disturbing story of Manson — and his twisted cult of devoted followers he instructed to carry out a series of grisly homicides in 1969. In this two-hour documentary.

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Charles Manson

as Self (archive Footage)

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