[man 1] It's one of the scariest true stories out there. An eight-and-a-half-month pregnant, beautiful woman getting stabbed to death.
Manson was able to gain control of his followers.
[unsettling music playing]
He could get them to go out and kill on command without remorse.
How did he learn how to brainwash those kids and turn them into monsters?
[man 2] These people were on LSD. Manson was preaching all the time. Race wars… Murder was OK.
[man 3] When a story did start to emerge, it was managed very carefully.
[man 1] It was managed and manipulated.
I know that what we were told isn't what happened. There were these research scientists who were working secretly for the government.
[reporter, distorted] One of the most bizarre episodes in CIA history.
[man 1] Planted false memories in people without their awareness.
♪ My world is a sad world ♪
[man 3] Manson was really into mind control.
I understood what I was doing, but it just didn't make any difference.
[man 1] Manson became exactly what the CIA was trying to create.
[music stops abruptly]
[man 3] Well, you're suggesting Manson was a puppet.
[disturbing music playing]
[laughs ruefully]
[disturbing music continues]