49: Charles Manson’s Hollywood, Part 6: Kenneth Anger and Bobby Beausoleil

Over the course of a single weekend, half a dozen hippies massacred seven people. This episode includes disturbing details about very violent crimes. To learn more about listener data and our privac...

21 Heinä 201552min

While trying to launch her own acting career, Sharon Tate fell in love with, and eventually married, Roman Polanski, the hotshot Polish filmmaker who had his first massive American hit in the summer o...

14 Heinä 201534min

In the first of two episodes about the Manson Family’s most famous victim, we’ll trace actress Sharon Tate’s early years, her romance with celebrity hairdresser Jay Sebring, and the on-set affair that...

7 Heinä 201535min

Charles Manson became convinced his best chance at rock stardom was impressing Terry Melcher, a record executive who had made stars out of The Byrds, who was also Doris Day's son and Candice Bergen's ...

23 Kesä 201547min

After wearing out his welcome at Dennis Wilson’s house, Manson moves his family to Spahn Ranch, a dilapidated Western movie set where the cult starts preparing for Helter Skelter, Manson's made-up apo...

16 Kesä 201543min

In this episode we’ll talk about Charlie Manson’s arrival in Los Angeles, discuss Dennis Wilson’s life and the role he played in enabling Manson’s rock n’ roll delusions, and explain how The Beach Boy...

9 Kesä 201550min

Today we're tracing Charles Manson's life from his birth to a teenage con artist, through multiple stints in reform schools and prisons, and finally to San Francisco circa 1967, where Manson began to ...

2 Kesä 201539min