[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]