Ep. 143: The Manson Family Murders, Pt. 3 - The Bottomless Pit
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08/24/23 • 63 min
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In week 3 of our Manson saga we travel with the Family to the worn-down Western movie set of Spahn Ranch, where Charlie and co set up shop and begin their descent further into shared cult madness - separated from their loved ones, fully dependent on Charlie, hungry, overworked, and addled out of their minds on constant LSD consumption. It's a potent cocktail, ready to explode in the California heat...and boy, will it ever.
When The Beatles' White Album is released, the darkness at the Ranch coalesces into what Charlie preaches as his core teaching: white people will be overtaken by the Black people they've oppressed, and when that happens, only the Family will be able to survive by descending into a bottomless pit located in the Death Valley desert. This apocalyptic race war is dubbed "Helter Skelter" by Charlie, and once his very last shot at stardom ends in utter humiliation, he finally has nothing else to lose - and the victims soon to come will lose everything.
This week, we descend into the bottomless pit with the Manson Family. Next week, we begin the horror that is Helter Skelter.
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In week 3 of our Manson saga we travel with the Family to the worn-down Western movie set of Spahn Ranch, where Charlie and co set up shop and begin their descent further into shared cult madness - separated from their loved ones, fully dependent on Charlie, hungry, overworked, and addled out of their minds on constant LSD consumption. It's a potent cocktail, ready to explode in the California heat...and boy, will it ever.
When The Beatles' White Album is released, the darkness at the Ranch coalesces into what Charlie preaches as his core teaching: white people will be overtaken by the Black people they've oppressed, and when that happens, only the Family will be able to survive by descending into a bottomless pit located in the Death Valley desert. This apocalyptic race war is dubbed "Helter Skelter" by Charlie, and once his very last shot at stardom ends in utter humiliation, he finally has nothing else to lose - and the victims soon to come will lose everything.
This week, we descend into the bottomless pit with the Manson Family. Next week, we begin the horror that is Helter Skelter.
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Previous Episode
Ep. 142: The Manson Family Murders, Pt. 2: Cease to Exist (w/ Paul Ferrante)
"Cease to exist, just come and say you love me
Give up your world, come on you can be,
I'm your kind, I'm your kind, and I see..."
This week, we take a tour through the epicenter of the hippie movement right at the peak of the Summer of Love, when Charlie Manson finally leaves prison and makes his way to the Haight-Asbury neighborhood of San Francisco. There, he sows the first seeds of what would become the Family cult, attracting his first followers with a blend of pop culture sermonizing and targeted psychological manipulation. From there, the Manson "Family" will grow...and move out to LA, chasing Charlie's dreams of hitting it big and the desperate high of being in his orbit.
Father of the Pod, author, and 60s music aficionado Paul Ferrante joins us after the break for an expert interview to discuss what Carrie posits as the major turning point for Charlie when it came to the violence he would eventually inflict: the mounting madness of the semiotic Family and the broken dreams that drove him to want to punish all the "piggies" that denied him the fame he thought was his certain fate. His last grasp at stardom would be puppeted through Dennis Wilson, the lost but kindly drummer for the declining rock 'n roll band, The Beach Boys. Through Dennis, Charlie would get closer than any other time at achieving his dreams - and, perhaps, it is because he did get so close that the bitter disappointment would turn into absolute destruction.
You can find out more about our guest Paul Ferrante at his website, www.paulferranteauthor.com.
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Ep. 144: The Manson Family Murders, Pt. 4 - Creepy Crawl
1 RecommendationsThis week, the horror of Helter Skelter begins on part 4 of our Manson Family deep-dive with the lesser-known murder of the Family's first official victim, former friend Gary Hinman.
We explore the circumstances leading to the powder keg-like situation the family was in, and how it all exploded into violence when Charlie decided that the money required to fund the Family's flight to Death Valley was basis enough for murder. Caught up in the Family's madness was innocent victim Gary Hinman, who was repaid for his former kindness to the cult with brutalization and murder. The killing of Gary Hinman directly led to what the Family decided to do next: continue onto a weekend-long killing spree that saw 7 more dead and their paranoia ratcheted up to 11.
Next week, for reals: the murders of August 8th and 9th, 1969, and how the Family was finally caught and charged for their crimes. But first, we'll meet the 7 victims that met their famous and untimely deaths at the hands of the drug-fueled apocalypse cult.
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