It’s actually a pretty incredible story this woman has to tell. She went from being 14-year old in the Manson family to testifying against them to being fostered by her arresting officer later on.
Surprise! Surprise! She’s really messed up.
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They were abusive to you?
Well, in the alternative lifestyle, it was, but they didn’t intend it to be. But the man and I started having sex, and then his wife joined in
I am not certain that I would call Manson’s followers “Hippies.” Brain dirtied nut cases maybe, yet not hippies. It may be that hippies did not believe in mind control. Charles Manson was all about mind control.
A true leftist, Charles Manson infiltrated and co-opted the home of Dennis Wilson (the middle brother, and drummer, of The Beach Boys); Dennis became alarmed, and moved out of his own house.
As I recall, they co-wrote a song, which Manson wanted to call, “Cease to Exist,” but Wilson changed to “Never Learn Not to Love.” Manson then demanded his name be removed from the credits.
I once worked with a woman whose family was targeted by the Manson Family when she was seventeen. She did not seem to know why they were targeted, but an FBI car was posted outside their house for a time for protection.