Once called “the miracle on the beach,” Synanon began in the 1960s as an experimental rehab facility in Santa Monica, California with a radical claim: It could cure heroin addiction. Before long, it would make an even bolder claim: It could cur

Panoply Fall 2017 Trailer

Nov 20th, 2017 3m 33s

We’re thrilled to present Panoply’s Fall 2017 lineup of shows. They include the satirical self-improvement show “Dexter Guff is Smarter Than You (And You Can Be Too),” the creepy paranormal series “Haunted,” “Family Ghosts,” in which people pla

E12: The Manson Family on Trial

Nov 20th, 2017 52m 8s

The trials of the Manson family became a kind of public theater which a number of current and future filmmakers found themselves caught up in. Joan Didion bought a dress for a Manson girl to wear to court, Dennis Hopper visited Manson in prison

E11: Death Valley ’69

Nov 20th, 2017 43m 58s

After the murders, Manson moved his family to the depths of the California desert. There, even before they were finally apprehended by the law, their utopia started to fall apart. Hollywood was in the process of being changed by Dennis Hopper's

E10: Roman Polanski After Sharon Tate

Nov 20th, 2017 41m 21s

Roman Polanski was in London the night his pregnant wife was murdered in their home. He returned to Los Angeles, devastated, to find himself wanted for questioning in a crime which the LAPD, initially, had no idea how to solve. Originally relea

E9: August 8-10, 1969

Nov 20th, 2017 47m 30s

Over the course of a single weekend, half a dozen hippies massacred seven people. This episode includes disturbing details about very violent crimes. Originally released in 2015.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adc

E8: Sharon Tate and Roman Polanski

Nov 20th, 2017 29m 55s

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 of 1968, Rosemary’s Baby. Originally released

E7: Sharon Tate and Jay Sebring

Nov 20th, 2017 30m 40s

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 changed the course of Tate’s life and caree

E6: Kenneth Anger and Bobby Beausoleil

Nov 20th, 2017 47m 10s

The first person to go to jail for a Charles Manson-associated murder was Bobby Beausoleil, a charismatic would-be rock star who had put in time as a muse to Kenneth Anger -- child actor-turned-occultist experimental filmmaker and author. Origi

E5: Doris Day and Terry Melcher

Nov 20th, 2017 43m 15s

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 boyfriend. Originally released in 2015.

E4: Spahn Ranch and the Beatles’ White Album

Nov 20th, 2017 38m 59s

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

E3: The Beach Boys, Dennis Wilson, and Charles Manson, Songwriter

Nov 20th, 2017 45m 32s

In part three, 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 Boys came to record a song written by Charles Ma

E2: How Manson Found His Family

Nov 20th, 2017 34m 47s

In part two, we trace Charlie 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 try out his guru act on the local hippie k

E1: What We Talk About When We Talk About The Manson Murders

1 Nov 20th, 2017 35m 44s

You Must Remember Manson explores the murders committed in the summer of 1969 by followers of Charles Manson. In part one, we’ll talk about what was going on in the show business capital that made Charlie Manson seem like a relatively normal gu

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