Photo of Charles Manson Archives/Getty ImagesIn the summer of 1969 a long-haired ex-convict with a disturbing hold over drug-addled young women sent his disciples into the night to butcher defenceless people in Los Angeles.
Hippie cult leader Charles Manson’s followers slaughtered seven people over two nights, writing ‘Pigs’ and ‘Healter Skelter’ in the victims’ blood.
Manson’s crimes in 1969 were seen by many as an end to the era of peace, love and flower power.
The cult leader turned even his trial into a circus, at one point leaping towards a judge after threatening him, and speaking largely in sinister soundbites.
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He released an album of folk music to finance his defence, helping to further stoke the personality cult around him.
Here’s 10 of the strangest and most disturbing Manson quotes, both from his trial and from subsequent interviews from prison.
