Mayday
2003 · Documentary · Drama
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Conversations with a Killer: The Charles Manson Tapes
Episode directors
Joe Berlinger
Tracing Charles Manson's rise as a cult leader, the 1969 murders, and his trial, using unreleased prison recordings, interviews, and archival footage.
The story
Tracing Charles Manson's rise as a cult leader, the 1969 murders, and his trial, using unreleased prison recordings, interviews, and archival footage.
Cast
Charles MansonSelf - Killer / Cult Leader (archive footage)
Dianne LakeSelf - Former Manson Family Member / Snake
Jeff GuinnSelf - Author 'Manson: The Life and Times of Charles Manson'
Catherine ShareSelf - Former Manson Family Member / Gypsy
Sebastian AlbertynCharles Manson - Reconstruction
James Buddy DaySelf - Filmmaker and Author 'Hippie Cult Leader'
Jerry De RosaSelf - Los Angeles P.D. (Ret.)
Robert BurbridgeSelf - Los Angeles P.D. (Ret.)
Sharon TateSelf - Victim (archive footage)
Roman PolanskiSelf - Victim (archive footage)
Linda DeutschSelf - Journalist
Jay SebringSelf - Victim (archive footage)
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Abigail FolgerSelf - Victim (archive footage)
Ivor DavisSelf - Journalist
Al WimanSelf - Television Reporter
Leno LaBiancaSelf - Victim (archive footage)
Rosemary LaBiancaSelf - Victim (archive footage)
Sandi GibbonsSelf - Journalist
Traci ParkerSelf - Professor , University of California , Davis
Dr. David SmithSelf - Founder , Haight Ashburry Free Clinic
Timothy LearySelf - Author 'Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out' (archive footage)
Mary BrunnerSelf - Former Manson Family Member / Mother Maria (archive footage)
Patricia KrenwinkelSelf - Former Manson Family Member / Katie (archive footage)
Lynette FrommeSelf - Former Manson Family Member / Squeaky (archive footage)
Susan AtkinsSelf - Former Manson Family Member / Sexy Sadie (archive footage)
Stephanie SchramSelf - Former Manson Family Member
George SpahnSelf - Owner 'Spahn Ranch' (archive footage)
Kathleen MaddoxSelf - Manson's Mother (Archival Footage-
Rosalie WillisSelf - Manson's Ex-Wife (archive footage)
Dale CarnegieSelf - Author 'How to Win Friends and Influence People' (archive footage)
Faye EmersonSelf - Television Host (archive footage)
Phil KaufmanSelf - Former Inmate 'Terminal Island Prison'
Dennis WilsonSelf - Former Band Member 'The Beach Boys' (archive footage)
Gregg JakobsonSelf - Music Producer
Terry MelcherSelf - Music Producer (archive footage)
Doris DaySelf - Melcher's Mom (archive footage)
Brian WilsonSelf - Former Member 'The Beach Boys' (archive footage)
Tex WatsonSelf - Former Manson Family Member (archive footage)
Bernard CroweSelf - Drugsdealer 'Lotsapoppa' (archive footage)
Bobby BeausoleilSelf - Charles Manson's Friend (archive footage)
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