In the summer of 1969, Hollywood was shaken by a set of brutal murders. Their perpetrators? The infamous Charles Manson and his 'family'.In this episode Jeff Melnick joins Don to discuss how Manson and his followers came to occupy such a strong position in our cultural imagination.Jeff is Graduate Program Director for American Studies at the University of Massachusetts, and the author of 'Creepy Crawling: Charles Manson and the Many Lives of America's Most Infamous Family'.Edited by Aidan Lonergan, produced by Sophie Gee, Senior Producer is Charlotte Long.Sign up to History Hit for hundreds of hours of original documentaries, with a new release every week and ad-free podcasts. Sign up at https://www.historyhit.com/subscribe. You can take part in our listener survey here.All music from Epidemic Sounds.American History Hit is a History Hit podcast.
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Hi everyone, it's Don here. This episode contains details of mass murder that may be distressing to some listeners. Hello movie lovers! It's February 2020 and time for the 92nd Academy Awards here in Los Angeles, California. Once more, the glittering elite of Hollywood are gathered to honor the year's biggest movies and the nominees who made them. Yes, the paparazzi are hiving to the stars.
There's the wonderful Tom Hanks waving warmly to his fans. Joaquin Phoenix steps up, brooding darkly. the beautiful Natalie Portman, dressed in velvet, and Keanu Reeves being, well, Keanu Reeves. And there's DiCaprio, Pitt, and Margot Robbie, the glamorous entourage from Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, nominated in ten categories.
it'll only win in two but who's counting when you've already packaged an infamous slaughter into a box office bonanza featuring that wacky crew of cult killers the manson family on this celebrated evening their names may not be mentioned but their shadows are lurking stalking the edges of a blood-red carpet This is American History Hit, and I am Don Wildman. Glad you're listening.
The 1960s in America were a whirlwind. War abroad, protests at home, civil rights advances, and then assassinations. And all the while, NASA racing to the moon. Old values were crumbling. Flower power energized a psychedelic generation searching for meaning, belonging, and truth.
Into this cultural chaos stepped Charles Manson, a drifter with a guitar, strange charisma, and a warped vision of the world. He created a small community, drawing on the lost and disillusioned, offering peace, purpose, and a place to belong. But this commune, rooted in music, drugs, and counterculture, would spiral into cult violence and fear.
The Manson family is where the promise of the 60s turned into one of its darkest nightmares. And we tell the story today with Jeff Molnick, historian and professor at the University of Massachusetts, Boston. He is the author of Creepy Crawley, Charles Manson and the Many Lives of America's Most Infamous Family, which explores the Manson murders and how they've become embedded in American culture.
Hello, Jeff. Nice to meet you. Good to meet you as well, Don. Jeff, the details of this crime are infinite. There are so many different personalities, so many young women in this family. Let's have a conversation that doesn't get too much into names. I just want to draw broad strokes here through this time. It becomes not only the investigation, but also the prosecution of it.
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