ABC PRESENTS TWO-HOUR DOCUMENTARY ON CHARLES MANSON, HIS DEVOTED CULT AND THE GRISLY MURDERS OF 1969
‘Truth and Lies: The Family Manson’ Features Never-Before-Seen Footage of Manson’s Final Network TV Interview
It was one of the most gruesome crime sprees of the 20th century that
shocked and haunted the nation and people all over the world. ABC airs a
special two-hour documentary on Charles Manson, his cult of devoted
followers and the grisly murders in Los Angeles that he instructed his
members to carry out. Amidst a counterculture era of sex, drugs, rock
and roll and not long after the Summer of Love, Americans had a rude
awakening when, on two consecutive nights in 1969, Manson’s followers
killed seven people, including actress Sharon Tate, who was more than
eight months pregnant at the time, in the home she shared with her
husband, Roman Polanski. The heinous acts instantaneously eliminated a
sense of safety and security for many people across the country.
ABC’s new retelling of Charles Manson, his cult, the followers who
loved and killed for him, and the murders will include never-before-seen
video from ABC News’ interviews with Manson in his last network
television interview from prison and former cult members Leslie Van
Houten and Patricia Krenwinkel, who are serving life sentences for
murders masterminded by Manson. The documentary will revisit the
crime-scene footage and feature new interviews with and fresh insight
from law enforcement, first responders and production crew who met
Manson during his final TV interview. The special has interviews with
Sharon’s sister Debra Tate, family and friends of the victims, actors
who worked with Sharon, Mike Love of the Beach Boys who met Manson
before the killings, reporters who were in the courtroom during the
trial, and more.
This
is the second installment of the “Truth and Lies” series, which
launched earlier this year with the No. 1 rated documentary on the
Menendez brothers’ murder case.
“Truth and Lies: The Family Manson” airs Saturday 7/14 (9:00–11:00 p.m. EST) on ABC.
The special is produced by ABC News. David Sloan is senior executive producer.
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