Infamous serial killer and cult leader Charles Manson has claimed on audio captured in prison that he was responsible for previously unknown murders. The convicted murderer is heard in the documentary ‘Making Manson’, set to be released later this month, admitting to killings that took place south of the border.
The Peacock series will take viewers into the dark and twisted world of Manson and his accolytes, featuring his own words on “his part in the infamous crimes, as well as his upbringing, criminal youth, and his true feelings about ‘The Family’.
In a haunting confession to the filmmakers, Manson says: “I just got involved in stuff over my head, man. Got involved in a couple killings. I left my .357 magnum in Mexico City and I left some dead people on the beach.”
Manson passed away in 2017 at the age of 83. His ‘Family’ became synonymous with terror in the summer of 1969, committing a string of brutal massacres.
Among their victims was Hollywood actress Sharon Tate, who was eight-and-a-half months pregnant when she was savagely murdered along with her friends and a teenager working at her home, reports the Mirror.
The killing spree continued the next night when Manson’s followers brutally murdered supermarket executive Leno LaBianca and his wife, Rosemary, in their home. The ‘Family’ was eventually apprehended in December of the same year, initially for a series of car thefts.
The battle over Charles Manson’s $1 million estate has encountered another setback as three contenders are embroiled in a fierce dispute over the infamous criminal’s assets. Daniel Arguelles, a 64-year-old Los Angeles real estate agent, is adamant that he is Manson’s son.
At the same time, memorabilia collector Michael Channels, 57, contends he possesses a will that bequeaths everything to him. Jason Freeman, 48, a former MMA fighter from Bradenton, Florida, asserts he is the convicted murderer’s grandson.
LA Superior Court Judge Ruben Garcia has now acceded to Arguelles’ plea to “bifurcate” his claim, setting up a separate preliminary trial to determine if he truly is the rightful heir. This bifurcation will precede the main trial where Arguelles would confront Freeman and Channels.
Judge Garcia has set a ‘trial-setting conference’ for February 21 next year to establish the schedule for the bifurcation trial. Additionally, he was anticipated to pass judgment on the legitimacy of the disputed will, which Channels alleges bears Manson’s signature and excludes his children, but this decision has been deferred to the February court session.
For years, Freeman seemed to have the advantage in his claim, supported by a 1986 Ohio court ruling that recognised him as the son of Manson’s deceased son, Charles Manson Jr. However, in 2022, Arguelles joined the fray, claiming he is Manson’s biological son from a fleeting affair in 1959.
Judge Garcia had previously acknowledged Freeman as Manson Jr’s son but asked for additional evidence linking Manson Jr to Manson Sr. To back up his claim, his lawyers later presented Manson Jr’s birth certificate, which lists Charles Manson as his father. Manson passed away due to natural causes on November 19, 2017, at Corcoran State Prison where he spent 47 years on death row.
Some of the cult leader’s possessions – such as his guitars, clothes and other personal jailhouse property currently stored in boxes at a storage facility – could attract thousands from collectors.
