Dianne Lake – The Manson Family, Part 1: Meeting Charlie

Trust Me: Cults, Extreme Belief, and Manipulation

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🗓️ 12 May 2021

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Episode 30: You’re a teenage girl in the late 60s, bouncing between communes, when a charismatic man and his group of young women welcome you with open arms. You were looking for a family, and now you’ve found one. In part one of an incredible interview, Dianne Lake, aka “Snake,” and her co-author Deborah Herman discuss growing up in 1960s counter-culture, the dark side of the sexual revolution, and what it was like becoming the youngest member of Charles Manson’s family. Stay tuned next week for part two, in which she tells Lola & Meagan how she learned about the murders! If you have your own story about cults, high-control groups, manipulation, or abuse of power, shoot us an email at [email protected]. FOLLOW US ON INSTAGRAM: @trustmepodcast @oohlalola @vibehigherbitch OR TWITTER: @trustmecultpod @ohlalola

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0:00.0	If you think that one person has all the answers, don't!
0:13.4	Welcome to Trust Me, the podcast about cults, extreme belief, and the abusive power from
0:17.7	two non-manson girls who've actually experienced it.
0:21.0	I am Lola Blanc, and I am Megan Elizabeth.
0:23.6	Today our guest are Diane Lake and Deborah Herman.
0:26.8	Megan Lake, aka Snake, was the youngest member of the Manson family, and Deborah is the
0:31.0	co-author of her book called Member of the Family, My Story of Charles Manson, Life Insiders
0:35.7	Cult, and The Darkness That Ended the Sixties.
0:38.3	It is a great book.
0:39.3	I recommend it.
0:40.3	I read it.
0:41.3	It's episodes of two-parter folks, because there's so much to this story.
0:44.5	I cannot believe that Diane was willing to come on and talk to us.
0:47.2	I am very grateful, because this is fucking awesome.
0:49.6	So for everyone who hasn't read Helter Skelter and watch every Charles Manson doc like I
0:54.1	have, Diane did not have anything to do with the tape lobby on commercials.
0:57.3	In fact, she was actually a key witness in the trial that put Charlie in prison and the
1:01.0	girls.
1:02.0	She's going to tell us about the tumult and trauma of her life leading up to meeting Charles
1:05.3	Manson, whom she knew as Charlie, living in Los Angeles in the 1960s with counterculture
1:10.2	parents and bouncing around communes with grown men going after her, and what it was like
1:15.0	when she first met Charles Manson and his girls when she was just 14.
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