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Well, at the scene, we had one body in a vehicle near the gate, a man and a woman in the main room,

and a man and a woman on the lawn in front of the house, all deceased.

The brutality of the Manson murders left Los Angeles reeling.

There was a lot of fear in LA.

The sale of guard dogs and guns rose dramatically overnight.

And soon, it would all culminate in a trial that captivated America.

Behind the sensational headlines, though, was a story far more complex than most people realized.

And I was really afraid. I mean, up until that moment, was he going to be able to get into my head and make me say or do things

that I didn't want to do?

It's not our revolution.

Black man's going to judge this world.

For every blow he's received, every person that's been stepped on by the system, it's going to all come back to you all at once.

The thing I try to remember sometimes is that what I am today is not what I was at 19.

I took away all that life.

Part two of R.D. dive into the Manson family murders uncovers what happened after the

killings, how Manson was finally caught

and how the circus of his trial

laid bare unsettling truths about manipulation,

justice, and the stories we choose to remember.

Part two drops Monday,

but if you can't wait, you don't have to.

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