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Conversations with a Killer: The Charles Manson Tapes

Conversations with a Killer: The Charles Manson Tapes

7.0 2026

Documentary

Conversations with a Killer: The Charles Manson Tapes

Synopsis

Tracing Charles Manson's rise as a cult leader, the 1969 murders, and his trial, using unreleased prison recordings, interviews, and archival footage.

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Charles Manson

Charles Manson

Self - Killer / Cult Leader (archive footage)

Dianne Lake

Dianne Lake

Self - Former Manson Family Member / Snake

Jeff Guinn

Jeff Guinn

Self - Author 'Manson: The Life and Times of Charles Manson'

Catherine Share

Catherine Share

Self - Former Manson Family Member / Gypsy

Sebastian Albertyn

Charles Manson - Reconstruction

James Buddy Day

James Buddy Day

Self - Filmmaker and Author 'Hippie Cult Leader'

Jerry De Rosa

Self - Los Angeles P.D. (Ret.)

Robert Burbridge

Self - Los Angeles P.D. (Ret.)

Sharon Tate

Sharon Tate

Self - Victim (archive footage)

Roman Polanski

Roman Polanski

Self - Victim (archive footage)

Linda Deutsch

Self - Journalist

Jay Sebring

Jay Sebring

Self - Victim (archive footage)

Abigail Folger

Self - Victim (archive footage)

Ivor Davis

Ivor Davis

Self - Journalist

Al Wiman

Self - Television Reporter

Leno LaBianca

Self - Victim (archive footage)

Rosemary LaBianca

Self - Victim (archive footage)

Sandi Gibbons

Self - Journalist

Traci Parker

Self - Professor , University of California , Davis

Dr. David Smith

Dr. David Smith

Self - Founder , Haight Ashburry Free Clinic

Timothy Leary

Self - Author 'Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out' (archive footage)

Mary Brunner

Self - Former Manson Family Member / Mother Maria (archive footage)

Patricia Krenwinkel

Patricia Krenwinkel

Self - Former Manson Family Member / Katie (archive footage)

Lynette Fromme

Lynette Fromme

Self - Former Manson Family Member / Squeaky (archive footage)

Susan Atkins

Susan Atkins

Self - Former Manson Family Member / Sexy Sadie (archive footage)

Stephanie Schram

Self - Former Manson Family Member

George Spahn

Self - Owner 'Spahn Ranch' (archive footage)

Kathleen Maddox

Self - Manson's Mother (Archival Footage-

Rosalie Willis

Self - Manson's Ex-Wife (archive footage)

Dale Carnegie

Self - Author 'How to Win Friends and Influence People' (archive footage)

Faye Emerson

Faye Emerson

Self - Television Host (archive footage)

Phil Kaufman

Phil Kaufman

Self - Former Inmate 'Terminal Island Prison'

Dennis Wilson

Dennis Wilson

Self - Former Band Member 'The Beach Boys' (archive footage)

Gregg Jakobson

Self - Music Producer

Terry Melcher

Terry Melcher

Self - Music Producer (archive footage)

Doris Day

Doris Day

Self - Melcher's Mom (archive footage)

Brian Wilson

Brian Wilson

Self - Former Member 'The Beach Boys' (archive footage)

Tex Watson

Tex Watson

Self - Former Manson Family Member (archive footage)

Bernard Crowe

Bernard Crowe

Self - Drugsdealer 'Lotsapoppa' (archive footage)

Bobby Beausoleil

Bobby Beausoleil

Self - Charles Manson's Friend (archive footage)

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