Prison Conversations Go Inside Charles Manson's Twisted Mind in Upcoming Peacock Docuseries

Mar. 15, 2025

Charles Manson.Photo:Michael Ochs Archives/Getty

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A new three-part true crime docuseries on Peacock explores the twisted mind ofCharles Manson, a career criminal who spent over half his life in prison before masterminding one of the most notorious mass killing sprees of the 20th century.

Through 20 years' worth of never-before-aired conversations with the killer,Making Mansonfeatures the cult leader talking openly about the infamous crimes, as well as his upbringing, criminal youth and his true feelings about the “Manson Family,” according to a Peacock statement shared with PEOPLE.

“I left some dead people on the beach,” the cult leader can be heard saying in the trailer, shared exclusively with PEOPLE. “One woman’s not enough for a man.”

The series, which consists of three hour-long episodes, streams in full on Tuesday, Nov. 19. An exclusive trailer is shown below.

He adds, “I can kill anybody I want. If a dude just looks at me funny, I’ll shoot him.”

Manson, who had been in and out of jail during his early years for petty crimes, reinvented himself in the ‘60s as the leader of a group of young followers. He often targeted teenage girls who ran away from home or were otherwise on their own to join his group, which became known as the “Manson Family.”

In the docuseries, former “Family” members listen to the exclusive conversations and are taken back to the time when they “would do anything for Charlie,” per the statement. Additionally, in the final moments before his2017 deathat age 83, Manson reflects on his life in prison.

Charles Manson.

During a two-day spree in August of 1969, Manson instructed a handful of followers — including LeslieVan Houten, Susan Atkins and Patricia Krenwinkel — to kill seven people.

One of the victims was 26-year-old actressSharon Tate, who was eight months pregnant at the time of her death. The wife of directorRoman Polanski, Tate was found stabbed 16 times, with an “X” carved into her stomach inside her secluded Los Angeles home in the canyons above Hollywood and Beverly Hills.

Sharon Tate.Silver Screen Collection/Getty

Silver Screen Collection/Getty

Also murdered were coffee heiress Abigail Folger, Polish writer Wojciech Voytek Frykowski, celebrity hairstylist Jay Sebring and 18-year-old delivery boy Steven Parent. Their bodies were discovered the next morning.

Less than 48 hours later, grocery store owner Leno LaBianca and his wife Rosemary were found dead in the tony Los Feliz district of L.A. The word “war” was carved into Leno’s stomach, from which an ivory-handled carving fork protruded. “Death to Pigs” was scrawled with their blood on the living room wall.

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Manson and his followers were convicted in 1971 and ultimately given life sentences, being spared execution after California temporarily banned the death penalty. Manson was found legally responsible for the murders since they were carried out on his instruction.

“I never said I was innocent,” Manson says in the trailer. “I said I didn’t break the law.”

Making Manson, a three-part docuseries, begins streaming on Peacock on Nov. 19. Each episode is one hour long.

source: people.com