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Dr. Tristan Engels

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467 total appearances

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Killer Minds: Serial Killers & True Crime Murders
MURDEROUS MINDS: Charles Manson & The Manson Family Cult Pt.1

But at the same time, because these are such critical unmet needs that he's had since childhood, he's very successful in identifying and exploiting the same needs out of vulnerable women through manipulation, through isolation, and drug addiction.

Killer Minds: Serial Killers & True Crime Murders
MURDEROUS MINDS: Charles Manson & The Manson Family Cult Pt.1

The more he can keep them under the influence, the more he can distort their reality and perceptions and keep them dependent on him to supply not just the addiction, but their own sense of belonging. He wants to control their minds and using religion makes it easier to make his following feel a part of something important. And that's why he's drawn to becoming a guru.

Killer Minds: Serial Killers & True Crime Murders
MURDEROUS MINDS: Charles Manson & The Manson Family Cult Pt.1

The more he can keep them under the influence, the more he can distort their reality and perceptions and keep them dependent on him to supply not just the addiction, but their own sense of belonging. He wants to control their minds and using religion makes it easier to make his following feel a part of something important. And that's why he's drawn to becoming a guru.

Killer Minds: Serial Killers & True Crime Murders
MURDEROUS MINDS: Charles Manson & The Manson Family Cult Pt.1

The more he can keep them under the influence, the more he can distort their reality and perceptions and keep them dependent on him to supply not just the addiction, but their own sense of belonging. He wants to control their minds and using religion makes it easier to make his following feel a part of something important. And that's why he's drawn to becoming a guru.

Killer Minds: Serial Killers & True Crime Murders
MURDEROUS MINDS: Charles Manson & The Manson Family Cult Pt.1

If he can use fear tactics to get them to believe in him without questioning his teachings, then he can indoctrinate and he can brainwash them.

Killer Minds: Serial Killers & True Crime Murders
MURDEROUS MINDS: Charles Manson & The Manson Family Cult Pt.1

If he can use fear tactics to get them to believe in him without questioning his teachings, then he can indoctrinate and he can brainwash them.

Killer Minds: Serial Killers & True Crime Murders
MURDEROUS MINDS: Charles Manson & The Manson Family Cult Pt.1

If he can use fear tactics to get them to believe in him without questioning his teachings, then he can indoctrinate and he can brainwash them.

Killer Minds: Serial Killers & True Crime Murders
MURDEROUS MINDS: Charles Manson & The Manson Family Cult Pt.1

Let's discuss why he would want men to join the family, because that's a deviation so far, right? Yeah. Charles, like we've talked about, you know, he wants full devotion from his followers, and he's starting to notice that he was losing their interest. And if he did, he would become violent towards them.

Killer Minds: Serial Killers & True Crime Murders
MURDEROUS MINDS: Charles Manson & The Manson Family Cult Pt.1

Let's discuss why he would want men to join the family, because that's a deviation so far, right? Yeah. Charles, like we've talked about, you know, he wants full devotion from his followers, and he's starting to notice that he was losing their interest. And if he did, he would become violent towards them.

Killer Minds: Serial Killers & True Crime Murders
MURDEROUS MINDS: Charles Manson & The Manson Family Cult Pt.1

Let's discuss why he would want men to join the family, because that's a deviation so far, right? Yeah. Charles, like we've talked about, you know, he wants full devotion from his followers, and he's starting to notice that he was losing their interest. And if he did, he would become violent towards them.

Murder: True Crime Stories
Presenting "Killer Minds": A Crime House Original

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Murder: True Crime Stories
Presenting "Killer Minds": A Crime House Original

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

Murder: True Crime Stories
Presenting "Killer Minds": A Crime House Original

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

Killer Minds: Serial Killers & True Crime Murders
MURDEROUS MINDS: Charles Manson & The Manson Family Cult Pt.1

And if we recall that violence and abuse is a learned behavior, and in prison, Charles learned from other pimps how they were able to recruit and maintain obedience from women. And it's no secret that even if women volunteer to do sex work, If they have a pimp, there is inevitably almost always some form of force or coercion.

Killer Minds: Serial Killers & True Crime Murders
MURDEROUS MINDS: Charles Manson & The Manson Family Cult Pt.1

And if we recall that violence and abuse is a learned behavior, and in prison, Charles learned from other pimps how they were able to recruit and maintain obedience from women. And it's no secret that even if women volunteer to do sex work, If they have a pimp, there is inevitably almost always some form of force or coercion.

Killer Minds: Serial Killers & True Crime Murders
MURDEROUS MINDS: Charles Manson & The Manson Family Cult Pt.1

And if we recall that violence and abuse is a learned behavior, and in prison, Charles learned from other pimps how they were able to recruit and maintain obedience from women. And it's no secret that even if women volunteer to do sex work, If they have a pimp, there is inevitably almost always some form of force or coercion.

Killer Minds: Serial Killers & True Crime Murders
MURDEROUS MINDS: Charles Manson & The Manson Family Cult Pt.1

Charles is using violence and psychologically coercive techniques to do the same. So when he starts to notice that women are getting bored or their attention is drifting and his presence was not enough to maintain the discipline, having more men certainly would.

Killer Minds: Serial Killers & True Crime Murders
MURDEROUS MINDS: Charles Manson & The Manson Family Cult Pt.1

Charles is using violence and psychologically coercive techniques to do the same. So when he starts to notice that women are getting bored or their attention is drifting and his presence was not enough to maintain the discipline, having more men certainly would.

Killer Minds: Serial Killers & True Crime Murders
MURDEROUS MINDS: Charles Manson & The Manson Family Cult Pt.1

Charles is using violence and psychologically coercive techniques to do the same. So when he starts to notice that women are getting bored or their attention is drifting and his presence was not enough to maintain the discipline, having more men certainly would.

Killer Minds: Serial Killers & True Crime Murders
MURDEROUS MINDS: Charles Manson & The Manson Family Cult Pt.1

Not only could he use them to keep the women obedient, but if they were ever to get curious about the affections of a man other than Charles, and there are men in his family, they are more likely to explore that within the family than leave the family altogether. And that fear is far greater to Charles than anything else.