Jeff Melnick

I mean, the race war, it's wild that Bugliosi sold, you know, this idea of, you know, that this marginal hippie cult was going to start a race war because two things. First of all, the United States is actively at war in Vietnam, you know, war against Asian people. Like you can call that a race war.

And a few years earlier in LA, there had been a major riot or rebellion, as some people want to call it in Watts, when police officers killed a black motorist who had not done anything wrong. And there's a dispute, right? So like, if you want to talk about racial violence in the United States, in LA, committed by the United States or in LA, there's plenty of race war going on.

And a few years earlier in LA, there had been a major riot or rebellion, as some people want to call it in Watts, when police officers killed a black motorist who had not done anything wrong. And there's a dispute, right? So like, if you want to talk about racial violence in the United States, in LA, committed by the United States or in LA, there's plenty of race war going on.

And a few years earlier in LA, there had been a major riot or rebellion, as some people want to call it in Watts, when police officers killed a black motorist who had not done anything wrong. And there's a dispute, right? So like, if you want to talk about racial violence in the United States, in LA, committed by the United States or in LA, there's plenty of race war going on.

It's not Charlie Manson doing it. Sure. Right. Or even if it was, he's not going to affect that kind of change. That's it. That's even better. Like he, maybe he had that motivation. He's not gonna be able to do anything about it. Sure.

It's not Charlie Manson doing it. Sure. Right. Or even if it was, he's not going to affect that kind of change. That's it. That's even better. Like he, maybe he had that motivation. He's not gonna be able to do anything about it. Sure.

It's not Charlie Manson doing it. Sure. Right. Or even if it was, he's not going to affect that kind of change. That's it. That's even better. Like he, maybe he had that motivation. He's not gonna be able to do anything about it. Sure.

It's this very arcane reality that existed in Southern California at the time is that there's the LAPD, but then there's the county sheriff. And they're doing kind of parallel investigations but not talking to each other. And at some point, somebody kind of realizes that they're looking at the same guy. And they realize that he's also connected to the Tate-LaBianca murders.

It's this very arcane reality that existed in Southern California at the time is that there's the LAPD, but then there's the county sheriff. And they're doing kind of parallel investigations but not talking to each other. And at some point, somebody kind of realizes that they're looking at the same guy. And they realize that he's also connected to the Tate-LaBianca murders.

It's this very arcane reality that existed in Southern California at the time is that there's the LAPD, but then there's the county sheriff. And they're doing kind of parallel investigations but not talking to each other. And at some point, somebody kind of realizes that they're looking at the same guy. And they realize that he's also connected to the Tate-LaBianca murders.

There's a wallet that got left in a gas station toilet. The details are all really arcane. And somebody finally rides in and puts it together. And so by December— They have this idea that Charlie's the one who's responsible for the whole deal.

There's a wallet that got left in a gas station toilet. The details are all really arcane. And somebody finally rides in and puts it together. And so by December— They have this idea that Charlie's the one who's responsible for the whole deal.

There's a wallet that got left in a gas station toilet. The details are all really arcane. And somebody finally rides in and puts it together. And so by December— They have this idea that Charlie's the one who's responsible for the whole deal.

Yeah, that's right. That's right.

Yeah, that's right. That's right.

Yeah, that's right. That's right.

Yeah. Yeah. That's a great question, you know, and, and it, it kind of bedevils the prosecution. Cause it's like, what do you even charge him with? You know, like remote control murder is not like a crime. So it's like conspiracy stuff that he, you know, he ultimately gets jacked up on. And, and it's, I mean, it's a great question. He's not a murderer. I mean, it's,

Yeah. Yeah. That's a great question, you know, and, and it, it kind of bedevils the prosecution. Cause it's like, what do you even charge him with? You know, like remote control murder is not like a crime. So it's like conspiracy stuff that he, you know, he ultimately gets jacked up on. And, and it's, I mean, it's a great question. He's not a murderer. I mean, it's,

Yeah. Yeah. That's a great question, you know, and, and it, it kind of bedevils the prosecution. Cause it's like, what do you even charge him with? You know, like remote control murder is not like a crime. So it's like conspiracy stuff that he, you know, he ultimately gets jacked up on. And, and it's, I mean, it's a great question. He's not a murderer. I mean, it's,

I mean, Charlie, there's like there's plenty of evidence that he was physically abusive to women in the family, but he's not he's not a shoot him up. You know, there's an earlier murder of Gary Hinman a few weeks before the tape murders that we jumped over. Who's this grad student drug dealer who the family was involved with? And like Charlie showed up at that house and seemed to have.