Rick Spence

If you really sort of listen to some of the stuff he did, he, you know, he's not a great singer, but he could have, you know, other people got recording contracts with less talent than he had and he could play guitar. The Beach Boys actually do record one of his songs without him.

Well, you're supposed to say it's terrible. Okay. Okay. It looks average to me. Yeah, it's landscape. I mean, if you didn't know it was Hitler... Yeah. Would it, would it, would it, would you, I don't know what people say about it. I'm sorry for the distraction. It's just, you know, it's just, it's an average painter. That's what it was. Something like crazy genocidal maniac paintings.

Well, you're supposed to say it's terrible. Okay. Okay. It looks average to me. Yeah, it's landscape. I mean, if you didn't know it was Hitler... Yeah. Would it, would it, would it, would you, I don't know what people say about it. I'm sorry for the distraction. It's just, you know, it's just, it's an average painter. That's what it was. Something like crazy genocidal maniac paintings.

Well, you're supposed to say it's terrible. Okay. Okay. It looks average to me. Yeah, it's landscape. I mean, if you didn't know it was Hitler... Yeah. Would it, would it, would it, would you, I don't know what people say about it. I'm sorry for the distraction. It's just, you know, it's just, it's an average painter. That's what it was. Something like crazy genocidal maniac paintings.

You don't have really have those. So Manson, he could have done that. He probably could have, you know, he made certain inroads into the music industry. And if he hadn't been such a weirdo, he might've gotten further with it. But his life could have taken a different turn. So this is one of the questions I have.

You don't have really have those. So Manson, he could have done that. He probably could have, you know, he made certain inroads into the music industry. And if he hadn't been such a weirdo, he might've gotten further with it. But his life could have taken a different turn. So this is one of the questions I have.

You don't have really have those. So Manson, he could have done that. He probably could have, you know, he made certain inroads into the music industry. And if he hadn't been such a weirdo, he might've gotten further with it. But his life could have taken a different turn. So this is one of the questions I have.

Where did a guy who's an unexceptional career petty criminal suddenly emerge into some sort of criminal mastermind, a Svengali, who can bend all of these people to his will and get them to go out and commit murder? That's a real shift that you have. So the first thing it kind of could tell you that something odd is going on is he gets out of prison. in L.A. County, and he's on parole.

Where did a guy who's an unexceptional career petty criminal suddenly emerge into some sort of criminal mastermind, a Svengali, who can bend all of these people to his will and get them to go out and commit murder? That's a real shift that you have. So the first thing it kind of could tell you that something odd is going on is he gets out of prison. in L.A. County, and he's on parole.

Where did a guy who's an unexceptional career petty criminal suddenly emerge into some sort of criminal mastermind, a Svengali, who can bend all of these people to his will and get them to go out and commit murder? That's a real shift that you have. So the first thing it kind of could tell you that something odd is going on is he gets out of prison. in L.A. County, and he's on parole.

Parolees are supposed to have a job, not supposed to leave the jurisdiction of their parole. He heads straight for the Bay Area, violates parole right off the bat. Two weeks later, he drifts into the parole office in the Bay Area, whereupon he should have been arrested and sent back to Terminal Island. But instead, they just assign him a parole.

Parolees are supposed to have a job, not supposed to leave the jurisdiction of their parole. He heads straight for the Bay Area, violates parole right off the bat. Two weeks later, he drifts into the parole office in the Bay Area, whereupon he should have been arrested and sent back to Terminal Island. But instead, they just assign him a parole.

Parolees are supposed to have a job, not supposed to leave the jurisdiction of their parole. He heads straight for the Bay Area, violates parole right off the bat. Two weeks later, he drifts into the parole office in the Bay Area, whereupon he should have been arrested and sent back to Terminal Island. But instead, they just assign him a parole.

I don't know, maybe things were easier then in some way. So he gets assigned a parole officer, Michael Smith. Michael Smith is initially handling a number of parolees. But after a while, once he takes on Manson, he only has one parolee he's supervising, Charlie Manson, which is odd.

I don't know, maybe things were easier then in some way. So he gets assigned a parole officer, Michael Smith. Michael Smith is initially handling a number of parolees. But after a while, once he takes on Manson, he only has one parolee he's supervising, Charlie Manson, which is odd.

I don't know, maybe things were easier then in some way. So he gets assigned a parole officer, Michael Smith. Michael Smith is initially handling a number of parolees. But after a while, once he takes on Manson, he only has one parolee he's supervising, Charlie Manson, which is odd.

And you also find out that Michael Smith, in addition to being a parole officer, is a graduate student at the University of California. studying group dynamics, especially the influence of drugs on gangs and groups. And he's also connected to the Haight-Ashbury Free Clinic, which is a place where the influence of, because Haight-Ashbury had lots of drugs and lots of groups.

And you also find out that Michael Smith, in addition to being a parole officer, is a graduate student at the University of California. studying group dynamics, especially the influence of drugs on gangs and groups. And he's also connected to the Haight-Ashbury Free Clinic, which is a place where the influence of, because Haight-Ashbury had lots of drugs and lots of groups.

And you also find out that Michael Smith, in addition to being a parole officer, is a graduate student at the University of California. studying group dynamics, especially the influence of drugs on gangs and groups. And he's also connected to the Haight-Ashbury Free Clinic, which is a place where the influence of, because Haight-Ashbury had lots of drugs and lots of groups.

So, you know, Charlie Manson never gets a regular job, hangs around with young girls. ex-cons, engages in criminal activity, is repeatedly arrested, but nothing ever sticks for the next couple of years.