
Jayne Friend
Naval historian, author and co-host of History's Devils podcast
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Aug 11, 2026
Charles Manson Part 2: Helter Skelter? Understanding the Manson Family Murders
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Jayne FriendGUEST
So I, I, I think, like a lot of alternative, uh, we'll say alternative/conspiracy theories, there is enough in there, there's enough grains of truth to make you say, "Oh, actually, this, this actually kind of makes sense.

Jayne FriendGUEST
Like, this could be a, this could be a thing." You know, if, if, if he's going to this clinic and he, and he's, you know, takes LSD and he, he could have had his mind controlled and, you know, he could be working for the government.

Jayne FriendGUEST
And, and there is this theory that he is doing some kind of work for one of the secret services, you know, and, and, and he's going out and do this, doing this for a, a, a higher purpose, um-
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Jayne FriendGUEST
... did Lennon and McCartney say, "Go, go and live in the desert and kill people and live in a hole." Um, however, um, I think you're absolutely right.

Jayne FriendGUEST
I said earlier that the, um, the, the Manson track that The Beach Boys put as their B side was, was a, was a bit of filler.
Charles Manson Part 1: The Making of a Maniac and His Murderous "Family"
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Jayne FriendGUEST
[laughs] Um, so this, this is, uh, actually, I think not uncommon, but this was a, a, a place that was developed in the 1940s as a movie set, as a movie location.

Jayne FriendGUEST
Um, and like things like Bonanza and The Lone Ranger and, and things of that era were filmed there.

Jayne FriendGUEST
And by the time Manson and his family are there, basically he's, he's elderly, he's nearly blind.
Sidney Gottlieb Part 2: MK Ultra and the CIA's Insane Assassination Plots
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Jayne FriendGUEST
He starts to express his concerns that there's evidence that places him at the scene of some of these experiments into mass poisonings.

Jayne FriendGUEST
And he's visited some CIA sites where there are some of these experiments going on.
