From: user6340@newsgrouper.org.invalid   
      
   JTEM  posted:   
   >   
   > Trying real hard to get through the Charles Manson   
   > documentary on Netflix, or was trying, and finally   
   > quit with 36 minutes to go...   
   >   
   > Eew.   
   >   
   > So I had a question that has absolutely nothing to   
   > do with the documentary. And it is thus:   
   >   
   > I recall, when I was a kid, someone (older) telling   
   > me that Charles Manson's "Power" over his family   
   > came from his giving them LSD then doing some card   
   > tricks.   
   >   
   > Did anyone else ever hear such a thing?   
   >   
   > I just did the Google and A.I. wasn't useful...   
   >   
   > The documentary attributes Charlies "Powers" over his   
   > followers -- and even having followers, I suppose --   
   > on the CIA MKUltra experiments which, they assure us,   
   > were an attempt to create assassins who would kill on   
   > command.   
   >   
   > Slightly skeptical on that one.   
      
   From what I understand, he found wayward people who   
   were lost in life -- and got them on drugs while   
   creating a "family" atmosphere for them -- in which   
   he gave them the "love" they never had. Supposedly,   
   he had some kind of charisma that drew those people   
   to him.   
      
   So, a combination of drugs, "love", and his charisma,   
   which allowed him to manipulate their minds and get   
   them to do evil things for him.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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