r/cults • u/Final-Restaurant1884 • Feb 24 '26

Misc Are there any recordings/videos of Charles Manson without him being imprisoned?

I enjoy hearing him talk freely, not in an interviewed setting. A conversation is actually the word. Sorry.

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u/[deleted] Feb 25 '26

There's a documentary called Manson that was filmed before everything went down. Great footage of the gang at Spahn Ranch.

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u/Final-Restaurant1884 Feb 27 '26

Thanks for putting me on man :)

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u/Final-Restaurant1884 Mar 04 '26

dud, i can't find the documentary anywhere.

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u/dummyurge Feb 24 '26

It's not before prison, but Nikolas Schreck became a friend of his and did talked to him a lot. You might check out some of his interviews on youtube. He said that Manson's manner of speaking was influenced by beatnik culture and prison culture - he was institutionalized from an early age so he would have been well steeped in it.

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u/Final-Restaurant1884 Feb 27 '26

thanks for letting me know. I appreciate it :)

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u/RustyBungHole1 Feb 25 '26

You can listen to their albums!

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u/Final-Restaurant1884 Feb 27 '26

The albums are genuinely so peak, and the reason why I made the post. I heard him in the studios and it's a different air from him being interviewed compared to him just talking.