Danny Trejo said he met Charles Manson in prison: ‘He wasn’t this tough guy’

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about his new History Channel show, “Mysteries Unearthed With Danny Trejo” (premiering Friday, Dec. 6 at 10 p.m). Trejo, who has over 400 film and TV credits to his name, is best known for “Machete,” “Spy Kids,” “Con Air,” and shows such as “Breaking Bad” and “Sons of Anarchy.” His Hollywood career began in the ‘80s.

Before that, he spent the better part of 1956-1969 in California prisons such as San Quentin and Folsom for crimes including drug dealing and armed robbery.

The “From Dusk Till Dawn” actor said that he encountered Manson roughly around 1962 when the latter was in county jail for theft years before the1969 murder of Sharon Tate. “When he showed up, we found out that he could hypnotize you,” Trejo explained, referring to his fellow inmates.

The “Heat” actor added, “[Manson] was in trouble with a lot of the inmates that didn’t like him. And we found out that he could hypnotize you… I said, ‘Get us loaded on marijuana.’ And so he did [hypnotize us into feeling like we were on marijuana],” he recalled.