Did the CIA Help Charles Manson Control His Family’s Minds? Errol Morris’ ‘CHAOS: The Manson Murders’ Attempts to Find Out

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Addie Morfoot Contributor In Errol Morris’ new Netflix documentary “CHAOS: The Manson Murders,” the Oscar-winning director explores how Charles Manson was able to convince four “Manson girls” along with Tex Watson to savagely kill for him.

Based on Tom O’Neill’s 2019 book “CHAOS: Charles Manson, the CIA, and the Secret History of the Sixties,” the film explores the covert motives that may have sparked the 1969 Tate-LaBianca murders.

The doc is built around O’Neill’s theory that Manson learned mind-control techniques from the CIA’s MKUltra mind-control program and was programmed to become an assassin. “It’s surprising, I believe, on Manson because it takes you deeply into the mysteries rather than lecturing you or telling you that this is what happened or that is why it happened,” says Morris. “It’s asking you to actually consider the evidence and to think about what the motivation might have been.” Variety spoke to Morris about “CHAOS: The Manson Murders,” which is currently streaming on Netflix.

There are so many mysteries connected with Charlie Manson, and it’s almost unending. People are deeply fascinated by that crime, not just because it was so violent and so repulsive and involved celebrities, but because no one could figure out how Manson was able to convince these members of the family to kill for him.