As an indication of how much Manson had got into his followers heads this little nugget from the trial is telling
Susan Atkins - she of the hairy upper lip - literally mouthing in real time Manson's replies to reporters questions
Some have questioned whether this is real or a clever edit but there are photos and other video that line up with this scenario taking place i.e. they were both in the courtroom at the moment he was talking to the press, and her head turning away from the afro lady in both the video and the photo that broadly line up with her looking in his direction, and also her eye movement when the reporter asks the question is bang on
Part of this is no doubt that he had a lot of stock phrases and common verbal ticks (eg repeating a question back), but still..he had isolated and worked on them with purpose for a while, they were putty in his hands
Still don't think leslie should have got out however
