Charles Manson may have killed people even before assembling his notorious “family.”
In an audio recording featured in a new clip from the upcoming docuseries “Making Manson,” the deadly cult leader claims that he lived in Mexico in the 1960s and “got involved in a couple of killings.”
“See there’s a whole part of my life that nobody knows about,” Manson says in a phone call from prison. “I lived in Mexico for awhile. I went to Acapulco, stole some cars. I just got involved in stuff over my head, man. Got involved in a couple of killings. I left my .357 Magnum in Mexico City, and I left some dead people on the beach.”
The revelation arrives as part of a trove of never-before-released conversations unearthed in the three-part documentary series premiering on Peacock on Tuesday. Directed by Billie Mintz, “Making Manson” is a new examination of the notorious criminal in his own words collected through 20 years’ worth of phone calls with a friend.
The Mexico killings are among the first that Manson has taken credit for. Manson long maintained that he had not ordered any murders even after his 1971 conviction, with some claiming the 1969 murders were “copycats” masterminded by another.
