Joe
Be li ge
etells
the
sto y
of
the
famous
mu de e
a d
cult
leade ,
Cha les
Ma so ,
who
is
espo sible
fo
the
mu de
of
multiple
people
i
1969.
The
docuse ies
challe ges
o e
of
the
most
popula
claims
i
Ma so ‘s
case
a d
shows
eve
see
befo e
footage
a d
photos,
alo g
with
actual
i te views
with
actual
fo me
“Ma so
Family”
membe s.
(YouTube)
wa i g:
This
a ticle
co tai s
me tio s
of
mu de ,
death,
a d
d ugs.
Reade ‘s
disc etio
is
advised.
the
mi d
of
di ecto
Joe
Be li ge ,
‘Co ve satio s
With
A
Kille :
The
Cha les
Ma so
Tapes’
has
officially
bee
eleased
o li e.
The
docuse ies
is
a
cove age
of
Cha les
Ma so ’s
c imes
a d
how
he
ma aged
to
ma ipulate
the
g oup
of
wome
who
we e
k ow
as
his
“family”
i to
ca yi g
out
the
ho ifyi g
mu de s.
About
‘Co ve satio s
With
A
Kille :
The
Cha les
Ma so
Tapes’
The
official
desc iptio
of
the
docuse ies
eads:
“A
u filte ed
look
i to
the
psyche
of
i famous
se ial
kille
Cha les
Ma so
u folds
th ough
co tempo a y
i te views
a d
exclusive
audio
eco di gs.”
The
docume ta y
is
b oke
dow
i to
th ee
pa ts,
each
almost
a
hou
lo g,
that
detail
Ma so ’s
life
a d
who
he
was.
F om
eve -befo e-see
clips
a d
photos,
Be li ge
pai ted
a
pictu e
of
Ma so ’s
ove all
pe so ality
a d
life
a d
how
he
ma ipulated
multiple
people,
mai ly
wome ,
to
become
devoted
to
him.This
ma ipulatio
led
to
a
se ies
of
ho ifyi g
mu de s
that
all
of
the
wome
took
pa t
i
u de
his
o de s.
The
c imi al
was
mai ly
active
i
the
1960s
a d
sta ted
his
ow
cult
at
the
time,
k ow
as
the
“Ma so
Family.”
I
Los
A geles
i
August
1969,
Ma so
o de ed
the
wome
i
his
cult
to
ca y
out
a
se ies
of
mu de s.
This
also
i cluded
the
death
of
p eg a t
act ess
Sha o
Tate.
He
was
late
co victed
of
mu de
a d
spe t
the
emai de
of
his
life
i
p iso .The
th ee
pa ts
eveal
i te views
with
actual
fo me
membe s
of
the
“Ma so
Family”
alo g
with
ee actme ts
a d
clips
a d
audio
files
f om
Ma so
himself
a d
pai t
a
pictu e
about
what
eally
happe ed.
Ma so ’s
victims
i cluded
Sha o
Tate,
p eg a t
wife
of
di ecto
Roma
Pola ski;
Abigail
Folge ,
who
was
a
coffee
hei ess;
celeb ity
hai stylist
Jay
Seb i g,
w ite
Wojciech
F ykowski,
tee age
Steve
Pa e t,
supe ma ket
executive
Le o
LaBia ca
a d
his
wife,
Rosema y
LaBia ca.
Joe
Be li ge
talks
about
wo ki g
o
the
t ue
c ime
docuse ies
The
di ecto
behi d
the
ewly
eleased
docuse ies
ece tly
sat
dow
fo
a
co ve satio
with
USA
Today.
He
ope ed
up
about
what
the
se ies
explo es
a d
what
it
was
like
to
wo k
o
it.
He
sha ed,
“It’s
a
ho ifyi g
sto y
about
a
maste mi d
ma ipulati g
othe
people
to
do
thei
evil
biddi g,
whe e
these
people
at
the
time
of
the
c ime,
because
of
d ug
use
a d
his
i flue ce,
we e
emo seless.
It
was
Hollywood’s
wo st
ightma e.”Be li ge
specifically
challe ges
the
claims
that
we e
made
du i g
Ma so ’s
t ial
about
how
he
had
committed
the
mu de s
to
sta t
a
‘ ace
wa .’
P osecuto
Vi ce t
Bugliosi,
who
was
a
pa t
of
Ma so ’s
t ial,
made
claims
i
cou t
about
how
the
cult
leade
had
bee
obsessed
with
The
Beatles
a d
thei
‘white
album’
a d
that
the
mu de s
had
occu ed
while
his
cult
membe s
p ete ded
to
be
Black
Pa the s.
Be li ge
ow
claims
i
his
docume ta y
that
the
mu de s
we e
ot
e ti ely
pa t
of
a
ace
wa
but
we e
pa t
of
a
d ug
deal
go e
w o g.The
docume ta y
se ies,
acco di g
to
Be li ge ’s
ecou ti g
of
the
i cide ts,
cove s
how
the
cult
leade
had
i vited
a
bike
ga g
i to
thei
a ch
to
p ovide
them
with
p otectio
a d
d ugs.
A
ma
amed
Bobby
Beausoleil
was
at
the
ce t e
of
it
all
a d
would
p ovide
them
all
with
the
illegal
substa ces.
Howeve ,
whe
the
bike
ga g
g ew
u happy,
Ma so
a d
Beausoleil
allegedly
mu de ed
Ga y
Hi ma ,
the
o e
who
had
supplied
them
with
the
d ugs.
Whe
Beausoleil
was
a ested,
a
lot
of
p oblems
a ose
fo
the
cult
leade .
Fu the
talki g
about
the
se ies,
Be li ge
added,
“It’s
actually
just
a
se ies
of
blu de s
a d
bad
pla i g
by
petty
c imi als,
a d
that’s
the
sto y
we’ e
telli g
he e.”As
to
why
Be li ge
app oached
the
topic,
he
detailed
that
he
was
quite
i te ested
i
why
people
go
“off
the
ails,”
sha i g
that
while
Ma so
was
a
k ow
acist
pe so ,
the
mu de s
we e
possibly
a
esult
of
a
d ug
deal
go e
bad
athe
tha
a
‘ ace
wa ’.
Whe e
to
watch
‘Co ve satio s
With
A
Kille :
The
Cha les
Ma so
Tapes’
The
docume ta y
se ies
is
available
to
st eam
o
Netflix.
It
officially
p emie ed
o
the
platfo m
o
August
12.
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