240 | Charles Manson, MK Ultra & Mind Control

Los Angeles, 1969. The air hums with peace, love, and revolution—until it doesn’t. A string of brutal murders rips through the city, orchestrated by a man with wild eyes and a twisted gospel: Charles Manson.

The CIA. The FBI. MKUltra. Mind control. Cults. Conspiracy. These aren’t just buzzwords—they’re threads in a tapestry so dark, so tangled, it has haunted investigators for decades.

We’re revisiting the Manson Family Murders—not the story you know, but the one Tom O’Neill uncovered in Chaos. A story where evil walks hand in hand with something far creepier: the possibility that Manson wasn’t just a madman, but a pawn in a mind-control game run by the U.S. government.

Buckle up, folks. This one’s going to get freaky.

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TIME STAMPS:
0:00 - Good Luck, Christian
1:44 - Theme Music 
3:04 - The Warm Up / Thanks For All The Reviews
4:56 - Manson, Mind Control & MK Ultra 
5:31 - Polanski is a Pervert, No?
6:44 - Tex The Towering Texan & Folks 
7:52 - Gonna Be One of Those Episodes, Nah Mean? 
8:23 - No Trigger Warning For You. Enjoy. 
11:27 - 3 Crimes, 7 Dead Under Manson's Command
11:57 - Enter: Author Tom O'Neill
12:13 - Vincent Bugliosi & Helter Skelter
13:58 - MK Ultra / Operation Midnight Climax
15:03 - San Francisco & The Summer of Love 
16:13 - Jolly West aka Dr Jolly St Nick West 
17:29 - Masonic Drive & The Joys of Paranoia  
17:58 - The Sunken Living Room Tangent
20:23 - What Happened in that Jail Cell? 
22:38 - Roger Smith 
25:33 - The Straight Satans (or Straightans) 
27:40 - Seeing a Pimp at a Vegas Gas Station 
29:35 - I'm Tired of Pretending The Beatles Were Good..
31:55 - Should We Bring Back The Death Penalty? 
33:45 - Manson: Madman or Marionnette 
33:55 - Did MK Ultra Pull Manson's Strings? 
35:27 - Modern Day Equivalent to Hippies?
37:25 - Was Manson Controlled Op? 
40:13 - Just a Bean in the Can
43:13 - Do We Have Manchurian Candidate Abilities?  
45:38 - Misinformation Is EVERYWHERE (even here..)
49:57 - Who Made The Worst Music: Manson or The Beatles? 
53:13 - Christian Takes FOREVER To Piece A Single Episode Together
55:34 - A Fitting Outro..

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The Twilight Zone meets Mystery Science Theatre 3000 meets an uncomfortable Thanksgiving dinner conversation with your in-laws. TFD is a weekly paranormal comedy podcast featuring real ghost stories, Cryptid lore discussions, and true paranormal experiences catering to the week’s theme.

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