later terry mulcher politely but firmly rejected charlie manson. >> charlie was crushed. >> he wouldure. which to manson, said his parole officer. >> charlie was in danger of losing the family. he did something politicians are masterful at, he creates this horrible out there, there is going to be a race war. >> it was a time of racial strife in america especially in la and manson blended that information somehow with the book of revelation to prophesy armageddon, a world ending race war. he called it helter-skelter after one of the songs on the beatles white album, the followers believed it but did he? roger smith is not so sure. >> it was basically used to keep them focused and divert attention from the fact that he was not doing well in terms of realizing his dream. >> time to move he told the family, got their money, cars, get to the desert to wait out the war between the races again the manson story may have disappeared from history without a ripple or trace. except --. >> coming up, a day in the life of a manson family. >> every day he would gather everyone together and does the