almost five decades of silence about the brainwashing and abuse she endured under the control of charles mansonnd his followers. diane lake was a member of the manson cult for two years. she said at 14 she was so young and lost, she had no idea that something sinister was in the works until it was too late. here's abc's amy robach. >> did you love him? >> yes. i did. >> did he love you? >> i always thought did he. now i'm not so sure. >> as a form he member of the manson cult, she said she knew a different side of the murderous leader. >> he made you feel like you were his one and only love. there were other girls but we all shared him. i felt like i belonged. >> throughout the world manson is the very definition of evil. >> a long time ago, being crazy meant something. nowadays, serve crazy. this is charles manson now. 82 years old, denied parole 12 times. in 1969, he sent several of his young follow orders a grisly killing spree that left seven people dead including eight months pregnant actress sharon tate. diane said she was shocked by the slayings. >> i really brought a lot of doubt to mys

stabbing lessons. >> yes, he did. >> is charles manson an inherently evil person?this may be his least likely family member. dianne lake, today she is a churchgoing mother of three but in the '60s her parents were hippies when she met charles manson, now she is telling her whole story in a new book. reading your book it seems as though you meet charles manson and within moments he's bedding you. >> it seemed very natural and loving. >> you were 14. >> i was 14. >> he was how old? >> he was probably 34. i believe he's 20 years older than i am. >> are you attracted to him? >> he was cute. impish, you know, fun. >> can you describe what drew you to charles manson, what it was about him? >> he made were his one and only love. you know, and, yes, there were other girls but we all -- we all shared him but he made you feel really special. >> did you love him. >> yes. i did. >> did he love you? >> i always thought he did. now i'm not so sure. >> for two years she lived with manson's so-called family befriending the people who would eventually become infamous killers. >> an

now i'm not so sure. >> reporter: as a former member of charles manson's cult, diane says she knew aent side of the murderous leader. >> he made you feel like you were his one and only love. and yes, there were other girls, but we all shared him. i felt like i belonged. >> reporter: throughout the world, manson is the very definition of evil. >> you know, a long time ago, be being crazy meant something. nowadays everybody's crazy. >> reporter: in several of his young followers on a grisly killing spree. diane says she was shocked by the slayings. >> it really brought a lot of doubt to myself. how could i love these people? >> reporter: now for the first time in almost 50 years, dianne is breaking her silence in her memoir, "member of the family." she says she spent her first year living with a beach boy at an old tv and movie set outside l.a. but her relationship with manson began to change. manson was becoming increasingly violent. convinced the beatle song "helter-skelter" was warning of a war. he gave them stabbing lessons. he had you practice kil >> yes, he did. >> reporter: how

impish, you know, fun. >> can you describe what drew you to charles manson, what it was about him?w, and, yes, there were other girls but we all -- we all shared him but he made you feel really special. >> did you love him. >> yes. i did. >> did he love you? >> i always thought he did. now i'm not sosure. >> for two she lived with manson's so-called family befriending the people who would eventually becomeous killers. >> and they really were your family? >> and they really were my family, yeah. >> did you ever see a dark side to any of them? why were they there in the manson familia family. >> i think we were all misfits looking for love and affection. >> it began with talk of love and peace and an entire hippie movement and then it turned dark and charlie started talking about helter-skelter, a race war. how concerned were you when you saw that evolution? >> it didn't feel right, but yet the evidence seemed to be overwhelming that this is the way the world was going, that this -- these were true prophecies. >> did you think that he was the second coming of christ, that he was a me

the youngest member of that notorious cult says she was just 14 years old when she first met charles manson. i spoke to diane late this morning about her personal relationship with that convicted mass murderer. she met manson nearly 50 years ago, but only is telling her story now. she said she fell in love with him and believed he was the second coming of christ. she's now 64 years old. she wrote a book, called member of the family. lake talks about her years with manson and how she said she became so manipulated by the former cult leader. >> i took a good amount of responsibility for what happened to me. because as a 14-year-old, you think that you're an adult. and so i made these choices and got involved and got brainwashed by the grace of god i came out the other side. >> this all happened in two years when she was between 14 and 16. lake said when members of the family returned home in 1969 after butchering seven people, including actress sharon tate, they told her all the gory details, confessed. lake later testified against the people including manson. he's now serving life in prison.

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. >> especially when it is some one like charles manson. >> looks like he is staring right at you. >> carved which he turned into a swastika. he will never forget the day the hippy cult leader leapt across the defense table in a failed attempt to attack the judge. >> all of a sudden, manson hollered, somebody has to cut your head off, old man. and leaped. before you knew it, the bailiff talkd h tackled him in midair. often the news worthy moments are most fleeting off the awe tonight, bernard madoff behind bars. >> borny madoff, the financier whose scheme bilked billions out of investors. the image mattered most was the iffage in cuffs, it happened so fast, elizabeth williams almost missed it. >> federal marshals came over, descended upon him and put handcuffs on him i thought to myself, holy moly they're going to put this guy in prison right now. i just, started drawing him. i thought the arms back. hand are cuffed. i got, like -- this marshal and then, tie got the, the, jail cell. the door open. one of the victims came up and took her fingers and kissed right where his hand were. an

phil: you say charles manson raped you, beat you, passed you around for sex. >> announcer: a daytimereatened to skin me alive in front of the group. >> announcer: plus -- >> dr. phil: it's been 31 years since christopher disappeared. >> he vanished from his crib in the middle of the night and still missing. >> dr. phil: after christopher was

killer will be seen as a mythical kind of creature where, you know, marilyn manson is named after charles mansoneople that are going to be interested in this because we never know. the mexico thing i think was probably a reward, a payoff for him to do something. i think he didn't want to do it. they went on "ellen." he knew he was going to get softball questions. you know i hate conspiracy theories. the killer's house was robbed right after, right after it happens. there was a break-in. who would have the guts to break into that person's house? somebody who could break into the house to get something. i find that, that's where you start thinking about, was this guy cia? who knows? who was he? anyway, i would like to think he was just a psycho and leave it at that. >> juan: the psycho part, it turns out his brother is involved in pornography. "one more thing" up next. well, like most of you, i just bought a house. -oh! -very nice. now i'm turning into my dad. i text in full sentences. i refer to every child as chief. this hat was free. what am i supposed to do, not wear it? next thing you know, i

. >>> one of the lesser known members of the charles manson family is breaking her sigh lance.n "good morning america." she met man son when she was 14 and he was 34. she said she fell in love with him and believed he was a second coming of christ. lake said when members of the family returned home in 1969 after butchering seven people including actress sharon tate they told her everything. >> i got gory details and as i -- what i remember is that they gave me the gory details with a certain amount of glee or almost like bragging, which just made me feel even worse. i mean, it was like, what? >> man son was sentenced to death when the death penalty was ruled unconstitutional. his sentence was commuted to life in prison. >>> students at cardinal newman high school in santa r back to class today for the first time since the north bay wildfires started. >> the football team played their rival in rohnert park last night. 90 of the 620 students including six players lost their homes in the tubbs fire. the team is practicing at another high school while theirs rebuil rebuilds. >> it'

into a maximum security prison that housed some of the nation's most notorious inmates including charles mansonsirhan. it was a prison with a reputation for gangs and violence. we discovered another side of corcoran. one that was tied not to its infamy, but to its location. in the heart of california's most fertile agricultural basin. >> let's go! come on, ladies, let's go. >> i had no idea there was a fully functioning dairy farm at corcoran prison before we got there. it was interesting because the inmates that worked on the dairy farm loved their jobs. i think it was the fact that they were around these animals and they were caretaking them and creating something that was valuable. it gave them a sense of purpose that i didn't often see at corcoran. >> this is a good opportunity right here. i live in bakersfield and there's a lot of dairies around there. so hopefully when i get out, the hours i accumulated here give me a job opportunity when i get out. >> i like it. it's better than dealing with the prison. you know? it's a lot better. i enjoy getting away from the yard and working with cows

would read the book in the 90's or any of the books after that it would be like naming a road charles manson lane. there are a couple of the quotes. he called him a full with a license to kill his own men. then ben stein, for those of you who think you know he is familiar. you talk about jumping the shark. he actually wrote the article in the new york times saturday things the faall pondering whether or not to allow people to talk on their cell phones on flights. he somehow or another creatively hoodgh that to john bell be one of the most destructive human needs of all time. i am not kidding. you are appear accusing people of exaggerating and i am not doing that. i am telling you. he called him the most instructive american of all time in a article about cell phones. [laughter] i like the guy. , iis a big civil war fan don't know if you know that. he let civil war history. -- loves civil war history. i am going to give examples of cana author or a historian take primary sources and can change the context of a completely. -- i am going to talk about mr. sword quite a bit here. i am going to b

>> i think that you bring up charles manson and my epic interview in san quentin prison. east charismatic personality, who could attract acolytes inflict, disgusting, vicious butchery on innocent people. in paddock's case i believe, yes, you may find people who knew or should have known that he was planning something aberrant but i really do believe that in the vast majority of these cases, what you see, manson, aside, what you see in the paddock case and so many others is this person who is stewing in their own toxic brew and they at some point, he cases chicago. he cases boston. who knows how many other venues that he, that he checked out before -- brian: dry run week before. abby: he thought about this for months, geraldo. we're left with 58 people no longer with us. think about the families who will never be the same. every time this happens we want to know the motive. we want to know what we can do as a country with our laws to make sure it doesn't happen again which is why it often goes to gun control and bump stock came up yesterday. both republicans, democrats gett

allison it's interesting too when kevin talking about this when you think about the serial killers, charles mansonf sam, those were all like in '70's and early '80's. >> that's what led to this. >> those are the ones that skill sift in people's minds when you think about serial killers now. >> mythology the folk lore and all that around it. absolutely steve. i will be watching. >> it's good. and binging. it is now 9:48. coming up the only thing cuter than kids in halloween costumes is pets in halloween costumes. the yards wants you and your fur baby to get in the spirit. high goodness it's a dinosaur. or is it alligator? it's an alligator. any way, we've got a sneak peek -- >> it's crocodile. >> crocodile. sneak peek at a special event and a four legged fashion show next. to cute. >> reptile. just say it's reptile. >> that's right. hey, guys. where are the cookies for the... bake sale? bake... bake sale? need to bake in a hurry? use new country crock buttery sticks with sunflower oil. there's no softening required. so baking is delicious and easy