Parcast Presents: Summer of '69

This episode is brought to you by Female Criminals, a Parcast Original. For more episodes like this one, subscribe to Female Criminals on Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts. By July, 1969, the "Manson Girls” saw Charlie as more than a leader, he was the second coming of Christ. Manson’s cult gospel called them to prepare for a fast approaching race war called Helter Skelter that would burn Southern California to the ground. And if the war didn’t start on its own, they would light the fuse. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This episode is brought to you by Kingpins, a Parcast Original. For more episodes like this one, subscribe to Kingpins on Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts. The Brotherhood of Eternal Love reached new heights after the proliferation of their potent LSD tablet "Orange Sunshine." They spread their psychedelic gospel far and wide, even attracting infamous drug advocate Timothy Leary to their ranks. But all of their success would bring on unwanted attention from none other than the federal government. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This episode is brought to you by Kingpins, a Parcast Original. For more episodes like this one, subscribe to Kingpins on Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Just before the Summer of Love, 22-year-old John Griggs discovered LSD and had an epiphany – he would serve as the Hippie Messiah and guide the world to psychedelic revolution. John set out to the beaches of Southern California where he founded a psychedelic cult and international drug ring, while blazing the trail for the recreational use of psychedelics at the height of the hippie era. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This episode is brought to you by Unsolved Murders, a Parcast Original. For more episodes like this one, subscribe to Unsolved Murders on Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts. In late 1969, the body of a girl who had been stabbed to death was found in a tree just off Mulholland Drive, in Los Angeles, California. The body was unidentifiable, and was thus dubbed "Jane Doe #59." The investigation had no leads to investigate until decades later, when a sheer coincidence would bring the infamous Manson Family into the fold. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This episode is brought to you by Assassinations, a Parcast Original. For more episodes like this one, subscribe to Assassinations on Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts. In March 1969, James Earl Ray pled guilty to the murder of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. at the Lorraine Motel. Three days later, he rescinded his confession and declared that he was a fall man for a larger conspiracy. His claims sparked dozens of conspiracy theories that persist to this day. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This episode is brought to you by The Dark Side Of, a Parcast Original. For more episodes like this one, subscribe to The Dark Side Of on Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts. In 1939, 16-year-old Judy Garland began filming the Wizard of Oz. While the film would become a beloved classic, Judy would go on to struggle with eating disorders and drug addiction she developed on-set, before her afflictions would lead to her tragic demise. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This episode is brought to you by Unexplained Mysteries, a Parcast Original. For more episodes like this one, subscribe to Unexplained Mysteries on Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Following the string of brutal murders throughout the 1960s, the masked man known as the Zodiac Killer continued to write letters to the press and police, while capturing the imaginations of terrified onlookers across the country. Fifty years later, there is still no confirmed suspect as to the identity of the murderer.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This episode is brought to you by Unexplained Mysteries, a Parcast Original. For more episodes like this one, subscribe to Unexplained Mysteries on Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts. In the summer of 1969, newspapers in Northern California began receiving coded letters from a person who would come to identify themselves as "The Zodiac." The author of the letters taunted the police by giving clues related to a series of unsolved murders, but did the cryptic messages truly come from the mind of the killer? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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