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Young Charlie by Hollywood & Crime

71 episodes - English - Latest episode: 2 months ago - ★★★★ - 2.3K ratings

How did Charles Manson become an evil, cunning monster? In August 1969, the world is shocked by the savage murders of movie star Sharon Tate and four others at the sprawling Hollywood Hills estate she shares with film director Roman Polanski. When the following night another couple is brutally slaughtered, panic spreads among Los Angeles residents. Four months later, the mastermind behind these vicious crimes is arrested, and the public learns the name that would haunt it to this day: Charles Manson. But few knew then – or now – the full story behind the making of a mass murderer. In this groundbreaking 6-part series, host Tracy Pattin is joined by internationally acclaimed actor Stephen Lang (Avatar, Don’t Breathe) to take listeners on a unique journey, investigating Manson’s unlikely path from his troubled childhood in rural West Virginia to the night he sent his out his followers to commit the most infamous crime in Hollywood history.

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Episodes

Wondery Presents: Murder in Hollywoodland

June 17, 2020 08:30 - 4 minutes - 4.47 MB

It's February 2nd 1922, and all of Hollywood is about to wake up and learn that William Desmond Taylor, the most famous film director in town, was murdered in his home last night. The investigation will shine a light on some of Hollywood's most scandalous affairs, backroom deals, and underground drug dens. This real life Murder Mystery is one of the most iconic "whodunnit" cases of the 20th century that will leave you guessing and second guessing who killed William Desmond Taylor fo...

Introducing Hope in Darkness

May 27, 2020 08:30 - 9 minutes - 8.91 MB

Hope in Darkness is a 12-part series about the unjust imprisonment of a U.S. citizen and his wife in Venezuela. Host Becky Bruce follows Josh and Thamy Holt through the true story of how they met online, to how they were abducted days after marrying, through their years-long detention in a notorious Venezuelan prison. From team that brought you the hit podcast Cold comes a story that you have to hear to believe. Listen now: wondery.fm/hopeindarknessYC.

Introducing Motive for Murder

May 07, 2020 11:00 - 4 minutes - 3.82 MB

Motive for Murder is a new podcast from Dateline NBC. Two murders, months apart, in Houston. The young victims knew each other, but did they also know their elusive killer? Dateline’s Josh Mankiewicz takes you inside one of the most twisted and confounding cases he’s ever covered. From the team who brought you the #1 podcast The Thing About Pam comes the chilling story of the race to find the killer by unmasking the motive. Subscribe to Motive for Murder now: https://link.chtbl.co...

Wondery presents Deadly Misadventures

April 22, 2020 08:30 - 7 minutes - 7.2 MB

From the hosts of Generation Why and The Minds of Madness, comes Deadly Misadventures, a thrilling new podcast from Wondery. Deadly Misadventures takes you on a journey through the unbelievable true stories of actual near-death experiences. Step-by-step, you will retrace their paths to uncover how they got there, who was responsible, and what it took for them to survive. Some only came face-to-face with death. Others were not so lucky. Wondery’s Deadly Misadventures: You have to hea...

Wondery Presents: Business Wars - Starbucks VS Dunkin'

April 06, 2020 08:30 - 5 minutes - 5.18 MB

Business Wars digs deep into some of the greatest corporate rivalries of all time. Think Facebook VS Snapchat or Nike VS Adidas. On each episode we give you an inside look at what inspired entrepreneurs to take risks that drove their companies to new heights -- or into the ground. In this season “Starbucks VS Dunkin,” they follow these two java giants in a war that started brewing in the 1950s and is now hotter than ever. Coffee is a 100 billion dollar plus global industry with the...

Introducing Joe Exotic: Tiger King

March 24, 2020 08:30 - 5 minutes - 5.21 MB

Joe Exotic devoted his life to raising and breeding lions, tigers, and other exotic animals at his Oklahoma zoo. He croons ballads, shoots guns, and puts it all on YouTube. But he’s also made a lot of enemies. And the biggest of all is the owner of a big cat sanctuary in Florida named Carole Baskin. The feud between Joe Exotic and Carole gets messy, vicious, and outrageous -- until both of them are pushed far beyond their limits. From Wondery, comes ‘Joe Exotic: Tiger King’, the sto...

Introducing Dying for Sex

February 12, 2020 10:00 - 7 minutes - 6.42 MB

Listen to Dying for Sex at wondery.fm/DFS13. When she’s diagnosed with stage IV breast cancer, Molly decides to do something bold: she leaves her unhappy marriage and embarks on a series of sexual adventures to help her feel alive. These experiences are beyond anything she could have imagined, so she shares the details with her closest friend, host Nikki Boyer. The two best friends dissect these hilarious, often touching stories. And they growing even closer as they share Molly's j...

Introducing The Sneak

January 14, 2020 09:00 - 8 minutes - 7.87 MB

The Sneak tells true crime stories from in and around the world of sports. This season, they will look at a football star who pulled off a bizarre bank heist complete with decoys, disguises, and an escape plan you have to hear to believe. Subscribe to The Sneak today: wondery.fm/TheSneak_YC

Accused Returns for a New Season

December 30, 2019 10:00 - 11 minutes - 10.4 MB

In 1984, a father of three disappeared while working at a mysterious Cincinnati plant. It turned out he’d met a gruesome fate. Two months later, the Fernald Feed Materials Production Center was revealed to have been processing uranium – and polluting the region. The dead man’s children believe their father was murdered because he intended to expose how the plant had been releasing millions of pounds of uranium dust into the atmosphere. We’re hoping to figure out: Did 39-year-old Dav...

Introducing Blood Ties

December 17, 2019 10:00 - 11 minutes - 10.9 MB

BLOOD TIES: A scripted audio series starring Gillian Jacobs and Josh Gad as Eleonore and Michael Richland. After the sudden death of their billionaire father, disturbing allegations emerge about his dark past. These revelations thrust Eleonore and Michael into a fight they’re completely unprepared for. As the stakes of telling the truth continue to rise, they grapple with their father’s legacy and what to do with it. Listen now at wondery.fm/youngcharlieBT

Introducing Detective Trapp

November 19, 2019 10:30 - 8 minutes - 7.94 MB

Anaheim investigator Julissa Trapp is not like other detectives. She’s the only woman on the homicide squad, and a skilled chameleon: undercover cop in vice stings, crime-scene commander, patient confidante of killers. A master interrogator, she invokes her personal experience – and deepest griefs – as a tool to elicit confessions. When a young woman’s body is found at a trash-sorting plant, Trapp learns the murder may be linked to the disappearance of three other women in nearby Sa...

Wondery Presents Bad Batch

October 23, 2019 09:00 - 5 minutes - 5.23 MB

In Wondery's new series Bad Batch, host Laura Beil (Dr. Death) investigates the multi-billion dollar underregulated industry of stem cell therapy where greed and desperation collide. When a group of patients wind up in a Texas hospital in critical condition, the trail leads back to one stem cell company and its charismatic CEO. What happens when a supposed miracle cure leaves you worse off than before? Listen to Bad Batch at wondery.fm/BadBatchPod

Wondery Presents The Mysterious Mr. Epstein

October 02, 2019 09:00 - 9 minutes - 9.14 MB

For most of his life, Jeffrey Epstein was a mystery-- who he was, how he made his money, and how he got away with horrific crimes for so many years. The Mysterious Mr. Epstein explores how Epstein was able to use his wealth to buy status and credibility, to buy power, and ultimately to buy himself freedom from justice. From the network that brought you Dirty John. Listen now at wondery.fm/TMME

Coming Down Fast | 6

September 12, 2019 07:30 - 52 minutes - 48.2 MB

Susan Atkins horrified the Grand Jury on December 5, 1969 with her vivid, gruesome story of the Tate, LaBianca and Hinman murders. Other witnesses, including fellow Manson Family member Linda Kasabian, backed up and added to Atkins’ disturbing testimony. Charlie now knows for certain that the Beatles with their White Album lyrics are speaking to him directly and guiding his next moves. One thing leads to another – then on Friday night, August 8, 1969, Charlie tells his right hand m...

Slippies | 5

September 05, 2019 07:30 - 38 minutes - 35.5 MB

On December 4, 1969, prosecuting attorney Vincent Bugliosi interviewed Susan Atkins and was convinced he had a case to connect Manson and his followers to all the murders. And though Manson wasn’t present at any of the actual killings, Bugliosi knew that somehow Charlie had manipulated it all. In November 1967 Charlie’s decides to move his growing family of followers to Los Angeles, so he can become more famous than the Beatles. However, his first audition doesn’t go well. Not to w...

Wondery Presents Joe Exotic: Over My Dead Body Season 2

September 03, 2019 09:30 - 6 minutes - 5.6 MB

Joe Exotic is a man who loves his animals and the zoo he created for them. But Joe has a nemesis in the animal world named Carole. And as much as they both love to save animals, Joe and Carole are hell-bent on destroying each other. Listen to season 2 of Over My Dead Body: Joe Exotic at wondery.fm/joeexotic

Summer of Love | 4

August 29, 2019 07:00 - 38 minutes - 35 MB

Susan Atkins shared with two inmates the gruesome details of the Tate–LaBianca murders, the murder of Gary Hinman, and her life with cult leader, Charles Manson. One of the inmates decided she had to tell someone and reached to the L.A.P.D. It’s 1967, and Charlie is right in the middle of San Francisco’s Summer of Love. Just out of prison, he relocates to Haight-Ashbury and starts building his following. His first disciple is the homely Mary Brunner, a lonely librarian from Wiscons...

How to Win Friends and Influence People | 3

August 22, 2019 07:00 - 39 minutes - 36.4 MB

In October, 1969, another raid at the Spahn Ranch led to the arrest of a family of hippies tied to a series of crimes. Their leader gave his full name as Manson, Charles M. AKA Jesus Christ, God. One of those arrested, Susan Atkins, told her inmates an unbelievable tale of murder and mayhem. If she were to be believed, “Sexy Sadie,” AKA Sadie Mae Glutz, was one of the Tate, LaBianca and Hinman murderers. Back in the penitentiary in 1957, Charlie studies Dale Carnegie’s popular self...

Hollywood & Crime: New Episodes!

August 09, 2019 08:30 - 52 minutes - 47.8 MB

The newest season of Hollywood & Crime about the Billionaire Boys Club can be found exclusively on Luminary. Listen at luminary.link/hollywood

Crazy Charlie | 2

August 08, 2019 07:45 - 38 minutes - 35.2 MB

Want to hear the rest of Young Charlie right now and ad-free? Join Wondery+ today for instant access to all 6 episodes, plus more from your favorite Wondery shows. During checkout, enter promo code charlie to get your first month of access free: wondery.com/plus By September 1969, police had interviewed over three hundred people and still had no viable suspects in the Tate or LaBianca murders. It didn’t help that the two separate police departments investigating the murders were no...

The Ketchup Bottle Bandits | 1

August 07, 2019 04:00 - 37 minutes - 34.6 MB

On the morning of August 9, 1969, the bodies of actress Sharon Tate and four other people were discovered at the sprawling Benedict Canyon home of Miss Tate and her husband, film director Roman Polanski. The victims had all been brutally murdered. The next day, the bodies of Leno and Rosemary LaBianca were discovered at their home in Los Feliz. They had been murdered in a similar, gruesome fashion. In 1939, young Charlie Manson’s mother Kathleen is arrested in Charleston, West Virg...