
27/07/2025
John L Potash, author and filmmaker of the documentary "CIA Drugs R’ Us!," offers a thought‑provoking look at how CIA‑linked MKULTRA experiments may have influenced Charles Manson’s circle.
In this segment, Potash outlines evidence that Dr. Louis Jolyon West’s work with L*D and hypnosis at San Francisco’s Haight‑Ashbury Free Medical Clinic played a role in shaping Manson’s recruitment tactics and influence over his followers.
Potash also explores how Sharon Tate’s involvement in anti‑war activism and solidarity with the Black Panthers may have made her and her friends targets, and suggests that this politicized atmosphere may have attracted covert surveillance or intervention.
It’s a fresh perspective on the Tate murders that challenges the familiar narrative and raises new questions about what happened that tragic August evening.
John Potash, author and filmmaker of the documentary CIA Drugs R’ Us!, offers a thought‑provoking look at how CIA‑linked MKULTRA experiments may have influen...