A disciple of Charles Manson reveals why she still loves "the incarnation of evil"

A former disciple of Charles Manson said that she still loved this infamous ruler half a century after the two-day murder he had ordered.

The murderer, who died in prison in 2017, formed the Manson family in 1967 – a California-based commune.

His followers committed a series of nine murders in four localities in July and August 1969, according to his instructions, with the aim of triggering a racial war.

He was found guilty of first degree murder for all and conspiracy to commit the murder of two of them. He was imprisoned in 1971.

One of her former supporters told ABC News that she still loves him.

Lynette Fromme, 70, was part of the sect leader's restricted circle, although she never killed for him.

Alongside another follower, Dianne Lake, Lynette talked about their memories with Manson in a show broadcast on the American channel Tuesday – Manson Girls.

"I do not think you fall in love," Lynette told ABC News.

"I am very honored to have met, and I know it sounds for those who think that it is the incarnation of evil."

Lynette was never charged with the group's murders but was sentenced to life in prison for attempting to badbadinate President Gerald Ford in 1975. She was released on parole in 2009.

She had taken refuge at Manson's house after getting scrambled with her family.

"My father and I, we quarreled one night and he said:" Go out and never come back, " she says.

"I hitchhiked to a place in Venice, I thought someone might bring me in. It was dark and nobody was there, and I was sitting watching the ocean – and here is Charlie. "

In 1968, the Manson family moved to Spahn Ranch – where Fromme said Charles became obsessed with Beatles music.

"There would be a revolution and it would be violent," said Fromme.

"He played on the back, he played it on the front."

"He was convinced that they were sending him a message: we, as a family, should be hiding until the end of the war."

The group was involved in the murder of Gary Hinman in July 1969, then gained national notoriety after the murder of highly pregnant actress Sharon Tate and four other people at her home on August 8 and 9, 1969. and Leno and Rosemary LaBianca the next day.

Tex Watson and three other members of the "family" executed the killings of Tate-LaBianca, acting under Manson's specific instructions.

In the episode, which is part of a series titled 1969, Lynette said that it was a turbulent period.

"At the time, it was just one more person who was being killed, I tell you, when the war is very visible and the conflicts in the streets are visible, I decided not to pbad judgment. "

Dianne, now 66, who joined the family in adolescence after her parents "emancipated her," explained in the show how she had witnessed charge of the prosecution case in the case against Manson.

She had been introduced to him by a couple she lived with and said she was "amazed" by "playful, cute and funny" Charles.

And she said that she felt lucky to have been "protected" thanks to her experience with the Manson family.

"I am very convinced," she said, "that it was only by the grace of God that I was protected throughout this adventure and that I was a victim.

"You know, I've been abused, I've been neglected, I've been abandoned, I hope my story will help to tell a warning."

Manson Girls was aired Tuesday on ABC.

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Main reports of Mirror Online