McCartney Times

LOS ANGELES, Jan 7 — Cult leader Charles Manson clearly marched to the beat of his own drum. But as a young man in the 1960s, his ears couldn’t help but tune in to the sounds of the Beatles.While others heard groovy tunes from the Fab Four, Manson detected a different message. Manson himself was an aspiring musician who spent time with the Beach Boys’ Dennis Wilson and even recorded his own album in 1968. As Manson’s mania intensified and his Family grew, the killer cult leader became convinced that the Beatles were speaking directly to him. Embedded in their songs — in particular those featured on the 1968 self-titled release known as “The White Album” — were warnings of an impending race revolt by African Americans against the white establishment, inciting world-wide violence and Armageddon.

Source: What did Charles Manson hear in the music of the Beatles? | Life | Malay Mail Online