And close-minded enough to realise that he's stooged many buyers of his book out of cash for many years. Professionally and personally, he is a charlatan.
Excellent interview!!! Nik, in my opinion, has given some of the most interesting interviews regarding Manson and the history surrounding the full story of everything that happened. Thank you, gentlemen, for a great discussion!!!
In 2019 Nickolas & his publisher took money- ripped off several hundred people with the “sale” of that last Manson file book. Hundreds never received the book after paying & waiting patiently. Nickolas, likely pays his debts by ripping off good people via theft through salacious Manson File book rip off scheme.
Outstanding! Eric, I've been suggesting an interview with Nikolas Schreck on your America's Untold Stories channel during the live chat many times for almost 2 years now.....thank you. 👍🏻
Charles was more intelligent than what the media was ever going to show. They were all secretly scared of him because he could see right through people and read them like a comic book.
Kinda makes you wonder how many more people like Charlie there are out there these days. Then again, because of the modern day information age and technology, some of them have probably learned how blend in so well, you'd never even know they are there.
The media has always had a purpose and specially crafted narrative they allowed us to see. Anyone who went against this was painted as a crazy fool. Social media has a lot of faults but it’s opened the average person up to information, they wouldn’t know existed.
Morrison, Neil Young, Cass Elliott, Dennis Wilson, and so many more all knew Charlie. The story line promulgated for practically 55 years is that Dennis Wilson was the conduit to connecting Manson with Melcher, leading to the whole BS about sending Melcher a message for blowing off Manson by murdering the current occupants of Cielo Drive. Manson recorded songs at Gold Star studio in 1967, long before meeting Wilson in 1968. Helter Skelter has got to be the biggest bullsh*t story right after the two Kennedy and MLK assassinations. I knew Bugliosi was definitely 1000% full of it when he came out with his book on Oswald.
I always felt charlie was a hippy version of epstein. Allll those hollywood n music elites ,instead of going to an island, went to a ranch. This is why charlie ,in every interveiw always danced around the questions. And I'm shure thee F.B.I. we're involved, and why he always put on a show and never just told us in regular words what happened .
@@bordendonna that's not what my comment was about. It's about the fact that there is this repeated ad nauseum fairytale that it was Dennis Wilson who brought Charles Manson out of the shadows and into society, leading to the murders. Nope! He was well known, met many before Dennis Wilson, and provided drugs to the Cielo Drive residents, plus those that lived in Laurel Canyon, and their entourages long after Dennis Wilson disassociated himself from Manson Yes, he was a cult leader. The "guru" thing was big at the time. Yes, he was a murderer even before the Tate-LaBianca murders. Thank you for restating the obvious.
I watched the second one first and these are some fantastic interviews! Watch them in whatever order they are interchangeable as far as that goes. Excellent ❤
bs, CM was not a live & let live kind of guy, he was into mind games & intimidating, finding people's weak spots/blind spots AND CONTROL. he couldn't help it, he was up in everybody's business, yes, Bugliosi was mentally ill/ delusional & compromised, & wrong about much of his "story" but CM was a mind effer, this guy claims to know the real story, right, _that he heard from CM_ sure thing Shrek
Nikolas seems like such a smart dude and a genuinely nice person who cares about teaching us the truth, not just about manson but a care for knowledge in general. I found your channel because of him and it looks awesome. Excited to watch more
Nickolas Schreck & his cronies-publisher etc. ripped off a large number of people who honorably pre-paid for hardback signed copy his re-issued updated Manson File book. He then never delivered on it after a year+ of “delays”. Nickolas blamed everything but a dead Charlie Manson for the disappearing book & money act. He kept claiming publisher delays & other bullshit, all tactics to afford him a excused way out. I never received my copy nor did I get any apology or refund! He did this to hundreds of others as well! Is what it is. He’s still never given anyone any apology or real insight into why he ripped everyone off… maybe he’s still a heroin addict or wacked out on buzzard semen. Id give him credit for being creative around how he hustled his dope habit if he just admitted to the reason. There’s a reason he only has one ear.
what is Schreks agenda with his book then, that he "knew" CM & just wants to cash in? not. buying this guy's pronouncements that he knows there are zero MK Ultra connections with the CM case.
Very interesting info, Bushy. Kind of puts different light on things, or another perspective at least. People are rarely what they seem on first glance.
Good Interview. What Tom O’Neill wrote, Manson was arrested several time in 1967 and was let go every time. Nik brushed over that. Nik adds another angle to the angle and it believable
Manson and Susan Atkins were let go many times. I believe Tom O'Neill's exhaustive research. Did this Nik believe everything Manson fed him? Eric's interviews are great and the one he did with Tom O'Neill was far more interesting because Tom is far more interesting than this character, Nik, who sounds like a Manson groupie.
I whole heartedly disagree with Nick dismissing the MKUltra thing. The government went into high gear to destroy the hippie movement. Tom O'Neil did a great book. I'm standing with Tom.
@@John-tj4up I couldn't put the Tom O'Neill book down. But Nic makes a lot of compelling points. I don't think he is a fan boy as much as he is observing something under a magnifying glass objectively.
This reflects what I read in the book about Manson ''Now is the only thing that's real'' by Neil Sanders, good read. Great interview. Tex was the killer at Cielo Drive of his own volition. This book is on my list!
Nik always says he didn't glorify the destruction Manson caused and that he was only interested in his music and philosophies. I don't buy that. He did media rounds back in the day riding off Charlie's infamy and his own involvement with the church of Satan. I really doubt Nik would've been so enamored with Charlie's mediocre music and philosophy had he not been involved in one of the most famous murder cases ever. With that said, it was a good listen and it was very interesting to hear his unique perspective on everything.
That this guy puts down Tom O Neil is kinda of suspect as he (Tom) dedicated 20 years of his life to his book and is so careful not to say anything that’s not highly researched is.
One of the first people that Tom o Neil went to ask about this case was Nikolas . There is no CIA connection . Tom o Neil spoke to Manson briefly - Nikolas knew Manson from 1985 - 2017. Big difference .
@@jeromealexandre4162 Manson wouldnt know the CIA connection necessarily. The idea was that he was being dosed in prison and then the government let out Manson and tracked/surveilled him. Toms thesis isnt that Manson himself was a cooperating asset
I had my 15th birthday August 9, 1969. I was still very giddy about Apollo 11. I eventually became an engineer. Though pretty young at the time of the murders, I was shocked at the cruelty of the crimes. I eventually heard and learned a few things about Manson. Here was a diminutive man with a horrendous upbringing. He was bullied and never knew much stability and he unfortunately engaged in criminal activity. Is it any wonder he seethed with hate, anger and resentment? I am not excusing his crimes, but our society helped produce this person.
Great interview by Eric Hunley but I’m having some difficulty buying that Charlie was only peripherally involved with the murders. Schreck seems far too dismissive of volumes of other accounts on the whole incident. The fact that he’s literally shilling his book is a little troublesome for his story too. Murder is pretty commonplace in the underworld of drug dealing and other illegal activities but the Tate and LaBianca murders did not have the usual signature of Mafia types or even seasoned drug dealers. These murders were carried out with some ritualistic ‘flair’ that would not normally be seen in the usual revenge or pay back type killings these were. Taking the time to write words on the walls in the victims blood at the murder scenes is not the usual M.O. It seems to me Schreck is just trying to spin an old murder case with a new twist.
This is why I consider myself lucky or rather blessed, to have found you and also America's Untold Stories...-these stories are "untold" for reasons..Some of us are tired of being fed nonsense by lazy and or corrupt writers.
They're not untold, you just ain't heard...and Hunley is an empty vessel bringing nothing to any interview slash conversation I've listened to...which is far too many...why does this guy even have a show...it might as well me Grobert's show...at least he knows some of what he's talking about...
@@deadtoolhead22I like Eric a lot. He's an excellent interviewer and lets the subject talk. I can't stand his blowhard partner on Untold Stories. He gets all kinds of things wrong and will never admit it or correct himself, but gets nasty instead
This is a great interview. He is stating so many things that I have believed about Manson. I always believed that Tex Watson had a lot to do with the murders, far more than Charlie. I’ve never once thought that Charlie was a good guy. I just didn’t believe he was a great mystical ringleader that was spouted for so many years.
I've just now seen the interviews Eric has done with Mr. Schreck and am obviously a bit late to this comment chain. I think Eric does a good job interviewing people, on multiple channels I watch him on, mostly because he lets people speak without interrupting them constantly or being argumentative on contentious material. Nik has some very strong opinions about Tom O'neill and his book Chaos. This is just one man's book and another's opinion. I take ALL information I receive with a grain of salt and try to do as much of my own due diligence as possible to find answers. I disagree with Schreck about there being no CIA connections to Manson or other players involved in the milieu of characters associated with him. The Free Clinic in the Haight is an obvious example. That clinic was absolutely saturated with CIA connected characters for sure. "Conspiracy theory" is a very convenient term applied to many subjects these days involving dubious behavior by the government, media, organized crime, and many others. Conspiracies are a very real thing and so is the idea that those who seek the levers of power are very often megalomaniacs that collude to attempt to take complete control of this world. The media is a powerful soapbox for those with that goal. No one, not Schreck, O'neill, you or me, has all the answers, but I think a little common sense shows that there are WAAAAAY too many coincidences about the backgrounds of so many players and the events they are involved in to not come to the conclusion that there is some kind of organized effort to control narratives and influence how people view the this case and the world for that matter. I truly believe this is the case. I'm not paranoid or crazy. I just have eyes that see and a brain that works.
Thank you so much for this compelling interview - a breath of fresh air! Eric, you're a great interviewer; you ask great questions and let the guest speak. So often hosts seem to compete with guests as if to showcase their personal knowledge, which cuts into broadcast time. Consequently, viewers don't get to hear deeper perspectives of the guest. I stumbled on to this aspect of the murders a few years ago in the first chapter of James DiEugenio's book The JFK Assassination. The chapter underscores the almost ruthless, sensational-seeking ambition of Bugliosi to make a name for himself. At the time of the publication of that DiEugenio book, Helter Skelter was still the #1 best selling "true" crime book of all time. That's the degree of celebrity, clout, and grandiosity (as well the same disregard for fact) that brought us Reclaiming History.
This was an amazing interview. I think he is telling the truth about most things, except about his father-in-law not being connected to Polanski, few minor details like that. I agree with him about how disturbing the truth of this case is, more than the myth. Look forward to the documentary and definitely am putting book on my list.
Not a light weight book to me because after I paid for it he has still never sent me my book. I ordered it in 2020 and all I get the run a round from this man.
their approach was try everything is the least scientific ways... Those were the most evil people the US could muster trying to catch up with the former axis operations. We are talking himmler sendign expeditions to tibet to find a magic weapon levels of crazy.
@@eej1983able Her daughter even pretended she had "found Jesus" and went to Tex Watsons parole meeting and asked for him to be released lol. Tex has apparently "found Jesus" also. I'm pretty sure she was involved.
Fascinating particularly the end bits. I was aware of some of it but the echoing of similar alleged aspects of the current P-Diddy scandal regarding compromising photos of celebs. This stuff has been going on for decades.
Drug burn theory makes no sense Why would they kill Parent who was driving away and wouldn’t have suspected anything ? If the plan was a simple robbery Why did they bring a 40 foot rope or whatever is was Also there’s zero chance Manson went back to the scene. He wouldn’t risk getting arrested
Because it didn’t happen. The killers told the reason for the murders during the trial. Copycat killings to make the police think the wrong man was arrested for the murder of Gary Hinman, since he wasn’t present at the murder scenes being in jail, Bobby would have to be cut loose in their minds. Susan Atkins admitted she lied on the stand during the penalty phase and that’s when she testified about the “drug burn”. The police noted the similarities between the Gary Hinman murder and the Tate-Labianca murders.
I agree. Copycat theory is much more credible Also Tex cut the phone wires so the victims couldn’t contact the police. If it was drug related he wouldn’t fear them calling the cops to report someone stole their drugs lol Drug theory is as dumb as helter skelter. Manson ordered the killings. Tex felt he owed him. Simple as that
@@TMA_1969Parent and Garretson are the red herrings in all of this- there's so much to this story,it's beyond complex and convoluted. Tex was wired on meth that night- also Parent may have been killed after the others, no one knows, but don't trust the official narrative whatsoever
Correct. All three murder scenes were made to look like the Black Panthers committed the crimes. And it went beyond just writing PIG and RISE on the walls. There were other incidents connected to the killings that took place to also frame the Panthers… ones committed by Manson himself. Why? Why the Panthers specifically? The Panthers didn’t even know Manson and his crew existed. These setups were born out of fear and self preservation. And it went far beyond paranoia about the Crowe shooting. You had to see what was happening at Spahn Ranch throughout July 1969 to understand this mortal terror of the Black Panthers.
Just when you think you knew the story, you get the real story. Fascinating. This guy’s talk rings true. I always thought that was odd that Manson was convicted of murder, when by all accounts he did not commit any of these murders. What a cast of characters!
I still have my clamshell VHS of Charles Manson Superstar. Nik's documentary is one of my favorite interviews with Manson. My other two faves are Tom Snyder 1981 (before the Geraldo approach) and Diane Sawyer, the uncut interview in 1993 (the last TV interview?).
I must admit I get sick of people treating manson like some folk artist or imprisoned hero. the media handed us a caricature and people talk about the Tate LaBianca murders, and how manson didn't kill anybody those two night, as if that's the ONLY people the manson family killed It's so interesting how he says the people around manson were a commune like in one group marrage, then says they were not called "the family"....but it FITS so does that Really matter He says they were not a cult but then describes many personality characteristics of a cult leader then informs us of a PREVIOUS CULT manson had made in prison. He informs us the Family members CALLED him "father" and BELIEVED HE WAS A CHRIST LIKE FIGURE.... Exactly How Much more do we need to reach his threshold to call this a cult? He keeps making False comparisons such as "if delasondro had killed andy warhol"....yeah, drug dealers killer each other----like one guy finds another guy and guns him down. the Tate LaBianca murders are NOT That, everyone can see that----a "normal" drug killing doesn't involve a GROUP of people going to a house, KILLING EVERYONE in it, mutilating bodies or messages written on the walls in blood. That's NOT normal and it's ODD that he's trying SO Hard to play the whole thing down
This is a great interview. Very interesting. I do want to add though that Manson saying he didn’t deserve a long sentence minimizes the unnamed person he might have killed in prison for being somewhere on a snitch or pedo scale and others he admitted killing. Those descriptions are still taking the law into someone’s own hands and I believe taking on a role someone isn’t given in society. People have spoken of that happening all the time and we’re used to the concept from true crime discussions and here it sounds like it always has been but they are still describing murder.
I think this is slightly unfair on Tom O’Neill. I’ve read the book, I can’t think ever reading that he claimed Smiths only client was Manson, he also did very much prefix everything he investigated that he couldn’t prove through documentation as speculation and or circumstantial evidence. If Smith felt this was entirely untrue why didn’t he sue O’Neill for defamation or libel? So you have West and Smith in exact same place at exact same time and as a parole officer he was allowing Manson to travel freely across the state? Also, Smith had his meetings with Manson actually in the Height free med clinic and worse still, here’s Manson working with LSD having all these young girls following him and he didn’t see this as a problem and why would he ask permission for Manson to go to Mexico during his parole, strange request no? Shreck implied that Roger Smith and Jolly West just happened to be in the same place at the same time and that was it but Smith on public record said quite openly he knew West and had worked on a dissertation with him. He also stated he got involved in a professional circuit with him looking at high dosage of amphetamine use, so what’s “bullshit” to you sounds like direct factual evidence to me and that Shreck has made his mind up and won’t accept anyone whose discovered more than he has or has his own reason to discredit O’Neill.
It turned out that both women had received glowing appraisals and impassioned pleas for leniency from none other than Roger Smith. In his petitions, Smith identified himself as a “former federal parole officer,” but he neglected to mention that his most recent and final parole client was Charles Manson-the very man who'd sent Atkins and Brunner to Mendocino in the first place. Page 282 It would be surprising if Smith didn’t know that his ward was breaking the law -a lot. But he had only praise for his sole client. “Mr. Manson has made excellent progress,” he wrote in one of several reports he made to the head parole office in Washington, D.C. “He appears to be in better shape personally than he has been in a long time.” pp 290-291
Eric! Nice job. And yes, get Nik on again. The story of this crime is, as he says, far more involved than anybody knows. The cover-up involving Charlie's relationships with Dennis Wilson of the Beach Boys, Neil Young, and so forth. All of these guys liked Manson's music and of course, they knew he'd been a criminal and had served time before; yet it only added to Charlie's myth. Hollywood never had trouble with ex-cons then or now, and perhaps it's their own flirtation with the evil they are all involved in that allowed them to be comfortable with him and HIS GIRLS - many of whom were used by the music industry (through Charlie). Great interview.
Hollywood has no problems with dope or dope dealers, or hiring those that have no talent but think they do (cheaper to hire, easier to control). Manson was just a low-tier dope dealer & pimp, with very little talent for anything, much less music. People, for some reason, seem to think Manson is somehow unique or special, in a Hollywood full of Chuck Manson "artists". That's pretty much it. Criminals of a degenerate feather flock together. Pack a bunch of delusional druggies into one spot without any law enforcement for long enough, and you get a Chucky M's.
First time Im hearing Nikolas mention that Charlie admitted to k:lling in Mexico! This is news to me after all these years following this case and story.
..yes... Once Upon A Time is a..MOVIE...not a documentary..it serves well the going-ons of on-set craziness and the bizarre-ness of the film biz..spent over 40 yrs in that branch...
John Lilly created the isolation chamber used in MK-ULTRA & helped distribute LSD through Tim Leary. Sometimes I think Nick believes in the single bullet theory as well.
@@artsahobby123 Sullivan&Cromwell got original supply from Sandoz. Eli's is new to me, and adds even more of the MK Ultra aspect. One of the Dulles' bros did try to get Dr. Cameron to take his wife off his hands...
Great Interview. I would have loved to see you bring up the book " Weird Scenes inside the Canyon" with Shrek. Manson is a pivotal figure in that book that dovetails very nicely into Shrek's book as well as "Chaos" by O'Neil.
This was a good interview, but I find it absurd that this guy, who in another interview regarding Richard Ramirez, talks plainly about partaking in rituals where demons were summoned and supposedly took possession of him and then in this interview, somehow finds it preposterous that there could be some CIA/MK-Ultra connection to this case and/or that there are uber powerful people in the upper ecehlons of our society indulging in and getting away with whatever desires, fantasy's, and other aims they happen to have (Qanon, etc.). He even admits as much on the point about there being concerted and cross-organizational (police, legal establishment, organized crime, hollywood, etc.) coverups in this particular case. Makes me wonder if this guy is attempting to engage in some level of damage control and cover.
Great interview, makes sense.. I read the original Manson File when it came out as well as Tom Oneil's book. I hate L R Hubbard. Nicholas has really nailed it down.
That opening was spot on. I watched ALOT of stuff about Manson and most if not all the interviews countless times over the years and like 1 or 2 of them are even close to what you would call unbiased. The rest where nothing more than a dog and pony show with them trying to paint Manson out to be the bad guy. Such a shame as its such an interesting case, but thats why theres so much involvment in it, because theres something beign hidden, so its all just misdirection to focus your attention on "crazy manson".
How did Charles Manson know Sharon Tate for the two years before she was murdered. Is there anything to back that up or he just makes that statement because he “knows” ?
They met at Elvis house party. They knew of each other- the girls swam at Cielo pool when Watson hung at guesthouse and dealt drugs in living room at Cielo through Melcher. Open door policy in Hollywood.
It may be available at Pirate bay or other file sharing sites as a magnet link. You will need a client app and probably also an onion router as file sharing sites are legally blocked in most western nations.
Nik is awesome. Its been awesome growing up as he grew up and watching how weve all chsnged. From Radio Werewolf til now. Im always impressed by him. Hes a brave dude.
Hunley did a terrific job interviewing. Bravo! Very exciting!
Really?
Agreed 100%.
Eric , this was so interesting. You get great people to interview. Thank you:) 🇬🇧
Am glad Eric was open-minded enough to interview Schreck
And close-minded enough to realise that he's stooged many buyers of his book out of cash for many years. Professionally and personally, he is a charlatan.
Excellent interview!!! Nik, in my opinion, has given some of the most interesting interviews regarding Manson and the history surrounding the full story of everything that happened. Thank you, gentlemen, for a great discussion!!!
Are you a devil worshipper? Do you care what evil Manson was?
In 2019 Nickolas & his publisher took money- ripped off several hundred people with the “sale” of that last Manson file book. Hundreds never received the book after paying & waiting patiently. Nickolas, likely pays his debts by ripping off good people via theft through salacious Manson File book rip off scheme.
Great Occultist as well, first and foremost.
I never get tired of listening to him. Well spoken , and cool
Nikolas schreck!!!!👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 Eric does the best interviews🎉
Are you saying you approve of Schreck, the fan boy, loving Manson and distorting history?
@@John-tj4up And if that mockingbird don't sing...
@@John-tj4upyes I am!
So happy you interviewed him. I am not a fan of a lot of his perspectives but truth is truth and this man has brought out the truth on this subject
Indeed. Also, it's worth it to actually listen to someone who is well spoken.
You (@EricHunley) always come to us with the best interviews and information. Many praises.
very interesting take/interview, can't wait for the next one!
A very astute and refreshingly rational take on the Manson case. Happy to see refutation of so much silliness. Good stuff, another great interview!!
He sounds like an acolyte to me.
This was so interesting. Thank you to you, Eric, and your guest Nic Schreck.
Wow you guys knocked it out of the park with this one! Very interesting! Thanks Eric and Nik.
Thank you so much for this! It is so refreshing to see someone shedding light on reality!
Check out his former wife...
Outstanding!
Eric, I've been suggesting an interview with Nikolas Schreck on your America's Untold Stories channel during the live chat many times for almost 2 years now.....thank you. 👍🏻
Why?
Why not. Why so. Why who. Why what. Yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy.
Charles was more intelligent than what the media was ever going to show. They were all secretly scared of him because he could see right through people and read them like a comic book.
Kinda makes you wonder how many more people like Charlie there are out there these days. Then again, because of the modern day information age and technology, some of them have probably learned how blend in so well, you'd never even know they are there.
since I remember had the same feeling about him. Nice that time is confirming it
Who is they?
The media has always had a purpose and specially crafted narrative they allowed us to see. Anyone who went against this was painted as a crazy fool. Social media has a lot of faults but it’s opened the average person up to information, they wouldn’t know existed.
@@melodiebearthe media. Go read it again lol.
Morrison, Neil Young, Cass Elliott, Dennis Wilson, and so many more all knew Charlie.
The story line promulgated for practically 55 years is that Dennis Wilson was the conduit to connecting Manson with Melcher, leading to the whole BS about sending Melcher a message for blowing off Manson by murdering the current occupants of Cielo Drive. Manson recorded songs at Gold Star studio in 1967, long before meeting Wilson in 1968. Helter Skelter has got to be the biggest bullsh*t story right after the two Kennedy and MLK assassinations. I knew Bugliosi was definitely 1000% full of it when he came out with his book on Oswald.
Thoughtful post, TY.
I always felt charlie was a hippy version of epstein. Allll those hollywood n music elites ,instead of going to an island, went to a ranch. This is why charlie ,in every interveiw always danced around the questions. And I'm shure thee F.B.I. we're involved, and why he always put on a show and never just told us in regular words what happened .
I agree 💯 with everything you said!
Cult leader….who admitted to murdering people when he was a dealer-pimp. Knowing other artists doesn’t change Manson’s psychopathy
@@bordendonna that's not what my comment was about. It's about the fact that there is this repeated ad nauseum fairytale that it was Dennis Wilson who brought Charles Manson out of the shadows and into society, leading to the murders. Nope! He was well known, met many before Dennis Wilson, and provided drugs to the Cielo Drive residents, plus those that lived in Laurel Canyon, and their entourages long after Dennis Wilson disassociated himself from Manson
Yes, he was a cult leader. The "guru" thing was big at the time. Yes, he was a murderer even before the Tate-LaBianca murders. Thank you for restating the obvious.
I watched the second one first and these are some fantastic interviews! Watch them in whatever order they are interchangeable as far as that goes. Excellent ❤
Fascinating interview, Eric. The history and psychology of cults, just never gets old.
Nik makes it abundantly clear that this was not a cult.
Not a cult. It was a commune.
bs, CM was not a live & let live kind of guy, he was into mind games & intimidating, finding people's weak spots/blind spots AND CONTROL. he couldn't help it, he was up in everybody's business, yes, Bugliosi was mentally ill/ delusional & compromised, & wrong about much of his "story" but CM was a mind effer, this guy claims to know the real story, right, _that he heard from CM_
sure thing Shrek
Fascinating interview! I must now read the book. Big thanks to Eric for bringing such rich info to the public.
Always enjoy listening to Nikolas' talks and interviews. Thanks for having him on, hope he returns. 💫
Great interview as always Eric.
Why? What makes it so great?
Wonderful interview.
Nikolas seems like such a smart dude and a genuinely nice person who cares about teaching us the truth, not just about manson but a care for knowledge in general. I found your channel because of him and it looks awesome. Excited to watch more
Wow
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@@M98-j9kdo some research. Then you will be up to speed.
Nickolas Schreck & his cronies-publisher etc. ripped off a large number of people who honorably pre-paid for hardback signed copy his re-issued updated Manson File book. He then never delivered on it after a year+ of “delays”. Nickolas blamed everything but a dead Charlie Manson for the disappearing book & money act. He kept claiming publisher delays & other bullshit, all tactics to afford him a excused way out. I never received my copy nor did I get any apology or refund! He did this to hundreds of others as well!
Is what it is. He’s still never given anyone any apology or real insight into why he ripped everyone off… maybe he’s still a heroin addict or wacked out on buzzard semen. Id give him credit for being creative around how he hustled his dope habit if he just admitted to the reason.
There’s a reason he only has one ear.
what is Schreks agenda with his book then, that he "knew" CM & just wants to cash in?
not. buying this guy's pronouncements that he knows there are zero MK Ultra connections with the CM case.
Very interesting info, Bushy. Kind of puts different light on things, or another perspective at least. People are rarely what they seem on first glance.
Wow that I did not know ! Thanks for Sharing ! That's straight up Fraud ! 😢
Got mine.
@@annodomini7250 if you say so…
Good Interview. What Tom O’Neill wrote, Manson was arrested several time in 1967 and was let go every time. Nik brushed over that. Nik adds another angle to the angle and it believable
Manson and Susan Atkins were let go many times. I believe Tom O'Neill's exhaustive research. Did this Nik believe everything Manson fed him?
Eric's interviews are great and the one he did with Tom O'Neill was far more interesting because Tom is far more interesting than this character, Nik, who sounds like a Manson groupie.
I whole heartedly disagree with Nick dismissing the MKUltra thing. The government went into high gear to destroy the hippie movement. Tom O'Neil did a great book. I'm standing with Tom.
@@kathrynmcelroy5658 That Nik is a sickly fanboy of Manson. His insults can't change Tom O'Neill's research and incredible book.
@@John-tj4up I couldn't put the Tom O'Neill book down. But Nic makes a lot of compelling points. I don't think he is a fan boy as much as he is observing something under a magnifying glass objectively.
@@kathrynmcelroy5658 it didn't seem that this Nik knew anything about MKULTRA or anything else.
Loved the last question… what should I have asked but didn’t? Great way to close out the convo with this guest.
This reflects what I read in the book about Manson ''Now is the only thing that's real'' by Neil Sanders, good read. Great interview. Tex was the killer at Cielo Drive of his own volition. This book is on my list!
NS is a great resource. Good job ✌
Just some trivia, not that it discredits him, but Nicholas Schreck used to be a member of Anton LaVey's Church of Satan when he was alive.
One of the serendipitous things about the whole story is that this guy turned out to look like the cartoon Shreck
Thats the work of ABRAXAS
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Ha
@@tracemagace8434cruel humans. But morally superior. 🙄
@@tracemagace8434superficial and cruel human. But so mortally superior.
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I think more like robocop 😅
Nik always says he didn't glorify the destruction Manson caused and that he was only interested in his music and philosophies. I don't buy that. He did media rounds back in the day riding off Charlie's infamy and his own involvement with the church of Satan. I really doubt Nik would've been so enamored with Charlie's mediocre music and philosophy had he not been involved in one of the most famous murder cases ever.
With that said, it was a good listen and it was very interesting to hear his unique perspective on everything.
Quite a few of his songs were surprisingly deep and Brilliant at times.
Because Nikolas speaks truth - only one . Also only one who sees the cover up of the motive.
very interesting interview, thank you and well done.
Great listening skills Eric !
Best explanation. I’ve heard. Out of all the interviews.
You did it again Eric. Mind blowing,fascinating, jaw dropping. Thanks!👏🏼🇨🇦🐉👩🏼⚖️
That this guy puts down Tom O Neil is kinda of suspect as he (Tom) dedicated 20 years of his life to his book and is so careful not to say anything that’s not highly researched is.
One of the first people that Tom o Neil went to ask about this case was Nikolas . There is no CIA connection . Tom o Neil spoke to Manson briefly - Nikolas knew Manson from 1985 - 2017. Big difference .
@@nadagabri5783 exactly!! He's so fervent about O'Neill being WRONG makes you think how close he may be to the truth
And tom have all evidence's listed. So i believe much more Tom than this guy. (Look like some mind control boogeyman)
the fact his reasoning is just that Roger Smith denied it is laughable. not to mention the emphasis he put on Rogers denial.
@@jeromealexandre4162 Manson wouldnt know the CIA connection necessarily. The idea was that he was being dosed in prison and then the government let out Manson and tracked/surveilled him. Toms thesis isnt that Manson himself was a cooperating asset
I had my 15th birthday August 9, 1969. I was still very giddy about Apollo 11. I eventually became an engineer. Though pretty young at the time of the murders, I was shocked at the cruelty of the crimes. I eventually heard and learned a few things about Manson. Here was a diminutive man with a horrendous upbringing. He was bullied and never knew much stability and he unfortunately engaged in criminal activity. Is it any wonder he seethed with hate, anger and resentment? I am not excusing his crimes, but our society helped produce this person.
John Fox for sure Manson was terribly unlucky to have a terrible childhood.
The CIA also helped. MK ULTRA.
Great interview Hunley!
Great interview by Eric Hunley but I’m having some difficulty buying that Charlie was only peripherally involved with the murders. Schreck seems far too dismissive of volumes of other accounts on the whole incident. The fact that he’s literally shilling his book is a little troublesome for his story too. Murder is pretty commonplace in the underworld of drug dealing and other illegal activities but the Tate and LaBianca murders did not have the usual signature of Mafia types or even seasoned drug dealers. These murders were carried out with some ritualistic ‘flair’ that would not normally be seen in the usual revenge or pay back type killings these were. Taking the time to write words on the walls in the victims blood at the murder scenes is not the usual M.O. It seems to me Schreck is just trying to spin an old murder case with a new twist.
This is why I consider myself lucky or rather blessed, to have found you and also America's Untold Stories...-these stories are "untold" for reasons..Some of us are tired of being fed nonsense by lazy and or corrupt writers.
They're not untold, you just ain't heard...and Hunley is an empty vessel bringing nothing to any interview slash conversation I've listened to...which is far too many...why does this guy even have a show...it might as well me Grobert's show...at least he knows some of what he's talking about...
check out the ex wife.
@@deadtoolhead22I like Eric a lot. He's an excellent interviewer and lets the subject talk. I can't stand his blowhard partner on Untold Stories. He gets all kinds of things wrong and will never admit it or correct himself, but gets nasty instead
@@pamelaearl7191 Are you talking about the authoritarian who thinks he knows Manson?
@@John-tj4up My last comment was removed. Have a looksee.
Very interesting interview! I’m interested in the follow up interview too! Thank you!
This is a great interview. He is stating so many things that I have believed about Manson. I always believed that Tex Watson had a lot to do with the murders, far more than Charlie. I’ve never once thought that Charlie was a good guy. I just didn’t believe he was a great mystical ringleader that was spouted for so many years.
I've just now seen the interviews Eric has done with Mr. Schreck and am obviously a bit late to this comment chain. I think Eric does a good job interviewing people, on multiple channels I watch him on, mostly because he lets people speak without interrupting them constantly or being argumentative on contentious material. Nik has some very strong opinions about Tom O'neill and his book Chaos. This is just one man's book and another's opinion. I take ALL information I receive with a grain of salt and try to do as much of my own due diligence as possible to find answers. I disagree with Schreck about there being no CIA connections to Manson or other players involved in the milieu of characters associated with him. The Free Clinic in the Haight is an obvious example. That clinic was absolutely saturated with CIA connected characters for sure. "Conspiracy theory" is a very convenient term applied to many subjects these days involving dubious behavior by the government, media, organized crime, and many others. Conspiracies are a very real thing and so is the idea that those who seek the levers of power are very often megalomaniacs that collude to attempt to take complete control of this world. The media is a powerful soapbox for those with that goal. No one, not Schreck, O'neill, you or me, has all the answers, but I think a little common sense shows that there are WAAAAAY too many coincidences about the backgrounds of so many players and the events they are involved in to not come to the conclusion that there is some kind of organized effort to control narratives and influence how people view the this case and the world for that matter. I truly believe this is the case. I'm not paranoid or crazy. I just have eyes that see and a brain that works.
Excellent! 👌
Great job on your part Mr Hunley 👏
Hunley love your work bro.
I wear double hard boxer underpants
Definitely Nik is very smart regardless of the critic's say.. shouts out from Massachusetts.. ❤
Thank you so much for this compelling interview - a breath of fresh air! Eric, you're a great interviewer; you ask great questions and let the guest speak. So often hosts seem to compete with guests as if to showcase their personal knowledge, which cuts into broadcast time. Consequently, viewers don't get to hear deeper perspectives of the guest. I stumbled on to this aspect of the murders a few years ago in the first chapter of James DiEugenio's book The JFK Assassination. The chapter underscores the almost ruthless, sensational-seeking ambition of Bugliosi to make a name for himself. At the time of the publication of that DiEugenio book, Helter Skelter was still the #1 best selling "true" crime book of all time. That's the degree of celebrity, clout, and grandiosity (as well the same disregard for fact) that brought us Reclaiming History.
This is very fascinating
This was an amazing interview. I think he is telling the truth about most things, except about his father-in-law not being connected to Polanski, few minor details like that. I agree with him about how disturbing the truth of this case is, more than the myth. Look forward to the documentary and definitely am putting book on my list.
Not a light weight book to me because after I paid for it he has still never sent me my book. I ordered it in 2020 and all I get the run a round from this man.
Got mine.
Yeh, it's a thing- lots of people on Reddit saying the same thing. I never ordered from him for that very reason
@@randalclarke5487 I received a lovely signed and inscribed copy at no extra cost.
Not very buddhistic now, is it 😂
u gave money to a dude that looks sounds and acts like a villian?
Excellent! Thank you.
Great job Eric thank you!!
There's some operational consistencies with MK & Ultra. It's not as if that program took a single approach to manipulation.
their approach was try everything is the least scientific ways... Those were the most evil people the US could muster trying to catch up with the former axis operations.
We are talking himmler sendign expeditions to tibet to find a magic weapon levels of crazy.
@@nox5555 Paperclip took the best programmers and scientists from the Axis.
So glad I stumbled on this. This seems like the most sober explanation for the crimes that occurred back in 1969.
Schrek wasn’t what I expected. Excellent interview!
Great interview!
Thank you for your work. Amazing interview 💕💕
Mr Manson let us know so much in hit interviews. Clever man
This is the book so many on the internet claim they ordered, paid for, but never received.
Download it. Free.
Is that possible? I am still waiting for mine.
@@don99913 archive look into it
WOW.....thank you...very interesting !!!!
this is some heavy information, thank you!
Incredible stuff
What is the name of his documentary and when will it be released?
It is a book. "The Manson File; Myth And Reality Of An Outlaw Shaman" by Nikolas Schreck
He did a documentary on it called Charles Manson Superstar, you can find it in full on TH-cam
The LaBianca murders do not fit the M.O. of a drug deal gone bad. Would like to hear Mr. Schreck reconcile that puzzle piece.
Considering that Rosemary Labianca was a drug dealer, and her daughter a sociopath that hanged out with a biker gang....I would say it fits
In his book he declares Rosemary was a drug supplier
@@joecool1089 Leo had ties to the mob too
@GabrielNicho ohhh shit i didn't know this!
@@eej1983able Her daughter even pretended she had "found Jesus" and went to Tex Watsons parole meeting and asked for him to be released lol. Tex has apparently "found Jesus" also. I'm pretty sure she was involved.
There are things that are hidden and always covered 🎉up.Great interview.
Tremendous interview!!!
Excellent Eric ! Thank you !
Fascinating particularly the end bits. I was aware of some of it but the echoing of similar alleged aspects of the current P-Diddy scandal regarding compromising photos of celebs. This stuff has been going on for decades.
What’s Nicks new documentary name? Any idea when it’s being released.
Drug burn theory makes no sense
Why would they kill Parent who was driving away and wouldn’t have suspected anything ? If the plan was a simple robbery
Why did they bring a 40 foot rope or whatever is was
Also there’s zero chance Manson went back to the scene. He wouldn’t risk getting arrested
Because it didn’t happen. The killers told the reason for the murders during the trial. Copycat killings to make the police think the wrong man was arrested for the murder of Gary Hinman, since he wasn’t present at the murder scenes being in jail, Bobby would have to be cut loose in their minds.
Susan Atkins admitted she lied on the stand during the penalty phase and that’s when she testified about the “drug burn”.
The police noted the similarities between the Gary Hinman murder and the Tate-Labianca murders.
I agree. Copycat theory is much more credible
Also Tex cut the phone wires so the victims couldn’t contact the police.
If it was drug related he wouldn’t fear them calling the cops to report someone stole their drugs lol
Drug theory is as dumb as helter skelter. Manson ordered the killings. Tex felt he owed him. Simple as that
@@TMA_1969Parent and Garretson are the red herrings in all of this- there's so much to this story,it's beyond complex and convoluted.
Tex was wired on meth that night- also Parent may have been killed after the others, no one knows, but don't trust the official narrative whatsoever
Correct. All three murder scenes were made to look like the Black Panthers committed the crimes. And it went beyond just writing PIG and RISE on the walls. There were other incidents connected to the killings that took place to also frame the Panthers… ones committed by Manson himself. Why? Why the Panthers specifically? The Panthers didn’t even know Manson and his crew existed. These setups were born out of fear and self preservation. And it went far beyond paranoia about the Crowe shooting. You had to see what was happening at Spahn Ranch throughout July 1969 to understand this mortal terror of the Black Panthers.
Just when you think you knew the story, you get the real story. Fascinating. This guy’s talk rings true. I always thought that was odd that Manson was convicted of murder, when by all accounts he did not commit any of these murders. What a cast of characters!
Very interesting stuff! 🙂
I still have my clamshell VHS of Charles Manson Superstar. Nik's documentary is one of my favorite interviews with Manson. My other two faves are Tom Snyder 1981 (before the Geraldo approach) and Diane Sawyer, the uncut interview in 1993 (the last TV interview?).
I also liked Superstar very much. Schreck let him talk, and didnt ask him the same tired old stupid questions
I must admit I get sick of people treating manson like some folk artist or imprisoned hero.
the media handed us a caricature
and people talk about the Tate LaBianca murders, and how manson didn't kill anybody those two night, as if that's the ONLY people the manson family killed
It's so interesting how he says the people around manson were a commune like in one group marrage, then says they were not called "the family"....but it FITS so does that Really matter
He says they were not a cult but then describes many personality characteristics of a cult leader then informs us of a PREVIOUS CULT manson had made in prison.
He informs us the Family members CALLED him "father" and BELIEVED HE WAS A CHRIST LIKE FIGURE....
Exactly How Much more do we need to reach his threshold to call this a cult?
He keeps making False comparisons such as "if delasondro had killed andy warhol"....yeah, drug dealers killer each other----like one guy finds another guy and guns him down.
the Tate LaBianca murders are NOT That, everyone can see that----a "normal" drug killing doesn't involve a GROUP of people going to a house, KILLING EVERYONE in it, mutilating bodies or messages written on the walls in blood.
That's NOT normal and it's ODD that he's trying SO Hard to play the whole thing down
Very interesting indeed. Excellent interview.
How fascinating!
He dodged the actual question about Charlie’s squirrelly probation record…to go off on O’Neal.
This is a great interview. Very interesting. I do want to add though that Manson saying he didn’t deserve a long sentence minimizes the unnamed person he might have killed in prison for being somewhere on a snitch or pedo scale and others he admitted killing. Those descriptions are still taking the law into someone’s own hands and I believe taking on a role someone isn’t given in society.
People have spoken of that happening all the time and we’re used to the concept from true crime discussions and here it sounds like it always has been but they are still describing murder.
I've always respected you & your work Mr.Schreck,on your advice I read 'The public railroading of Charles Manson' by Michael White
I think this is slightly unfair on Tom O’Neill. I’ve read the book, I can’t think ever reading that he claimed Smiths only client was Manson, he also did very much prefix everything he investigated that he couldn’t prove through documentation as speculation and or circumstantial evidence. If Smith felt this was entirely untrue why didn’t he sue O’Neill for defamation or libel? So you have West and Smith in exact same place at exact same time and as a parole officer he was allowing Manson to travel freely across the state? Also, Smith had his meetings with Manson actually in the Height free med clinic and worse still, here’s Manson working with LSD having all these young girls following him and he didn’t see this as a problem and why would he ask permission for Manson to go to Mexico during his parole, strange request no? Shreck implied that Roger Smith and Jolly West just happened to be in the same place at the same time and that was it but Smith on public record said quite openly he knew West and had worked on a dissertation with him. He also stated he got involved in a professional circuit with him looking at high dosage of amphetamine use, so what’s “bullshit” to you sounds like direct factual evidence to me and that Shreck has made his mind up and won’t accept anyone whose discovered more than he has or has his own reason to discredit O’Neill.
It turned out that both women had received glowing appraisals and impassioned pleas for leniency from none other than Roger Smith. In his petitions, Smith identified himself as a “former federal parole officer,” but he neglected to mention that his most recent and final parole client was Charles Manson-the very man who'd sent Atkins and Brunner to Mendocino in the first place.
Page 282
It would be surprising if Smith didn’t know that his ward was breaking the
law -a lot. But he had only praise for his sole client. “Mr. Manson has made excellent progress,” he wrote in one of several reports he made to the head parole office in Washington, D.C. “He appears to
be in better shape personally than he has been in a long time.”
pp 290-291
Eric! Nice job. And yes, get Nik on again. The story of this crime is, as he says, far more involved than anybody knows. The cover-up involving Charlie's relationships with Dennis Wilson of the Beach Boys, Neil Young, and so forth. All of these guys liked Manson's music and of course, they knew he'd been a criminal and had served time before; yet it only added to Charlie's myth. Hollywood never had trouble with ex-cons then or now, and perhaps it's their own flirtation with the evil they are all involved in that allowed them to be comfortable with him and HIS GIRLS - many of whom were used by the music industry (through Charlie). Great interview.
Hollywood has no problems with dope or dope dealers, or hiring those that have no talent but think they do (cheaper to hire, easier to control). Manson was just a low-tier dope dealer & pimp, with very little talent for anything, much less music. People, for some reason, seem to think Manson is somehow unique or special, in a Hollywood full of Chuck Manson "artists". That's pretty much it. Criminals of a degenerate feather flock together. Pack a bunch of delusional druggies into one spot without any law enforcement for long enough, and you get a Chucky M's.
First time Im hearing Nikolas mention that Charlie admitted to k:lling in Mexico! This is news to me after all these years following this case and story.
Bobby Beausoleil composed and recorded the soundtrack for the Kenneth Anger film "Lucifer Rising" in 1972 while still incarcerated in California.
Hunley on fire here! 🔥 😊
He is clueless.
@@mattdelany6799 Hunley is god!
@@danielplantagenet8385 you mean uninformed
@@mattdelany6799 he knows his stuffs!
@@danielplantagenet8385 so you say. Not so much from what I saw.
Interesting. Thanks, Eric. Ordered. I’ll read and revert back.
How can we order this book it says out of stock and only copies I can find on eBay are old editions
I love these times so dearly. Happy "year of the dragon", everyone. Truth is returning.
This is the REAL Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. Tarantino's crap movie couldn't have addressed all this even if he tried, or wanted to.
I agree it was a crap movie
..yes... Once Upon A Time is a..MOVIE...not a documentary..it serves well the going-ons of on-set craziness and the bizarre-ness of the film biz..spent over 40 yrs in that branch...
lmao keep shilling for the rich
🙄 The movie clearly went over your head.
John Lilly created the isolation chamber used in MK-ULTRA & helped distribute LSD through Tim Leary. Sometimes I think Nick believes in the single bullet theory as well.
the LSD came from the Dulles Brothers at Sullivan & Cromwell, whose client was Sandoz Labs ~~~
You guys are correct.
@@RawOlympia What aboutLibby pharmacilcals?
@@artsahobby123 Sullivan&Cromwell got original supply from Sandoz. Eli's is new to me, and adds even more of the MK Ultra aspect. One of the Dulles' bros did try to get Dr. Cameron to take his wife off his hands...
this guy is a shill and the comments backing him are clearly bots
Great Interview. I would have loved to see you bring up the book " Weird Scenes inside the Canyon" with Shrek. Manson is a pivotal figure in that book that dovetails very nicely into Shrek's book as well as "Chaos" by O'Neil.
What??? Eric likes thrill kill kult!!! Absolutely awesome!
This was a good interview, but I find it absurd that this guy, who in another interview regarding Richard Ramirez, talks plainly about partaking in rituals where demons were summoned and supposedly took possession of him and then in this interview, somehow finds it preposterous that there could be some CIA/MK-Ultra connection to this case and/or that there are uber powerful people in the upper ecehlons of our society indulging in and getting away with whatever desires, fantasy's, and other aims they happen to have (Qanon, etc.). He even admits as much on the point about there being concerted and cross-organizational (police, legal establishment, organized crime, hollywood, etc.) coverups in this particular case.
Makes me wonder if this guy is attempting to engage in some level of damage control and cover.
The term "Mediacircus" comes to my mind from the whole thing!! :D
Cant wait for NS to release the CM doc
Great interview, makes sense..
I read the original Manson File when it came out as well as Tom Oneil's book. I hate L R Hubbard.
Nicholas has really nailed it down.
And Nick has changed his story about how he lost his ear. He is mostly correct but not 100% correct.
@@twistedpistol5847 I just ordered his book.
Look forward to hearing more about this. 😇🩷🙏🙌
That opening was spot on.
I watched ALOT of stuff about Manson and most if not all the interviews countless times over the years and like 1 or 2 of them are even close to what you would call unbiased.
The rest where nothing more than a dog and pony show with them trying to paint Manson out to be the bad guy.
Such a shame as its such an interesting case, but thats why theres so much involvment in it, because theres something beign hidden, so its all just misdirection to focus your attention on "crazy manson".
almost like he was visited by a certain doctor who was the head of a secret cia program 🤔
How did Charles Manson know Sharon Tate for the two years before she was murdered. Is there anything to back that up or he just makes that statement because he “knows” ?
They met at Elvis house party. They knew of each other- the girls swam at Cielo pool when Watson hung at guesthouse and dealt drugs in living room at Cielo through Melcher. Open door policy in Hollywood.
Is Nik’s book available to Canadian customers?
Is there still a way to get the new Manson Files book without paying over $200?
I see the link.
It may be available at Pirate bay or other file sharing sites as a magnet link. You will need a client app and probably also an onion router as file sharing sites are legally blocked in most western nations.
Nik is awesome. Its been awesome growing up as he grew up and watching how weve all chsnged. From Radio Werewolf til now. Im always impressed by him. Hes a brave dude.