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Former Manson Family member discusses new book about living with cult

A lot has been said about Charles Manson since his death, but today we have rare insight from a woman who was once one of Charlie's girls.

Dianne Lake is now spilling never-before-heard secrets of the horror she endured while under the spell of Manson, and what it was like to be a member of the world's most frightening family.

How did Dianne, an innocent California teenager, wind up in Manson's inner circle?

https://www.amazon.com/member-family-charles-darkness-sixties/dp/0062695576

A lot has been said about Charles Manson since his death, but today we have rare insight from a woman who was once one of Charlie's girls.

Dianne Lake is now spilling never-before-heard secrets of the horror she endured while under the spell of Manson, and what it was like to be a member of the world's most frightening family.

How did Dianne, an innocent California teenager, wind up in Manson's inner circle?

"Member of the Family: My Story of Charles Manson, Life Inside His Cult, and the Darkness That Ended the Sixties"
https://www.amazon.com/member-family-charles-darkness-sixties/dp/0062695576

Where are they now?
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/what-ever-happened-other-manson-family-cult-members-n556561

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