New Charles Manson murder confessions may point to an even darker pattern: experts

Serial killer Charles Manson confessed to more murders in a newly released phone call from prison, but a forensic psychologist tells Fox News Digital that his claims should be taken with a degree of skepticism.

“There’s a part of my life that no one knows,” Manson said in the phone conversation, shown in a brief promotional clip for Peacock’s upcoming docuseries “Making Manson.”

Manson, who died in November 2017 at the age of 83, said, “I lived in Mexico for a while. I went to Acapulco and stole a few cars.” “I’ve been in over my head, man. I’ve been involved in a few murders. I left my .357 Magnum in Mexico City and I left some dead people on the beach.”

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Charles Manson was convicted of one murder and several attempted murders. He was the leader of the Manson Family, a cult that carried out many murders under Manson’s orders. (AP/Ron Galella)

The documentary, which premieres Tuesday, covers more than two decades of unreleased conversations with the infamous cult leader and offers a more in-depth look at his childhood and life of crime before founding the “Manson Family.” a cult leader.

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The documentary also includes interviews with family members and people who knew him personally, and details his continued violent behavior behind bars, including attacking multiple guards, starting a fire in his cell, and causing general damage.

“Charlie was very good at being bad and not showing it,” Manson’s former cellmate Phil Kaufman says in the series. “At that time, he would crush anything that distracted him from his game plan, but he did it with velvet gloves.”

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A mugshot of Charles Manson from August 14, 2017, one month before he died of natural causes behind bars at the age of 83. (California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation showing Charles Manson)

Manson spent more than 45 years in prison after being convicted of directing the “Manson Family,” a troubled clan of mostly female followers he recruited using his charisma and hallucinogenic drugs, to kill at least seven people in California in the summer of 1969. Among the dead was director Roman Polanski’s pregnant wife, Sharon Tate, who was stabbed 16 times.

Manson did not directly commit the murders; instead, he used psychological manipulation to encourage his followers to kill as part of his “Helter Skelter” conspiracy, which he believed would trigger a race war.

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Forensic psychologist Kris Mohandie told Fox News Digital that he wouldn’t be surprised if Manson committed other murders in addition to the ones for which he was convicted, but on the contrary, his claims cannot be entirely trusted.

“This is not surprising at all,” Mohandie said. “He was a psychopath and, you know, he was involved in a lot of different criminal behavior, violence, and coerced his followers into violence. It wouldn’t surprise me at all, given his history and what we know about how psychopathic he was.”

“He’s very comfortable manipulating people, hurting people, dominating people and taking advantage of people… Historically, it wouldn’t surprise me if there were other murders that he was responsible for.”

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Seven deputies escorted Charles Manson out of the courtroom after he and three of his followers were found guilty of seven murders in the Tate-LaBianca murders. (Bettmann/Getty Images)

“Most people who are found responsible for multiple murders, like serial killers and the like (everyone says, ‘This person killed a lot of people,’ but in reality you know what they were caught for,” he continued).

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However, Mohandie thought Manson was “a liar and an attention seeker.”

“Someone like him also lies and is extraordinarily manipulative. What this really is will never be known,” Mohandie said. “A psychopath like him will lie if it’s something that can be achieved, for simple things like getting attention or shocking people; this becomes a complex variable in understanding the truth. We’ll never know what happened – People like him, especially himself, are all kinds of lies, cheats and manipulates with motivation.”

Criminologist James Pipe said the new revelations “remind us of the long-term consequences of Manson’s actions and the importance of remaining vigilant in the pursuit of the truth, no matter how much time passes.”

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“Manson confessing to additional murders fundamentally changes what we thought we knew about his criminal history,” Pipe told Fox News Digital. “If these allegations are proven, they point to a broader pattern of violence that goes beyond his infamous crimes in the United States. Law enforcement must thoroughly investigate these allegations, particularly in connection with unsolved cases in Mexico, to ensure that every potential victim receives justice.”