The Tomorrow Show: Tom Snyder - Charles Manson Interview (1981)

Source:Michaels Backporch- The Tomorrow Show with Tom Snyder.

"Tom Snyder # 1 W/ Charles Manson full interview from the Tomorrow Show Just after the east coast transitioned from June 12 to June 13, NBC's Tomorrow Coast to Coast broadcast one of the most famous interviews of series host Tom Snyder's career: his sitdown with Charles Manson.

Manson was sentenced to life in prison for his involvement in the 1969 murders of nine people, including actress Sharon Tate. The interview took place at the California Medical Facility in Vacaville.

During his stint with Tomorrow, Snyder scored several notable sit-downs, including U2's first American television appearance and John Lennon's final television interview." 

From Michaels Backporch 

I'm glad they did this interview and that Tom Snyder would be willing and even wanting to interview Charlie Manson. Definitely one of the worst criminals we've ever seen in the United States and that Charlie would be willing to do this. And I'm guessing wanted the opportunity to be back in the limelight and show the country what he was about and so-forth, so people get to see what its like to be around evil and what some of the worst people in society are like and that this is not where any good, sane, intelligent person wants to be in state prison and what can happen to people if they aren't given a good shot at life. 

Charles Manson is the perfect example of what will probably happen to you, when you're not raised well and given a real opportunity to succeed in life as a kid. As Charles Manson said many times, he was raised in prison and spent most of his adult life, as well as juvenile life, in one jail or prison after another. And when he got out for the last time in his life in 1967, he strikes back at the society and the people he believes are holding him down. Which represents a lot of what the Manson Crime Family was about.