"we live in a trailer at the edge of town" -- Charles Manson and members of the Manson Family lived in trailers at Spahn Ranch, a property near Los Angeles owned by George Spahn, during 1968 and 1969.
"carbine" -- a light military weapon
"ten million dune buggies" -- Manson and members of the Family constructed an improvised workshop on the Spahn Ranch, where they built improvised dune buggies out of stolen Porsches and Volkswagens, then sold them for money and drugs. Manson's plans to start a race war that he called "Helter Skelter" included the idea of a fleet of dune buggies manned by his followers. See the book "The Family: The Story of Charles Manson's Dune Buggy Attack Battalion" by Ed Sanders.
"Laurel Canyon" -- an upscale neighborhood in Hollywood Hills West, Los Angeles.
"we live in a trailer at the edge of town" -- Charles Manson and members of the Manson Family lived in trailers at Spahn Ranch, a property near Los Angeles owned by George Spahn, during 1968 and 1969.
"carbine" -- a light military weapon
"ten million dune buggies" -- Manson and members of the Family constructed an improvised workshop on the Spahn Ranch, where they built improvised dune buggies out of stolen Porsches and Volkswagens, then sold them for money and drugs. Manson's plans to start a race war that he called "Helter Skelter" included the idea of a fleet of dune buggies manned by his followers. See the book "The Family: The Story of Charles Manson's Dune Buggy Attack Battalion" by Ed Sanders.
"Laurel Canyon" -- an upscale neighborhood in Hollywood Hills West, Los Angeles.