3. Danny Trejo
At just 17 years old, future action star Danny Trejo found himself in the same jail cell as Charles Manson. Manson hypnotized the young inmate, guiding him through a vivid meditation that simulated getting high. Trejo later said, “If that white boy wasn’t a career criminal, he could have been a professional hypnotist.”
The encounter happened in 1961 and stayed secret for decades. Paparazzi never captured this chilling chapter of Trejo’s troubled youth before he turned his life around and became Hollywood’s toughest good guy.