1 00:00:06,042 --> 00:00:10,792 ♪♪ 2 00:00:10,876 --> 00:00:11,916 [ Insects chirping ] 3 00:00:12,000 --> 00:00:15,750 [ Dog barks in distance ] 4 00:00:15,834 --> 00:00:17,214 ♪♪ 5 00:00:17,292 --> 00:00:19,382 "Don't ask me what to do." 6 00:00:19,459 --> 00:00:23,379 I said, "you know what to do." 7 00:00:23,459 --> 00:00:26,999 Maybe I should have killed 400, 500 people, 8 00:00:27,083 --> 00:00:29,793 then I would've felt better. 9 00:00:29,876 --> 00:00:31,036 Then I would've felt like 10 00:00:31,125 --> 00:00:33,575 I really offered society something. 11 00:00:33,667 --> 00:00:39,577 ♪♪ 12 00:00:39,667 --> 00:00:45,667 ♪♪ 13 00:00:45,751 --> 00:00:51,711 ♪♪ 14 00:00:51,792 --> 00:00:57,502 ♪♪ 15 00:00:57,584 --> 00:01:00,834 Welcome to "very scary people." I'm Donnie wahlberg. 16 00:01:00,918 --> 00:01:03,128 Tonight, we unravel the twisted tale 17 00:01:03,209 --> 00:01:06,289 of one of america's most despicable criminal minds... 18 00:01:06,375 --> 00:01:09,745 Charles manson... a man whose evil resulted in a series 19 00:01:09,834 --> 00:01:13,174 of vicious murders that still haunt the nation's conscience. 20 00:01:13,250 --> 00:01:15,420 Decades have not erased the bloody trail of terror 21 00:01:15,500 --> 00:01:18,330 left by manson and his deadly disciples. 22 00:01:18,417 --> 00:01:20,457 He cold-bloodedly commanded his hippy followers 23 00:01:20,542 --> 00:01:23,332 to carry out the brutal murders of innocent people, 24 00:01:23,417 --> 00:01:28,287 including actress Sharon Tate and leno and Rosemary labianca. 25 00:01:28,375 --> 00:01:31,325 Those horrific slayings indelibly seared his name 26 00:01:31,417 --> 00:01:35,917 at the very top of america's list of very scary people. 27 00:01:36,000 --> 00:01:38,380 But why did he do it, who was Charlie, 28 00:01:38,459 --> 00:01:40,579 and how as he able to convince his followers, 29 00:01:40,667 --> 00:01:42,667 many of them bright, young people, 30 00:01:42,751 --> 00:01:45,001 to commit unspeakable acts of violence 31 00:01:45,083 --> 00:01:47,543 against unsuspecting strangers? 32 00:01:47,626 --> 00:01:50,666 This is part one of "the devil's work." 33 00:01:50,751 --> 00:01:54,831 ♪♪ 34 00:01:54,918 --> 00:01:59,038 ♪♪ 35 00:01:59,125 --> 00:02:03,165 ♪♪ 36 00:02:03,250 --> 00:02:04,580 In August of 1969, 37 00:02:04,667 --> 00:02:06,457 19-year-old William garretson 38 00:02:06,542 --> 00:02:12,962 is a fill-in summer caretaker at 10050 cielo drive. 39 00:02:13,042 --> 00:02:16,332 It is an exclusive Beverly Hills property 40 00:02:16,417 --> 00:02:20,377 being rented by world-renowned film director Roman polanski 41 00:02:20,459 --> 00:02:24,419 and his stunning wife, actress Sharon Tate. 42 00:02:24,500 --> 00:02:27,250 Now, the owner of the property has to go out of town a lot, 43 00:02:27,334 --> 00:02:32,334 so he pays garretson $35 per week to pet sit. 44 00:02:32,417 --> 00:02:34,127 He was there to take care of a dog 45 00:02:34,209 --> 00:02:37,999 and to do some chores around the house. 46 00:02:38,083 --> 00:02:42,043 But because the polanskis and their friends are celebrities, 47 00:02:42,125 --> 00:02:46,705 garretson is under orders to never, ever bother them... 48 00:02:46,792 --> 00:02:51,082 Even though the main house is just 25 yards away. 49 00:02:51,167 --> 00:02:53,577 Now, the young man has no idea 50 00:02:53,667 --> 00:02:55,497 that after the night of August 8th, 51 00:02:55,584 --> 00:02:57,834 his life will never be the same. 52 00:02:57,918 --> 00:03:01,458 ♪♪ 53 00:03:01,542 --> 00:03:07,962 Garretson was gonna call it early and not go out. 54 00:03:08,042 --> 00:03:11,002 Sidner: Suddenly, garretson hears loud voices 55 00:03:11,083 --> 00:03:13,083 coming from the polanskis' house. 56 00:03:13,167 --> 00:03:16,707 [ Indistinct shouting in distance ] 57 00:03:16,792 --> 00:03:19,632 And then, when he picks up the phone, 58 00:03:19,709 --> 00:03:22,329 the line is dead. 59 00:03:22,417 --> 00:03:26,287 I think garretson was probably scared to death. 60 00:03:26,375 --> 00:03:30,285 Wiehl: As garretson is hearing those screams, 61 00:03:30,375 --> 00:03:34,375 absolute carnage is happening on the lawn 62 00:03:34,459 --> 00:03:37,749 and inside that house. 63 00:03:37,834 --> 00:03:39,044 Reporter: It was a killing spree 64 00:03:39,125 --> 00:03:41,205 that horrified the entire country. 65 00:03:41,292 --> 00:03:42,292 People were slaughtered, 66 00:03:42,375 --> 00:03:44,205 including actress Sharon Tate, 67 00:03:44,292 --> 00:03:45,502 8 1/2 months pregnant 68 00:03:45,584 --> 00:03:47,924 and married to director Roman polanski. 69 00:03:48,000 --> 00:03:51,040 Sidner: What unfolds that night at 10050 cielo drive 70 00:03:51,125 --> 00:03:55,825 was set in motion by just one man... Charles manson. 71 00:03:55,918 --> 00:04:00,958 ♪♪ 72 00:04:01,042 --> 00:04:02,462 Guinn: According to Charlie, 73 00:04:02,542 --> 00:04:06,042 he was the son of an unwed teenage prostitute 74 00:04:06,125 --> 00:04:07,665 who cared so little about her son 75 00:04:07,751 --> 00:04:10,751 that once, she tried to sell him for a pitcher of beer. 76 00:04:10,834 --> 00:04:15,674 I spent the best part of my life in boys' schools, prisons, 77 00:04:15,751 --> 00:04:19,631 and reform schools because I had nobody. 78 00:04:19,709 --> 00:04:23,379 Nobody would come and sign their name to take me out. 79 00:04:23,459 --> 00:04:27,459 I never had no parents to speak of. 80 00:04:27,542 --> 00:04:30,292 None of that's true. 81 00:04:30,375 --> 00:04:33,375 Charles manson's mother did go to prison 82 00:04:33,459 --> 00:04:36,129 when Charlie was 5. 83 00:04:36,209 --> 00:04:38,879 She and her brother tried to Rob somebody. 84 00:04:38,959 --> 00:04:42,419 They were sentenced to two years in prison. 85 00:04:42,500 --> 00:04:46,210 But little Charlie was taken in by loving relatives, 86 00:04:46,292 --> 00:04:50,422 his grandmother, his aunt, his cousin Jo Ann. 87 00:04:50,500 --> 00:04:52,210 When his mother was released from prison, 88 00:04:52,292 --> 00:04:56,962 she certainly loved him and wanted him. 89 00:04:57,042 --> 00:04:59,212 The problem was that Charlie himself 90 00:04:59,292 --> 00:05:02,502 was a rotten little kid from the word "go." 91 00:05:02,584 --> 00:05:04,634 He would lie about everything. 92 00:05:04,709 --> 00:05:07,419 He was sometimes violent. 93 00:05:07,500 --> 00:05:09,460 Charlie's cousin Jo Ann said 94 00:05:09,542 --> 00:05:12,042 that when Charlie's in first grade, 95 00:05:12,125 --> 00:05:13,745 a boy was mean to him, 96 00:05:13,834 --> 00:05:16,134 and Charlie had some of the girls in class 97 00:05:16,209 --> 00:05:18,579 beat the boy up at recess. 98 00:05:18,667 --> 00:05:21,207 When the principal said to Charlie, "why did you do this?" 99 00:05:21,292 --> 00:05:22,962 Charlie said, "it wasn't me. 100 00:05:23,042 --> 00:05:27,582 The girls were doing what they wanted to do." 101 00:05:27,667 --> 00:05:29,997 He kept running away. 102 00:05:30,083 --> 00:05:34,423 By the time he's 13, he's pulling armed robberies. 103 00:05:34,500 --> 00:05:36,170 And I burglarized a grocery store, 104 00:05:36,250 --> 00:05:40,080 and I stole the car and didn't know how to shift gears. 105 00:05:40,167 --> 00:05:42,787 Guinn: He starts in the reformatory system. 106 00:05:42,876 --> 00:05:47,166 Charles manson told me that he was abused 107 00:05:47,250 --> 00:05:49,830 at all these reform schools, 108 00:05:49,918 --> 00:05:54,498 physically beaten, sexually abused. 109 00:05:54,584 --> 00:05:57,214 Guinn: After being preyed on in his first few years, 110 00:05:57,292 --> 00:05:59,292 he became a predator himself. 111 00:05:59,375 --> 00:06:01,955 At one point, he was caught sodomizing another boy 112 00:06:02,042 --> 00:06:06,042 while holding a sharp object at the kid's throat. 113 00:06:06,125 --> 00:06:11,625 There was no amount of harm or hurt that he could inflict 114 00:06:11,709 --> 00:06:14,079 on the world, in his mind, 115 00:06:14,167 --> 00:06:17,997 that could ever fill the sense of being the victim. 116 00:06:18,083 --> 00:06:19,713 Nobody cares. 117 00:06:19,792 --> 00:06:23,632 When it comes right down to it, nobody cares. 118 00:06:23,709 --> 00:06:27,749 Sidner: It's only when he's 19, after seven years in institutions, 119 00:06:27,834 --> 00:06:31,384 that Charlie finally gets out of the system. 120 00:06:31,459 --> 00:06:36,129 Yet Charlie soon reverts to what he knows best... 121 00:06:36,209 --> 00:06:39,919 Stealing cars. 122 00:06:40,000 --> 00:06:42,500 At 21, Charlie's crime lands him 123 00:06:42,584 --> 00:06:48,044 at the terminal island federal penitentiary in Los Angeles. 124 00:06:48,125 --> 00:06:49,705 You can't understand Charlie manson 125 00:06:49,792 --> 00:06:51,712 without understanding his criminal past 126 00:06:51,792 --> 00:06:53,382 and his time in jail. 127 00:06:53,459 --> 00:06:56,039 Rick: And in order for him to survive, 128 00:06:56,125 --> 00:06:59,955 he developed skills to manipulate people. 129 00:07:00,042 --> 00:07:03,422 Sidner: Prison is where manson perfected the art of the con, 130 00:07:03,500 --> 00:07:06,210 and he's inspired by a very unlikely source, 131 00:07:06,292 --> 00:07:10,422 perhaps the most famous voice in self-improvement ever. 132 00:07:10,500 --> 00:07:15,580 His personal guru is none other than Dale carnegie. 133 00:07:15,667 --> 00:07:19,377 Wiehl: "How to win friends and influence people." 134 00:07:19,459 --> 00:07:21,789 Guinn: And when you talk now to his followers, 135 00:07:21,876 --> 00:07:24,036 "how did Charlie attract you?" 136 00:07:24,125 --> 00:07:26,875 And they would say, "oh, it was like he looked in my soul. 137 00:07:26,959 --> 00:07:31,249 Chapter seven of "how to win friends and influence people," 138 00:07:31,334 --> 00:07:33,464 word for word. 139 00:07:33,542 --> 00:07:36,382 ♪♪ 140 00:07:36,459 --> 00:07:39,669 Sidner: He's briefly released in 1958 in Los Angeles, 141 00:07:39,751 --> 00:07:42,291 but when he can't hold down a regular job, 142 00:07:42,375 --> 00:07:46,285 Charlie decides to think outside the box. 143 00:07:46,375 --> 00:07:48,575 He sets himself up as a pimp. 144 00:07:48,667 --> 00:07:51,247 Sidner: He racks up more arrests for transporting women 145 00:07:51,334 --> 00:07:56,134 across state lines for the purpose of prostitution. 146 00:07:56,209 --> 00:07:58,879 Wiehl: He talked to inmates about being a better pimp. 147 00:07:58,959 --> 00:08:03,419 Shelley: They instructed Charlie how to find the right Mark, 148 00:08:03,500 --> 00:08:08,250 to find young, vulnerable women on their own, 149 00:08:08,334 --> 00:08:11,334 women who had no one else to rely on. 150 00:08:11,417 --> 00:08:14,457 ♪♪ 151 00:08:14,542 --> 00:08:17,752 Guinn: Manson immediately started telling the counselors 152 00:08:17,834 --> 00:08:21,464 in prison that he was going to be a musician. 153 00:08:21,542 --> 00:08:26,252 He starts writing his own songs, performing in prison shows. 154 00:08:26,334 --> 00:08:30,794 He thought, "when I get out, I can play guitar 155 00:08:30,876 --> 00:08:37,036 and make money somehow in the music industry." 156 00:08:37,125 --> 00:08:40,035 Sidner: In 1967, Charles manson is told 157 00:08:40,125 --> 00:08:43,165 that he's finally about to be paroled. 158 00:08:43,250 --> 00:08:46,000 ♪♪ 159 00:08:46,083 --> 00:08:48,833 He's going back into the real world. 160 00:08:48,918 --> 00:08:53,418 ♪♪ 161 00:08:53,500 --> 00:08:58,210 ♪♪ 162 00:09:00,000 --> 00:09:03,000 ♪♪ 163 00:09:03,083 --> 00:09:04,253 Sidner: In the summer of '67, 164 00:09:04,334 --> 00:09:07,334 manson heads north to San Francisco, 165 00:09:07,417 --> 00:09:11,577 and he comes face to face with the age of aquarius. 166 00:09:11,667 --> 00:09:15,827 That was basically the beginning of the summer of love. 167 00:09:15,918 --> 00:09:17,458 Manson: And they were free in their thinking. 168 00:09:17,542 --> 00:09:21,292 And there was no fear or paranoia to them, 169 00:09:21,375 --> 00:09:24,035 and they'd come up and say, "well, we like you." 170 00:09:24,125 --> 00:09:26,705 I said, "you like me? Hell, nobody likes me." 171 00:09:26,792 --> 00:09:30,462 Everybody was a hippie then. 172 00:09:30,542 --> 00:09:35,002 Peace, love, weed, sex, music. 173 00:09:35,083 --> 00:09:36,503 You say, "well, you give our kids drugs." 174 00:09:36,584 --> 00:09:38,834 I'd say, "man, your kids gave me the drugs." 175 00:09:38,918 --> 00:09:40,578 They were already loaded. 176 00:09:40,667 --> 00:09:45,127 And all sorts of weird gurus going around. 177 00:09:45,209 --> 00:09:47,249 ♪♪ 178 00:09:47,334 --> 00:09:50,794 Sidner: Charlie comes out of prison wanting to be a super pimp, 179 00:09:50,876 --> 00:09:54,036 but people who know him say he quickly realizes 180 00:09:54,125 --> 00:09:55,575 he can't make money from sex 181 00:09:55,667 --> 00:10:00,377 when all the hippies are into free love. 182 00:10:00,459 --> 00:10:04,379 And so Charlie reinvents himself as a guru, 183 00:10:04,459 --> 00:10:09,039 and he has equal parts Dale carnegie, the Bible, 184 00:10:09,125 --> 00:10:13,375 and his own prison bs, and he goes out and starts preaching. 185 00:10:13,459 --> 00:10:18,499 The target would be young, lonely, vulnerable women. 186 00:10:18,584 --> 00:10:20,384 Dr. Jordan: They came from good families. 187 00:10:20,459 --> 00:10:24,579 So, how did they get sucked into manson's cult? 188 00:10:24,667 --> 00:10:28,537 There was an induction process, drugs and sex. 189 00:10:28,626 --> 00:10:32,456 ♪♪ 190 00:10:32,542 --> 00:10:35,832 They would take LSD, he would have sex, 191 00:10:35,918 --> 00:10:38,328 and then he would, like, whisper in their ear, 192 00:10:38,417 --> 00:10:42,417 and he would tell them about love. 193 00:10:42,500 --> 00:10:45,960 Charlie showered me with love and affection and adoration, 194 00:10:46,042 --> 00:10:47,422 and the girls, too. 195 00:10:47,500 --> 00:10:51,420 It was like, "oh, I'm home." 196 00:10:51,500 --> 00:10:54,290 Dr. Jordan: And the key to his power and control 197 00:10:54,375 --> 00:10:57,205 was to simply convince his followers 198 00:10:57,292 --> 00:10:59,082 that he was almost a Messiah, 199 00:10:59,167 --> 00:11:02,167 that he held all the answers to their problems, 200 00:11:02,250 --> 00:11:04,130 and that they could find peace and love 201 00:11:04,209 --> 00:11:05,879 and Serenity in their lives 202 00:11:05,959 --> 00:11:09,829 if they would just do exactly what he said. 203 00:11:09,918 --> 00:11:11,378 ♪♪ 204 00:11:11,459 --> 00:11:12,669 Roberts: As time goes on, 205 00:11:12,751 --> 00:11:16,421 those women become even more manipulatable, 206 00:11:16,500 --> 00:11:21,250 more malleable in his hands to a darker demonic future. 207 00:11:21,334 --> 00:11:24,004 ♪♪ 208 00:11:24,083 --> 00:11:28,423 Manson was able to finagle an old school bus 209 00:11:28,500 --> 00:11:32,040 that would hold about 35 people, 210 00:11:32,125 --> 00:11:34,825 painted it black for attention, 211 00:11:34,918 --> 00:11:36,208 and so they would travel 212 00:11:36,292 --> 00:11:41,422 and they would live in the school bus. 213 00:11:41,500 --> 00:11:44,080 Jakobson: Charlie worked his way to the sunset strip, I.A., 214 00:11:44,167 --> 00:11:46,457 which was the heavy music scene. 215 00:11:46,542 --> 00:11:51,712 Charlie believes he is destined to be a rock star 216 00:11:51,792 --> 00:11:55,792 and to have everything he never had. 217 00:11:55,876 --> 00:11:57,166 I think he came out of prison 218 00:11:57,250 --> 00:11:59,580 with like 80-some songs that he'd written. 219 00:11:59,667 --> 00:12:03,077 ♪ Look at your game, girl ♪ 220 00:12:03,167 --> 00:12:08,207 ♪ go on, look at your game, girl ♪ 221 00:12:08,292 --> 00:12:10,752 He wanted to be like the beach boys or Mick Jagger, 222 00:12:10,834 --> 00:12:12,254 whoever you wanted to say. 223 00:12:12,334 --> 00:12:14,464 That was Charlie's ideal. 224 00:12:14,542 --> 00:12:18,292 ♪♪ 225 00:12:18,375 --> 00:12:19,915 Guinn: In may of 1968, 226 00:12:20,000 --> 00:12:22,420 manson moved the family to spahn ranch 227 00:12:22,500 --> 00:12:25,080 just outside Los Angeles. 228 00:12:25,167 --> 00:12:27,747 Roberts: Spahn ranch was described as a movie set. 229 00:12:27,834 --> 00:12:30,214 There was kind of a western street 230 00:12:30,292 --> 00:12:34,632 with board sidewalks and faux saloons. 231 00:12:34,709 --> 00:12:36,919 It was pretty much a dump. 232 00:12:37,000 --> 00:12:40,500 George spahn, the old owner, was nearly blind. 233 00:12:40,584 --> 00:12:41,754 The old man was the boss. 234 00:12:41,834 --> 00:12:45,294 Whatever the old man said, we did, you dig? 235 00:12:45,375 --> 00:12:48,285 He let us stay there free rent, you dig? 236 00:12:48,375 --> 00:12:51,995 It didn't hurt to have girls tending to George 237 00:12:52,083 --> 00:12:56,333 on a regular basis, you know, cleaning his house, 238 00:12:56,417 --> 00:12:59,167 giving him some sex. 239 00:12:59,250 --> 00:13:01,920 Guinn: Lynette fromme was assigned by manson 240 00:13:02,000 --> 00:13:06,540 to live with George and to fulfill his every whim. 241 00:13:06,626 --> 00:13:10,826 And George liked to pinch her a lot, and she would squeal. 242 00:13:10,918 --> 00:13:13,578 And George is the one that nicknamed her "squeaky." 243 00:13:13,667 --> 00:13:17,997 Fast forward to 1975, the world will know 244 00:13:18,083 --> 00:13:21,883 Lynette fromme as "squeaky" fromme, 245 00:13:21,959 --> 00:13:24,459 who tried to assassinate 246 00:13:24,542 --> 00:13:27,712 then-president Gerald Ford with a gun. 247 00:13:27,792 --> 00:13:31,752 ♪♪ 248 00:13:31,834 --> 00:13:35,214 Charles manson knew that somehow 249 00:13:35,292 --> 00:13:40,462 he was destined to enter the recording industry, 250 00:13:40,542 --> 00:13:43,132 and it's just going to come down to, 251 00:13:43,209 --> 00:13:48,079 can he get one break, one random act, 252 00:13:48,167 --> 00:13:49,747 one introduction? 253 00:13:49,834 --> 00:13:52,544 And he does. 254 00:13:52,626 --> 00:13:55,496 Guinn: When he and his family first came to Los Angeles, 255 00:13:55,584 --> 00:14:00,384 he sent all the women out to troll for a famous musician. 256 00:14:00,459 --> 00:14:02,129 As it happened, pat krenwinkel 257 00:14:02,209 --> 00:14:04,379 and another woman called "yeller" were walking 258 00:14:04,459 --> 00:14:08,879 along the road, and here comes Dennis Wilson in his car. 259 00:14:08,959 --> 00:14:11,919 He was the beach boys' drummer. 260 00:14:12,000 --> 00:14:15,830 And not surprising, he took these two girls 261 00:14:15,918 --> 00:14:18,078 back to his house. 262 00:14:18,167 --> 00:14:21,327 They were telling Dennis all about, you know, 263 00:14:21,417 --> 00:14:25,167 this cool little guy, Charlie, and got him intrigued. 264 00:14:25,250 --> 00:14:28,210 Back then, a lot of musicians had gurus. 265 00:14:28,292 --> 00:14:31,712 You know, cat Stevens, the Beatles. 266 00:14:31,792 --> 00:14:35,042 That was, like, the in thing, was to have a guru. 267 00:14:35,125 --> 00:14:36,785 But a lot of lives were destroyed 268 00:14:36,876 --> 00:14:42,376 because of that insane nonsense that Charlie was trying to sell. 269 00:14:42,459 --> 00:14:45,579 ♪♪ 270 00:14:47,626 --> 00:14:50,626 ♪♪ 271 00:14:50,709 --> 00:14:53,289 Guinn: Dennis Wilson goes to a recording session. 272 00:14:53,375 --> 00:14:57,375 He comes back home that night to find that there's this tribe 273 00:14:57,459 --> 00:14:59,829 of weird-looking people in his house, 274 00:14:59,918 --> 00:15:02,208 making themselves at home. 275 00:15:02,292 --> 00:15:04,212 You know, inviting him in. 276 00:15:04,292 --> 00:15:06,212 And he walks up to the leader, Charlie. 277 00:15:06,292 --> 00:15:08,212 Dennis said, "you're not gonna kill me, are you?" 278 00:15:08,292 --> 00:15:10,632 Guinn: And Charlie drops down on his knees, 279 00:15:10,709 --> 00:15:12,169 kisses Dennis' feet, and said, 280 00:15:12,250 --> 00:15:17,380 "do I look like I'm gonna hurt you, man?" 281 00:15:17,459 --> 00:15:19,709 It was shortly thereafter that there just 282 00:15:19,792 --> 00:15:23,672 a small group of us that moved into Dennis'. 283 00:15:23,751 --> 00:15:25,921 And the girls are taking off their clothes, 284 00:15:26,000 --> 00:15:28,170 ready to do anything Dennis wants. 285 00:15:28,250 --> 00:15:30,380 Jakobson: Dennis said, "hey, gregg, you got to come down, man. 286 00:15:30,459 --> 00:15:31,579 You got to meet this guy. 287 00:15:31,667 --> 00:15:32,917 He's here with a bunch of girls." 288 00:15:33,000 --> 00:15:34,790 Love: Bruce Johnson and I, 289 00:15:34,876 --> 00:15:37,456 we were invited to dinner at Dennis' house. 290 00:15:37,542 --> 00:15:41,462 And we got there, and Bruce and I were the only people 291 00:15:41,542 --> 00:15:43,632 with clothing on at dinner, 292 00:15:43,709 --> 00:15:45,579 so I thought that was kind of unusual. 293 00:15:45,667 --> 00:15:47,707 [ Laughter ] 294 00:15:47,792 --> 00:15:52,832 Shelley: Endless orgies and endless drug parties. 295 00:15:52,918 --> 00:15:58,128 It was just all there with Charlie manson orchestrating it. 296 00:15:58,209 --> 00:16:00,749 ♪♪ 297 00:16:00,834 --> 00:16:02,174 Lake: Dennis was having, you know, 298 00:16:02,250 --> 00:16:05,210 issues with his ex-wife and custody of the kids. 299 00:16:05,292 --> 00:16:08,082 Manson played on Dennis' insecurities. 300 00:16:08,167 --> 00:16:11,247 Rick: People like Charlie manson can smell it. 301 00:16:11,334 --> 00:16:14,044 I mean, he's like a heat-seeking missile. 302 00:16:14,125 --> 00:16:16,825 He could look at someone, he could size them up, 303 00:16:16,918 --> 00:16:19,328 and gain undue influence over them. 304 00:16:19,417 --> 00:16:21,997 Lake: Dennis had been with the maharishi, 305 00:16:22,083 --> 00:16:25,753 the same maharishi that the Beatles were with. 306 00:16:25,834 --> 00:16:32,214 Dennis Wilson moved from the maharishi to the manson. 307 00:16:32,292 --> 00:16:37,672 Dennis was a celebrity that was available for using and abusing. 308 00:16:37,751 --> 00:16:43,421 Kay: Dennis paid for the numerous sexually transmitted diseases 309 00:16:43,500 --> 00:16:47,750 that these girls had and paying for medical treatment 310 00:16:47,834 --> 00:16:51,544 for his friends who partook in these girls. 311 00:17:05,918 --> 00:17:09,248 Dennis Wilson said that he ended up spending 312 00:17:09,334 --> 00:17:12,964 over $100,000 correcting the damage 313 00:17:13,042 --> 00:17:16,672 manson and the family had done to his house. 314 00:17:16,751 --> 00:17:19,461 ♪♪ 315 00:17:19,542 --> 00:17:23,172 Manson, at Dennis Wilson's house, met Terry Melcher. 316 00:17:23,250 --> 00:17:26,830 He was a famous record producer at the time. 317 00:17:26,918 --> 00:17:28,248 Jakobson: You know, Paul revere and the raiders, 318 00:17:28,334 --> 00:17:31,834 the byrds, a number of successful acts. 319 00:17:31,918 --> 00:17:32,998 Terry's mom is Doris day. 320 00:17:33,083 --> 00:17:35,083 You know, he's very high-profile. 321 00:17:35,167 --> 00:17:36,957 His girlfriend is Candice Bergen. 322 00:17:37,042 --> 00:17:39,002 So Terry's a real star, 323 00:17:39,083 --> 00:17:42,043 and Charlie was like, "ooh, this is my guy." 324 00:17:42,125 --> 00:17:43,705 Guinn: Here's the top of the food chain. 325 00:17:43,792 --> 00:17:48,292 Terry Melcher, the kid-star producer for Columbia, 326 00:17:48,375 --> 00:17:50,285 he can sign Charlie. 327 00:17:50,375 --> 00:17:53,955 Shelley: At the time, he was living with his girlfriend, 328 00:17:54,042 --> 00:17:58,792 Candice Bergen, at 10050 cielo drive. 329 00:17:58,876 --> 00:18:00,626 Sidner: This is about a year before the home 330 00:18:00,709 --> 00:18:05,879 is rented by the new tenants... Roman polanski and Sharon Tate. 331 00:18:05,959 --> 00:18:08,329 ♪♪ 332 00:18:08,417 --> 00:18:10,537 In the summer of 1968, 333 00:18:10,626 --> 00:18:12,916 Dennis tries to start Charlie's music career 334 00:18:13,000 --> 00:18:16,040 with a session at the beach boys' studio. 335 00:18:16,125 --> 00:18:20,875 Dennis took us over to his brother's house, Brian. 336 00:18:20,959 --> 00:18:24,669 And Charlie was gonna do, like, a recording session. 337 00:18:24,751 --> 00:18:29,581 Rick: Charles manson, of course, was obsessive about his music, 338 00:18:29,667 --> 00:18:33,827 about his lyrics, about his artistic talent. 339 00:18:33,918 --> 00:18:37,078 Lake: I think they wanted Charlie to change some of the words, 340 00:18:37,167 --> 00:18:38,707 change some of the music. 341 00:18:38,792 --> 00:18:41,582 People who were there say Charlie 342 00:18:41,667 --> 00:18:45,577 pulls a knife on the engineer. 343 00:18:45,667 --> 00:18:47,457 Next thing you know, Charlie came, 344 00:18:47,542 --> 00:18:50,922 you know, storming out of the recording studio. 345 00:18:51,000 --> 00:18:54,920 I think things started to go south after that. 346 00:18:55,000 --> 00:18:56,920 Jakobson: Dennis knew that he was never gonna get rid of him, 347 00:18:57,000 --> 00:18:58,040 so he had to just leave. 348 00:18:58,125 --> 00:19:00,075 He just abandoned the house. 349 00:19:00,167 --> 00:19:02,707 He just left. It was a rental house. 350 00:19:02,792 --> 00:19:05,462 Still, manson clings to the hope that his dream 351 00:19:05,542 --> 00:19:07,792 of becoming a rock star isn't dead. 352 00:19:07,876 --> 00:19:10,996 It seems Dennis might still be willing to help him 353 00:19:11,083 --> 00:19:13,673 with one of his songs in particular. 354 00:19:13,751 --> 00:19:17,211 ♪ Cease to exist ♪ 355 00:19:17,292 --> 00:19:21,752 ♪ just come and say you love me ♪ 356 00:19:21,834 --> 00:19:23,134 "Cease to exist." 357 00:19:23,209 --> 00:19:25,829 ♪ You walk on, walk on ♪ 358 00:19:25,918 --> 00:19:28,328 ♪ I love you, pretty girl ♪ 359 00:19:28,417 --> 00:19:32,577 Guinn: Cease to exist was considered good enough 360 00:19:32,667 --> 00:19:38,077 to put on a beach boys album. 361 00:19:38,167 --> 00:19:39,877 Jakobson: Dennis and Charlie reached an agreement. 362 00:19:39,959 --> 00:19:41,579 Now, god only knows what it was, 363 00:19:41,667 --> 00:19:44,457 because this shouldn't really happen, 364 00:19:44,542 --> 00:19:47,672 but Dennis got permission from Charlie to use the song. 365 00:19:47,751 --> 00:19:49,421 Or, anyway, Dennis thought he had permission 366 00:19:49,500 --> 00:19:50,670 from Charlie to use the song. 367 00:19:50,751 --> 00:19:53,961 Manson called his song "cease to exist," 368 00:19:54,042 --> 00:19:57,002 and then Dennis Wilson changed it, 369 00:19:57,083 --> 00:19:58,793 "never learn not to love." 370 00:19:58,876 --> 00:20:03,376 The beach boys actually perform the new version 371 00:20:03,459 --> 00:20:06,749 of "cease to exist" on "the Mike Douglas show." 372 00:20:06,834 --> 00:20:12,254 ♪ Submission is a gift, a gift to your lover ♪ 373 00:20:12,334 --> 00:20:15,674 Having that song, "cease to exist," reworked, 374 00:20:15,751 --> 00:20:18,381 repackaged by the beach boys 375 00:20:18,459 --> 00:20:20,629 and put out under a different title 376 00:20:20,709 --> 00:20:25,879 without any credit given to Charles manson angered him. 377 00:20:25,959 --> 00:20:31,459 And he felt betrayed by Dennis Wilson. 378 00:20:31,542 --> 00:20:34,132 ♪♪ 379 00:20:34,209 --> 00:20:36,669 It came down to Charlie saying, 380 00:20:36,751 --> 00:20:38,791 he says, "you know, I know where you live. 381 00:20:38,876 --> 00:20:40,456 I know where your kids live." 382 00:20:40,542 --> 00:20:43,502 Sidner: Manson admitted to threatening Dennis Wilson 383 00:20:43,584 --> 00:20:47,084 in a 1993 interview with abc news. 384 00:20:47,167 --> 00:20:49,077 I gave Dennis Wilson a bullet, didn't I? 385 00:20:49,167 --> 00:20:52,077 I gave him a bullet because he changed the words to my song. 386 00:20:52,167 --> 00:20:57,957 ♪♪ 387 00:20:59,584 --> 00:21:03,174 ♪♪ 388 00:21:03,250 --> 00:21:04,710 Friday night in Los Angeles, 389 00:21:04,792 --> 00:21:07,582 a movie actress and four of her friends were murdered, 390 00:21:07,667 --> 00:21:10,787 and the circumstances were lurid. 391 00:21:10,876 --> 00:21:13,666 The movie actress was Sharon Tate. 392 00:21:13,751 --> 00:21:16,001 Charles manson is angry at the world, 393 00:21:16,083 --> 00:21:19,633 and, increasingly, his thoughts are turning to deadly violence. 394 00:21:19,709 --> 00:21:22,169 His rage against humanity is raised to new levels 395 00:21:22,250 --> 00:21:25,040 by unfulfilled dreams of rock stardom. 396 00:21:25,125 --> 00:21:28,165 Now he conjures up a sinister solution to his hate. 397 00:21:28,250 --> 00:21:31,040 He tries to incite a race riot between blacks and whites 398 00:21:31,125 --> 00:21:33,205 that he calls helter skelter. 399 00:21:33,292 --> 00:21:36,082 Manson's mission... To spark ethnic conflict 400 00:21:36,167 --> 00:21:37,537 based on his unfounded belief 401 00:21:37,626 --> 00:21:39,286 that the true meaning of the Beatles song 402 00:21:39,375 --> 00:21:42,325 "helter skelter" is a call to arms. 403 00:21:42,417 --> 00:21:44,827 ♪♪ 404 00:21:44,918 --> 00:21:47,288 Manson is not about to give up his dream 405 00:21:47,375 --> 00:21:49,415 of a recording contract. 406 00:21:49,500 --> 00:21:53,290 He now pins all his hopes on Terry Melcher. 407 00:21:53,375 --> 00:21:54,535 Charlie was smart enough to know, 408 00:21:54,626 --> 00:21:56,456 "okay, here's the guy that I want. 409 00:21:56,542 --> 00:21:59,422 Now here's a guy who is a record producer." 410 00:21:59,500 --> 00:22:01,630 ♪♪ 411 00:22:01,709 --> 00:22:06,919 Lake: And that's when gregg jakobson and Terry Melcher 412 00:22:07,000 --> 00:22:09,040 came to the spahn ranch, 413 00:22:09,125 --> 00:22:12,205 and we did, like, a little recording session. 414 00:22:18,959 --> 00:22:20,669 ♪ Just go, go ♪ 415 00:22:20,751 --> 00:22:22,711 ♪ don't look back, just go, go ♪ 416 00:22:22,792 --> 00:22:24,542 And manson played the guitar, 417 00:22:24,626 --> 00:22:26,536 and all the girls sang parts 418 00:22:26,626 --> 00:22:29,076 and harmonies and background stuff. 419 00:22:29,167 --> 00:22:32,577 Charlie was really hopeful that this was going to end up 420 00:22:32,667 --> 00:22:34,997 in some kind of an album. 421 00:22:35,083 --> 00:22:40,463 But, at some point, Terry gave Charlie the classic speech, 422 00:22:40,542 --> 00:22:42,962 "you know, Charlie, I mean, you really got a talent, 423 00:22:43,042 --> 00:22:44,382 I really appreciate your music, 424 00:22:44,459 --> 00:22:46,749 but you're just not my cup of tea." 425 00:22:46,834 --> 00:22:48,674 In Charles manson's mind, 426 00:22:48,751 --> 00:22:52,291 Terry Melcher had dashed his hope for a music contract. 427 00:22:52,375 --> 00:22:55,955 ♪♪ 428 00:22:56,042 --> 00:22:58,502 Lake: And Charlie was really upset about that. 429 00:22:58,584 --> 00:23:00,134 I kind of remember Charlie, like, you know, 430 00:23:00,209 --> 00:23:04,629 "all those," you know, "mother [bleep]" you know? 431 00:23:04,709 --> 00:23:06,039 ♪♪ 432 00:23:06,125 --> 00:23:08,245 Rick: In my opinion, that rejection 433 00:23:08,334 --> 00:23:13,084 is what led to his desire to kill, 434 00:23:13,167 --> 00:23:17,667 to kill the people that had wronged him, 435 00:23:17,751 --> 00:23:22,001 that had basically ignored his greatness. 436 00:23:22,083 --> 00:23:24,753 ♪♪ 437 00:23:24,834 --> 00:23:26,794 Now that he wasn't gonna make a record 438 00:23:26,876 --> 00:23:28,956 that was gonna then bring us money, 439 00:23:29,042 --> 00:23:33,002 they resorted to criminal activity. 440 00:23:33,083 --> 00:23:34,633 ♪♪ 441 00:23:34,709 --> 00:23:36,959 Shelley: They had arms at the ranch, 442 00:23:37,042 --> 00:23:41,042 but now they were really, really arming themselves. 443 00:23:41,125 --> 00:23:43,915 Guinn: What Charlie tells his followers is, 444 00:23:44,000 --> 00:23:48,000 "look, we need money for guns. 445 00:23:48,083 --> 00:23:51,133 Now, how are we gonna get that money?" 446 00:23:51,209 --> 00:23:54,459 Wiehl: Gary hinman was a Buddhist musician 447 00:23:54,542 --> 00:23:58,172 that was a friend of many of the family members. 448 00:23:58,250 --> 00:24:00,920 Manson mistakenly thought that hinman 449 00:24:01,000 --> 00:24:03,000 had come into a large inheritance. 450 00:24:03,083 --> 00:24:06,213 On Charlie's instruction, his friend Bobby beausoleil 451 00:24:06,292 --> 00:24:10,542 and manson family members Susan atkins and Mary brunner 452 00:24:10,626 --> 00:24:12,666 go to Gary hinman's home. 453 00:24:12,751 --> 00:24:16,791 ♪♪ 454 00:24:16,876 --> 00:24:20,876 ♪♪ 455 00:24:20,959 --> 00:24:24,879 ♪♪ 456 00:24:24,959 --> 00:24:27,209 Martley: Gary didn't have money. 457 00:24:27,292 --> 00:24:31,382 I think he had a few dollars in the house, 458 00:24:31,459 --> 00:24:34,209 not much in his bank account. 459 00:24:34,292 --> 00:24:37,212 Kay: Manson then came out. 460 00:24:37,292 --> 00:24:40,582 Manson had a sword and told hinman 461 00:24:40,667 --> 00:24:44,537 that he wanted his property, and hinman, you know, 462 00:24:44,626 --> 00:24:45,956 "I don't have anything." 463 00:24:46,042 --> 00:24:49,172 And so manson slashed him. 464 00:24:49,250 --> 00:24:51,630 ♪♪ 465 00:24:51,709 --> 00:24:54,329 I cut his ear off. 466 00:24:54,417 --> 00:24:56,287 Kay: And manson left. 467 00:24:56,375 --> 00:24:57,915 After manson left the scene, 468 00:24:58,000 --> 00:25:00,380 Bobby beausoleil reportedly calls Charlie. 469 00:25:03,125 --> 00:25:05,955 I said, "don't ask me what to do." 470 00:25:06,042 --> 00:25:09,002 I said, "you know what to do!" 471 00:25:09,083 --> 00:25:10,963 It's very clear what Charlie manson 472 00:25:11,042 --> 00:25:13,252 wants them to do to Gary hinman. 473 00:25:27,751 --> 00:25:31,211 Kay: Then Susan atkins held a pillow over his face 474 00:25:31,292 --> 00:25:33,382 so that he couldn't breathe. 475 00:25:33,459 --> 00:25:36,669 ♪♪ 476 00:25:36,751 --> 00:25:41,791 Guinn: They murdered Gary hinman. 477 00:25:41,876 --> 00:25:44,576 And, so, what they did with hinman's blood, 478 00:25:44,667 --> 00:25:46,457 on Charlie's order, 479 00:25:46,542 --> 00:25:50,042 was leave what supposedly was a paw-print sign 480 00:25:50,125 --> 00:25:54,575 and the word "political piggy" scrawled in blood. 481 00:25:54,667 --> 00:25:57,997 Sidner: It's the first time manson manipulates his followers 482 00:25:58,083 --> 00:26:01,503 to kill for him, but it won't be the last. 483 00:26:01,584 --> 00:26:07,044 ♪♪ 484 00:26:08,918 --> 00:26:10,458 ♪♪ 485 00:26:10,542 --> 00:26:14,542 Lake: Charlie had been sharing with us from really early on 486 00:26:14,626 --> 00:26:18,076 about what he had learned in reform school 487 00:26:18,167 --> 00:26:21,327 and in prison, from the black man, 488 00:26:21,417 --> 00:26:26,497 and that was that they were going to overcome whitey. 489 00:26:26,584 --> 00:26:30,464 And, so, Charlie interpreted this as it was going to be, 490 00:26:30,542 --> 00:26:33,542 like, a black-white race war. 491 00:26:33,626 --> 00:26:37,536 A revolution that manson referred to as "helter skelter" 492 00:26:37,626 --> 00:26:40,376 after one of the songs in the Beatles album. 493 00:26:40,459 --> 00:26:44,879 ♪ Helter skelter ♪ 494 00:26:44,959 --> 00:26:48,709 ♪ look out! Helter skelter! ♪ 495 00:26:48,792 --> 00:26:51,172 To manson, it meant that the Beatles wanted 496 00:26:51,250 --> 00:26:56,500 to have a worldwide revolution, blacks against whites. 497 00:26:56,584 --> 00:26:59,214 Of course, it was all nonsense. 498 00:26:59,292 --> 00:27:02,082 One of manson's goals was to make it appear 499 00:27:02,167 --> 00:27:05,747 as though black radicals had murdered prominent white people. 500 00:27:05,834 --> 00:27:09,674 He thought that would then make the police retaliate, 501 00:27:09,751 --> 00:27:12,291 there would be more riots in Los Angeles, 502 00:27:12,375 --> 00:27:16,575 and that would kick off the race war. 503 00:27:16,667 --> 00:27:21,167 And, so, Charlie decides they're going to have another murder. 504 00:27:21,250 --> 00:27:26,040 Rick: He was testing the limits of how far he could go. 505 00:27:26,125 --> 00:27:29,205 Could he get people to do violence? 506 00:27:29,292 --> 00:27:31,882 Could he get people to kill for him? 507 00:27:31,959 --> 00:27:34,169 ♪♪ 508 00:27:34,250 --> 00:27:36,920 I remember playing games like their creepy crawly games 509 00:27:37,000 --> 00:27:41,130 where they would sneak in somebody's house. 510 00:27:41,209 --> 00:27:43,629 Guinn: You would enter someone's house so silently, 511 00:27:43,709 --> 00:27:45,879 they didn't know you were in there, 512 00:27:45,959 --> 00:27:50,749 so that if you'd wanted to, you could kill them. 513 00:27:50,834 --> 00:27:53,424 All the women were issued buck knives. 514 00:27:53,500 --> 00:27:57,670 Charles manson loved knives. 515 00:27:57,751 --> 00:27:59,251 His female followers, 516 00:27:59,334 --> 00:28:02,754 they had to prove their love and loyalty to him 517 00:28:02,834 --> 00:28:05,544 by standing against trees and letting Charlie 518 00:28:05,626 --> 00:28:09,576 throw knives into the trees around their face. 519 00:28:09,667 --> 00:28:12,327 ♪♪ 520 00:28:12,417 --> 00:28:15,577 Tex Watson had been holding training classes 521 00:28:15,667 --> 00:28:19,417 for how to commit murder. 522 00:28:19,500 --> 00:28:20,710 When you stab somebody, 523 00:28:20,792 --> 00:28:22,752 you didn't just put the knife in, 524 00:28:22,834 --> 00:28:26,924 you pulled up on it after to do more damage. 525 00:28:27,000 --> 00:28:28,210 Guinn: Manson, he thought, 526 00:28:28,292 --> 00:28:30,632 "we've got to kill somebody important." 527 00:28:30,709 --> 00:28:34,039 ♪♪ 528 00:28:34,125 --> 00:28:36,875 And it began right here on cielo drive, 529 00:28:36,959 --> 00:28:40,379 a quiet, leafy cul-de-sac overlooking Beverly Hills. 530 00:28:40,459 --> 00:28:41,879 You see this security gate. 531 00:28:41,959 --> 00:28:43,789 Behind it, there's a mansion. 532 00:28:43,876 --> 00:28:46,376 The property where record producer Terry Melcher 533 00:28:46,459 --> 00:28:48,749 and his girlfriend, Candice Bergen, lived 534 00:28:48,834 --> 00:28:51,584 until January of 1969. 535 00:28:51,667 --> 00:28:53,037 They moved out in January, 536 00:28:53,125 --> 00:28:57,705 and the polanskis moved in in February. 537 00:28:57,792 --> 00:29:01,752 Wiehl: Roman polanski was a very famous director at that time, 538 00:29:01,834 --> 00:29:06,504 Sharon Tate, an up-and-coming young actress. 539 00:29:06,584 --> 00:29:10,084 Sidner: Sharon Tate and Roman polanski had met three years earlier, 540 00:29:10,167 --> 00:29:11,417 on polanski's film, 541 00:29:11,500 --> 00:29:14,710 "the fearless vampire killers," in London. 542 00:29:14,792 --> 00:29:16,672 I... I'm going to save you. 543 00:29:16,751 --> 00:29:19,131 We'll go away together. 544 00:29:19,209 --> 00:29:22,039 She was a stunningly beautiful young woman. 545 00:29:22,125 --> 00:29:26,165 As one person said to me, she literally turned heads 546 00:29:26,250 --> 00:29:28,670 when she walked down the street. 547 00:29:28,751 --> 00:29:33,131 Sharon and Roman were married in London in January 1968. 548 00:29:33,209 --> 00:29:37,039 The newlyweds had moved into 10050 cielo drive 549 00:29:37,125 --> 00:29:39,245 just a year after they had gotten married. 550 00:29:39,334 --> 00:29:41,584 One of the main reasons why they rented a house 551 00:29:41,667 --> 00:29:43,417 was because they were about to have a baby. 552 00:29:43,500 --> 00:29:46,290 Kay: Sharon was just so looking forward 553 00:29:46,375 --> 00:29:53,125 to being a mom and having the child. 554 00:29:53,209 --> 00:29:58,169 Sidner: But for his film projects, Roman often needs to travel. 555 00:29:58,250 --> 00:30:01,170 Sharon has friends who stay with her at the house 556 00:30:01,250 --> 00:30:02,540 so she's not alone. 557 00:30:02,626 --> 00:30:04,536 Roberts: Jay sebring, who was her boyfriend 558 00:30:04,626 --> 00:30:06,876 before she married polanski. 559 00:30:06,959 --> 00:30:12,079 Jay sebring made his name as a hairdresser to the stars. 560 00:30:12,167 --> 00:30:15,497 Roberts: Wojciech frykowski was a Polish émigré. 561 00:30:15,584 --> 00:30:17,884 His girlfriend, Abigail Folger, who... 562 00:30:17,959 --> 00:30:20,039 Folger, of course, was a prominent name. 563 00:30:20,125 --> 00:30:23,825 She was, in fact, of the coffee family. 564 00:30:23,918 --> 00:30:28,328 Now 8 1/2 months pregnant, Sharon's at her most vulnerable 565 00:30:28,417 --> 00:30:31,997 to a threat she doesn't even know is coming 566 00:30:32,083 --> 00:30:34,633 from Charles manson. 567 00:30:34,709 --> 00:30:37,379 Kay: On Friday, August the 8th, he said, 568 00:30:37,459 --> 00:30:39,539 "now is the time for helter skelter." 569 00:30:39,626 --> 00:30:46,326 ♪♪ 570 00:30:52,459 --> 00:30:56,419 ♪♪ 571 00:30:56,500 --> 00:31:00,500 ♪♪ 572 00:31:00,584 --> 00:31:03,504 Manson sends out three women, 573 00:31:03,584 --> 00:31:06,754 Patricia krenwinkel, Susan atkins, 574 00:31:06,834 --> 00:31:08,544 and Linda kasabian 575 00:31:08,626 --> 00:31:13,206 with Tex Watson to the Tate residence. 576 00:31:13,292 --> 00:31:18,922 Shelley: Manson instructs Tex that he's to go in there 577 00:31:19,000 --> 00:31:24,330 and kill everyone in a gory scene. 578 00:31:24,417 --> 00:31:28,247 He wanted a blood bath. 579 00:31:28,334 --> 00:31:31,634 Kay: And manson told the women, 580 00:31:31,709 --> 00:31:33,379 "do whatever Tex tells you to do." 581 00:31:33,459 --> 00:31:36,169 Do you know why they picked Sharon Tate? 582 00:31:36,250 --> 00:31:39,460 - No. - Was that purely bad luck? 583 00:31:39,542 --> 00:31:41,042 I know now that it had 584 00:31:41,125 --> 00:31:45,375 something to do with Terry Melcher. 585 00:31:45,459 --> 00:31:48,629 Kay: Manson knew that Terry Melcher and Candice Bergen 586 00:31:48,709 --> 00:31:49,959 didn't live there anymore, 587 00:31:50,042 --> 00:31:52,132 but he wanted to send a message to them. 588 00:31:52,209 --> 00:31:55,419 "There but for the grace of god go you." 589 00:31:55,500 --> 00:31:56,380 ♪♪ 590 00:31:56,459 --> 00:31:57,539 [ Insects chirping ] 591 00:31:57,626 --> 00:31:59,576 [ Dog barks in distance ] 592 00:31:59,667 --> 00:32:02,417 ♪♪ 593 00:32:02,500 --> 00:32:06,330 Sidner: At 10050 cielo drive, Sharon Tate and her friends, 594 00:32:06,417 --> 00:32:10,247 Jay sebring, Abigail Folger, and wojciech frykowski, 595 00:32:10,334 --> 00:32:12,584 are settled in for the night. 596 00:32:12,667 --> 00:32:15,627 ♪♪ 597 00:32:15,709 --> 00:32:17,789 25 yards away from the main house, 598 00:32:17,876 --> 00:32:21,326 in the separate guesthouse, the fill-in caretaker, 599 00:32:21,417 --> 00:32:25,037 William garretson, has decided to stay in. 600 00:32:25,125 --> 00:32:29,625 But late that night, garretson gets a surprise visitor. 601 00:32:29,709 --> 00:32:31,209 ♪♪ 602 00:32:31,292 --> 00:32:33,462 Steven parent, the night before, 603 00:32:33,542 --> 00:32:36,712 had met the caretaker, William garretson, 604 00:32:36,792 --> 00:32:39,882 and garretson invited him to come up. 605 00:32:39,959 --> 00:32:42,999 ♪♪ 606 00:32:43,083 --> 00:32:45,213 Meanwhile, the car with Tex Watson 607 00:32:45,292 --> 00:32:46,582 and the other manson followers 608 00:32:46,667 --> 00:32:50,577 pulls up near the gate of the Tate house. 609 00:32:50,667 --> 00:32:53,457 Steven parent was on his way out. 610 00:32:53,542 --> 00:32:59,212 ♪♪ 611 00:32:59,292 --> 00:33:03,832 Tex Watson is, at that point, cutting the wires to the house. 612 00:33:03,918 --> 00:33:08,038 ♪♪ 613 00:33:08,125 --> 00:33:11,785 [ Engine starts ] 614 00:33:11,876 --> 00:33:15,496 Kay: Watson saw the headlights. 615 00:33:15,584 --> 00:33:20,794 ♪♪ 616 00:33:20,876 --> 00:33:23,286 And then Watson approached parent 617 00:33:23,375 --> 00:33:29,125 with his nine-inch buntline .22-caliber revolver. 618 00:33:29,209 --> 00:33:31,459 Parent begged for his life, at which point, 619 00:33:31,542 --> 00:33:34,502 Watson shot him four times at point-blank range 620 00:33:34,584 --> 00:33:36,174 in the upper torso... 621 00:33:36,250 --> 00:33:37,670 [ Gunshots ] 622 00:33:37,751 --> 00:33:40,251 ...killing him. 623 00:33:40,334 --> 00:33:43,634 He was just a kid in the wrong place at the wrong time. 624 00:33:43,709 --> 00:33:48,789 ♪♪ 625 00:33:48,876 --> 00:33:52,786 Kay: Watson and the women proceeded to the house. 626 00:33:52,876 --> 00:33:54,496 ♪♪ 627 00:33:54,584 --> 00:33:56,794 This was a family that wanted to kill. 628 00:33:56,876 --> 00:33:59,876 ♪♪ 629 00:33:59,959 --> 00:34:03,039 I remember that I had gone so far, 630 00:34:03,125 --> 00:34:04,575 and there was no turning back. 631 00:34:04,667 --> 00:34:05,997 Even if I had wanted to run, 632 00:34:06,083 --> 00:34:07,963 even if I had wanted to leave, I couldn't. 633 00:34:08,042 --> 00:34:09,832 It was like I was caught in something 634 00:34:09,918 --> 00:34:11,998 that I had no control over. 635 00:34:12,083 --> 00:34:14,173 ♪♪ 636 00:34:14,250 --> 00:34:16,580 Dr. Jordan: Sharon Tate and three house guests 637 00:34:16,667 --> 00:34:20,377 have no idea what's coming up the driveway. 638 00:34:20,459 --> 00:34:22,829 ♪♪ 639 00:34:22,918 --> 00:34:26,038 Tex Watson enters the residence through a window, 640 00:34:26,125 --> 00:34:28,245 and then quietly lets in two of the women 641 00:34:28,334 --> 00:34:29,754 through the front door, 642 00:34:29,834 --> 00:34:34,134 but he leaves the third one outside as a lookout. 643 00:34:34,209 --> 00:34:37,879 Wojciech frykowski is asleep on the living-room couch, 644 00:34:37,959 --> 00:34:40,209 and he suddenly awakens to find Tex Watson 645 00:34:40,292 --> 00:34:42,672 standing in front of him, staring at him. 646 00:34:42,751 --> 00:34:43,921 And he simply asks him, 647 00:34:44,000 --> 00:34:45,710 "who are you, and what do you want? 648 00:34:45,792 --> 00:34:47,132 And Tex said, "I'm the devil, 649 00:34:47,209 --> 00:34:51,749 and I'm here to do the devil's business." 650 00:34:51,834 --> 00:34:53,714 The people in the house were all brought 651 00:34:53,792 --> 00:34:55,672 into the living room and tied up. 652 00:34:55,751 --> 00:34:59,751 Susan atkins recalls that one of the victims called out, 653 00:34:59,834 --> 00:35:01,834 "what are you going to do with us?" 654 00:35:01,918 --> 00:35:07,628 And Tex Watson simply replied, "you are all going to die." 655 00:35:07,709 --> 00:35:10,079 And Jay sebring, who's a former boyfriend 656 00:35:10,167 --> 00:35:12,577 of the very pregnant Sharon Tate, 657 00:35:12,667 --> 00:35:14,457 is pleading with Watson, he's saying, 658 00:35:14,542 --> 00:35:17,042 "she's pregnant. Can't she just sit down?" 659 00:35:17,125 --> 00:35:18,415 And for his protest, 660 00:35:18,500 --> 00:35:22,210 Tex Watson shoots Jay sebring in cold blood. 661 00:35:22,292 --> 00:35:24,382 ♪♪ 662 00:35:24,459 --> 00:35:29,459 Wojciech frykowski, I tied his hands with a towel 663 00:35:29,542 --> 00:35:32,672 and then was instructed to kill him. 664 00:35:32,751 --> 00:35:36,461 Wojciech very easily undid the towel 665 00:35:36,542 --> 00:35:40,502 that I'd tied his wrists with, and he and I began to fight. 666 00:35:40,584 --> 00:35:42,504 Dr. Jordan: He bolts for the front door, 667 00:35:42,584 --> 00:35:44,924 and he makes it all the way out to the front porch, 668 00:35:45,000 --> 00:35:47,580 but Tex runs him down, and with that gun, 669 00:35:47,667 --> 00:35:49,327 starts beating him over the head 670 00:35:49,417 --> 00:35:54,827 with the butt of the gun and stabbing him 51 times. 671 00:35:54,918 --> 00:35:56,418 All I can remember seeing is people 672 00:35:56,500 --> 00:35:58,380 just scattering in different places. 673 00:35:58,459 --> 00:36:02,079 Abigail Folger manages to escape and run for the door, 674 00:36:02,167 --> 00:36:03,787 and she gets outside, 675 00:36:03,876 --> 00:36:06,456 but Patricia krenwinkel runs her down, 676 00:36:06,542 --> 00:36:08,422 and Tex Watson is right behind. 677 00:36:08,500 --> 00:36:10,460 Together, they hold her down on the ground 678 00:36:10,542 --> 00:36:13,042 and stab her repeatedly. 679 00:36:13,125 --> 00:36:15,705 And I was left sitting with Sharon Tate, 680 00:36:15,792 --> 00:36:17,382 and she was talking to me. 681 00:36:17,459 --> 00:36:21,829 Susan atkins, she said Sharon begged for her life. 682 00:36:21,918 --> 00:36:23,828 "Please let me live so I can have my baby." 683 00:36:23,918 --> 00:36:26,248 Dr. Jordan: "I just want my baby to be born. 684 00:36:26,334 --> 00:36:30,044 You can kill me later, but let the baby live." 685 00:36:30,125 --> 00:36:34,375 I felt nothing. I felt absolutely nothing for her. 686 00:36:34,459 --> 00:36:39,379 Susan atkins grabbed Sharon Tate by the hands and holds her arms, 687 00:36:39,459 --> 00:36:41,959 holding her captive while Tex Watson 688 00:36:42,042 --> 00:36:45,382 stabs her in the heart. 689 00:36:45,459 --> 00:36:51,039 Atkins: Tex, the way he moved, the viciousness, 690 00:36:51,125 --> 00:36:54,825 it was just like seeing somebody go crazy 691 00:36:54,918 --> 00:36:58,128 with more power than I've ever seen anybody. 692 00:36:58,209 --> 00:37:04,579 I don't think he was in control of himself. 693 00:37:04,667 --> 00:37:06,287 Dr. Jordan: Charles manson may not have been there, 694 00:37:06,375 --> 00:37:09,745 but he had given them very specific instructions. 695 00:37:09,834 --> 00:37:12,384 "Before you leave, leave a sign." 696 00:37:12,459 --> 00:37:14,079 Susan atkins picks up a towel 697 00:37:14,167 --> 00:37:17,207 and dips it in the blood of Sharon Tate, 698 00:37:17,292 --> 00:37:20,752 and on the front door of the house writes the word "pig." 699 00:37:20,834 --> 00:37:26,504 ♪♪ 700 00:37:26,584 --> 00:37:32,084 ♪♪ 701 00:37:32,167 --> 00:37:34,037 Wiehl: At 8:00 A.M., August 9th, 702 00:37:34,125 --> 00:37:38,455 housekeeper winnie Chapman arrives at 10050 cielo drive. 703 00:37:38,542 --> 00:37:40,292 ♪♪ 704 00:37:40,375 --> 00:37:46,875 She first sees that the wires to the house have been cut. 705 00:37:46,959 --> 00:37:49,079 She then goes through the back entrance, 706 00:37:49,167 --> 00:37:51,997 and she looks through to the lawn. 707 00:37:52,083 --> 00:37:56,923 Kay: She saw wojciech frykowski and Abigail Folger's bodies 708 00:37:57,000 --> 00:37:59,290 in the front yard. 709 00:37:59,375 --> 00:38:03,285 ♪♪ 710 00:38:03,375 --> 00:38:07,705 She runs now, through the front entrance of the house, 711 00:38:07,792 --> 00:38:09,042 to the driveway, 712 00:38:09,125 --> 00:38:14,535 and she sees a body slumped over in a car. 713 00:38:14,626 --> 00:38:18,956 She runs frantically to get help. 714 00:38:19,042 --> 00:38:22,462 ♪♪ 715 00:38:22,542 --> 00:38:24,632 Reporter: In a scene described by one investigator 716 00:38:24,709 --> 00:38:26,829 as reminiscent of a weird religious rite, 717 00:38:26,918 --> 00:38:31,078 five persons including actress Sharon Tate were found dead. 718 00:38:31,167 --> 00:38:36,037 Manson wanted a bloodbath, and that's what he got. 719 00:38:36,125 --> 00:38:40,125 ♪♪ 720 00:38:40,209 --> 00:38:44,039 ♪♪ 721 00:38:44,125 --> 00:38:48,625 They found Sharon Tate had been stabbed to death, 722 00:38:48,709 --> 00:38:53,789 16 stab wounds, and had a rope around her neck. 723 00:38:53,876 --> 00:38:55,626 ♪♪ 724 00:38:55,709 --> 00:39:01,539 And the rope went over a beam of the high-beam ceiling. 725 00:39:01,626 --> 00:39:05,956 The other end had been tied around Jay sebring's neck. 726 00:39:06,042 --> 00:39:09,082 You have this 8 1/2-month-pregnant woman 727 00:39:09,167 --> 00:39:13,417 being hung while she was still alive. 728 00:39:13,500 --> 00:39:16,460 Guinn: Abigail Folger had been wearing a white nightgown. 729 00:39:16,542 --> 00:39:21,292 You couldn't tell that it was white, there was so much blood. 730 00:39:21,375 --> 00:39:26,285 Wojciech frykowski's face had been swollen from the beating. 731 00:39:26,375 --> 00:39:31,325 It was hard to tell his facial features at all. 732 00:39:31,417 --> 00:39:34,577 Wiehl: When the police look in the driveway, 733 00:39:34,667 --> 00:39:37,747 they see a car. 734 00:39:37,834 --> 00:39:41,674 In the car, there is a body of a young man 735 00:39:41,751 --> 00:39:46,631 who has been both shot and stabbed. 736 00:39:46,709 --> 00:39:48,749 Roberts: It was inexplicable 737 00:39:48,834 --> 00:39:52,424 because there was no apparent motive. 738 00:39:52,500 --> 00:39:53,880 ♪♪ 739 00:39:53,959 --> 00:39:56,669 Sidner: As LAPD investigators attempt to make sense 740 00:39:56,751 --> 00:40:01,251 of all this death, they suddenly hear a sign of life. 741 00:40:01,334 --> 00:40:04,634 [ Dog barks ] 742 00:40:04,709 --> 00:40:05,959 They hear a dog barking. 743 00:40:06,042 --> 00:40:08,042 [ Barking continues ] 744 00:40:08,125 --> 00:40:12,495 So that alerts them to the guesthouse. 745 00:40:12,584 --> 00:40:16,084 Incredibly, 19-year-old William garretson, 746 00:40:16,167 --> 00:40:17,627 the fill-in caretaker, 747 00:40:17,709 --> 00:40:21,379 had been just 25 yards away in the guesthouse 748 00:40:21,459 --> 00:40:26,209 when these five people were murdered the night before. 749 00:40:26,292 --> 00:40:30,382 At first they thought, well, here is this person alive. 750 00:40:30,459 --> 00:40:33,079 He had to know what was going on. 751 00:40:33,167 --> 00:40:34,537 Wiehl: Their first order of business 752 00:40:34,626 --> 00:40:36,246 is to take William garretson into custody, 753 00:40:36,334 --> 00:40:38,834 and he becomes suspect number one. 754 00:40:38,918 --> 00:40:43,038 ♪♪ 755 00:40:43,125 --> 00:40:46,915 ♪♪ 756 00:40:47,000 --> 00:40:50,750 Sidner: After killing Sharon Tate and her friends the night before, 757 00:40:50,834 --> 00:40:52,334 family members Tex Watson, 758 00:40:52,417 --> 00:40:54,327 Susan atkins, Patty krenwinkel, 759 00:40:54,417 --> 00:40:57,827 and Linda kasabian had returned to spahn ranch. 760 00:40:57,918 --> 00:41:00,538 Charles manson was waiting for them. 761 00:41:00,626 --> 00:41:04,536 I said, "do you feel any remorse about your actions?" 762 00:41:04,626 --> 00:41:05,916 And they says no. I said, 763 00:41:06,000 --> 00:41:07,420 "do you feel that you did what you had to do, 764 00:41:07,500 --> 00:41:08,880 and it was right?" 765 00:41:08,959 --> 00:41:11,999 And she says, "yes." 766 00:41:12,083 --> 00:41:14,463 What judgment could I make? 767 00:41:14,542 --> 00:41:16,792 I had no judgment. 768 00:41:16,876 --> 00:41:18,786 Charles manson has a long history 769 00:41:18,876 --> 00:41:22,496 of manipulating other people to do his violence for him. 770 00:41:22,584 --> 00:41:26,504 He's not finished yet acting out his rage. 771 00:41:26,584 --> 00:41:31,504 Believe me, if I started murdering people, 772 00:41:31,584 --> 00:41:33,924 there'd be none of you left. 773 00:41:34,000 --> 00:41:35,790 ♪♪ 774 00:41:35,876 --> 00:41:38,076 The scene of brutal butchery at the Tate residence 775 00:41:38,167 --> 00:41:40,787 rattles even the most hardened homicide detectives 776 00:41:40,876 --> 00:41:42,326 assigned to the case. 777 00:41:42,417 --> 00:41:45,537 Hollywood celebrities are panicked that they may be next. 778 00:41:45,626 --> 00:41:46,996 Throughout southern California, 779 00:41:47,083 --> 00:41:48,713 people scramble to beef up their home security 780 00:41:48,792 --> 00:41:51,002 and around the world, millions more watch the news 781 00:41:51,083 --> 00:41:54,833 in disbelief, hoping to find out who did this and why. 782 00:41:54,918 --> 00:41:56,998 But Charles manson will not be stopped. 783 00:41:57,083 --> 00:42:00,173 He's already planning his next vicious killing spree. 784 00:42:00,250 --> 00:42:02,750 The rampage continues in part two 785 00:42:02,834 --> 00:42:05,924 of "very scary people: The devil's work." 786 00:42:06,000 --> 00:42:09,540 Thanks for watching. I'm Donnie wahlberg. 787 00:42:09,626 --> 00:42:11,786 ♪♪