late at night, he says you got to listen to this guy. anyway, i got my clothes on and i came down and that was the first time i met charlie. there were a lot of girls and some guys and everybody was partying. it was at night. it was fun. >> greta: one of the other men was 22-year-old charles tex watson. a former wig salesman. watson had picked up a hitch hiking dennis wilson on sunset boulevard. when the beach boy invited him into his mansion, watson came face to face with his future, charles manson. >> tex watson didn't have the longhair and gruffy look, you could confuse him as a freshman at cornel university. from farmersville texas. he had an a average in high school. football, basketball and track star. >> one of the sweetest guys i ever met. nice guy with a texas accept. drove a beautiful semi restored old pickup truck and was a sweet heart. loved to smoke we'd and just was always out for a good time