A man who redefined evil and violently ended seven innocent lives. Charles manson is one of the worst human beings that ever walked the planet. Now 45 years after his trial, exclusive interviews with family friends, the prosecutor, the jury, the manson followers. He just seemed on fire. Im terrible. Im a terrible guy. Face of evil. The Charles Manson murders. August 9, 1969. It was an unusually hot night when hollywoods prestigious cielo drive. It was peaceful and very isolated. It curved around the canyon. The secluded home of a jet set celebrity couple. Director Roman Polanski and actress sharon tate. While polanski was abroad shooting a film, tate was home and very pregnant. Look at that smile. Just the milliondollar smile, you know . Family friend alyssa. Her world revolved around that baby. Making everything perfect in that home to start a family. They were joyful times, tate recorded this message for her father, a military man stationed far from home. Roman will be here in two we
Violently ended seven innocent lives. Charles manson is one of the worst human beings that ever walked the planet. Now 45 years after his trial, exclusive interviews with family friends, the prosecutor, the jury, the manson followers. He just seemed on fire. Im terrible. Im a terrible guy. Face of evil. The Charles Manson murders. August 9, 1969. It was an unusually hot night on hollywoods prestigious cielo drive. It was peaceful and very isolated. It curved around the canyon. The secluded home of a jet set celebrity couple. Director Roman Polanski and actress sharon tate. While polanski was abroad shooting a film, tate was home and very pregnant. Look at that smile. Just the milliondollar smile, you know . Family friend alyssa. Her world revolved around that baby. Making everything perfect in that home to start a family. They were joyful times, tate recorded this message for her father, a military man stationed far from home. Roman will be here in two weeks. He is doing a film. By the
Other. All the elements are present for one of the most sensational murder trials in american history. Seven people brutally murdered in a glare of hollywood publicity. Young girls supposedly under the spell of a bearded svengali, who allegedly masterminded the seven murders. The 70s is a decade of just brutal violence on every front and anywhere that you look in america. At the time of a mass murder, theres a lot of media coverage. But usually after a brief period of time, the identity of the perpetrator tends to fade from the publics consciousness. But not so with the manson case. It was the biggest publicity case the d. A. s office had ever had. The manson trial begins the 1970s on such an evil, sadistic note. Seven innocent people died. Steve perrin, a teenager. Abigail folger, folger coffee. Jay sevring. Wojick frakowski. Laviacas, and sharon tate. All of you know how beautiful she was. Only a few of you know know how good she was. And you had Charles Manson himself. The charismat
All the elements are present for one of the most sensational murder trials in american history. Seven people brutally murdered in the glare of hollywood publicity. Young girls supposedly under the spell of a bearded svengali, who allegedly masterminded the seven murders. The 70s is a decade of just brutal violence on every front and anywhere that you look in america. At the time of a mass murder, theres a lot of media coverage. But usually after a brief period of time the identity of the perpetrator tends to fade from the publics consciousness, but not so with the manson case. It was the biggest publicity case the d. A. s office ever had. The manson trial begins the 1970s on such an evil, sadistic note. Seven innocent people died. Steve perrin, a teenager. Abigail folger, folger coffee. Jay sevring. Wojiek frakowsky. The lab yankas. And sharon tate. All of you know how beautiful she was. But only a few of you know how good she was. And you had Charles Manson himself. The charismatic le