the line is dead. i think garretson was probably scared to death as garretson is hearing those screams as absolute kaar carnage is happening on the lawn and inside people were slaughtered, including actor sharon tate. what unfolded that night was set in motion by just one man, charles manson. according to charlie, he was the son of an unwed teenage prostitute who cared so little about her son, she tried to sell him for a beer. i spent the best part of my life in boy schools, prisons and reform schools because i had nobody.