i started walking towards the house, next thing i know a man comes stomach lidge out of the house, covered in blood and falls and tex starts stabbing him. do you remember what was going through your mind as you see tex stabbing him? greta: he laid dead on the front lawn having been stabbed 51 times blugeoned with a gun 13 times and shot twice. in the background i see a white figure of a laid any a nightgown. of a lady in a nightgown. died after being stabbed 28 times. the killers then turned their attention to a terrified sharon tate. sharon was the last to die.
greta: sharon did have company that night. her friend was a regular visitor. she had two houseguests staying with her while roman was away. abigail and her polish boyfriend. he was also a long time friend of polanski. sharon they all went out to dinner that night. greta: the four came to the mexican restaurant. unbeknownst to them, this would be their last meal. left a little after 10, 10:30. got back. greta: meanwhile, a sinister plan was being hatched by charles manson. he told his family we can ignite helter-skelter, start this war between blacks and whites. manson told watson to go up to the house and kill everybody there.
down that was the first time i met charles there were a lot of girls, guys, everybody was partying it was at night, it was fun. greta: one of those other men was 22-year-old charles tex watson. he picked up hitchhiking dennis wilson and sunset boulevard. when the beach boy invited him into his mansion. watson came face-to-face with manson. if he didn t have the long hair and rough look you could confuse him as from texas, he an a tphafrpblg high school, football, basketball and track star. one of the sweetest guys i ve ever met. he was a sweet heart loved to smoke weed was always out for a good time. greta: for the family, life
american homes. it shocked the country. hippies up to that point were never associated with violence and murder. i m not committed to nonviolence in any way. greta: the killings did not go unnoticed by the underground s leader. she said her weathermen digged manson offing those rich pigs with their own forks and knives. said the group adopted a four finger forked salute. 1970, they went on trial at the hall of justice in downtown l.a.. problems that manson was not physically at the murder scene participating in the murders. the two main pieces of evidence that i used to connect manson with these murders were motive and his domination over his family. greta: in texas, watson was still fighting extradition to california. in l.a. a cleaned up linda became the star witness for the prosecution. i d like to see them fall
killing him. greta: in the house on the hill, nobody heard a thing. sharon and jay were sitting in the bedroom talking. i was told to stay and watch. they continued on to the house. went to the house, rounded up sharon, jay, pulled abigail from her bedroom. when text entered the livingroom. he said who are you? watson i m the devil and i m here to do the devil s hearing loud screaming. when he tried to stop watson from man handling a pregnant [ unintelligible ]