wiehl: at 8:00 a.m., august 9th, housekeeper winnie chapman arrives at 10050 cielo drive. she first sees that the wires to the house have been cut. she then goes through the back entrance, and she looks through to the lawn. kay: she saw wojciech frykowski and abigail folger s bodies in the front yard. she runs now, through the front entrance of the house, to the driveway, and she sees a body slumped over in a car. she runs frantically to get help.
his female followers, they had to prove their love and loyalty to him by standing against trees and letting charlie throw knives into the trees around their face. tex watson had been holding training classes for how to commit murder. when you stab somebody, you didn t just put the knife in, you pulled up on it after to do more damage. guinn: manson, he thought, we ve got to kill somebody important. and it began right here on cielo drive, a quiet, leafy cul-de-sac overlooking beverly hills. you see this security gate. behind it, there s a mansion. the property where record producer terry melcher and his girlfriend, candice bergen, lived until january of 1969. they moved out in january, and the polanskis moved in in february.
manson, at dennis wilson s house, met terry melcher. he was a famous record producer at the time. he was living with his girlfriend, candice bergen, at 10050 cielo drive. lake: terry melcher came to the ranch, and we did, like, a little recording session. but it s met with a flat rejection. charlie was really upset about that. terry melcher had dashed his hope for a music contract. in my opinion, that rejection is what led to his desire to kill. kay: he started holding training classes for how to commit murder. then, on friday, august the 8th, he said, now is the time for helter skelter. roman polanski was a very famous director at that time; sharon tate, an up-and-coming young actress.
wiehl: roman polanski was a very famous director at that time, sharon tate, an up-and-coming young actress. sidner: sharon tate and roman polanski had met three years earlier, on polanski s film, the fearless vampire killers, in london. i i m going to save you. we ll go away together. she was a stunningly beautiful young woman. as one person said to me, she literally turned heads when she walked down the street. sharon and roman were married in london in january 1968. the newlyweds had moved into 10050 cielo drive just a year after they had gotten married. one of the main reasons why they rented a house was because they were about to have a baby. kay: sharon was just so looking forward to being a mom and having the child. sidner: but for his film projects, roman often needs to travel.
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