things like the police had never seen before. shannon tate begged, please don t kill me, please don t kill me. average kids from average american homes turned out to be the killers. he would doze them with lsd. what are you s sane people? charles manson stole lives. grief like you could not imagine. so innocence. he looks beautiful, happy and it draws a lot of people. and left the city living in fear. gun stores sell out. guard dogs are selling for $5,000. you may think you know the manchin story, but not like this. he s a very evil, sophisticated con man. he knows exactly what he is doing. it was all a play. isn t it? hello and welcome to dateline! he was a charismatic ex con who dreamed of becoming a rock star. then he found a ragtag group of hippies in search of direction and purpose to follow him. in the end, their toxic union would result in a frenzy of brutality. how is charles manson able to insert his influence to engineer a murderous ram
welcome back to dateline, i m andrea canning. two years after hippies rocked the sum revolve in san francisco, los angeles was a city paralyzed with fear. seven victims, plus actress sharon dates unborn baby had been massacred during a merciless today killing spree that had been over a month since the rampage and detectives were stymied. or the murders even connected? whoever was responsible for that bloody carnage remained a mystery, but soon a most unlikely source would liver a game changing jailhouse confession. here again is keith morrison with manson. autumn of 69, it was still hot in l. a.. with a police investigation for the grisly case of the labianca murders ice-cold, not a league, clue, or suspect. then, in october, a woman widely known on the hollywood
two years after hippies rocked the summer of love los angeles was a city paralyzed with fear. seven victims plus the unborn baby had been massacred during a merciless two day killing spree. detectives or stymied. whatever was responsible remained a mystery. buzz a game changing jailhouse confession. here again is keith morrison with manson. it was still hat in l.a. but the police investigation of the grizzly umurders with us ic cold. not a lead in sight. then in october a woman widely known on the hollywood circuit
suspects, nor motive the tate, labianca murders has the city paralyzed with fear. everybody felt they might be next. it was as if los angeles was having a nervous break didn t. deputies came looking for man some. but it had nothing to do with murder. property owners around the ranch were complaining about these hippie-type people driving on the other ranch s private property. 102 deputy sheriffs surrounded this ranch. greta: the raid netted firearms and stolen vehicles. i m sure they felt they were being arrested for mur. greta: more than 20 arrested. the family s leader nowhere to be found. manson was hiding under one of the buildings on the property and refused to come out and was forcefully remove.
suspects, nor motive the tate, labianca murders has the city paralyzed with fear. everybody felt they might be next. it was as if los angeles was having a nervous break didn t. deputies came looking for man some. but it had nothing to do with murder. property owners around the ranch were complaining about these hippie-type people driving on the other ranch s private property. 102 deputy sheriffs surrounded this ranch. greta: the raid netted firearms and stolen vehicles. i m sure they felt they were being arrested for mur. greta: more than 20 arrested. the family s leader nowhere to be found. manson was hiding under one of the buildings on the property and refused to come out and was forcefully remove.