obsession with the beatles helter skelter. they wanted to have a worldwide revolution. blacks against whites. reporter: aiming to launch the fabricated war, manson directed his disillusioned clan to kill. august 9th, 1969, four manson followers invaded the hollywood hills home of actress sharon tate where they massacred five people. the 26-year-old starlet was eight and a half months pregnant. the next night they murdered a couple. lee know and rosemary labianca. at both homes they left behind shocking murder scenes. when the words helter skelter are printed in blood at the murder scene, that was tantamount to manson s fingerprints being found. reporter: after a high-profile trial, manson and four followers were convicted of nine murders and sentenced to death in 1971, which was do
cincinnati in 1964. she got out of my life early. i spent the best part of my life in boy school, prison and reform schools because i had nobody. after marrying twice and spent half his life in prison, he made his way to berkeley in 1967. he established himself as guru in the sum of love and sharing a home with 18 women. you get these kids, these children coming in and here is charlie manson saying how much he loves them and wants to take care of them. he took full advantage. reporter: his passion for music translated into the beatles 1968 song, helter-skelter. the beatles wanted to have a worldwide revolution, blacks against whites. reporter: aiming to launch the fabricated horror, he got his clan to kill. on august 9, 1969, four manson
family like the aptly named lie: the love and terror cult. manson s passion for music translated into an obsession with the beatles 1968 song helter skelter. manson meant that the beatles wanted to have a worldwide revolution. reporter: aiming to launch the fabricated war, his disillusioned clan to kill. on august 9th, 1969, four manson followers invaded the hollywood hills home of actress sharon tate where they massacred five people. the 26-year-old starlet was 812 months pregnant. they brutally murdered the labianca family. at both homes, they left behind shocking murder scenes. that was tantamount to manson s fingerprints being found at the murder scene.
disillusioned clan to kill. on august 9th, 1969, four manson followers invaded the hollywood hills home of actress sharon tait, where they mass akerr five peoples. the next night they brutally murdered the la bianca couple. when the terms helter-skelter were at the murder scenes, that was tantamount reporter: manson and four followers were convicted of nine murders, and sentenced to death in 1971, which was downgraded to life in prison when california banned the death penalty. so when manson died, he was serving out nine life sentences. he did try to get out of the jail. he attempted parole 12 times, and all 12 times he was denied.
south, its leader established himself on the fringe of the l.a. music scene. he recorded albums with the family like the aptly named lie, the love and terror cult. manson s passion for music translated into an obsession with the beatles 1968 song helter-skelter. to manson it meant that the beatles wanted to have a worldwide revolution, blacks against whites. reporter: aiming to launch the fabricated war, manson directed his disillusioned clan to kill. on august 9th, 1969, four manson followers invaded the hollywood hills home of actress sharon tate, where they massacred five people. the 26-year-old starlet was 8 1/2 months pregnant. the next night the clan brutally murdered los angeles couple leno and rosemary la bianca. at both homes they left behind shocking murder scenes. when those words helter-skelter were found