to kill the people that had wronged him, that had basically ignored his greatness. now that he wasn t gonna make a record that was gonna then bring us money, they resorted to criminal activity. shelley: they had arms at the ranch, but now they were really, really arming themselves. guinn: what charlie tells his followers is, look, we need money for guns. now, how are we gonna get that money? wiehl: gary hinman was a buddhist musician that was a friend of many of the family members. manson mistakenly thought that hinman had come into a large inheritance. on charlie s instruction, his friend bobby beausoleil and manson family members susan atkins and mary brunner go to gary hinman s home.
on the front door, they saw the word pig. sidner: but why is it written here, on sharon tate s front door? police at the sharon tate murder get a call from police that were investigating the murder of gary hinman. hinman was the musician who was murdered in his own home a little over a week before. kay: and they said, look, we have the murder of gary hinman, and there s writing in blood on the wall political piggy. and you have the tate murders with pig written in sharon tate s blood on the front door. these murders may well be connected, because it s so unusual to have writing in blood. and pbht lapd not interested.