that carried out the unthinkable. he was convicted of conspiracy and murder in 1971 and infamously went down in history. i do a lot of things that you guys don t see nsa. reporter: manson was born in cincinnati in 1934 to a single teenage mother. she got out of my life early. i spent the best part of my life in boy schools, prisons and reform schools because i had nobody. reporter: after marrying twice and spending half his life in prison, 32-year-old manson made his way to berkeley in 1967. he established himself as a guru in the summer of love and was quickly 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 he wants to take care of them. he took full advantage. reporter: as the manson family formed and my greated south, its leader established himself on the fringe of the l.a. music scene. he recorded albums with the
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