Bodies in Sharon Tate’s lawn
County Coroner Thomas Nogouchi (left) takes notes as assistants hold sheet which covered one body as the other of the two bodies found on the lawn of the Sharon Tate-Roman Polanski home shows in foreground
See the Eerie Crime Scene Photos From the Manson Murders of Sharon Tate & the LaBianca Family
The Manson Family killed seven people in the span of two days.
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Netflix’s new documentary Chaos: The Manson Murders untangles a web of conspiracy involving the CIA, LSD, Jack Ruby, the Manson Family. Here, we revisit the tragic murders of the famous 60s actress, her friends, and innocent grocers.
Charles Manson was the proclaimed leader of the Manson Family—a group defined as a cult. The family was responsible for the violent murders of seven people (including an unborn child) in Los Angeles in “two nights of mayhem” in August 1969.
Things among the family became violent when Manson announced it was time for “Helter Skelter”, what he deemed to be an inevitable race war after which he and his followers would take control of the United States. “Helter Skelter” comes from the Beatle’s White Album song of the same name.
Family members Linda Kasabian, Charles ‘Tex’ Watson, Susan Atkins, and Patricia Krenwinkel targeted the Hollywood family of Sharon Tate, who was eight months’ pregnant at the time. According to Watson, Manson instructed him to “totally destroy” everyone inside the house and do it “as gruesome as you can”. They fatally stabbed and tortured seven people in total: a celebrity hairstylist named Jay Sebring; coffee fortune heiress Abigail Folger; writer Wojciech Frykowski; and Steven Parent, a friend of the family’s caretaker. The day after, the bodies of Rosemary and Leno LaBianca were found in a nearby neighborhood.
The five perpetrators – Atkins, Krenwinkel, Manson, Van Houten, and Watson – were each tried and convicted for their roles. They received the death penalty, but the ruling was overturned in 1972, deeming the law as unconstutional. They were later commuted to life in prison. Manson died in prison on November 19, 2017 from cardiac arrest.
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Coroners take Sharon Tate’s Body
Image Credit: Getty Images Coroner’s office personnel wheel the body of film actress Sharon Tate from her home in Bel Air, California.
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Police outside of Sharon Tate’s home
Image Credit: Getty Images Police officer stands in front of a car containing the sheet covered body of one of the five persons found dead in and around the barn type home of actress Sharon Tate
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Sharon Tate’s lawn
Image Credit: Getty Images L.A. County coroner’s office take notes and look at the bodies found on the lawn of the Sharon Tate-Roman Polanski home. Five people were discovered murdered on the property.
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Police Search
Image Credit: Getty Images Police and explorer scouts comb a hillside off Mulholland Dr. in the Hollywood Hills and were presumably looking for bloody clothes worn by the killers.
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Sharon Tate’s House
Image Credit: Getty Images Police pass by newsmen as they investigate Sharon Tate’s house after her murder.
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LaBiancas Crime Scene
Image Credit: Getty Images A police officer blocks the driveway while other officers search in front of the house where a middle-aged couple was stabbed to death, late, August 10. There were striking similarities between the double murder of Leon La Bianca, 44, and his wife Rosemary, 38.
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Disocvering Rosemary & Leno LaBianca’s bodies
Image Credit: Getty Images Frank Struthers, 14, at right, is led from a neighbor’s home to an awaiting auto by his father after the boy made a grisly discovery in his home. Frank found his mother, Rosemary, and stepfather, Leno La Bianca, dead in their home and then notified the police.
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Spahn Ranch
Image Credit: Getty Images A picture of Spahn Ranch where Manson and his family resided.
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Spahn Ranch
Image Credit: Getty Images George Spahn allowed Charles Manson and his family to reside on the ranch. On August 16, 1969, LASO surrounded the property armed with handguns, AR-15 rifles, and tear gas, they were assisted by two helicopters, numerous ATVs, and a fleet of some thirty-five squad cars.
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Spahn Ranch
Image Credit: Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images In exchange for shelter, Manson’s family did chores for the blind 80-year-old Spahn. That included running his horse renting business.
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Spahn Ranch Abandoned
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Spahn Ranch
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Roman Polanski & Family Attend Sharon Tate’s Funeral
Image Credit: Getty Images Roman Polanski walks with his mother-in-law Gwendolyn Tate and her younger daughter at the funeral of his wife Sharon Tate.
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Charles Manson arrested
Image Credit: Getty Images Charles Manson, 34, arrives at the Inyo County Courthouse on December 3rd for a preliminary hearing on charges of arson and receiving stolen goods.
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Sharon Tate’s Funeral
Image Credit: Getty Images Roman Polanski mourns the death of his wife.
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