On August 9, they shot a young man named Steve Parent in a car, then repeatedly stabbed and shot pregnant actress Sharon Tate, hairdresser Jay Sebring, heiress Abigail Folger and Folger's boyfriend, Voytek Frykowski. Over two nights, a group of Manson Family members targeted two houses and attacked their inhabitants in an attempt to launch a race war. Then, in August 1969, he turned them into killers. He created a family largely of young runaways and led them in sex and LSD trips, according to The Washington Post. Manson, who died at age 83, started amassing followers as a 30-something with a stalling music career and two prison terms under his belt. Here's a quick look at his life in photos. On this day in 1969, members of Charles Manson’s cult kill five people in movie director Roman Polanski’s Beverly Hills, California, home, including Polanski’s pregnant wife, actress Sharon.Ĭharles Manson, the charismatic cult leader who died Sunday, was a failed singer inspired to evil by misinterpreting Beatles lyrics into a twisted vision of a race war.
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