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♪ wiehl: at 8:00 a.m., august 9th, housekeeper winnie chapman arrives at 10050 cielo drive. ♪ she first sees that the wires to the house have been cut. she then goes through the back entrance, and she looks through to the lawn. kay: she saw wojciech frykowski and abigail folger's bodies in the front yard. ♪ she runs now, through the front entrance of the house, to the driveway, and she sees a body slumped over in a car. she runs frantically to get help. ♪

Manson, at dennis wilson's house, met terry melcher. he was a famous record producer at the time. he was living with his girlfriend, candice bergen, at 10050 cielo drive. lake: terry melcher came to the ranch, and we did, like, a little recording session. but it's met with a flat rejection. charlie was really upset about that. terry melcher had dashed his hope for a music contract. in my opinion, that rejection is what led to his desire to kill. kay: he started holding training classes for how to commit murder. then, on friday, august the 8th, he said, "now is the time for helter skelter." rom...

Wiehl: roman polanski was a very famous director at that time, sharon tate, an up-and-coming young actress. sidner: sharon tate and roman polanski had met three years earlier, on polanski's film, "the fearless vampire killers," in london. i -- i'm going to save you. we'll go away together. she was a stunningly beautiful young woman. as one person said to me, she literally turned heads when she walked down the street. sharon and roman were married in london in january 1968. the newlyweds had moved into 10050 cielo drive just a year after they had gotten married. one of the main reasons why they...

Fifty years later, the Manson "family" murders remain seared into the collective memory of Los Angeles. The question, which persists to this day, is why?

LOS ANGELES — Denied by two governors and forever linked to Charles Manson and his "family," it seemed unlikely Leslie Van Houten would ever be freed.