august 1969, no suspects to know of. the labianca murders had the city in fear. everybody thought they would be next. almost as if los angeles was having a nervous breakdown. deputies at the los angeles county sheriff s department came looking for charles manson but it had nothing to do with murder. property owners around the spawn ranch were complaining about these hippy type people driving their dune buggies on the other ranch s private property. 102 deputy sheriffs completely surrounded this ranch. the raid netted a huge stockpile of firearms and some stolen vehicles. i m sure they spelt felt they were being arrested for murder. more than 20 people arrested but the family s leader was nowhere to be found. manson was hiding under one of the buildings on the property and he refused to come out and was eventually
november 1969, held for car theft charles manson and the family were slowly being tied to a string of murders from. her cell, manson started talking about susan atkins being a killer. the victim musician gary hundredman who been stabbed to death two weeks before the tate and labianca murders. suddenly, everything came crashing down. she told these two co-inmates of that the family was responsible for the tate la bong can labianca murders. one of the girls called dime and pay phone it? broke the case. persons being issued warrants. watson, linda kasabian. one week after this announcement charles manson and five of his followers were charged with seven counts of murder. they were kids from
forcefully removed. when the district attorney decided there wasn t enough evidence to prosecute, the group was released from the county jail. manson decided that stays at spahn was getting too risk. always talked about going to the desert. that s a great idea. go out to death valley. that society is perfect for you. there is no society in death valley. getting here at the barker ranch wasn t easy. it was difficult. very difficult. they showed up with this bus and it was a miracle that they got the bus up here. the family moved here to barker ranch, built in the 1930ss, it is located in extremely rugged and desolate area of death valley. you are looking at the last footage of the ranch shot by fox news before it was gutted by a suspicious fire in may of 2009. charlie wasn t very impressive to carla and i. hunting partner was. he was trying to talk religion with karl about the
used as a movie set in the 40s and 50 s he was a far cry from sun set boulevard. it was dusty and dirty. and there was i mean, it definitely lacked the amenities. grag greg jacobson used to visit charlie tech and the girls at the ranch. for the 20 or so members of the family the mood was getting darker. one time charlie was fooling around with a gun and he pointed it out me. what would you do if i pulled the trigger i looked at him and he i said charlie, if you weren t afraid, then charlie lost the handle. i said oh, put that down. thearl would charlie would love it he would continue on with the skit. trying to get manson a record deal. he persuaded a friend terry melcher who worked with birds and raiders to audition manson. melcher the son of actress doris day lived with candace bergen in a house they rented in benedict canyon
was 22-year-old charles tech watson a former wig salesman waon had picked up a hitchhiking dennis wilson on sun set boulevard. when the beach boy invited him into his mansion, watson came face to face with his future, charles manson. tech watson didn t have the long hair and rough look you could confuse him as a freshman at cornell university. farmer sville, texas. he had had a average in high school. football, basketball and track star. one the nicest guys i ever met. texas accent. beautiful old restored pickup truck and was just a sweetheart. loved to smoke weed and just was always out for a good time and, you know, party with the girls and go swimming. but the family, life as a beach boy was pretty good, but they were beginning to wear out their welcome. manson was always hitting wilson for money. they appropriated his