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Able to piece together, manson sent susan atkins, tex watson, patricia to the home of sharon tate and her friends, a group of people manson did not even though. he did know the former resident. a music producer from who he tried and failed to get a record contract. he was well aware the producer moved out, but he also knew this. >> whoever is living there now has to be rich and famous. nobody else could afford a house like that. it's picked because of its location. >> then manson sent the same group plus one to the home the following night. seven savage murders all in the service of one man's ...

Days of deliberations. the jury found all four defendants guilty of first-degree murder. >> in my verdict, i wanted to protect the society. after all, this is the united states of america and we have a heritage and this is something we must protect. >> they were all sentenced to death. >> be prepared to die. has he talked to you about that. he's already dead. he's already dead. he has no thoughts. he has no opinions. he's just an empty hole. he's infin gnat. >> watson, who did most of the killing, was convicted and sentenced to die in a separate trial. in 1972, the california superior court ru...

Co-defendants were sentenced to death. >> we put on a monumental amount of evidence against each defendant. >> finally, for the prosecutor and others involved with the case, there was closure. or so he thought. >> i'm driving the car, turn on the radio. the u.s. supreme court has set aside the death penalty for everyone on death row around the country. it was about 600 people. >> 600 prisoners, including all of those convicted of the tate-labianca murders. manson, the three girls and tex watson who was tried separately. spared death, manson would spend his life in prison. >> he doesn't mind pr...

Priority. when recording execs weren't interested, charlie got angry. >> he just seemed on fire. he was all over the place pacing. >> by 1968, race riots, the black panther movement and the anti-war movement convinced manson that armageddon was coming. he called it helter skelter after the famous beatles song. >> everything was preparing for helter skelter. i remember in the desert, when tex was teaching us how to stab people as a murder school. >> a murder school teaching lessons they would need to learn to put charlie's deranged plan in motion. manson believed he could ignite a race war by k...

And made sure his success as a musician were the family's top priority. when recording execs weren't interested, charlie got angry. >> he seemed on fire. he was all over the place pacing. >> by 1968, race riots, the black panther movement, and antiwar riots convinced manson that armageddon was coming. he called it helter skelter after the famous beatles song. ♪ >> everything was preparing for helter skelter. i remember in the desert, when tex was teaching us how to stab people as a murder school. >> a murder school teaching lessons they would need to learn to put charlie's deranged plan in m...