The Manson Family Murders “If I wanted to kill somebody I’d take this book and beat you to death with it, and I wouldn’t feel a thing. It would just be just like walking to the drugstore.” (History.com Staff). On August 9th, 1969, five people were brutally murdered. One of the victims was up-and-coming actress Sharon Tate, who was eight months pregnant at the time. Then, on August 10th, 1969, Rosemary and Leno LaBianca were savagely murdered. After these two fateful nights, the “family” that committed these murders would later be arrested on unrelated charges.
Los Angeles was sent into a panic due to these murders. The people who committed these murders and the person who sent them out to murder were arrested on unrelated charges. One of the murderers would later brag to a fellow inmate about the Tate and the LaBianca murders. The murderers would later be sentenced to death. The public would later be fascinated by the man who sent to kill, Charles Manson.
Actress Sharon Tate would get fame but only through her death. Her four friends, aso associated or known in Hollywood would also lose their lives. Leno and Rosemary LaBianca would also lose their lives. Roman Polanski, Sharon Tate’s husband, would be accused of murder. Sharon…show more content… Charles Manson, the leader of the cult and the main perpetrator, would go on to explain why he sent his followers to kill. He explained, or so more his followers , explained that Charles Manson told his followers that there would be a war against whites and blacks, which he called “whities” and “blackies”. The “blackies” would then win, but after the war ended Charles Manson would take his followers out of hiding and would rule the world. Charles and his followers would be suspected of killing two other people, but would not be
