Helter Skelter Page #7

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don't ask questions, just do what I say.

Go.

- What are you doing?

- Shut up.

Lay on your stomachs on the floor.

She's pregnant. Let her sit down.

Shut up.

Who's got money?

I do. In my bedroom.

- Do you want the credit cards?

- No.

- What are you gonna do?

- What are you doing?

- What do you want?

- No, no. Please...

We're going for a ride.

What are you doing with us?

you're all gonna die.

Please, God, help!

Sadie!

No! Get off of me!

Tex!

Tex!

No!

He crawled outside. He won't die.

Kill her.

Please, don't kill me.

Please, don't kill me.

Look, b*tch, I have no mercy for you.

Please, let me live

so I can have my baby.

I give up.

You take me.

I'm already dead.

Write something.

Take the baby.

Cut... Cut the baby out.

Sa... Save the baby.

I can't.

Disgusting.

For the record, Steven Parent

was shot four times.

Jay Sebring was shot once

and stabbed seven times.

Voytek Frykowski was shot twice...

...struck over the head

with a blunt object 13 times...

...and stabbed 51 times.

Abigail Folger was stabbed 28 times.

Sharon Tate was stabbed 16 times.

You all right?

I'll be out there

before the baby's born.

As soon as I can get

the money together.

you'll be okay with Tanya?

I know what it's like

to have a little baby girl.

What are they gonna do to me, Mom?

Come on, let's go.

don't come in with me.

Please.

So how many lifetimes do you think

you can hold me for arson and auto theft?

Miss Atkins?

you're at the LaBianca house.

Manson said he had

the people tied up and...?

Right. And then Charlie told

Tex, Katie and Leslie to go inside.

Tex Watson, Patricia Krenwinkel

and Leslie Van Houten?

Yes.

- Did you go inside?

- No.

Do you know what happened

at 3301 Waverly Drive?

- Yes.

- How?

Katie told me that night

when she got back to the ranch.

It, ll be all right, sweetheart, just...

- No, no, no.

- What are you...?

- Hey! No! Leave, leave...

- No! Please, no!

- Leno!

- Leave her!

- They said they wouldn't...

- What are you doing?

No! Hey, what are you doing?

Please... Leno! Leno!

Stop it!

Let me go!

Let me go! Let me go!

What are you doing to my husband?!

Come on.

Charlie says we all have to do it.

Hello. That one's for you.

That one's for you. He's a cutie, huh?

Miss Atkins, did Charlie ever use

the words.. Helter Skelter..?

Yes.

What did Helter Skelter mean

to you and the family?

Helter Skelter will be the last war

on the face of the earth.

It, ll be all the wars ever fought,

built one on top of the other.

Something no man can conceive of

in his imagination.

For the record, Mr. Foreman...

...Leno LaBianca had 12 stab wounds...

...plus 14 puncture wounds,

made by a double-tined fork.

Rosemary LaBianca had

41 separate stab wounds.

That's all for this witness.

The L.A. County Grand Jury

returned the following indictments:

Charles Manson,

Charles.. Tex.. Watson...

...Patricia.. Katie.. Krenwinkel,

Susan.. Sadie.. Atkins, and Linda Kasabian...

...for seven counts of murder and one count

of conspiracy to commit murder, each.

Leslie Van Houten,

two counts of murder...

...and one count of conspiracy

to commit murder.

We look forward to going to trial

on this case. Thank you.

What are you doing here, Dad?

Are you eating?

Are they...?

They keep you safe in here?

Sure.

Safe.

Is it true?

Did you do these things?

Why does it matter?

Why?

What happened to you?

Was it something I did?

Was it something I didn't do?

Didn't you know that I love you, Pat?

Didn't I show it?

What did I do wrong?

Your Honor, the defense...

The defense requests a postponement

until December 22 to enter a plea.

- Do the people object?

- No, Your Honor.

The people rejoice.

We need all the time we can get.

Okay, motion granted.

Let's have all parties back here

December 22, 9 a.m. Sharp.

- That never happened before.

- What?

My watch stopped, dead.

Now, Mr. Manson, I understand you have

a personal request of the court?

Judge, I would like to have

my public defender dismissed.

I don't know what crowd he's playing for,

but I'm playing for my life.

He might be playing for money.

I'm playing for keeps...

...and that's something you can't buy,

so I'm gonna have to defend myself.

Interesting...

...but I don't know if you're competent

to proceed in pro per.

Your Honor, how can your court expect me

to give up my voice in this matter?

If I can't speak in my own defense,

it ties my hands way behind my back.

It ties my hands back to China.

You'd be making a huge mistake,

Mr. Manson.

What do you say, heretofore,

we let the record reflect and remind us...

...that it is my right.

Mr. Manson, I'm imploring you

not to take this step.

And I am imploring you...

...that I would like to represent myself.

It's the only way.

It is, in the opinion of this court...

...a sad and tragic mistake you're making

by taking this action...

...but I can't talk you out of it.

Mr. Manson, you're your own attorney.

This case is adjourned until December 22.

All right, will counsel for Driscoll v.

California please approach the bench?

Your hands are shaking, Charlie.

What's the matter?

You scared of me?

No. Not really.

I kind of think you're a pretty fair man.

I'm gonna give you a fair trial, Charlie...

...but I am going to convict you.

I'm really looking forward

to talking to you on the witness stand.

I suppose you're gonna

tell me how come.

- There's a lot of things I'm curious about.

- Like what?

Well, for one thing...

...I'd like to know where you get

the crazy idea...

...that other people don't want to live.

I fell in love with Charlie Manson

the first time I saw his cherub face on TV.

His words encourage and inspire us.

We think Charles Manson

is the death of the hippie.

I mean, this guy doesn't stand

for anything that we believe in.

We're totally lumped in with him

and his psycho family.

Whoa, whoa!

Man, I ain't no hippie, man.

I hate the hippie. How can I be a hippie

if I hate the hippie, man?

See that? don't try to push

that off on me, man.

I never wanted to be a hippie

because I never wanted to be weak.

Weak, that's right, weak.

Like... flower power,...

..... smile on your brother...

and.. live and let live.. and all that crap.

It's a thousand illusions, man, it's

an excuse for not facing the truth of life.

I know the truth of life,

and, brother, I am not afraid to face it.

I am not afraid to inflict it.

The sheriff's office

says half a dozen kids a day...

...show up at Spahn to join the family.

- Great.

Girl Scouts and 4-H

must be taking a hit.

Manson is more powerful

behind bars than he was out.

Listen to this.

.. Tex Watson:
Sports editor

for his high school yearbook.

Patricia Krenwinkel: Campfire girl,

member of the Audubon Society.

Leslie Van Houten: Treasurer

of her high school...

...homecoming princess,

sang in the church choir...

How do these kids end up stabbing people

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