Manson Family Vacation Page #2

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Charles Manson set into motion

a wave of terror in Southern California.

In two nights,

Manson's murderous spree

took the lives of at least seven

people, including actress Sharon Tate.

Manson was portrayed as

a guitar-playing ex-convict

with a following of runaway young

women, his so-called family members.

The cult, or family,

spoke of launching a holy war

against the rich

and the powerful.

The Tate-LaBiance murders

were bizarre and merciless.

They triggered a public panic

and raised the specter

of drug-crazed youths slaughtering

their victims at random.

Hey.

What are you doing

in my yard?

It's mine.

You remember me?

I'm your uncle, Conrad.

No? Oh. How old are you now?

Mmm.

Eight? Seven? Six? Five?

You're going back in time.

You're a time traveler.

Seven? Wow.

He's always been into stuff like

this. Like, even when he was a kid,

he was into "Faces of Death".

You know what that is?

Yeah. It's horrible.

Yeah, and like,

death metal, and...

I don't know. He was into 9/11 for

a long time. It's just, he's like...

Just anything with death in it,

you know. He's like all about it.

- So.

- What's the camera for?

I was thinking I could get

him to take some pictures.

- In an artistic way?

- Yeah.

Oh, okay.

Get the ball rolling,

kinda, inspire him.

Well, that's kind of sweet.

What's the painting you put up?

What do you mean?

You haven't seen that before?

No.

Huh. Oh.

Figures.

What's it about?

Well, it was... It was a way

to show how I felt growing up.

Like, I felt sort of

like this little kid there,

with a weird face that didn't belong.

Why didn't you belong?

Well... You know

I was adopted, right?

No.

My parents, your grandparents,

they couldn't have kids.

And so they adopted me.

But then

a couple of years later,

your grandma got pregnant

with your dad.

He's their real son.

And they were so happy that he was born,

that, um, they sort of forgot about me.

That's not nice.

No.

Okay, so I've got

the whole day planned out.

First we go to the Tate house

then the LaBianca house.

Then, if you're into it, um, tomorrow,

we could drive out to the desert together.

What's that book?

Well, this is Helter Skelter.

You know, the classic.

It's got all, um,

the police reports

and testimonies,

stuff like that.

- It's actually Mom and Dads'.

- Really?

Yeah, it was in Dad's office. I went

into it one day and I opened it up.

It was just, like,

so weird, you know,

these dead bodies, they're

all whited out, you know.

It's almost more scary that they

don't show you what the thing is.

And then there's all these

pictures of Charlie

from all the different times

he was in prison.

And then there are

the Manson Girls,

who are just so f***ing hot.

Look at that.

But at the same time, you

know that if you got with them,

they could probably cut your

dick off, too, right?

That sounds...

Sounds very enticing.

It's got everything. It's got

murder, sex, it's got it all.

What about, um... What's

going on with those kids?

The Manson Girls have kids. Most

of them were Charlie's, actually.

Wow.

Oh! Dude, um, turn here.

Oh, my God.

I can't believe that

we're at the Sharon Tate house.

- Look, look. Hey, hey, hey. Hey.

- Yeah?

Look what I got.

What... What is that?

You wanna maybe

shoot some photos?

Turn it into

an art project, maybe.

- Yeah. Maybe. Cool.

- Yeah.

The amount of excitement you have right now

is like, seriously

disturbing to me.

Oh, my God.

Hello.

Dude, this is like

a historic spot.

I can't believe

we can just walk right up.

- Whoa.

- Oh, my God.

That's enough.

We can just...

Do you have to go

right up to the thing?

Why?

It's a public street.

I don't think it is.

It's just like in the books.

The gate is here,

everything. Do you see that?

That's where Sharon Tate's house was,

right up there. That's where it happened.

Man, I wish

I could get closer.

We don't need to get closer

than this. This is fine.

Well, good thing is lot

of the stuff happened here.

Oh, my God!

This is probably the same

pole that Tex climbed up. See, they

thought there was gonna be an alarm,

so he climbed up with wire cutters,

and he snipped all the wires.

He jumped over, and then right then

there was this young kid driving away.

He was just randomly

there that night.

Never been there before.

And Tex, like, starts stabbing

him through the window.

But he scooches back,

put his hands up.

So Tex has to shoot him

four times in the chest.

Okay. You know what? I'm gonna go back to the car.

- Why? Hey.

- Because...

Oh, come on.

I'm sorry.

No. You can do whatever you want.

I'm just not gonna be part of it.

Stop, please.

Wait, okay? I'm sorry.

Just take a picture of me.

- All right?

- Why?

I wanna get... I might do

a self portrait from this.

- Are you f***ing with me?

- No, I'm serious.

All right. Here.

Let's do it right here.

I want to get

the gate at least.

Dude, it's the same f***ing

gate. That's amazing.

A lot of it

happened on the lawn.

Okay, stop talking so I can

take the photograph, will you?

Okay, hold on, hold on.

Hold on.

This guy's gonna

call the cops.

Oh, my God.

What are you doing?

- God damn it.

- Oh! Come on.

Charles Manson killed

people right here.

You have to be

f***ing respectful about that.

He wasn't even

here that night.

He wasn't at the Tate house

or the LaBianca house.

- Well...

- He didn't kill anyone.

Then why is he in jail

for murder?

Exactly!

- I mean, it was a f***ing conspiracy.

- Okay. Keep your voice down.

It's because of his ideas. They

couldn't have someone that free

being, living out amongst us, 'cause

it would make everyone else feel like,

"What are you gonna

do with your life?"

- Keep your voice down!

- I don't give a sh*t about those f***ing people.

Hey! Charles Manson!

God damn it!

Charles Manson!

Hey.

I'm sensing some tension.

Look, sorry.

Let me take you

out to lunch, okay?

I know a really good place.

Are you gonna talk about

Charles Manson the whole time?

I don't have to.

There's like no limit to

the amount you can work,

which is like, part of the

deal when you become a partner.

And, you know, the money

is commensurate with that work.

But it's... It's like,

when do you stop?

You know what I mean?

Like, when does it end?

Hey, guys, I'll just pick

that up when you're ready.

Okay. Thanks.

- I got it. I got it.

- No, I got it.

Come on.

- Really?

- Yes.

- All right. Thank you.

- I told you I was taking you out.

So, wait, before we go,

I got to tell you,

um, this table that

we're sitting at...

This very same table.

This is the same booth that they ate

at before they went home that night.

Who? What are you

talking about?

Sharon Tate and her friends. They ate

here before that same night they went home.

And then,

Tex and the girls came.

Yeah, okay. Yeah.

- Got it. Got it.

- Oh.

So that's why we're here.

Oh, come on.

It's just a fun fact.

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