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♪ Overcome with love ♪

♪ Taste of blood ♪

♪ The call ♪

♪ Call dark ♪

♪ Oh faith, oh trust ♪

♪ Return to dust ♪

♪ Unforgiven ♪

♪ Reclaim the night ♪

♪ From this violent embrace ♪

♪ Dark, and the silence ♪

♪ Blood run cold ♪

♪ Trembling ♪

♪ It's just a nightmare ♪

♪ Can't be real ♪

♪ Reclaim the night ♪

♪ From this violent embrace the dark ♪

♪ The silence ♪

♪ Blood run cold ♪

Now, what can I do for you?

I appreciate you taking the time to meet with me,

Mr. Manson, my name is Joshua Cohen

and I'm a freelance journalist.

As I indicated in my letter to the prison,

I'm doing a piece on redemption.

I'm hoping we could speak candidly for a few moments.

Redemption?

I'll be frank and right to the point, Mr. Manson,

and you can get up and leave anytime you'd like.

I know you're sick, I'm hoping that we can

open up a bit, maybe for the first time,

say some things you never said before.

You want me to plead guilty?

It's a little bit late for that.

It's never too late for redemption, is it?

What's your game, man?

No game, I'm offering you

what might be your last opportunity to unburden your soul.

My soul, what do you mean my soul?

Take a look around.

This has been my soul for the last 50 fucking years.

Do you think that's an injustice?

Doesn't matter what I think,

you people made up your minds a long time ago.

I've always been what's wrong in your world.

Charles Manson killed all them movie stars,

dozens, hundreds of people.

But I never killed nobody you dig?

That was society's children, not mine.

You just need to point your finger

to say, there's evil right there.

That's evil.

Well, I got a secret for you, friend.

I'm just a reflection of you.

Let's not talk about you or me.

Let's talk about Sharon Tate.

What about her?

Well, you never really spoken much about her.

Why would I?

I don't know nothing about no movie stars.

You think I grew up going to the movies.

Shit, I was in a reform school getting raped

and beaten within an inch of my life.

I know you spent much of your youth in confinement.

You can say that.

By the time I got out of Terminal Island in 67,

I spent more than half my damn life in your prisons

and institutions.

I didn't seek out your children, they came to me.

Some people would say it was fate

that link you and Sharon Tate.

Would you agree?

I think you should talk to Dennis Wilson

about that, except he's dead.

♪ I feel ♪

Hey.

Hey, can we get a lift?

Hop in.

Where are you girls headed?

Malibu?

Sounds good.

Hey, you look familiar, do I know?

You like the Beach Boys?

Oh my God.

Oh my God, you're Dennis Wilson.

Oh my, we just got picked up by Dennis Wilson.

I'm heading to my place on sunset.

Y'all cool with that?

We'll go anywhere with you, Mr. Beach Boy.

Far out.

Wouldn't you know it?

Your children hitchhiked

right into the life of a fucking Beach Boy.

Whoa, what you doing?

This is my house.

Relax friend.

Just don't hurt me.

Hurt you, why would I hurt you?

I love you, man.

You're Dennis Wilson.

Charlie Manson.

Terry.

Terry, come on in, man.

I want you to meet a new friend of mine, Charlie Manson.

Charlie, this is Terry Melcher.

Terry is a.

Record producer, son of Doris Day.

That's right.

Pleased to meet you.

Charlie's a songwriter.

Some trippy ideas in this guy's head.

Really?

Terry Melcher.

Let me introduce you to a couple of my girls,

Sadie, Squeaky,

this here is our real live record producer.

You gotta understand the currency of pussy man.

Pussy gets you friends

and in the music business, you need friends.

Rolling.

I'm ready, here we go.

♪ The end is near, pretty girl ♪

♪ Pretty girl ♪

♪ Come to now, come to now ♪

♪ The end is near pretty girl ♪

Six City, garbage dump, cease to exist.

Your songs seem to share themes of fatalism.

So this is your house, far out.

Denis and I just rent it.

Listen, Dennis, really appreciate the ride.

Anytime, man.

And so when you coming out to the ranch, out to Spawn?

Soon, I promise.

You gotta hear stuff from my album, man.

Let me the girls play for you sometime.

I know.

I don't think you do know.

See, I got this album I gotta do, a message to the world.

It's gonna blow people's minds.

Charlie, look, I just don't know

if your music's commercial enough.

You know, it's a little dark.

Dark?

I'm not saying it's bad, I just look,

why don't you work up some more material

and I'll come out to the ranch and check it out.

That sounds like a promise.

Yeah, sure.

Terry's word, it's gold, man.

Gold.

That sure is a nice house.

Melcher, Terry fucking Melcher.

Melcher never had any intention of making my album.

Not with me anyway.

Hey, Charlie, it's pretty cool

the Beach Boys recorded your song, huh?

They changed my lyrics.

They changed my song.

They even gave it a new title and made it a B side.

Well, at least they recorded it, man.

It says written by Dennis Wilson.

Who are you?

I am looking for Dennis.

He's not here.

Well, well, that's a shame.

Well, can you give him something for me?

What?

Now you tell Dennis, that's from Charlie.

It is theater man.

It's just an illusion, fear is life, you dig?

Hey, there's not enough room for two.

Well, how are we gonna make room for three?

What are you talking about?

What do you think, Roman?

You're not pregnant.

Oh my God, you're pregnant.

You know I didn't want kids right now.

Well, sometimes things happen, Roman.

I thought you'd be happy when you heard.

You know how I feel about bringing children

into this world, Sharon?

It's too cruel, too violent.

Well, I'm not having an abortion,

so don't even think about it.

I don't even know what to think.

How about how beautiful our baby will be?

Oh, Sharon.

Of course our baby will be beautiful, it's just.

Okay, so stop fighting it.

We're gonna have a baby, our baby.

We're going to need bigger place.

I know, I've been thinking about that.

There is a house in Benedict Canyon

that just became available.

It's very secluded, just off a quiet street.

It's the perfect place to raise a family.

What street?

I think it's called Cielo Drive.

You're doing really good.

Yeah.

Baby.

Keep going, come on, so good.

So Terry Melcher and Candace Bergen

move out of the Benedict Canyon place

and Roman and Sharon move in.

I didn't know anything about that.

All right, put the hat on for me.

There you go.

Tilt it a bit, just a bit.

A little bit more, beautiful.

Yes, yes.

I really like that hat.

Can I help you?

Yeah, I'm looking for Terry Melcher.

Who?

Terry Melcher.

I think you have the wrong house.

See, this is the Polanski residence.

How did you get inside the gate?

I am looking for Terry.

Yeah, you said that, he doesn't live here, goodbye.

Sharon was shaken by that.

So much so that when Roman went to London

to shoot his next film, she asked her friend Abigail

and her boyfriend Voychek to come and stay with her.

Hi.

How are you darling?

I'm good, how are you?

Fantastic.

Thank you so much for coming.

Means so much to me.

Excuse me, hey.

Hi, how are you?

Awesome.

Thank you so much.

Oh wow.

I know, it's getting big,

I'm so happy you guys are here.

So I've been told.

♪ Everybody wants all they can grab ♪

♪ No one's ever happy with ♪

I can't believe the Beatles wrote a song about me.

Sexy Sadie.

You're so lucky.

The Beatles talking about all of us, man.

It's just like I told you,

the song Blackbird is all about Blackie

rising up against Whitey, Helter Skelter,

the war to end all wars.

Now I know what that DA,

Mr. Bugliosi was trying to sell the jury,

all this business about us and this Helter Skelter thing

and us trying to start this race war.

But all that shit was gonna happen anyways,

with or without us.

The Beatles were tuned in, man.

They knew what was coming.

They were speaking to us through their music, you see?

Now the song Pickies, it's all about the establishment.

What they need is a damn good whacking.

Telling you, man, Helter Skelter's coming down fast.

We gotta be ready,

But we still haven't found the bottomless pit.

We'll find it.

It's in the desert like I told you.

But what if we don't?

Do you doubt me, woman?

No, I just.

What's my name?

Charlie.

Charlie what?

Manson.

Manson.

Son of man.

Is there any doubt in your mind about who I really am?

Charlie's Jesus Christ.

Amen.

Now, you've been searching for old JC

all your life, woman.

And now that you've finally come face to face with him,

you have the nerve to question him.

No, Charlie, I'm sorry.

I never actually told anyone I was Jesus Christ.

Not once, people will believe what they want to believe.

Reality isn't real.

Like I said before, it's an illusion.

Tell me about the family.

What's to know that ain't already known?

Tex was the center of it.

Charles Watson outta Denton, Texas, I think,

trucked it out to LA and become a drug dealer.

Has a brain like clay.

You can mold him in any shape you want.

Sadie May Glut,

Mother died when she was young

and father left her to fend for herself.

She was a homeless stripper when I found her.

Katie, she was bullied in high school,

considered becoming a nun.

We fucked the night we met.

I was the first person who ever told her she was beautiful.

Imagine that.

Lulu, good family.

Churchgoer, got pregnant

and her mom ordered her to get an abortion

and bury the fetus in the backyard.

No wonder she was fucked up.

Linda Kasabian, a late one to join the family,

never trusted her.

She was trouble from day one.

Bobby Beausoleil was a ladies man.

He was also the dumbest motherfucker on this planet.

What is it, Charlie?

We need money, Bobby, to get to the desert.

We're gonna need more dune buggies.

Now, Gary Hinman owes me big for that mescaline burn.

Tomorrow I want you to get a couple girls

and go pay him a visit and don't leave

without getting at least a grand.

You got it Charlie.

The family wasn't about death, man.

The family was about love.

Everybody was free to love each other.

No boundaries, no barriers, just love.

What did love have to do with

what happened to Gary Hinman?

Gary had been asking for it for a long time.

Charlie, help me, man.

Apparently you don't listen so well Gary.

Help me.

Oh my God.

Now you listen good, Gary.

You pay me what you owe me.

Kill that son of a bitch

if he doesn't come up with the money

and make it look like Blackie did it.

I done told you I never killed anyone.

Charlie, Bobby got arrested.

For what?

Murder man, he was driving around in Gary's car.

We've gotta get him out of jail before he starts talking.

I don't know, sis.

I'd love to have you over tonight.

I'm just feeling so exhausted.

I think we're just gonna grab a bite to eat

and call it an early night.

Maybe tomorrow?

Okay, thanks for understanding,

hun, love you, bye.

You've maintained that you didn't order the murders

at Cielo, but Tex, Linda, Patricia

and Susan have all maintained that you stated otherwise.

What's the truth Charlie?

Tex.

Hey Charlie.

Now's the time for Helter Skelter.

Is it?

Yeah.

Now listen up, I want you to get Sadie, Katie

and Linda get some knives, a revolver, some rope,

and you wear some dark clothes.

I want you guys to go out

to where Terry Melcher used to live.

Benedict Canyon?

They got some movie stars living out there now,

I want you to get all their money.

Kill every last one of them,

just as gruesome as you can.

You make it look like Blackie did it.

Hang them upside down like little piggies,

slit their throat.

Yeah, okay.

Tonight, you are the devil.

You understand?

Yeah.

We all have free will, man.

It's not fair.

What?

That you're pregnant and you don't look like a cow.

I'm not touching those chips.

You're a terrible influence.

Terrible.

That's why she got rid of you the first time, babe.

Oh.

The truth comes up.

What time's your flight tomorrow gibby?

10:00 AM.

Where you off to do this time?

San Francisco to meet my mom for a few days.

So what are you gonna do with your mom in San Francisco?

Oh, we were just gonna go

and do some volunteer work help down

at the Haight Ashbury Clinic.

Nice.

Yes.

Hey, happy early birthday, by the way.

Thanks, Jay.

Listen, I just wanna thank you guys

for being with me these past few weeks.

It's been really hard with Roman in London.

I just feel so blessed to be around friends.

Well, it's a blessing for us to be with you.

To friends.

To friends.

That's so good.

Now do exactly what Tex tells you to do.

Remember to leave a sign.

You girls know what to write,

something witchy.

Voycheks passed out on the couch.

Gibby's in bed.

Just thought I'd check on you before I leave.

It's just so damn hot, I can't seem to cool off.

Windows are open.

There's no breeze.

Short of summoning the winds, is there anything I can do?

Yeah, have this baby for me.

I'll be damned if you're not more beautiful now than ever.

You are so stoned.

It is time for Helter Skelter.

Come on, let's go.

There was a young man visiting the resident

of the guest house on the property that night.

So?

That man's name was Steven Parent.

He was only 18 years old.

He was there trying to sell a radio

to his friend for some extra cash.

Thanks, don't forget the button on the gate.

Got it, see, you.

Don't mean nothing to me.

Would you say he was at the wrong place at the wrong time?

Sure, you can say that.

It's cool, man.

What was that?

Did you hear that?

Sounded like fireworks.

4th of July was the last month Jay.

You know how sound travels in the canyon.

They had their windows open.

All Tex had to do was cut the screen.

Sadie told me the Folger woman

fucking waved at her man.

I guess they got a lot of people

coming in and out of that house.

Wake up.

Time is it?

Who are you, what do you want?

I'm the devil and I'm here to do the devil's business.

Get up, come with us or you're dead.

Get up.

Go to the living room and don't ask any questions.

What are you doing here?

Another word out of you and you're dead.

He means it.

Get on the floor, face down.

Shut up!

Can't you see she's pregnant.

I told you already,

another word out of you when you're dead.

No, no!

I want all the money you have here.

I have some money, my purse in the bedroom.

How much?

$70.

That's it?

What do you want?

We want thousands.

Give me some time, I can get you whatever you want.

Sadie, go shut off all the lights in the house.

What're gonna do with us?

You're all gonna die.

Kill him.

The will to live is great, wouldn't you say?

Tex!

I give up.

Oh God, I'm sorry.

I'm so sorry, Sadie, make it stop.

It's too late.

Don't stab me anymore, I'm already dead.

Please don't kill me, please,

I just wanna have my baby.

Look, bitch, I have no mercy for you.

You better be ready, you're gonna die.

I don't feel anything about it.

Oh, please take me with you.

Let my baby live, then you can kill me.

What do you say Tex?

What's the point?

We've already killed everybody else here.

Just let her go.

Or take her with us,

she can have her stupid baby.

Don't kill me.

Kill every last one just as gruesome as you can.

Please just let my baby live.

They left something witchy, didn't they?

You want me to say I'm sorry?

I don't recall anyone ever saying they're sorry to me.

You call it senseless, I say no sense makes sense.

Hello, this is Roman.

Yes, which house?

What?

Now, how did you feel

when you heard they were all dead?

I didn't feel nothing man.

Five bodies, all apparent homicide

were discovered this morning at the Bel Air residence

of filmmaker Roman Polanski, director of Rosemary's Baby,

dead are 26-year-old actress, Sharon Tate.

Hairstylist to the stars.

Abigail Folger of the Folger Coffee Company.

Voychek Frykowski, 18-year-old Steven Parent.

But that apparently wasn't enough was it?

Because the very next night,

the whole bloody process repeated itself.

Why the LaBiancas?

About a year back, we'd been at a party in Las Felice.

We're gonna do that house,

but we decided in the house next door instead.

Nothing's ever really random, you know?

♪ We are one and one are we ♪

♪ Hand in hand we go ♪

♪ We are one and one are we ♪

♪ Hand in hand we go ♪

♪ We are one and one are we ♪

Okay, listen up.

Tex and I got a husband and wife tied up in there.

Now I told him it was just a robbery and they won't be hurt.

And last night was sloppy.

You guys caused panic when you told them

they were gonna die.

Just get in there and do your job and leave more messages

and when you're done, hitchhike back up to the ranch.

No one can keep that kind of a secret.

You'd love Charlie, he's Jesus Christ.

He saved me, he could save you too.

Do you wanna meet him?

Sadie got busted for the Hinman thing

and was up in Sybil.

And wouldn't you know it, that bitch just loved to talk.

She was the one sent all this to prison.

Stupid whore couldn't keep her lips from flapping.

Always trying to impress people.

You know, I killed Sharon Tate.

We killed the fucking baby too

and everybody else in the house,

to be able to watch life just disappear.

That's what we did.

That's what Charlie told us to do.

Do you know what else we did?

The next night we went to another house and.

I don't wanna hear any of this anymore.

We killed more people,

and you know what,

the more you kill, the easier it gets.

So that's where it all ended.

Your children committed murder

because you left them no choice.

Tex and the girls aside,

do you think you're deserving of redemption?

I'm not interested in your idea of redemption.

I paid my price.

I'm still paying it.

Remorse at least?

Remorse for what, you people have done

everything in the world to me.

Doesn't that give me equal right?

I have just one final question.

Do you believe every man

must give an account of himself to God?

I don't account to anyone, not even God.

I see. You have a hard and impenitent heart,

Charles Milles Manson,

and you've stored up wrath for yourself

on the day that final judgment will be revealed.

I don't know what you're talking about, son.

You're familiar with revelation.

Judgment is without mercy to one who has shown no mercy.

Who are you to judge me?

Some punk kid doesn't know the real world, my world.

This is it, look around.

Oh no, your world awaits you.

This shit is over, guard.

What's your last memory?

What?

Your last memory.

I don't know.

Coming back to you now?

I was being transferred to Bakersfield.

To the hospital.

Yeah.

And did you ever return?

I don't remember.

Then I'll help you.

You did not.

What is this?

Some kind of trip.

Who are you?

Who do you say that I am?

For it is written,

I saw an angel coming down from heaven

holding in his hand the key to the bottomless pit.

Hell is this shit man?

It's not an interview, you're being judged.

Behold the devil was cast into the lake of fire

and sulfur where the beast and the false prophet were,

where they will be tormented day and night,

forever and ever.

Amen.

♪ Ready or not now ♪

♪ I'm coming for you ♪

♪ I smell your blood now ♪

♪ Got you in blue ♪

♪ Ready or not now ♪

♪ There's no escape ♪

♪ Don't struggle on here ♪

♪ Don't delay fate ♪

♪ Cause you can be waiting ♪

♪ Oh didn't you ♪

♪ But we'll be together ♪

♪ Someday soon ♪

♪ Ready or not now ♪

♪ This game's mine to lose ♪

♪ So follow me lightly ♪

♪ Till deep dark woods ♪

♪ Ready or not now ♪

♪ I've got my eye on you ♪

♪ And I watched you limping ♪

♪ While you thought you could ♪

♪ And you can turn around me ♪

♪ But I found you ♪

♪ And darling I promise ♪

♪ It'll be over soon ♪

♪ And you can turn around me ♪

♪ But I found you ♪

♪ And darling I promise ♪

♪ It'll be over soon ♪

♪ It'll be over soon ♪

♪ It'll be over soon ♪