Manson family murders: Two nights of brutality that terrorized 1969 Los Angeles
Manson family murders: Two nights of brutality that terrorized 1969 Los Angeles In this 1969 file photo, Charles Manson is escorted to his arraignment on conspiracy-murder charges in connection with the Sharon Tate murder case in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/File) Share Share Share By: Crystal Bonvillian, Cox Media Group National Content Desk Updated: August 12, 2019 - 10:39 AM LOS ANGELES — Warning: The following story contains graphic details of the murders ordered by Charles Manson on Aug. 9 and Aug. 10, 1969. The occupants of 10050 Cielo Drive in California's Benedict Canyon, far above the lights of Los Angeles, were enjoying a quiet summer night 50 years ago when a car slowed, then stopped, near the front gate. As actress Sharon Tate, the pregnant wife of film director Roman Polanski, and her guests -- celebrity hairstylist Jay Sebring, coffee heiress Abigail Folger and Folger's Polish boyfriend, Polanski friend Wojciech Frykowski -- relaxed inside, one of ...