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FOUND THE STEPS.

WHERE?

OVER HERE.

EVERY NOW AND THEN, I CATCH MYSELF REMEMBERING

THE FANCY HOUSE ON RODEO GULCH ROAD

THAT WENT UP IN FLAMES IN THE FALL OF 1970.

CAN'T SEE ANYTHING BACK HERE. THIS WAY.

THE HOUSE FIRE WAS PRETTY EASY TO PUT OUT.

THIS IS THE POOL AREA.

AND IF THAT WERE THE END OF THE STORY,

I MIGHT NOT EVEN REMEMBER IT AT ALL.

WAIT.

INSTEAD, WHEN THE FIREMEN

WENT TO SIPHON SOME WATER FROM THE POOL...

WHO IS THAT?

MY GOD.

...THEY FOUND SOMETHING THAT HAS HAUNTED ME

EVER SINCE,

SOMETHING THAT WAS GOING TO TEAR OUR LITTLE TOWN APART.

IT WAS MONDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1970.

THE FIREFIGHTERS HAD FOUND FIVE PEOPLE IN THE POOL.

AND THEY HAD ALL BEEN SHOT.

I WAS ONE OF THE FIRST DETECTIVES ON SCENE.

AND THE FIRST THING I NOTICED

IS THAT THE BODIES ARE TIED, BUT -- BUT NOT WITH ROPE.

THEY'RE, LIKE, SILK SCARVES

THAT ARE KNOTTED TOGETHER TO TIE THE HANDS.

WHAT DO YOU HAVE FOR ME?

THAT'S VIRGINIA OHTA.

REST OF THE FAMILY'S OVER HERE.

THAT'S MR. OHTA.

TWO BOYS -- WE'RE PRESUMING HIS TWO SONS.

AND BASED ON THE PURSE AND I.D. WE FOUND INSIDE,

THAT'S DOROTHY CADWALLADER.

NOT EXACTLY SURE WHO SHE IS.

SHE'S THE SECRETARY.

THE VICTIMS HAVE BEEN BLINDFOLDED.

VIRGINIA WAS GAGGED.

MR. OHTA HAD BEEN SHOT THREE TIMES IN THE BACK

WITH A .38-CALIBER,

AND THE OTHER VICTIMS WERE SHOT IN THE NECK

WITH A .22-CALIBER.

THEY APPEARED TO BE VERY CLOSE-RANGE SHOTS.

EXECUTION-STYLE MURDERS IN THEIR OWN HOME.

HOW HORRIFIC.

WHAT COULD BE GOING THROUGH THEIR MINDS

AS THIS WAS HAPPENING TO THEM?

IT IS THE FIRST MASS MURDER

IN SANTA CRUZ COUNTY'S HISTORY.

IT LOOKED LIKE PEOPLE HAD TRIED

TO BURN THE PLACE TO THE GROUND.

THERE WERE LITTLE FIRES SET ALL OVER THE HOUSE.

THANKFULLY, MOST OF THEM DIDN'T TAKE.

THE PURSES, THE WALLETS, THE JEWELRY --

THEY'RE ALL LEFT BEHIND.

THERE DOESN'T APPEAR TO BE ANYTHING MISSING.

CLEARLY, THIS WAS NOT A ROBBERY.

THIS IS A VERY TIGHT-KNIT FAMILY.

VICTOR AND VIRGINIA HAVE FOUR CHILDREN.

THE TWO DAUGHTERS, LARK AND TARA,

WERE AWAY AT SCHOOL AT THIS TIME.

THE BOYS ARE DERRICK, WHO IS 12,

AND TAGGART, WHO IS 11.

DOROTHY CADWALLADER WAS NOT ONLY THE PROFESSIONAL ASSISTANT

TO DR. OHTA,

SHE WAS REALLY PART OF THE FAMILY.

VICTOR OHTA WAS A VERY WELL-RESPECTED EYE DOCTOR.

NOT ONLY WAS HE VERY SUCCESSFUL,

HE WAS PHILANTHROPIC IN HIS SERVICE.

HE WAS HIGHLY THOUGHT-OF IN THE COMMUNITY.

THEY FIND THAT THERE'S AN EMPTY BOX OF .22-CALIBER SHELLS.

ULTIMATELY, WE REALIZED THAT THERE WAS A GUN MISSING.

THE SILK SCARVES CAME FROM MR. OHTA'S DRESSER.

ALL OF THE PHONE CORDS WERE CUT.

THIS IS A VERY LARGE HOUSE,

AND THERE'S MORE THAN ONE PHONE,

SO THIS IS PRETTY METHODICAL.

LOOKS LIKE IT WAS CUT WITH A KNIFE.

THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY, PETER CHANG,

WAS INVOLVED EARLY IN THE INVESTIGATION.

YOU EVER TRY TO SNAP ONE OF THESE WITH YOUR HANDS?

IT'S LIKE A STEEL CORD.

SHERIFF, MR. CHANG, YOU'RE GONNA WANT TO SEE THIS.

THE DRIVEWAY HAS BEEN BLOCKED BY TWO VEHICLES --

MR. OHTA'S ROLLS-ROYCE

AND MRS. CADWALLADER'S LINCOLN CONTINENTAL.

THIS WAS A PLAN TO STYMIE FIREFIGHTERS

FROM BATTLING THIS FIRE TOO QUICKLY.

APPARENTLY, ONE OF THE CARS IS MISSING.

MISSING?

MRS. OHTA DROVE A STATION WAGON, GREEN.

IT'S NOT HERE ANYWHERE.

BUT MRS. OHTA'S CAR

IS UNACCOUNTED FOR.

CALL DMV.

GET ON THE RADIO, CIRCULATE A DESCRIPTION.

I WANT ROAD BLOCKS ON 9, 17, BOTH DIRECTIONS ON ROUTE 1.

IF THEY FIND THE CAR, THEY COULD FIND THE KILLERS.

THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE.

THE INVESTIGATORS FIND A TYPEWRITTEN NOTE

UNDER THE WINDSHIELD WIPER OF MR. OHTA'S CAR.

"HALLOWEEN, 1970.

TODAY, WORLD WAR 3 WILL BEGIN..."

"AS BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE PEOPLE OF THE FREE UNIVERSE.

FROM THIS DAY FORWARD,

ANYONE AND/OR COMPANY OF PERSONS

WHO MISUSES THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT

OR DESTROYS SAME WILL SUFFER THE PENALTY OF DEATH

BY THE PEOPLE OF THE FREE UNIVERSE.

I AND MY COMRADES..."

"FROM THIS DAY FORTH WILL FIGHT UNTIL DEATH OR FREEDOM..."

"AGAINST ANYTHING OR ANYONE

WHO DOES NOT SUPPORT NATURAL LIFE ON THIS PLANET.

MATERIALISM MUST DIE, OR MANKIND WILL."

SIGNED "KNIGHT OF WANDS, KNIGHT OF CUPS,

KNIGHT OF PENTACLES, KNIGHT OF SWORDS."

THE PEOPLE OF THE FREE UNIVERSE?

THIS NOTE IS ABSOLUTELY TERRIFYING.

WHAT IS REALLY GOING ON HERE?

YOU HAVE FIVE PEOPLE WHO ARE BOUND AND BLINDFOLDED.

WITH THE NUMBER OF FIRES SET,

THE PREMEDITATION OF CUTTING THE PHONE LINES,

THE CARS BLOCKING THE DRIVEWAY,

THE NOTE...

AM I THE ONLY ONE WHO'S GETTING VISIONS OF THE MANSON FAMILY?

IN THE SUMMER OF 1969,

CHARLES MANSON HAD LED A CULT

TO MURDER PEOPLE IN THEIR HOMES.

INVESTIGATORS ARE STARTING TO WONDER IF THIS IS A NEW TREND.

THE NOTE WAS A DECLARATION OF WAR.

WE NOW HAVE ANOTHER CULT WHO HAS A MISSION,

WHO IS PLANNING FUTURE KILLINGS.

ALL RIGHT, PEOPLE, WE ALL KNOW THE DRILL.

I WANT PRINTS, PICTURES, PHOTO STATS.

GET 'EM OFF TO FBI, SAN FRAN, SACRAMENTO, TOO.

IT'S GONNA BE A LONG NIGHT, PEOPLE.

THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF SOMETHING REALLY BAD.

SANTA CRUZ USED TO BE JUST ANOTHER EVERY-TOWN U.S.A.

I'M NOT SAYING IT WAS BORING,

BUT THE PEOPLE THERE WALKED THE STRAIGHT AND NARROW --

CHURCH AND SCHOOL,

THE 9:00-TO-5:00, THE WHOLE BIT.

**

THEN, SUDDENLY, PEOPLE LIKE ME WERE EVERYWHERE.

IT WAS TRULY A RADICAL TIME.

WE WERE BRINGING THE REVOLUTION.

AND WE REJECTED EVERYTHING

ABOUT THE TOWNSPEOPLE'S COMFORTABLE,

CONVENTIONAL LIVES.

HEY, CAN I HITCH A RIDE WITH YOU GUYS?

THEY CALLED US HIPPIES,

AND THEY TOLD US TO GET A JOB OR GET OUT OF TOWN.

BUT MOSTLY, THEY SEEMED AFRAID OF US.

THERE WAS AN ABSOLUTE COLLISION OF CULTURES.

AND THERE WAS A LOT OF FEAR

THAT THESE LONG-HAIRED, DRUG-ADDLED,

COMMUNE-DWELLING HIPPIES

HAD NO BARRIER THAT THEY WOULDN'T CROSS,

AND THEY WERE CAPABLE OF ANYTHING.

PERSONALLY, MY ONLY CREED WAS,

IF IT FEELS GOOD, DO IT.

BUT TO BE FAIR, NOT ALL OF US WERE SO MELLOW.

CHARLES MANSON TESTIFIED THIS MORNING...

YOU REMEMBER THE MANSON MURDERS, RIGHT?

JUST A YEAR BEFORE THE OHTAS WERE KILLED,

MANSON AND HIS SICK GANG

MURDERED SOME RICH PEOPLE IN THEIR HOMES.

THEY LOOKED AND TALKED JUST LIKE THE HIPPIES IN SANTA CRUZ.

AND IT JUST CONFIRMED WHAT EVERYONE IN TOWN

WAS ALREADY AFRAID OF.

WITH THE MANSON MURDERS, IT WAS PROVEN THAT,

AMONGST THIS COUNTERCULTURE,

THERE WAS THE CAPACITY TO KILL AND TO KILL HORRIBLY.

THE CATALYST WAS THE CORNERSTONE

OF THE COUNTERCULTURE COMMUNITY

IN THE CITY OF SANTA CRUZ.

CATALYST. WHAT'S ON YOUR MIND?

You scum are not welcome here.

I'm gonna blow up that hippie flophouse.

YOU KNOW, MAN, YOU REALLY NEED PSYCHIATRIC HELP.

HELLO?

HELLO?

SOMEONE PULLING YOUR CHAIN?

THAT'S THE SECOND BOMB THREAT TODAY, MAN.

WHAT THE HELL IS GOIN' ON AROUND HERE?

I DON'T KNOW, MAN.

EVERYBODY'S UPTIGHT ABOUT THOSE KILLINGS.

DESPITE THE FACT THAT WE HAD NOT NAMED

ANY "HIPPIES" AS THE SUSPECTS,

WITHIN ABOUT 24 HOURS OF THE MURDERS,

THEY HAD FOUR BOMB THREATS CALL TO THEM,

SAYING, YOU KNOW, "WE'VE HAD IT WITH YOU.

WE'VE HAD IT WITH THE PEOPLE THAT HANG OUT THERE.

WE'RE GONNA BLOW THE PLACE UP."

AS MANY OF YOU ALREADY KNOW,

DR. VICTOR OHTA AND MEMBERS OF HIS FAMILY

HAVE BEEN THE VICTIMS OF A HORRIFIC AND SENSELESS MURDER.

PETE, PETE! WHAT ABOUT REPORTS

THAT THE KILLERS ARE A BAND OF HIPPIES?

WE HAVE NO INFORMATION ABOUT THE APPEARANCE OF THE KILLER

OR KILLERS AT THIS TIME.

THERE WAS ALREADY FEAR. PEOPLE WERE ALREADY BUYING GUNS.

WE DIDN'T WANT RETALIATION AGAINST HIPPIES OR VIGILANTISM.

SO WE DECIDED NOT TO RELEASE

THE CONTENTS OF THIS NOTE OR READ IT TO THE MEDIA.

ANY CONCERN ABOUT FURTHER MANSON-STYLE

SLAYINGS IN THE AREA?

I MUST STRESS THAT IT IS VERY IMPORTANT

THAT WE NOT JUMP TO CONCLUSIONS.

THANK YOU.

BECAUSE THE NOTE IS THREATENING FURTHER VIOLENCE,

RELEASING THE NOTE COULD CAUSE TENSIONS TO BOIL OVER.

* I LAY ME DOWN TO SLEEP *

INVESTIGATORS TAKE TO THE HILLS.

THERE ARE HIPPIE COMMUNES LOCATED

THROUGHOUT THE REDWOOD FOREST.

WELL, MAYBE THE PEOPLE OF THE FREE UNIVERSE ARE LIVING

OFF THE LAND IN THE HILLS HERE SOMEPLACE.

**

* SOMETIMES, IT'S BEST TO KEEP AWAY *

WHAT'S GOIN' ON, OFFICER?

LOOKIN' INTO THE TROUBLE OVER IN SOQUEL.

IT'S A DRAG, ALL RIGHT.

OWN ANY GUNS?

NOT THE GUN-CARRYIN' TYPES. SORRY.

WHAT KIND OF TYPE ARE YOU?

MAYBE THE PEOPLE OF THE FREE UNIVERSE?

AREN'T WE ALL PEOPLE OF THE FREE UNIVERSE?

LET ME ASK YOU ONE MORE THING.

ANYONE HERE EVER CALL THEMSELVES

A KNIGHT OF PINNACLES,

KNIGHT OF CUPS,

KNIGHT OF SWORDS, ANYTHING LIKE THAT?

KNIGHT OF PENTACLES.

NOT PINNACLES, PENTACLES.

I'M SORRY. EXCUSE ME?

THE TAROT, TAROT CARDS.

AT THE TIME,

MOST PEOPLE ARE UNFAMILIAR WITH TAROT DECKS.

IT'S AN ARCANE METHOD OF FORTUNE TELLING.

KNIGHT OF SWORDS, KNIGHT OF CUPS.

WE PUT TAROT CARDS ON THE TABLE.

AND WE WERE TRYING TO DETERMINE,

FROM THE CARDS, IF THERE WAS ANYTHING

THAT WE COULD LINK TO THE TYPE OF MURDER

THAT WE WERE DEALING WITH.

FIRE SYMBOLIZES POSITIVITY, ENERGY, EAGERNESS.

BUT IT ALSO STANDS OF EGO, IDLENESS,

A WASTEFUL PURPOSELESSNESS.

WE REALLY DIDN'T COME UP WITH VERY MUCH.

BUT IT WAS STILL VERY CULTISH.

SANTA CRUZ SHERIFF'S OFFICE.

SHERIFF, WE MAY HAVE SOMETHING.

THE INVESTIGATORS HAD PUT A DESCRIPTION

OF MRS. OHTA'S CAR IN THE PAPER, HOPING TO GET TIPS.

AND THEY GET A CALL FROM A GAS-STATION ATTENDANT

WHO SAYS THAT HE INTERACTED WITH A MAN

IN A GREEN STATION WAGON.

HEY. SORRY. WE'RE ALL OUT.

HE TOLD HIM HE COULDN'T GAS UP THERE,

BUT THERE WAS ANOTHER GAS STATION

ABOUT A MILE DOWN THE ROAD.

CAN'T MISS IT. ALL RIGHT?

THAT'S COOL, MAN.

THE DRIVER RESPONDED, "THAT'S COOL, MAN."

HE DIDN'T SEE HIS FACE,

SAID HE'D KNOW HIS VOICE, THOUGH.

ONE GUY, JUST THE DRIVER?

WHO ARE THE OTHER THREE KNIGHTS?

MAYBE DRIVER DROPPED 'EM OFF.

SANTA CRUZ SHERIFF'S OFFICE.

AT THAT POINT, MORE PEOPLE START CALLING.

AND THIS TIP COMES IN.

SOMEONE SAYS THAT A GREEN OLDSMOBILE STATION WAGON

HAD BEEN SET ON FIRE.

THE THINGS ARE NOW GETTING PRETTY INTENSE.

IN OUR MINDS, THERE WAS GONNA BE A CONFRONTATION

WITH AN ARMED GROUP.

YOU WERE WORRIED THAT THEY COULD SEE US,

BUT WE COULDN'T SEE THEM.

THAT CAR, WITHOUT ANY DOUBT,

WAS MRS. OHTA'S STATION WAGON.

CALL FOR BACKUP.

RIGHT ON THEIR TRAIL.

IF THEY WERE SMART,

THOSE KNIGHTS OF THE FREE PEOPLE OF THE UNIVERSE

WOULD'VE GONE RIGHT INTO THOSE WOODS.

THEY COULDN'T HAVE GOTTEN FAR.

MRS. OHTA'S GREEN OLDSMOBILE STATION WAGON

HAD BEEN SET ON FIRE.

ALL RIGHT, I WANT TO SEARCH THESE WOODS,

SEE WHAT WE CAN FIND.

SEEMS LIKE THIS PLASTER'S ABOUT DRIED UP.

OUTSIDE OF THE VEHICLE, THERE ARE FOOTPRINTS.

THEY CAN'T EXACTLY TELL, THOUGH,

IF IT'S ONE OR MORE INDIVIDUALS LEAVING THE SCENE.

AND EVEN THOUGH THE SUSPECTS

COULD NOT HAVE GOTTEN THAT FAR...

NOTHING?

...THE KILLERS SLIP THROUGH THEIR FINGERS.

NOW WE HAVE A BURNT CAR AND NO SUSPECTS.

IT'S TWO DAYS AFTER THE DISCOVERY OF THE MURDERS.

WE HAD TO TAKE A STEP BACK AND TAKE A DEEP BREATH.

YOU HAVE ALL THESE THEORIES -- THE CULT, THE TAROT.

BUT ULTIMATELY, YOU HAVE TO RELATE IT TO THE EVIDENCE.

SO WE GO BACK AND TALK TO PEOPLE THAT LAST SAW THE VICTIMS.

AND WE DISCOVER SOMETHING INTERESTING.

ON THE DAY OF THE MURDERS,

MRS. CADWALLADER PICKED UP JUST ONE OF THE SONS.

AND IT WASN'T UNTIL LATER

THAT MR. OHTA PICKED UP THE OTHER SON,

WHICH MEANT THEY DIDN'T ALL COME HOME AT THE SAME TIME.

THIS CHANGES THE POSSIBILITIES OF WHAT HAPPENED THAT NIGHT.

SO NOW WE START TO THINK,

"LET'S GO BACK TO THE CRIME SCENE."

FIVE PEOPLE OVERPOWERED, BOUND, GAGGED, EXECUTED.

ON TOP OF THAT, EVERY PHONE LINE IS CUT.

THE DRIVEWAY IS BLOCKED BY TWO VEHICLES.

FIRES ARE SET IN SEVERAL ROOMS.

ALL THIS MADE US THINK WE WERE DEALING

WITH A GROUP OF PEOPLE.

WHAT IF IT WAS JUST ONE PERSON?

BUT IT IS POSSIBLE

THAT A SINGLE KILLER WAS ALREADY IN THE HOUSE.

AND AS THEY COME HOME,

HE ONLY HAS TO DEAL WITH ONE PERSON AT A TIME.

THE ONLY EYEWITNESS WHO SAW THE CAR SWEARS

THERE WAS JUST ONE PERSON IN IT.

AND NONE OF THE EVIDENCE

FOUND IN OR AROUND THE CAR DISPUTES THAT.

HOWEVER, IF IT HAPPENED THAT WAY,

IT IS EVEN MORE DIFFICULT TO FIND ONE PERSON.

WE WERE REALLY AT THE POINT WHERE WE NEEDED HELP.

SO, WE HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT THE NOTE.

THAT'S THE ONE SIGNIFICANT PIECE OF EVIDENCE

THAT WE HAD HELD BACK.

DO WE RELEASE THAT TO THE PUBLIC?

THERE WERE THINGS THAT WE WERE WORRIED ABOUT.

HE'S DECLARING WORLD WAR THREE.

EVERYTHING IN THAT MANIFESTO THERE INDICATES

THAT HE'S GONNA KILL AGAIN.

HOWEVER, IF THEY DON'T RELEASE IT,

THEY MAY NOT BE ABLE TO STOP THE NEXT MURDERS.

GENTLEMEN... I THINK THE TIME HAS COME

TO RELEASE THIS NOTE TO THE PRESS.

**

SO, WE PUT THE NOTE IN THE PAPER,

THINKING THAT SOMEBODY MAY RECOGNIZE THE LANGUAGE.

NO WAY, MAN.

FAR OUT.

THAT'S TOTALLY HIS RAP.

WOW.

YOU GONNA NARC ON HIM?

I DON'T KNOW.

TOUGH ONE.

GOT TO SPLIT.

THE CATALYST WAS ALREADY GETTING BOMB THREATS DAILY.

IF THE FOLKS IN TOWN FOUND OUT THEY WERE RIGHT,

THAT THE KILLER WAS A HIPPIE,

WHAT WOULD THEY DO TO PEOPLE LIKE ME?

IT SEEMED LIKE THERE WAS NO WAY OUT.

THREE DAYS AFTER THE MURDERS,

A MEETING IS SET UP AT 3:00 A.M.

WITH DISTRICT ATTORNEY PETE CHANG.

MR. CROHN, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

YEAH, MAN, NO PROBLEM.

UM... HEY, LISTEN, IF YOU DON'T MIND,

I DON'T WANT PEOPLE KNOWING THAT YOU'RE HERE.

WHAT CAN YOU TELL ME?

WELL, IT'S THAT WHACKED-OUT LETTER

THAT YOU ALL PUT IN TODAY'S PAPER.

THE LANGUAGE -- IT'S, LIKE, A DEAD RINGER FOR THIS CAT

WHO'S BEEN HANGING AROUND THE SCENE LATELY.

DO YOU KNOW HIS NAME?

MR. CROHN, WE HAVE EVERY REASON TO BELIEVE

THIS INDIVIDUAL WILL KILL AGAIN.

FRAZIER, JOHN FRAZIER.

FRAZIER, LIKE THE HEAVYWEIGHT BOXER?

YEAH, HE'S ALWAYS SPEWING THAT SAME CRAP, MAN,

KNIGHT OF PENTACLES, YOU KNOW, ALL THAT TAROT STUFF.

IT'S TOTALLY HIM.

* BABYLON IS FALLING *

* BABYLON IS FALLING *

BEFORE, I WAS MERELY JOHN.

BUT -- BUT NOW, NOW I AM SO MUCH MORE.

DOES HE HAVE A GROUP HE HANGS OUT WITH,

OTHER PEOPLE WHO FEEL THE SAME WAY AS HE DOES?

NO, NO WAY, MAN.

NO, THIS GUY'S WAY TOO FAR OUT THERE, EVEN FOR SANTA CRUZ.

HE'S JUST A BAD SCENE.

I AM THE KNIGHT AND THE SWORD.

I AM THE SWORD, AND THE SWORD --

AND THE SWORD WILL CLEAVE AND SEPARATE THE PIGS --

THE PIGS FROM THE INNOCENTS.

HE GETS REALLY ANGRY AND INTENSE.

AND THEN HE GETS THIS WEIRD LOOK IN HIS EYES.

I AM THE KNIGHT ON A CRUSADE -- CRUSADE.

I'M ON A CRUSADE. I WILL CLEANSE THIS WORLD --

WILL CLEANSE THIS WORLD OF ITS PLASTIC DISEASE.

LET'S NOT HAVE A WEIRD SCENE LIKE LAST TIME.

FRAZIER SAID WORDS TO THE EFFECT

THAT HE BELIEVED HE WAS ON A MISSION

TO WIPE MATERIALISM OFF OF THE EARTH.

WHERE CAN WE FIND HIM?

BEATS ME. NO IDEA WHERE HE LIVES.

HE HASN'T BEEN IN THE CAT SINCE A DAY OR TWO BEFORE...

DON'T WORRY.

YOU DID THE RIGHT THING.

AT THAT POINT, WE ALL BEGAN WORKING ON JOHN LINLEY FRAZIER.

HOW YOU DOING?

WHAT CAN I DO FOR YOU, FELLAS?

TAX RECORDS SHOW THAT JOHN IS A FORMER EMPLOYEE

OF AN AUTO BODY SHOP.

LOOKING FOR A JOHN LINLEY FRAZIER.

HE'S KIND OF A CHARACTER, LONG-HAIR TYPE.

JOHN LINLEY FRAZIER, I HAVEN'T HEARD THAT NAME IN A WHILE.

HIS FORMER BOSS SAYS SOMETHING SORT OF ODD.

HE DESCRIBES FRAZIER AS CLEAN-CUT...

MARRIED MAN, DOES A GOOD JOB.

NO, HE KEPT HIS TOOLBOX SPOTLESS,

YOU KNOW, GOOD WORKER.

COMPLETELY UNLIKE WHAT OTHER PEOPLE WERE SAYING.

ONE YEAR BEFORE, JOHN HAD SUDDENLY QUIT HIS JOB.

YOU WOULDN'T HAPPEN TO STILL HAVE HIS PHONE NUMBER,

WOULD YOU? LET ME CHECK.

WHAT DO YOU KNOW?

JOHN LINLEY FRAZIER.

HE GIVES THE DETECTIVES AN ADDRESS.

THIS IS HIM.

BUT HE'S NOT HERE NOW?

NO.

AT THE HOUSE, WE FIND HIS WIFE, DOLORES.

YOU EXPECTING HIM BACK ANYTIME SOON?

HE DOESN'T LIVE HERE ANYMORE.

DOLORES SAYS THAT JOHN HAS LEFT HER AND HIS CHILD.

HE'S A GREAT DAD. HE LOVES HIS DAUGHTER.

HE LOVES HER.

EVERYTHING WAS GREAT.

THEN, ABOUT A YEAR AGO, SOMETHING CHANGED.

SO WHAT HAPPENED?

HE WAS IN A CAR WRECK, AND HE -- HE HIT HIS HEAD.

AND IT DIDN'T SEEM BAD AT FIRST, BUT...

...I NOTICED HE STARTED ACTING WEIRD.

WEIRD?

HE STARTED UP WITH

ALL THIS BIBLE STUFF AND FORTUNE-TELLING CARDS.

AND HE'D GET REALLY, REALLY ANGRY.

HE QUITS HIS JOB.

HE'S DOING HALLUCINOGENS LIKE MESCALINE.

AND THIS OTHER PERSON EMERGES.

AND HE KEEPS GETTING WEIRDER AND WEIRDER AND WEIRDER.

IT'S ALL GONNA BURN.

HE BECAME VERY PARANOID,

STARTED RANTING AND OBSESSING.

DO YOU KNOW WHERE HE IS NOW?

I THINK SO, YEAH.

HE'S NOW MOVED INTO THE WOODS.

HE'S LIVING OFF THE GRID.

SHE HAD POINTED US IN THE DIRECTION

OF THIS RICKETY SHACK UP THIS GULLY.

**

BUT HE'S NOT THERE.

HE WAS LIVING IN SQUALID CONDITIONS.

THIS SHACK WAS LOCATED A FEW MILES FROM THE OHTA HOUSE.

AND THE NEIGHBORS THAT WE'D TALKED TO

SAID THEY SAW FRAZIER GOING TO A NEARBY WATER TOWER,

PRETTY HIGH WATER TOWER,

CLIMBING UP ON IT WITH BINOCULARS.

WAS FRAZIER WATCHING THE OHTA FAMILY HOME FROM THERE?

SO IMMEDIATELY NOW,

WE ARE GONNA SET UP ON THIS SHACK.

AND WE PUT TOGETHER TWO DAYS' WORTH OF SHIFTS

TO SEE IF HE WILL RETURN.

THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

YOU'RE DEALING WITH A DELUSIONAL PARANOIAC

WHO'S ARMED, WHO MAY HAVE KILLED PEOPLE.

HE COULD BE CAPABLE OF ANYTHING.

DON'T MOVE!

DO IT!

THEY HAVE A GUN POINTED RIGHT AT HIS HEAD.

SHOOT ME!

AND FRAZIER SAYS,

"WHY DON'T YOU GIVE ME WHAT I DESERVE?"

FOUR DAYS AFTER THE MURDERS, JOHN FRAZIER IS ARRESTED.

OKAY. NUMBER ONE?

THAT'S COOL, MAN.

AGAIN, PLEASE. THAT'S COOL, MAN.

THE ARREST IS THE BEGINNING.

IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE HAVE A --

A CASE BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT.

OKAY, NUMBER TWO.

THAT'S COOL, MAN.

WE HELD A VOICE LINEUP WITH THE GAS-STATION ATTENDANT

THAT HEARD, "THAT'S COOL, MAN."

OKAY, NUMBER THREE?

THAT'S COOL, MAN.

AND THE GAS-STATION ATTENDANT PICKS JOHN FRAZIER'S VOICE

AS THE DRIVER OF MRS. OHTA'S CAR.

THE PHYSICAL EVIDENCE IS STARTING TO ADD UP.

THE OHTAS HAD TWO DAUGHTERS WHO WERE AWAY AT SCHOOL.

ONE OF THEM IS LARK, AND SHE WAS 15 AT THE TIME.

SHE SAYS THAT THE BINOCULARS BELONGED TO HER FATHER.

AND THEY HAD BEEN MISSING WEEKS BEFORE THE MURDERS HAPPENED...

...WHICH MEANS THAT JOHN LINLEY FRAZIER

HAD BEEN IN THEIR HOME BEFORE THAT DAY.

HE WAS STALKING THE OHTAS.

MR. FRAZIER, I'M DR. MAYNARD.

WE'LL BE TALKING TOGETHER ABOUT YOUR CASE.

AT THIS POINT, WE KNOW HE'D DONE IT.

THE QUESTION IS, IS HE LEGALLY INSANE?

BECAUSE IF HE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT HE WAS DOING,

HE CAN'T BE HELD CRIMINALLY RESPONSIBLE.

THE REVOLUTION, IT'S A PROPHECY.

IT WAS -- IT WAS GIVEN TO ME.

I'M JUST OUTSIDE OF MY HOUSE.

AND I'M LOOKING AT THE TREES

AND I SEE A ROBIN WITH A RED BREAST.

AND I HEAR THE DOOR OPEN LIKE A TRUMPET.

AND AT THIS TIME,

JOHN SHAVED OFF ALL OF THE HAIR

ON ONE SIDE OF HIS HEAD.

JOHN WAS VERY CONVINCED

THAT THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH HIM.

SO TELL ME, JOHN, WHAT HAPPENED AT THE OHTAS?

IT'S A VERY --

IT'S A VERY PERFECT BLUE DAY.

WHAT JOHN SAYS IS THAT HE IS TOLD BY GOD

THAT THE OHTAS NEED TO DIE.

THEY NEED TO DIE BECAUSE THEY'RE SCREWING UP THE ENVIRONMENT.

THEY'RE TOO RICH,

THAT HE HAS TO CLEANSE THE EARTH OF THESE PEOPLE.

EVEN THOUGH HE ALREADY HAS A -- A WEAPON,

HE ALSO HAD FOUND A GUN THAT THE OHTAS HAVE.

FOR THE LORD KNOWETH THE WAY OF THE RIGHTEOUS.

HE HAD TIED THE SILK SCARVES TOGETHER IN PREPARATION.

AND HE LIES IN WAIT AS THEY COME HOME.

SHE CAN'T MAKE IT. NO.

SHE -- SHE CAN'T GET THERE.

THERE'S -- THERE'S NO WAY.

JOHN PLACED A CALL TO MR. OHTA'S OFFICE,

STATING THAT MRS. OHTA WOULD BE UNABLE TO PICK UP THE CHILDREN

BECAUSE SHE WAS HAVING CAR TROUBLE.

NEXT, JOHN SAYS MRS. CADWALLADER

AND DERRICK, THE OLDEST BOY, ARRIVED.

GET DOWN ON THE FLOOR.

GET DOWN. GET DOWN!

GET DOWN. DO WHAT HE SAYS. BOTH OF YOU!

DON'T MOVE.

AND HE BOUND AND BLINDFOLDED THEM.

AND THEN MR. OHTA AND TAGGART ARRIVED.

AND HE BOUND AND BLINDFOLDED THEM AS WELL.

HALLELUJAH!

IT'S TIME.

YOU THINK, IF YOU HAVE A BIG HOUSE,

IF YOU MAKE LOTS OF MONEY,

THAT'S WHAT GOD WANTS.

THAT'S WHAT YOU THINK.

AND THEN HE TALKED TO MR. OHTA ABOUT HIS MATERIALISM.

AND HE ASKED HIM TO HELP HIM BURN DOWN THE HOME.

WILL YOU JOIN ME?

I'LL GIVE YOU ANYTHING YOU WANT.

I'LL GIVE YOU MONEY. YOU'LL GIVE ME MONEY?

I'LL GIVE YOU MONEY.

I'LL GIVE YOU MONEY.

VICTOR OHTA RESPONDED BY SAYING,

"I'LL GIVE YOU ANYTHING YOU WANT.

JUST LET US GO."

MONEY! I WILL...

MONEY!

TODAY, YOU WILL LEARN THAT YOU CAN'T EAT MONEY!

BUT JOHN WAS A NON-MATERIALIST.

SO BEING OFFERED MONEY WAS AN INSULT.

HE TAKES DR. OHTA TO THE EDGE OF THE POOL.

HE SHOOTS HIM IN THE BACK THREE TIMES

WITH A .38-CALIBER HANDGUN.

JOHN SAYS HE THEN COLLECTS

MRS. OHTA AND MRS. CADWALLADER.

HE ASKED THEM A QUESTION, "DO YOU BELIEVE IN GOD?"

MRS. OHTA, APPARENTLY, RESPONDED, "I DO."

AND HE SAYS, "THEN YOU HAVE NOTHING TO FEAR."

AND HE SHOOTS THEM IN THE BACK OF THE NECK

WITH A .22-CALIBER HANDGUN.

WHAT ABOUT THE CHILDREN?

I WAS NOT SURE ABOUT THE CHILDREN.

YOU HAVE TO UNDER-- YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND.

I'M GONNA JUST ASK YOU ONE MORE TIME.

PLEASE -- PLEASE WILL YOU SPARE THEM?

I ASKED GOD IF THERE WAS ANY OTHER WAY.

AND HE GAVE ME MY ANSWER.

HE REMINDED ME THAT THE SINS

OF THE FATHER ARE PASSED ON TO THE SONS.

HE SEEMED TO BE AT ODDS WITH HIS OWN PHILOSOPHY.

HE'S CONCERNED ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT.

BUT HE SETS THESE FIRES INSIDE THE HOUSE

THAT COULD EASILY SPREAD TO THE FOREST.

THIS IS THE BEGINNING.

THIS IS THE BEGINNING.

AND YOU THINK I'M THE ONLY ONE, BUT THERE ARE OTHERS.

AND THEY WILL TAKE UP GOD'S COMMAND.

AND THEY WILL BURN EVERY CITY.

AND WE WILL START A NEW WORLD.

ANYBODY AT THE CATALYST COULD'VE TOLD YOU

THAT JOHN FRAZIER WAS AS CRAZY AS THEY COME.

BUT THAT SHRINK HAD TO PLAY IT COOL.

WHAT IS INSANE FROM A MEDICAL POINT OF VIEW

IS VERY DIFFERENT

FROM WHAT IS INSANE FROM A LEGAL POINT OF VIEW.

SO, THE CASE GOES TO TRIAL,

AND FRAZIER WAS CONVICTED OF FIRST-DEGREE MURDER.

THEN ALL KINDS OF NUTS CAME OUT OF THE WOODWORK.

I COULDN'T BELIEVE THAT SOME HIPPIES WERE SUPPORTING HIM.

NOW WHEN STRAIGHT FOLKS LOOKED AT THE CATALYST,

ALL THEY SAW WAS CHARLES MANSON AND JOHN FRAZIER.

I'D MADE MY HOME IN SANTA CRUZ.

AND NOW I WAS WORRIED

THAT I WAS GOING TO BE DRIVEN OUT,

THAT PEOPLE MIGHT HURT ME BECAUSE THEY WERE AFRAID

I WAS GOING TO HURT THEM.

I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN.

WE RECOGNIZE THE SHOCK

THAT THIS SENSELESS ACT HAS BROUGHT TO OUR COMMUNITY.

AND NOW MR. ROGER CROHN WOULD LIKE TO SAY SOME WORDS.

BECAUSE ROGER CROHN AND HIS FRIENDS

HELPED INVESTIGATORS SOLVE THESE MURDERS...

THE D.A. BRINGS THEM FORTH,

AND THEY RELEASE A STATEMENT.

OUR MAIN CONCERN IS THAT THE CRIME OF ONE INDIVIDUAL

IS BEING USED TO CAST BLAME ON AN ENTIRE GROUP OF PEOPLE.

DESPITE HIS APPEARANCE, THIS MAN,

THIS KILLER, DOES NOT, IN ANY WAY,

REPRESENT THE SPIRIT OR ATTITUDES

OF THE HIPPIE COMMUNITY IN SANTA CRUZ.

* BABYLON IS FALLING *

ON NOVEMBER 29th OF 1970,

JOHN FRAZIER, HE IS SENTENCED TO DEATH.

WE POSE NO THREAT TO YOU.

WE ARE YOUR SONS AND YOUR DAUGHTERS.

THIS MAN'S ACTIONS ARE AS REPREHENSIBLE TO US

AS THEY ARE TO YOU.

THE TRAGEDY OF JOHN FRAZIER

WAS THAT, AT ONE POINT,

HE WAS A GOOD HUSBAND, A GOOD FATHER.

YOU KNOW, WHAT HAD HAPPENED?

AND WE ARE ALL CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN

IF WE CONTINUE TO LET HATRED AND HOSTILITY GROW BETWEEN US.

* ALL HER MERCHANTS STAND IN WONDER *

SOMETIMES, THERE ARE THINGS THAT COME BACK.

AND THE IMAGES OF THE PEOPLE

FLOATING IN THE POOL,

THE -- THE KIDS...

YOU CAN'T...

YOU CAN'T ERASE.

SO LET'S WORK TOGETHER TO PUT THIS EPISODE BEHIND US

AND BUILD A COMMUNITY BASED ON MUTUAL TRUST AND RESPECT.

* MURMURING LIKE DISTANT THUNDER *

THANK YOU.

* CRYING ALAS, ALAS *

* BABYLON IS FALLING *

* NEVER TO RISE NO MORE *

* NEVER TO RISE NO MORE *