Original subtitles

( sniffs )

So is he coming or what?

He'll be here.

I hope.

He's going to straighten this all out.

He wants his money.

What money, man?

He says you have money.

He wants it.

Bobby, if I had any frickin' money,

I would have given it to you

the first time you hit me, all right?

You know?

( car approaches )

( car stops )

( car door opens )

Charlie, hey.

What's going on, man?

( yells )

( cries out in pain )

( moaning )

Here's what you're going to do,

unless you want to lose your other ear.

Hmm? What's that? No, no.

You're going to sign over everything you have to us.

Now what is everything?

Everything means everything.

Everywhere you happen to look.

Oh, there's a house, that must be part of everything--

we'll take that.

Is that a car outside? We'll take that, too.

Everything.

Now, I want that money that you owe me,

and if you don't pay me what you owe me,

then I'll pay you what you owe me.

O-Okay.

Okay, okay.

( crying ): Okay.

Charlie.

Okay. Okay. Okay.

( man cries out in fear )

( man whimpers, pants )

Here, take... take it.

That's it.

That's the house.

That's the car.

That's all I got, I-I swear.

There's no money.

That's it, man.

( groans )

BOBBY: We ain't going to get nothing out of him.

And we can't just leave him there.

He'll call the police.

Well, you know what to do.

( engine starting )

MAN: Bobby, no.

Don't do this, man.

Bobby, don't do it.

Don't do it, man! No! No!

( "Helter Skelter" rock intro plays )

* When I get to the bottom *

* I go back to the top of the slide *

* Where I stop, and I turn, and I go for a ride *

* Till I get to the bottom, and I see you again *

* Yeah, yeah, yeah *

* Do you, don't you want me to love you? *

* I'm coming down fast, but I'm miles above you *

* Tell me, tell me, tell me *

* Come on, tell me the answer *

* Well, you may be a lover, but you ain't no dancer *

* Helter Skelter *

* Helter Skelter *

* Helter Skelter *

* Yeah! *

* A-Will you, won't you want me to make you? *

* Ah... *

* I'm coming down fast, but don't let me break you *

* Ah... *

* Tell me, tell me, tell me the answer *

* You may be a lover, but you ain't no dancer *

* That's right! *

* Helter Skelter *

* Helter Skelter *

* Helter Skelter *

* Ah! *

* Look out, 'cause here she come *

* Ah... *

* When I get to the bottom *

* I go back to the top of the slide *

* And I stop, and I turn, and I go for a ride *

* And I get to the bottom, and I see you again *

* Yeah, yeah, yeah *

* Well, do you, don't you *

* Want me to make you? *

* I'm coming down fast, but don't let me break you *

* Tell me, tell me, tell me your answer *

* You may be a lover, but you ain't no dancer... *

It's like being in a movie.

Yeah, Charlie has a deal with the owner.

And we help him run the place.

There's about 25 of us here altogether.

Charlie takes real good care of us.

He's like our savior.

When do I meet Charlie?

I don't know.

And don't ask.

He'll find you.

Thanks for telling me about this place, Gypsy.

I had nowhere else to go.

Sure.

Hey, guys.

Hi. Hey.

This is Linda.

Hi.

Linda, Sadie...

....Katie, Paul.

Hey.

And Tex over there.

What's her name?

Tanya.

She's beautiful.

Thank you.

We'll see you at dinner.

( Tanya crying )

Don't worry.

She'll be with all the other kids.

See, Charlie wants all the children raised by everybody,

not just the mother or the father.

He says that that's how we get rid of the ego

that parents put in their kids.

Come on.

Bye.

Hey, George.

( kisses )

Hey, Squeaky.

Hi.

This here is Linda.

Howdy.

She's going to be staying with us.

Linda, this is George Spahn.

He's the owner of the ranch.

And this is Squeaky.

She's like his Seeing Eye dog.

Um, I-I wanted a few things out of that.

Oh, what's yours is ours, and what's ours is yours.

Do you have any credit cards?

No.

Driver's license? Yeah.

I wanted that picture of my mother.

No, you don't.

Welcome to the family.

( plays rock tune )

( laughter, whooping )

Man, I guess I goofed that one up too, didn't I?

Listen, I can play, man. I can play.

I just, I'm not used to all these... Whoa!

microphone-type things

pointing at you while you play, man.

Dennis...

where'd you find this guy?

He found me.

Let him and his pack live with me for a while.

It got too crazy though.

Kicked him out?

I had to move out.

Bought a new house.

My manager got rid of him eventually.

Give him some happy right now.

( laughter )

Has he done anything?

Eh, we put one of his songs on our 20/20 album.

"B" side of a single.

Didn't make much noise.

I feel that happy.

Okay, now, Rosie...

Was he really in prison?

Major.

Got out a couple years ago.

Is he dangerous?

Look at his eyes, you tell me.

People will love him for that alone.

MANSON: Hey, listen, let me explain something to you, man.

See, I wrote about a couple hundred songs, you know?

And then I get down here,

and I just, ( whistles ) you know, kind of forgot...

Charlie, this is Terry Melcher.

He manages some great bands.

I've heard a lot about you, Charlie.

Oh, man, man.

I wish someone would have let me know

that you were coming down, man.

This is what I'm trying to do, man.

See, I'm just trying to take that sound

and kind of stretch it out.

So maybe we could come and play it back

and look in there

and see if there's something

that kind of looks like a song in there

and-and get it out, man.

'Cause I've got to get an album out.

Whoa, whoa, whoa.

What's the rush, Charlie?

How about I got plans.

I got a message.

How about you know what I got, man.

You know what I'm talking about

and you know, "wouldn't it be nice,"

as you would say, Mr. Beach Boy,

if I didn't have any of my words changed this time.

We made your song better, Charlie.

Oh, no, see, you made my song bomb.

See, you only had the "B" right there, Beach Boy.

You know, by the way, the official title of that song,

you know, we like to call that "Dennis Wilson is a Real Wussy."

( laughs ): Whoa.

You'd think he'd be happy

having a tune on a Beach Boys album, but not Charlie.

Look, I'll tell you what.

We'll get some people together,

we'll have them out to the ranch, you can play,

they can see what you're all about.

Well, what kind of people are you talking about?

You mean record type guys?

Yeah, absolutely.

You can tell them some of your prison stories.

They'll love that.

Hey, maybe Terry will come.

Uh, if I can.

Um, don't count on it.

Nice to meet you, Charlie.

I'm going to count on it, absolutely.

Don't count on it.

Well, if I could...

How about absolutely Thursday? Take care, okay.

How about absolutely, uh...?

Uh, I-I got a busy week.

Bring them contracts.

( plays simple chords )

Well, I heard something about, what was it, uh, Thursday?

( strums guitar )

( indistinct radio transmission )

MAN: His friends missed him

at some bagpipe parade in Santa Monica.

Bagpipe parade?

Well, that could certainly explain

getting stabbed to death.

I.D.?

Uh... Gary Hinman, music teacher.

Multiple stab wounds in the chest,

and his left ear has been cut off.

Oh, yeah, and the neighbor says his car is missing.

Is that blood?

It's being tested, but yeah, it is.

Black Panthers?

( officer sighs )

( dog barking )

( coyotes yapping )

Open wide.

( indistinct talking, laughing )

No, not yet.

We have to wait till the dogs eat

before the girls do.

Why?

( playing simple tune )

( music stops )

( speaks gibberish )

Is that what you said?

That word, "Wh...?"

I can't even get it out of my mouth.

Gypsy, help me out.

She said, "Why?"

That word.

There's no such thing as that word here.

"Why" is banned.

"Why" don't belong here.

"Why" is just... ( gibberish ).

How come you don't know that?

She just came today, Charlie.

Well, why don't you tell me about it?

I split up with my husband.

( clears throat )

Actually, he dumped us-- me and my daughter.

We were all going to go down to South America.

Where you been living?

Well, we were staying in some pretty cool communes

in New Mexico, and then we came down here.

So what are you looking for, woman, hmm?

Wait, let me think.

Uh, Jesus, maybe?

( laughter )

You looking for ol' JC?

I don't know.

Maybe.

Well, if you're looking

to do your looking around here...

Excuse me, darling.

...you're going to have to bring us something.

Bring you what?

Well, I don't know.

You got to look around you, hmm?

And don't look from here.

You got to look from right here.

Look out there.

Look at the people you know.

You see them out there?

What do they have, hmm?

Look at all they have and ask yourself,

from here,

you really think they need all of that?

All those dollar bills

and all them cars?

Candy.

So, let your heart bring us something

that will show us your heart.

( quiet giggling )

We met the Beach Boys today.

One of the Beach Boys--

Dennis Wilson.

Is that the one that sings real...

* High? * ( laughter )

They all sing real high, Sadie.

( laughter )

Well, it was a Beach Boy anyway.

Who was the other guy?

Doris Day's son.

Really?

Terry Melcher.

He's a big record producer.

Him and Dennis Wilson are going

to make Charlie a star.

( guitar strumming )

I think we should get Doris Day to come out here for a few days.

She'll forget all about Rock Hudson.

( laughter )

( Manson plays simple melody )

( whispering ): And that thought that you're carrying--

the one about your father--

it's a very heavy thought.

And it's still holding you back,

'cause you're still giving it the reins.

( whispering ): It's my stepfather.

He hates me.

How did you know?

Well, you can't hide from me, you see?

I... I feel disposable.

I'm... I'm...

I mean, my husband, my father...

I don't really fit anywhere.

Well, how long are you going to keep playing your part

in their game?

Your disposable role in the game

that they're playing with your life.

You-- you're not disposable.

Look at you.

You're valuable.

You're the most valuable and perfect thing in this world.

You don't mean that.

You think I don't know what it feels like

to be looked through?

To be thrown away?

That's why

we take care of each other.

See, I know who you are.

I can see you inside and out.

All your beauty.

All of your own beauty, you see?

Now,

can you see mine?

I think so.

Come to now.

Now, where I am your husband now.

Where I am your father now.

Where I swear to you, you...

You will never, never be thrown away again.

I feel like you can see inside of me.

( siren blaring )

Both hands on the wheel

where I can see them, please.

Step out of the vehicle!

Step out of the vehicle!

Turn around and put your hands on the hood.

Do you know you're driving a dead guy's car?

( crickets chirping )

( coyote howling )

( woman laughing )

Charlie?

Linda has something she wants to give to you.

It's $5,000 I took from my ex-husband's friend.

The first time I ever stole anything.

I did it for you.

You...

You did good.

( laughter and whooping )

Now, did she steal?

ALL: No.

And why not?

ALL: Because...

everything belongs

to everybody.

( cheering )

Yeah.

All right.

Ooh.

( scattered laughter )

( coyote howls in distance )

( whispering ): Come on!

Creepy crawl.

( spooky rock music playing )

( laughter )

( distorted electric guitar chords )

* *

* *

* *

MANSON: It's coming.

Damn right.

Black man's been on the bottom too long.

It's Whitey's turn now.

Helter Skelter, get ready.

What time did he call?

I don't know.

There's no clocks here.

Sadie took my watch.

I just heard the phone ringing,

so I picked it up.

Did he say anything else?

Just that he was going to stay quiet.

What are you guys talking about?

Bobby got arrested yesterday in Gary's car.

Does Charlie know?

( loud clattering )

He ain't coming, Charlie.

I thought he would be here

with all them record-type guys.

Well, I don't see him.

Do you?

You remember where he lives?

Yeah.

Dropped him off that night in Dennis' car.

Well, let's go.

WOMAN: Sharon, you're surrounded

by people all the time on the movie set.

Don't you want some privacy?

I don't want to argue with you about it.

Look, you were nice enough

to let us stay here

while you were in Europe, but I...

There is plenty of room for both of you.

But when Roman gets home,

you should have the place to yourself again.

Roman loves you and Voytek.

He wants you to stay.

And I love Roman's movies.

And I would never do anything to upset him,

so wherefore we'll stay.

( laughs )

Therefore.

Your English is awful.

My English gets better by the day,

and soon, it will outrank yours,

and people will think that I am the rich heiress.

Oh, hell, your English gets better by the hour.

Well, Roman sure does love a crowd.

He doesn't mind Jay spending so much time here?

Oh, Jay and I are over.

Roman knows that.

But does Jay know that?

Jay is... Jay.

( laughs ) ( knocking )

Oh, that might be Roman's trunks.

This late?

( knocking continues )

( crickets chirping )

So?

Oh, I'm sorry.

I didn't see you standing there.

I'm looking for Terry.

Who?

Terry. Terry Melcher and...

Terry Melcher?

He doesn't live here for months anymore.

Terry doesn't live here anymore.

That is what I just said.

Who are you to come to the gate like that?

Terry?!

Hey!

I said there is no Terry here.

Terry! Hey.

Terry, Terry, Terry!

Hey!

Who is it?

Nobody.

No Melcher here.

Good night.

( siren wailing )

( rustling )

SADIE: You wouldn't believe what they throw away.

Like, if nobody orders French fries

an hour after they're made, they throw them out.

It's like a law or something.

How's this?

Oh, excellent.

Roughage.

I don't know what we're going to do

when we get to the desert.

I guess Charlie's got it figured out.

Is Charlie really taking us to the desert?

Yup, after Helter Skelter comes down.

What's that?

Charlie only talks about it with the guys,

but I know it's going to be a war between the blacks

and the whites and the blacks are going to start it,

but we'll be in the desert by then.

How long have you known Charlie?

Oh, I met The Soul in San Francisco on the Haight.

I was dancing in a boobie bar,

and I met him on the street.

He sang songs to me.

I would love to hear him sing.

He gave me the name Sadie.

You're in love with him already.

Aren't you?

Charlie is love.

I once saw him pick up a dead bird

and breathe on it, and the bird flew away.

He changes you.

Before I met him, I was like totally lost.

I didn't even know

what I was here for.

I hated everybody and now I love everybody.

That's what Charlie gave me.

That's what he gives everybody.

He just fills up the empty spaces.

Do you know he's Jesus?

( gasps )

Charlie.

Hey, man. Knock, okay?

Nobody showed.

Nobody showed.

We waited and waited.

What the hell are you talking about, Charlie?

Let's see now, when was that?

Oh, Thursday, yes.

Someone, someone was supposed to be coming by Thursday.

No one made any promises, man.

Talk to Melcher again about it, if you think that will help.

Oh, Melcher,

yeah, that was his name.

Well, I can't get to him, Dennis.

So here I am again.

Here I am as your brother, once again,

asking you, can-- would you call him for me, again?

I'll give him one more chance.

It'll be no problem.

Look, I did what I could.

I got you on tape, didn't I?

Well, yeah, maybe you got me on a demo tape, man,

but where is the deal?

Where is the album?

Where is that album you know I got to get out?

What do you want me to do, Charlie?

How 'bout doing what you said

you'd do, Mr. Beach Boy.

I didn't make any promises.

Maybe you scared Melcher away.

Well, I'll tell you what.

I got a new song for you.

It's called, uh, "I Need $1,500."

Forget it, man.

You cost me thousands already.

I had to move out of my house 'cause you guys wrecked it.

The way I see it,

you thought you'd take my music,

my music, tie it up in a little Beach Boys bow,

turn around and say, "Oh, Charlie, no, no.

You don't have any money coming."

( clinking )

"You don't have any money coming."

Is that right?

What the hell is this?

That's for you.

No, no, you go ahead, you take that.

And every time you look at that,

I just want you to think,

"Oh, that's right.

Isn't it nice that I'm still alive."

Hey, I tried to help you, man.

It's not my fault that everyone thinks

you're some ungrateful, ex-con, pimp novelty act.

Melcher doesn't want to have anything

to do with you either, Charlie.

Just stay the hell away from all of us!

( acoustic guitar plays )

MAN: How do we get everybody

to the bottomless pit, Charlie?

* Oh... how do we get to the bottomless pit *

( chuckling )

Going to build a road right through Devil's Canyon.

By then we'll have enough dune buggies

and everything else will be ready.

When is Helter Skelter going to start?

Well, that's what the Beatles been trying to tell us.

That's a message they want me to get out in my album.

Now I got to find another way to get it started.

Are we still getting Bobby out of jail, Charlie?

( acoustic guitar strums )

We're not talking about Bobby right now, are we?

It's all right.

He's only giving her what she wants.

Tex, meet me in the saloon after dinner.

It's time.

Time for you to take little Blackie by the hand

and show him how to kill some piggies.

I want you to go on up to where Terry Melcher used to live.

They got movie stars there now.

Kill everybody in the house.

Gruesome as you can.

Sadie, Linda, Katie.

You're going to go with Tex

and do what he tells you to do, okay?

Now is the time.

Helter Skelter.

I want you to wrap these in a rag.

If we get stopped,

you throw them out.

But we're just going on a creepy crawl, right?

Oh, definitely.

Here.

Hold up.

I want you to leave a sign, okay?

You girls know what to write.

Something witchy.

TATE: I want you home for your birthday.

POLANSKI: Maybe Tuesday

if I can get the visa.

Why?

What do you have planned for my birthday?

Some, uh...

You'll see.

Not until you...

Okay, be like that.

Don't tell me, eh?

I enrolled you in a class.

In what?

Expectant fathers class.

Oh, please.

Don't make me do it.

You'll love it.

What are you doing tonight?

Gibby and Voytek are still here, and Jay just came by, so...

Oh, my competition.

Never.

You have no competition.

You know that.

I know this.

I know this, baby.

Are you lonely over there?

Lonely for you.

That's all.

Really?

That's all?

I only want to play with you.

And my boy.

Call me tomorrow?

Of course.

I love you.

I love you, too.

Bye.

Bye.

Is Roman on his way?

As soon as he gets his visa.

Probably Tuesday.

I have to get some sleep.

I'm flying up to my mom's

for her birthday in the morning.

I can't tell you how sorry I am to miss that.

I know.

It's much more important for you to sleep late

and test the pool temperature.

( car approaching )

( dog barking )

Hey, Bill, how's life as a caretaker treating you?

Oh, yeah, really glamorous.

I can only stay a few minutes, man.

You want a drink?

Oh, yeah, sure.

So, you ever see Sharon Tate

out by the pool?

( cable whips and clatters )

( car doors close )

I can't stand this heat.

It's supposed to break Monday.

Roman will miss it.

Lucky guy.

Do you think Roman knows how lucky he is?

He knows we're both lucky.

We were almost lucky once,

weren't we?

I wonder...

Jay, don't.

Just... Just don't.

I'm just being theoretical.

When we were together in London.

Have you ever wondered what would have happened

if I had never come back to LA when I did?

What would have happened if you had never met Roman?

What would happen if fish could fly?

* When fishes can fly and the seas do run dry *

* 'Tis then that you'll marry I. *

Hmm.

Listen to me.

( chuckling )

I must be drunk.

You better not drive home tonight.

Get down.

Something wrong with the gate?

Oh, no, don't! Don't hurt me, I...!

( whispering ): Bang. We gotcha.

Come on.

Go around the side.

See if there's an open door or window.

There's nothing open.

( dog barking in distance )

Go back and wait by the car.

Linda!

Give me your knife.

Listen for sounds.

( gunshot ) ( woman screaming )

WOMAN: What are you going to do with him?!

I'm sorry.

I'm so sorry.

( voice distorted ): Sadie, make it stop!

( voice distorted ): It's too late.

It's too late.

I lost my knife.

( screaming )

( engine starts )

What in the hell do you think you're doing?

You don't do anything unless I tell you to.

Move over.

Oh, my head is killing me.

That son of a bitch wouldn't let go of my hair.

I thought my hand was going to break

every time I hit bone with that damn knife.

( coyote howling in distance )

Well?

There was a lot of panic.

It was real messy.

There were bodies lying all over the place...

but everyone's dead.

Do you have any remorse?

Go to bed and don't say anything to the others.

( siren blaring )

WOMAN ( crying ): There was blood everywhere!

Then-then they found...

They could still be...

They killed her. She's pregnant, and-and they killed her!

They killed her. I can't go back.

Everybody's dead.

( siren wailing )

( dog barking )

( dog yipping )

( yipping continues )

Freeze! What? What? What?

Don't move!

What? What's the matter?

( sirens approaching in distance )

( all talking at once )

What is it going to take? I think that, uh...

Just tell me what... Can you tell me he wants?

I don't know what he wants. ( phone rings )

Hey, listen, Roman. I think it's ridiculous.

To have dolphins talking to each other like humans.

I mean, the audience is going to laugh at us, okay?

It's stupid. Yes?

Oh, hi, Bill. How are you?

Which house?

What are you...

( phone chime rattles )

( gasps )

( sobbing )

( screaming ): No! No! No!

Come on! The news is on in the trailer!

REPORTER: Shockwaves all over the Southland

as the five victims of the Bel Air slayings

have been identified.

They are: Steven Earl Parent, 18,

who was visiting the caretaker on the property,

Voytek Frykowski, 32,

Abigail Folger, the Folger coffee heiress, 25, ( family members cheering )

Jay Sebring, 35, famous hairstylist to the stars,

and actress Sharon Tate, star of the movie Valley of the Dolls,

wife of film director Roman Polanski

and eight months pregnant with their child.

Polanski was not in the house last night

as he is in London working on a film.

Detectives on the scene commented

that the murders appeared to be ritualistic.

Details are sketchy, but the caretaker,

William Garretson, has been taken into custody.

( frogs croaking )

I just didn't expect it. That's all.

I mean...

God, I feel sick.

I don't know what to do.

You have to trust The Soul.

But how can this be right?

It's what we have to do.

But... but, I mean, you didn't even know them.

How could you do that?

Doesn't it bother you?

We know what they stand for.

They're the Man.

They're the authority, right?

They're part of the system that kills millions,

and they never even get their hands dirty.

But they were young.

They were like us... and she was p...

( sniffles ): ...she was pregnant.

Look, death is just an illusion anyway.

It's just a thought.

It has no meaning.

It's something you're doing for them,

not to them.

You really believe that?

It's true.

It's ugly, but it's true.

I think it's beautiful.

Well, I could never do it.

You don't know that.

You don't know what you can do, what anybody can do.

You know what I feel?

What?

Hungry.

That's all.

Me too.

You'll learn.

The more you do it, the more you like it.

( sniffles )

Don't cry for them.

We released them.

We made them come to now.

Listen to what Charlie says.

There is no good, no evil.

Nothing is wrong. Nothing is right.

Charlie wouldn't take us this far to let us fail.

There's a plan.

You just can't know what it is yet.

No sense makes sense.

Remember that.

I'm Thomas Naguchi,

Los Angeles County Coroner.

This is August 9, 1969.

Sharon Marie Polanski: female Caucasian, 26 years,

five-three, 135 pounds.

Blonde hair, hazel eyes.

Subject's supine.

Arms parallel, legs extended.

Hey, Jerry, you caught the Tate case?

Oh, yeah, I've got my pockets filled up with this one.

What brings sheriffs to town?

Uh, look, just so you know,

last month, uh, we found a stiff

out in Malibu, stabbed to death.

And just like yours.

There was something written on the wall

in the vic's blood: "political piggy."

At first we thought it might be tied in

with the Black Panthers, but then a few days later,

we took in this hippie kid driving the vic's car.

We found the knife, blood on the clothes, all of that.

Prints all match.

So what?

He had to be in jail when my people got offed.

Well, we don't think he was the only one

involved with our body.

This kid was living up at Spahn Ranch,

that movie place in Chatsworth.

They got a commune or something, all these hippies.

There's a guy who runs them.

He says he's Jesus,

as in Christ.

And maybe there's something...

Well, look, uh, thanks, guys,

but we like drugs for this.

A burn, freak out, something.

We found coke and weed all over the house and in Sebring's car.

Nice freaking Porsche, by the way.

Cream puff.

Well, these are similar kinds of murders,

don't you think?

Ton of stab wounds in both cases,

messages left at both scenes,

both printed in the vic's blood,

and in both, there's the word "pig."

You guys do good work.

Now, if you don't hear from us in a week or so,

that means we've squared everything away.

Right.

Dad, can you slow down a little?

There's a kid on a pogo stick about to pass us.

Everybody's a comedian.

I can't do my usual 90 miles an hour

trailing this thing behind me, now can I?

Yeah, stop torturing your father, Suzanne.

Yeah, your mother needs no help in that department.

REPORTER ( over radio ): Top stories this hour: Hey.

Police sources say drugs were found at the Tate murder scene,

and detectives grilled prime suspect William Garretson today

for several hours.

But first, here's Chip with traffic and weather.

Oh, it's unbelievable.

The world could come to an end,

but they've got to do traffic and weather first.

Those poor people. Can you imagine?

That girl at the lake said they were all, like,

devil worshipers or something. Yeah. I hate to say it,

but you almost hope it is something like that,

something that-that could explain it.

Oh, please, Ro, I'm sick of hearing about it already.

Oh, come on, Leno.

That's a terrible thing that happened to those people.

I know, I know,

but, uh, there must be something else

that happened in the world today.

Uh, I-I mean, did the war stop?

Did, uh, Nixon take the day off?

I mean something, what?

You know, they said Roman Polanski's

whole family was killed by the Nazis in Poland.

All their fame, all their money.

Look what happens.

LENO: Good-bye, honey.

RO: Bye, sweetheart. We love you.

LENO: Love you. I love you, too.

RO: Don't forget to lock your door.

SUZANNE: I won't.

LENO: Good night!

Last night, it wasn't cool last night.

It was messy.

Way too messy all the way around.

So I'm going to have to show you how it's done.

Going to split up in two groups tonight.

Going to have to jump-start Helter Skelter.

This looks like as good a house as any.

You scared?

Are you?

Whatever will be, will be.

* Que sera, sera *

ALL: * Whatever will be, will be *

* The future's not ours to see *

* Que sera, sera *

* Que sera, sera... *

There now.

Now, as long as you cooperate,

long as you play along,

nobody gets hurt.

You see?

You understand?

What do you want?

Okay, Tex, Katie and Leslie,

you go inside.

There's two people.

I've got them tied up, and they're calm.

All right?

Now, last night, you let them people know

that you were going to kill them.

That's what caused all the panic, see?

These people-- don't need to let them know nothing, okay?

Just maintain, play it cool and casual.

Kind of like you live here, all right?

All right, get your clothes.

You go in there,

and I want you to paint a painting for me.

And the painting that I'm looking for

is more gruesome than anybody's ever seen.

That's the title of that painting, all right?

All right.

Hitchhike back to the ranch when you're done.

Off you go.

Whoo, whoo, whoo.

Hey, wipe this for prints.

Take the change.

You do it now.

( engine starting )

Hey, hey.

Did you do what I told you?

I hid the wallet behind the toilet.

Good girl, good girl.

Now see, some Blackie's going to find that,

take himself out on the town

with Whitey's credit card line,

then get busted and blamed, you see?

You did good.

Let's go.

Oh, yay!

Thanks, Dad!

Yeah, Dad.

One more word out of you, Little Johnny,

and I'm going to be pulling over right now.

No, Dad, no! You hear?

No, Dad!

I'm serious. No!

One more sound in this car...

( hysterical laughter )

...there's gonna be hell to pay.

There's gonna be some hell to pay.

You ever had your...?

You ever have yourself an ass-whuppin'?

No, Daddy.

Well, you just

circle your calendar.

Today is the day.

Today is the day.

Who's got my keys?

Who's got my keys? You got my keys?

Who's got your keys, Dad? Oh, I got my keys.

( crying )

( Linda crying )

It's funny, that's all.

( sniffs )

( engine starting )

Well, all right.

Here we go.

MANSON: So, how old are you, little sister?

Nineteen.

Well, I'm 34.

And more than half of that 34,

that's how long I been in prison.

And you know what one half of 34 years

in prison gave me?

What?

Prison gave me fear.

Prison gave me the gift of fear.

You see, I found out that fear keeps you alive,

protects you,

teaches you things.

All right?

If, if you can learn to face your fear

and learn to live with it.

Now, you think

you can get up on this world and do that?

I don't know.

That's it.

That's it, come on.

I want you to face your fear

and kill me.

What?

Face your fear.

Kill me now.

It means nothing.

I'm not you, Charlie.

( sniffles )

( gasps )

Well, maybe I should kill you then.

You see, death-- that's just an illusion, death.

Listen now: love fear, okay?

Love fear. You feel that?

Love fear.

Receive it, give it.

It's your only weapon in this world,

it's your only defense in this life.

What about love?

Is-Is there love outside?

There's no love outside.

Didn't the world prove that to you already?

I'm pregnant, Charlie.

I'm not exactly sure who the father is.

That's-That's beautiful!

That's beautiful!

That's another life.

Another life with no program.

No ego.

Listen, all your love needs...

All your love needs is you got to trust.

Trust yourself.

Trust my love.

Come to now.

Come to now,

where no sense suddenly makes sense.

You see, no sense makes sense.

No sense makes sense.

No sense makes sense.

( woman crying )

The son and daughter found the body

of the stepfather about an hour ago.

The mother's in the bedroom.

That what I think it is?

Yup.

And, uh...

There's water in the bathroom.

Towels are wet.

I think the killer took a shower.

Then had a snack.

Mm-hmm.

( camera shutter clicks )

In the wake of last night's brutal Benedict Canyon killings,

there are two more murders to report tonight.

( group cheering )

Los Feliz residents Leno LaBianca, 44,

and his wife Rosemary, 38,

were found stabbed and mutilated in their home.

Police, at this hour, have not confirmed

whether or not the murders are connected.

As the only suspect in the Tate murders,

William Garretson was released after passing a polygraph.

A second set of brutal ritual killings in as many days

has the Los Angeles area caught in a vice grip of fear.

We don't see any connection

between this murder and the others.

They're too widely removed.

We just don't see any connection.

For now, we are treating these as unrelated murders.

( reporters clamoring )

Mr. Polanski! Mr. Polanski!

Mr. Polanski!

( clamoring continues )

( door squeaking )

Where are you going?

Away.

I'm taking Tanya.

They won't let you go.

Not now.

I have to.

I thought he was Jesus.

So did I.

But guess what?

He's not.

Don't have your baby here with these people.

Get out.

He'll hurt my parents.

He knows where they live.

( anxious breathing )

I have to tell him, you know?

I know.

But can't you just wait until we're gone?

Just a few hours?

Okay.

( crying quietly )

( indistinct conversation )

( birds chirping )

What's up?

Nothing.

I, um...

I just wanted to see

if I could spend a little time alone with Tanya.

You strung out, or what?

Yeah, I guess so.

You probably shouldn't be alone with her, then.

Charlie doesn't like that anyway.

I know.

Looks like she's having fun.

Leave her be.

I wanted to go inside.

Just for a look.

May I?

These Hollywood people,

they bring all this on themselves.

It's all sex and drugs with them.

What do they expect?

Me, personally, I think

it's all these weird movies Polanski makes.

You see the one where Mia Farrow gets knocked up by the devil?

In the meantime, Roman Polanski is so grief stricken

that he cannot speak, and is near collapse.

And get this-- Polanski was out night clubbing days later

with a bunch of airline stewardesses.

This is the kind of movie trash we're dealing with here.

It was Polish secret police.

They were after Roman for years because he defected from Poland.

REPORTER: Sources close to the investigation say

there had been a wild party here

at the Tate house attended by

some of the biggest freaks and weirdoes in Hollywood.

I have to speak out...

against this multitude of slanders

that you reporters write.

For selfish reason, you write...

unbearable for me...

terrible things about my wife.

All of you know how beautiful she was.

But only a few of you know how good she was.

Sharon

did not use dope.

While she was pregnant,

she wouldn't even have a glass of wine.

There was no marriage trouble.

There were no orgies.

The last few years I spend with her...

were the only time of true happiness in my life.

( reporters clamoring )

MANSON: Now, when the revolution starts,

we'll go right over them Santa Susanna Mountains

like a flock of birds and cut across the Mojave.

When Blackie starts slaughtering Whitey,

we'll go clear to Death Valley

without having to cross any highways, you see?

What about the pit?

Well, we're going to have to search for the entrance.

I'll be able to really start seeing things,

start tuning things in, once we get out there.

It's in Devil's Canyon, I know that,

but it might be underwater.

Wait, wait, wait.

Water in the desert?

I'll take that by you again.

The Devil's Hole in Devil's Canyon-- underwater.

That's where I think the entrance is, Joey.

Bottomless pit through The Devil's Hole.

I'm with you, Chuck.

Do I look like... a Chuck to you?

A Chuck?

Chuck.

Hiya, Chuck.

Is that what I look like to you?

No. No, you don't.

Died on the cross for you, of all things.

Didn't do you much good, did it?

By the end of the week,

we should have everything moved up to Devil's Canyon,

and we'll make a trail right to Devil's Hole.

Charlie, Linda's gone.

So is her stuff.

Where's the kid?

Here.

That's okay, then.

The kid's here, so she'll come here.

And when she's here, we'll make her come to now.

( helicopter approaching )

Oh, man!

( sirens blaring )

Move it, ladies!

Let's go! Move it!

Okay. You are all under arrest.

Here is our warrant.

It is for possession of stolen vehicles,

dune buggies and firearms.

You have the right to remain silent.

Anything you say can and will be used against you

in a court of law.

The evidence for violations of Section 487.3

of the California Penal Code, is deemed insufficient.

In addition, it is found that the search warrant

for the Spahn Ranch was executed two days prior to the raid,

and is therefore not legally in force.

Dismissed.

( cheering and whooping )

They got all the guns.

Took all the cars, all the buggies.

They took all our credit cards and I.D.'s.

They cleaned us out.

It don't matter.

We'll steal some more starting tomorrow.

Bruce, how we doing in Barker?

I got almost everything out there, Charlie--

half a dozen dune buggies and the big bus.

Then we're late for the desert.

Let's be ready.

( phone ringing )

WOMAN: Hello?

Gypsy, it's Linda.

Where are you?

I found my ex-husband.

We're staying in New Mexico.

I can't believe you left Tanya.

I had to.

I couldn't stay there another minute. I mean...

Charlie wouldn't hurt a child, right?

Look, man, we got raided.

All the kids were taken in by Social Services.

MANSON: You see how spiritualism

scares these people?

So they send their machines

to dig holes to confuse us,

to make it harder for us to find the entrance to the pit.

Well, we'll burn 'em down wherever we find 'em.

Let's go!

Get down! Everybody down!

Out, out, out!

Come on, let's go, move it!

Move it!

( yelling continues )

Let's go!

Everybody outside!

Get out! Move it!

Let's go, let's go!

Everybody outside!

( sirens wailing )

( man whooping )

Please, get us out of here.

These people are crazy.

They're going to kill us.

( sobbing )

Get the hell out of there!

Let's go! Get out!

Oh, man.

Hey, uh, remind me never to try that again, man.

Who the hell are you?

Charlie Manson.

Good. You're under arrest for arson.

You did the right thing, Kitty.

Look, I don't understand what's happening.

I just wanted to get away from Charlie.

I didn't do anything wrong.

Kitty, we're investigating the murder of Gary Hinman.

Officer Pursell here called

and told us you're Bobby Beausoleil's girlfriend.

We're holding Beausoleil for the murder of Hinman.

You know that, right?

Kitty, were you there that day?

No. We think you were,

Kitty. We think you helped

your boyfriend off Hinman.

No!

I... swear.

We know there were

other people involved.

If you help us, you help yourself.

Look, all I know is what I heard.

Spit it out, Kitty.

I heard that... Charlie sent Bobby and Sadie

to go see Hinman to get some money from him.

There was, like, a fight, and he got killed.

And who's Sadie?

Sadie Mae Glutz.

She's one of Charlie's girls.

And then, uh, later on,

Sadie told me something about...

how she and some other girls got in a fight

with a guy who pulled her hair,

and she stabbed him, like, three or four times in the leg.

So Hinman wouldn't give up the money?

Nope, and he was going through some changes

about losing his ear...

and then Bobby stabbed him.

He didn't want to die, though.

That's for sure.

We were on our way out,

and we heard him all gurgling and moaning,

so Bobby went back in and stabbed him again until he died.

You wrote something on the wall?

Yeah, and Bobby put a paw print there, too,

so it'd look like the Black Panthers did it.

Your real name is Susan Atkins, right?

Used to be.

Charlie gave me the name Sadie, so that's who I am.

Okeydokey.

Well, uh... Sadie, Susan, whatever... tell you what.

We're just going to go ahead and book you

on suspicion of the murder of Gary Hinman.

Far out.

Writing look familiar? Hell, yeah.

And you went to the Tate detectives on this?

The day after.

They told us they had this figured for drugs,

and that was that.

Unbelievable. Hey, no offense,

Sherlock, but you guys waited

two months before you called us

to see if we had any similar murders.

What's the matter, LAPD don't need sheriffs?

Knock it off, there's enough politics on this thing already.

So, we got Kitty what's-her-face

implicating Manson on the Hinman murder.

Sadie,

implicating herself.

Three separate murder scenes.

Knives at all three.

A savage stabbing looking like a crazy stabbing.

Writing on the walls at all three scenes.

All in the victims' blood, similar messages.

One more thing.

Sadie told Kitty that she got into a fight

with a man who pulled her hair.

She stabbed him three or four times in the leg.

So?

So, Gary Hinman was not stabbed in the legs.

But Voytek Frykowski was.

Mr. Manson, we're investigating

the LaBianca homicides in Los Angeles,

which I'm sure you've heard about.

Anything you can tell us on that?

No.

How 'bout the Tate homicides?

Know anything about those?

Well, no.

Do you?

Well, it's a steep learning curve,

I'll tell you that.

( chuckling )

Murders, my goodness.

No, I don't know nothing about no murders.

I'm being held for-- let's see--

alphabetically: arson and auto theft.

The people who were arrested with you, Mr. Manson...

Yeah, how 'bout them? Where are they?

Most have been released or bailed out.

Think someone will show up with your bail?

Well, you know, you never can tell about that, can you?

Think anybody living with you on the ranch might know something?

Yeah.

Really?

Yeah.

You got a pen and paper?

( laughs )

Got you good.

Now, did you see

how serious he took out that notepad?

Did you see that?

That's funny.

Yeah. Well, now, is there anything else

I can do for you gentlemen?

( indistinct announcement over P.A. )

Hi, Mom.

Give me my girl.

Hey...

Hey, there's my pretty girl.

Oh, look at you.

You're getting so big. I missed you. I know.

I didn't know if I'd ever see you again.

I'm sorry.

You look different.

What happened to you?

What happened to you out there?

I'm definitely not worried about the cops.

I mean, they just suck. Stupid, man.

If they're so stupid, why are we in here?

They got me in the wrong murder.

How's that for stupid?

There's this case right now-- they're so far off,

they don't even know what's happening.

What case?

That thing

up in Benedict Canyon.

Benedict Canyon.

You don't mean Sharon Tate?

Well, you know who did it, don't you?

You're looking at her.

Yeah, right. I did.

There were three other people with us,

but I killed the Polish guy.

I think they said that it was, uh,

probably a drug thing or something.

The paper's worse than the cops.

I heard one that said there were hoods

on their heads.

Stupid, man.

There weren't any hoods.

You're saying that you killed Sharon Tate...

and the others?

We all did our fair share.

I did stab Sharon, though.

"Please don't kill me.

"I want to live.

I want to have my baby."

She was the last to die.

She had to watch the others.

I was going to cut the baby out of her, but...

Well, it's a long story, but believe me,

there's going to be plenty more.

We've already killed 11 people so far.

We're going to travel the whole country

and we're going to kill families

in all those little small towns,

and then we're going to move on and we're going to kill again,

and it's all being planned.

But anyway, when I was finished with Sharon, I had

all this blood on my hands, so I tasted it.

Wow, what a trip.

To taste death yet give life.

Have you ever tasted blood?

No.

OFFICER: You're a hard man to find, Joey.

You gang guys ought to publish your own phone book, you know?

List of what street corners or flophouses

you sleep in. What am I doing here?

We talked to a girl who was in the Manson Family,

said you were close to Charlie,

knew a lot about what was going on.

So?

Let me tell you, Joey.

We really like Manson in this group

for those Tate/LaBianca murders.

You got something

to help us with that,

we'll help you back.

Well, I'll tell you, the thing is, is this:

is I got a Federal beef for smuggling weed into Mexico,

and, uh, also got a firearms beef

which is Fed, too, so...

Look, you level with us,

we go out for you 100%.

Poof. All gone.

Okay, let me ask you this:

You ever get a dead body with his ear cut off?

What about him?

JOEY: Charlie bragged to me one time

about he put the chop on some guy,

that he used a sword to cut his ear off.

Give me some more.

Okay.

Um, was there anybody ever got their fridge wrote on?

Charlie was saying something

about someone writing something

on a refrigerator... in blood, he said.

What was it?

Something about pigs.

Something like that.

Do you remember anything about the night of August 8?

It's hard, 'cause they didn't have any, uh, calendars

in there-- no clocks, either.

There was this one night everybody went out.

You got to give me a date.

About two weeks before I got arrested at the ranch.

So, I seen Charlie in the morning,

and, uh... I says to him,

"Where did everybody go last night?"

and, uh, he says...

We knocked off five pigs last night.

( keys rattling )

( lock buzzes )

I am pleased to be able to announce to you

that after some 8,750 hours of police work,

the Los Angeles Police Department

has solved the Tate case.

Warrants have been issued for the arrest of three individuals:

Charles "Tex" Watson, 24, who fled the state

after the murders and is now in custody

in McKinney, Texas,

Patricia Krenwinkel, 21, also known as Katie,

who is currently in custody,

and Linda Kasabian,

age and present whereabouts unknown.

We anticipate at least two other people

will be named in indictments from the grand jury.

Uh, these individuals, we believe,

were also involved in the deaths of Rosemary and Leno LaBianca.

( Linda crying )

MOTHER: You can tell me.

Just tell me what happened.

Hey, Linda...

( crying )

( clanking )

( lock buzzes )

Vincent Bugliosi, Deputy DA,

please meet Susan Atkins.

Accused murderess.

Miss Atkins.

Sadie.

Of course.

Your lawyer explained to you that the State of California

is offering you a reduced sentence

based on your truthful testimony?

He said I didn't have much choice.

He told me you're not too happy about it either.

He'd be right about that.

How come?

Well, Sadie, according to your statement,

you helped kill Gary Hinman,

and you personally stabbed Sharon Tate.

You wouldn't be my first choice

for a reduced sentence.

Bosses upstairs, right?

Something like that.

Bummer.

Well, what do you want me to do?

First, you testify to the grand jury,

then at the trial.

I heard them say

you're the prosecutor with heart, is that true?

I doubt it.

My lawyer says you're the biggest gun

in the DA's Office.

That's why they assigned you.

Says you won 20 murder trials in a row.

I came to talk about you, Sadie.

You know, Charlie's looking at us right now,

and he can hear everything we're saying.

Charlie's in jail up in Inyo.

I liked it better when were talking about you.

Would you kill for Charlie?

You want to kill us, don't you?

You want to give us the death penalty.

You're just a right-wing Republican like Nixon

who wants to see us all die.

Do you believe Charles Manson is Jesus Christ?

He's my personal savior.

Besides, he has to be who he says he is.

Why?

Because, if he isn't,

then who are we then, nothing? No.

He's The Soul.

No doubt about it.

Tell me what happened those nights.

Tell me what went on in those houses.

Miss Atkins, I have here a photograph of the Rambler

driven by Steven Parent that night.

Is this the car you saw?

It looks similar to it, yes.

Is this the person you saw Tex Watson shoot and kill?

That is the thing I saw in the car.

( gasping, murmuring )

When you say "thing,"

you are referring to a human being?

Yes, human being.

After you helped Tex move the car,

you approached the house?

Hey, what time is it?

Be quiet.

Don't move, or you're dead.

Who are you?

What are you doing here?

I'm the devil, ( cocks gun hammer )

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

Check for anybody else.

( talking quietly )

There's three more people.

I don't understand this.

Wh-What do you want?

Go get them.

Don't say a word.

Get up and go into the living room.

Go!

Get up and go into the living room.

( gasps ) Who are...?

Don't ask any questions.

Just do what I say.

Go.

What are you doing here?

Shut up.

Lay on your stomachs on the floor.

Can't you see that she's pregnant?

Let her sit down.

( gunshot )

( screaming )

Shut up.

Whose got money?

I do.

In my bedroom.

Do you want the credit cards?

No.

( crying ) What're you going to do?

( screaming )

( screaming )

Someone's going for a ride.

You're all going to die.

Please.

Please don't.

( screaming )

( gunshots )

( screaming )

He crawled outside.

He won't die.

Kill her.

Please, don't kill me.

Look bitch, I've no mercy for you.

Please let me live so I can have my baby.

( screaming )

I give up.

Take me.

I'm already dead.

( distorted ): Write something.

( gasping )

Take the baby.

Cut... cut the baby out.

Save the baby.

I can't.

BUGLIOSI: 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 going to do to me, Mom?

Come on, let's go.

Don't come in with me.

Please.

( wind blowing gently )

( keys jangling )

So, how many lifetimes do you think you can hold me

for arson and auto theft?

( keys jangling )

BUGLIOSI: Miss Atkins?

You're at the LaBianca house,

and Manson just 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's going to be all right, sweetheart. Just...

No, no, no.

What are you...?

Hey! No! Leave... Leave...

Leave her... No.

Leave her. They said

they wouldn't hurt...

Leave her.

Hey, what are you doing?

Please, save me! Leno! Leno!

( screaming )

Stop it.

( screaming )

Come on.

Charlie says we all have to do it.

( laughing )

* Voices always forever is one, is one, is one *

* Inside yourself for your father... *

Hello.

That one's for you. That one's for you.

He's a cutie, huh?

BUGLIOSI: 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 that have ever been 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 Los Angeles County Grand Jury

has 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?

( sobbing )

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?

* Inside yourself for your father *

* All is love, all is love *

* All is one *

* Time to grow time from behind you *

* The illusion has been just a dream *

* The Valley of Death and they'll find you *

* Now is one on a sunshine beam *

* So bring on the young confections *

* For their life will surely be *

* No cloaks or fear or hunger *

* You can see, you can see, you can see... *

JUDGE: The defense requests a postponement

until December 22 to enter a plea.

Do the People object?

No, Your Honor.

( quietly ): The People rejoice.

We need all the time we can get.

Okay, motion granted.

Let's have all parties back here

December 22, 9:00 a.m. sharp.

That never happened before.

What?

Need all the paperwork a week before...

My watch stopped, dead.

And I mean that, gentlemen.

Not the night before.

Now, uh,

Mr. Manson, I understand, uh,

you have a personal request of the court?

Uh, Judge, uh,

I would like to have my public defender dismissed.

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

but I'm playing for my life.

I think he might be playing for money,

but I'm playing for keeps,

and that's something you can't buy.

So I'm going to have to defend myself.

Interesting.

But I don't know if you're competent

to proceed in pro per.

Well, 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.

JUDGE: You'd be making

a huge mistake, Mr. Manson.

( tittering )

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.

( gavel bangs )

JUDGE: This case is adjourned until December 22.

Uh, all right, will counsel for Driscoll v. California

please approach the bench?

Your hands are shaking, Charlie.

What's the matter? Are you scared of me?

Uh, no. Not really.

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

I'm going to 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 going to tell me how come?

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

Like what?

Well, for one thing, I'd really like to know

where you get the crazy idea

that other people don't want to live?

* Helter Skelter *

* Helter Skelter *

* Helter Skelter *

* Aah! *

* Everyone... *

I fell in love with Charlie Manson

the first time I saw his cherub face and sparkling eyes on TV.

His words encourage and inspire us.

( melody continues )

We think Charles Manson is really, like,

the death of the hippie.

I mean, this guy doesn't stand for anything that we believe in.

But we're totally lumped in with him and his psycho family.

Whoa, whoa! Man, I ain't no hippie, man.

I hate the hippie.

So how can I be a hippie if I hate the hippie, man?

See that? Don't try to push that off on me, man.

See, I never wanted to be a hippie

because I never wanted to be weak.

Weak, that's right, weak like, oh,

oh, "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.

But I know the truth of life

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

I am not afraid to inflict it.

BUGLIOSI: The Sheriff's Office says

half a dozen kids a day show up at Spahn

to join the family.

Great, Girl Scouts and the 4-H Club

must be taking a huge 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 did these kids end up stabbing people

with knives and forks 169 times?

Drugs? Who knows?

The why is not our problem. We don't have to prove motive.

But in this one, without the why

we don't have a case against Manson.

Now, if Manson had actually participated in these murders,

if he was actually there,

then the motive would be irrelevant.

It could be about Dodger tickets, it wouldn't matter,

because he was there and he did it.

But he wasn't there.

He didn't personally kill anyone,

but he ordered them to be killed.

Now, if we can't prove why

he would order anyone else to commit these murders,

that's a reasonable doubt case.

So why did he order them?

Everyone says Manson talked about a war

called Helter Skelter.

He mentioned it to the murderers

before they left for Tate.

And it was written on the refrigerator at LaBianca.

Misspelled.

Probably just stupidity.

We're not talking about Rhodes Scholars here.

But if we can tie this Helter Skelter idea to the murders,

and then tie Manson to the words "Helter Skelter"

written at the crime scene,

that's the same as finding his fingerprints.

It sounds like a stretch to me.

Aaron, if we only nail Tex and the girls and not Manson,

this will not be a successful prosecution.

This is going to ruin my reputation,

being seen with a guy in a suit.

My leathers are all being cleaned.

Right.

Joey, what can you tell me about Helter Skelter?

Charlie got all his beliefs from two places--

The Bible and the Beatles.

The White Album?

He believed the Beatles were talking directly to him.

The Beatles are talking to you?

"You say you got a real solution.

Well, you know, we'd all love to see the plan."

There it is right there.

Who you think they're talking to?

Revolution #9.

Take that by you again.

Revolution #9.

They're telling me to look, where?

Where? In your bottle? In the Bible, man.

In the Bible.

Check it out, check it out.

Revelation #9.

See the part about the four angels.

Four angels.

Their faces were as the faces of men.

They had hair as the hair of women.

Now who do you think they're talking about?

Your mother in Russia?

Talking about the Beatles, man.

Out of the mouths of the four angels

issued fire and brimstone.

Breastplates of Iron.

Hey, see that? Breastplates of Iron.

Oh, electric guitars.

Read verse 15.

"And the four angels were loosed,

"which were prepared for an hour and a day

"and a month and a year,

for to slay the third part of men."

Helter Skelter.

One third of mankind will die. Whitey.

All the Whitey

is that one third.

Everybody believed it? The whole family?

Hook, line and sinker, man.

They used to spend days in the desert looking for the hole

that led to the bottomless pit.

You know, so they'd know where to hide out

when Helter Skelter started.

Did Manson ever say anything to you

that made you feel Helter Skelter

was tied in to the Tate-LaBianca killings?

Not at the time, but looking back on it, you know...

I don't know, Joey.

There was this feeling on the ranch,

like people getting impatient, Charlie, especially.

When was this Helter Skelter going to start, right?

And then one day, right before the cops raided Spahn

and arrested everybody...

But after the murders? Right.

I went up to Charlie and I says,

"What's with Helter Skelter, man?"

You know, like, kidding around with him.

I had to show Blackie how to do it.

So Helter Skelter is a race war.

The blacks will destroy the whites.

Except for Charlie and the family,

because they'll be hiding in the desert.

So he orders the Tate-LaBianca killings,

thinking blacks will be blamed

and that will start the war.

That's Helter Skelter, man.

I still don't get one thing.

What does Manson get out of it?

Is he just a swell guy

who wants to help out the black man?

Hell, no.

Charlie hates blacks.

He hates Jews. He even hates women.

He once told me that women were slaves with no souls.

No, whatever it is,

it ain't for the benefit of mankind.

It's for the benefit of Charlie.

How? How does it benefit him?

I don't know.

Who would?

Paul Watkins.

He left the ranch right before the murders started,

but he spent a lot of time with Charlie in the desert.

You think you knew Manson better than the others?

I lived with him for one year straight.

I know Charlie.

I became Charlie.

Everything that I once was, was Charlie.

There was nothing left of me anymore.

And all the people in the family?

There's nothing left of them anymore.

They're all Charlie, too.

You seem like a solid guy, Paul, a smart guy.

Why did you stay so long?

I thought Charlie was Christ.

What did he tell you about Helter Skelter?

Helter Skelter-- stay with me now.

Helter Skelter begins

with a black man going into white people's homes,

ripping them off, killing them off.

And Blackie will wipe out Whitey,

cut up piggy bodies, take that piggy blood,

put it all over all the piggy walls.

Now I got an idea this might make the White man

a little unhappy.

There will be revolution. There will be revelation.

Blackie will rise,

oh, and bye-bye, Whitey.

Then Blackie will be on top.

In the meantime, we, you and me, we, will be hiding

all the wiser in the desert in the bottomless pit.

Oh, but what did I tell you

about Blackie having himself a little problem?

See, Blackie's going to find out.

Oh, no!

He can only do

what the white man taught him how to do.

He can only do what the white man would let him.

And I'll say, and scratch Blackie's little head like that,

his fearful, fuzzy head, and I'll say "That's all right.

"That's all right. You just...

"you just go on over there.

Do whatever you think is useful."

And then the black man, even without Whitey,

the black man will be right back where he will always be.

And it will be my world then.

My world.

So Manson was going to rule the planet?

The thing about Charlie is, he was always preaching love.

Charlie had no idea what love was.

Charlie was so far from love, it wasn't even funny.

Death is Charlie's trip.

It really is.

More fan mail, Charlie.

It's love mail, man.

These are people who know what's right.

Let me know if you get any naked pictures.

Rock 11.

You've got a visitor.

You know, the pigs here

aren't real bad, man.

They're just real dumb.

( chuckling )

So, I just play a little dumber,

and they start thinking they're pretty smart.

And the dumber they think you are, the better they feel

and the more they let you slide.

So you going to beat this thing, Charlie?

Well, what do you think they got, man?

I wasn't there so they can't tie me to anything.

So they got nothing, right?

And no matter what, them girls will take the rap.

You don't worry about it.

You just make sure

that everybody at the ranch...

Or you know what to do about it.

What about Sadie?

Oh, you mean, that stupid bitch?

Yeah, I'm going to have to shut her up.

Uh, Your Honor,

the Sheriff and the DA sitting somewhere over there,

they are denying me my rights.

Would you believe that?

Mr. Bugliosi and Mr. Stovitz

have been very fair with you, Mr. Manson.

Well, but see now, I was going to ask him

if he wouldn't mind just calling the whole thing off.

( laughter )

I think it might save us a whole lot of trouble.

JUDGE KEENE: And disappoint all these people?

Never, Mr. Manson.

Good one, Your Honor.

That's good.

( chuckles )

But for example, okay, if, if I'm to properly mount

the proper type of defense, it behooves me

to be able to interview Linda Kasabian and Sadie Mae Glutz.

But their lawyers, oh, they're denying me, too.

Would you believe that?

They have that right.

Yeah, well, see, but I got this message now.

Uh, see, Sadie says that the DA over there

made her say everything she said, so therefore,

she would like very much to, to, to put...

What is the word there?

I give up, what is the word?

Bugliosi, can you help me out?

Recant?

That's it.

She would like to recant the whole crazy confession.

She's not going to testify.

Now, one more motion here, Your Honor.

Where's my motion?

Here's my motion.

Okay, Charles Manson, also known as Jesus Christ,

prisoner and the Family of the Infinite Soul, are filing

this motion on behalf of Manson-Christ,

charging that the sheriff is depriving me

of my every last spiritual, mental, physical

and molecular liberty in an inconstitutional manner,

not in harmony with man's or God's law.

Asking that I be released as of now.

WOMAN: Right on, Charlie!

Heretofore, forthwith, and all that, right about now!

Mr. Manson, you're wasting the court's time.

Is that a no, Your Honor?

I'm appalled at your outlandish requests

and nonsensical motions.

It is abundantly clear to me

that you're incapable of acting as your own lawyer.

Well, Your Honor, if there was any Christian justice,

someone would cut your head off!

Yeah, you. You can kill me now!

Come on! Kill me right now!

Yeah, oh, yeah, you can kill me!

Oh, yes, you can! But, oh, no!

You can't give me no attorney.

Yeah, yeah.

So you think I'm on trial!

Well, this court is on trial.

This court is out of order. This court is out of God!

Mr. Manson, your status as acting as your own attorney

is now vacated.

( banging gavel ) Mr. Manson.

( banging continues )

( all yelling )

( Manson protesting )

Quiet!

( all yelling )

( gavel banging )

( chanting ): You are a mockery of justice.

You are a joke.

You are a mockery of justice. You are a joke.

Silence!

Kill me a thousand times!

Piggy!

( gavel banging )

He tries to pass himself off

as an innocent buffoon in the courtroom,

but he's completely controlling the defense.

And now he got to Sadie.

What's happening with Tex Watson?

Still in jail in Texas fighting extradition.

We're looking at a separate trial for him for sure.

You're just trying to cheer me up.

I can't believe this.

We've got Manson tied to Helter Skelter.

We've got the motive,

but with no witness, we're dead in the water.

Linda?

When can I talk to somebody?

Not just yet.

I have to get rid of this.

I can't keep this inside.

We have to wait.

Let them offer you a deal.

I just want to tell it.

You will go to prison, Linda.

This prosecutor is very, very good

and he's seeking the death penalty.

I don't care about that.

You saw and heard things

that will help put those people away,

but you didn't hurt anyone.

They will give you immunity if we ask for it.

They need you now. Believe me.

Let me call Bugliosi and talk to him about immunity.

( dogs barking )

What's the matter, Linda?

Why couldn't they have been here that night?

You ready to walk us through what happened?

( barking continues )

( groaning )

( baby crying )

It's a boy.

A little baby boy.

( baby crying )

Not yet, please?

It's okay. He'll never know.

He'll never know.

He's beautiful. He's pure.

This will never, never touch him.

He'll be waiting for you.

You wanted to say something to me, Charlie?

I'm a busy man these days

with the trial starting tomorrow.

Well, I just wanted you to let you know

I don't really care about any of this.

I have X'd myself from your world.

'Cause see, in your world,

you think I'm bad

or whatever it is you need me to be for you,

but in my world, I didn't kill nobody.

I know.

You programmed your followers to do it for you.

Come on, Bugliosi. Come on.

I had no influence over them kids.

Their parents had them way before I did.

Your schools had them by the throat.

Your TVs and your movies, oh, but look at you over there,

trying so hard to believe,

that, oh, I had all the influence over them kids.

I showed them the way back to themselves.

That's all.

You controlled those kids, and you know it.

The way back to themselves.

And yeah, for this, yeah,

I know they would die for me for this,

but I didn't ask nobody to kill for me.

You see, your kids, they came to me

with all your disease already up inside their head.

How do you feel about that, huh?

That's right. Your kids.

The ones you threw away.

Well, these outcasts, they come to me, and I do what?

I free them.

How terrible! I freed them

from society, their parents.

I freed them from themselves.

You disposed of them.

I picked them up by the roadside and I say to them,

"Now, whatever you do for your brothers and sisters is good,

as long as you do it with a good thought."

That's right.

Do as your love tells you to do.

Oh, but I see now, you can't see that

as being love, can you?

No, you got to call that dirty.

You've got to say, "Oh, that's dirty, oh, my child.

"My child is a criminal. My child is a crook.

My child, my child." But it's not my child.

Well, that's why they come to me.

That's why they stay,

and that's why they would die for me.

Well, I think they're all going to get their wish, Charlie.

And you're going to lead the way.

Well, there are plenty more coming, Bugliosi, you see?

And it don't really matter when you kill me

because I'll always be around.

You see, ready to pull them back in.

That's right.

Take me to the gas chamber right now.

Say, "Get in there and sit down, son.

Give us your life again,"

and there will still be someone just like me

who will reach out

and pull your children from the garbage heap

that you made for them.

You!

You remember that, Bugliosi.

The world better remember that

when they're feeding on them,

when they're drunk on their blood, man!

The world better remember their children

when their children come after them with knives!

You! You remember that!

BUGLIOSI: You'll stay isolated from the general population

from now on.

You'll be safe.

Are you going to be okay facing Manson in court?

Are you still in love with him?

Some of the things he said were true.

But he's really good at taking the truth

and making a lie out of it.

I guess I'll go.

You need anything else?

No.

What did you name your son?

Angel.

Do you have a family?

Kids?

Yeah.

You have a nice life.

Yeah, I do.

You will too, Linda.

When this is all done, you can start over.

You'll be free.