Manson Family Part 1: The Foundation

On August 8th, 1969, intruders broke into the upscale home of movie producer Roman Polanski and his 8 and a half months pregnant wife, actress Sharon Tate. On that night, the intruders savagely murdered Tate, along with 4 others. Jay Sebring, Abigail Folger, Wojtek Frykowski, and Steven Parent. The killers were Susan Atkins, Linda Kasabian, Patricia Krenwinkel, and led by a man named Tex Watson. They were all there at the direction of Charles Manson… their messiah and head of their quasi-commune, later known to the world as The Manson Family. The following night, Leslie Van Houten and Clem Grogan joined the 4 killers from the previous night, and the 6 of them slaughtered supermarket executive Leno LaBianca and his wife Rosemary. It would take months for the two murder crime scenes to be connected by police, but when they were, the world soon found out about the cult of about 50 people living out at Spahn Ranch. They believed that Charles Manson was a manifestation of Jesus Christ, and that his prophecies about an apocalyptic race war were soon to come true. In this first part, hear about the early life of Charles Manson, how he became to be who he was, what motivated him, and why he wanted the people at 10050 Cielo Drive dead. Submit future episode stories: [email protected] and share 10 Minute Murder with your friends that would be into a brief and bingeable true crime podcast like this one. Connect on social media to know when new episodes are releasedhttps://facebook.com/10MMpodcast https://twitter.com/10minutemurder https://www.instagram.com/10minutemurder/  Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/10-minute-murder-bingeable-true-crime-stories--4603604/support.