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Tate murders, the shocking and grisly murders, on the night of August 8–9, 1969, of actress Sharon Tate and four other people by followers of cult leader Charles Manson. Two more people were murdered on August 10. Learn more about the crimes, the discovery of the perpetrators, and the trial.
The perpetrators killed five people on the night of August 8–9: pregnant actress Sharon Tate and her companions Jay Sebring, Abigail Folger, and Wojciech Frykowski, along with Steven Parent.
Jun 29, 2023 · On the night of August 8, 1969, Susan Atkins participated in the murders of Sharon Tate, Abigail Folger, and three others. She accompanied Patricia Kernwinkel, Charles “Tex” Watson and Linda Kasabian to Tate and Roman Polanski’s home on Cielo Drive.
Sep 23, 2020 · After cutting the telephone line, Manson confidant Charles "Tex" Watson shot 18-year-old delivery boy Steven Parent, who had the misfortune of being out front in his car, before slipping...
Jul 30, 2019 · Atkins, who testified (and later denied) that she had stabbed and killed Tate, had terminal brain cancer and died in prison in 2009.
Jun 21, 2019 · It’s not known whether either Atkins, Watson, or both killed Tate, who was stabbed 16 times — but Linda Kasabian, the Manson family member who was a witness in the murder trial, later said in the dramatized documentary Manson that Tate cried out for her mother during the attack.
Sharon Marie Tate Polanski (January 24, 1943 – August 9, 1969) was an American actress and model. During the 1960s, she appeared in advertisements and small television roles before appearing in films as well as working as a model.
Nov 16, 2022 · When 26-year-old Sharon Tate died at the hands of the Manson Family cult in 1969, many people had never heard of her. Though the actress had snagged roles in a number of films, she hadn’t yet had her own big break.
In late 1969 Manson Family member Susan Atkins—a participant in the Tate murders—claimed that the cult murdered Tate “because we wanted to do a crime that would shock the world, that the world would have to stand up and take notice.”. Watson made similar claims.
Feb 9, 2010 · On August 9, 1969, members of Charles Manson’s cult kill five people in movie director Roman Polanski’s Beverly Hills, California, home, including Polanski’s pregnant wife, actress Sharon...
