Actress and model Sharon Tate would have turned 68 today. She and her unborn child were murdered along with 8 others during a two day killing spree in California directed by Charles Manson. To this day, I can't think of a more horrific, personal mass murder than the LoBianca/Tate murders. Obviously 9/11 cost more lives but this was 1969, America was no more prepared for this at that time, than we were for 9/11 when it happened. Manson was trying to ignite a race war with the murders and failed, but he did rob a nation of a little bit of innocence and trust. It'll be a good day when the devil finally comes to drag Manson off to hell at long last.
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"ignite a race war", never heard that? I just thought he was crazy. I do remember these events vaguely, watched the "documentary" movie as a kid and the song -used in the move - "Helter-Skelter" scared me to death then and still brings chills.
Yes, Manson thought that if some rich white people were killed in horrific ways and white society thought that blacks had done it, it would ignite a race war in L.A. ans spred to the rest of the country. He called the chaos of the coming race-war "helter skelter". Manson believed that he could take control in the aftermath.
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