Sunday, August 02, 2009

40 years ago, the Charles Manson murders...

They were the murders that ended the 1960s, the decade of love, in a bloodbath that shocked the world. Now, on the 40th anniversary of the killing of Hollywood actress Sharon Tate and her friends by Charles Manson's "Family", the gang member whose testimony convicted the killers has revealed for the first time her full involvement in the crimes.

On the night of 9 August 1969, Linda Kasabian was sent by Manson with three other members of his Family - Tex Watson, Susan Atkins and Patricia "Katie" Krenwinkel - to break into Tate's home. There they tied up the actress and her friends and stabbed them to death. Kasabian acted as look-out. More...

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