History Channel - Manson 40 Years Later (2008)
Nearly 40 years after he masterminded the Tate/La Bianca murders, Charles Manson remains an icon of evil, and a subject of fascination the world over. He was the mastermind of the most notorious murders in U.S. history, a crazed guru who terrified the world and plunged the city of Los Angeles into a state of paranoia and panic. This two-hour docudrama from HISTORY takes viewers deep inside a twisted world of hate, fear,sexual transgression, and mind‐control. At the heart of this obsession lies the question How did one man convince a group of hippies – mostly young women from good middle American families - to murder complete strangers in such a brutal fashion? Intertwining first-person accounts with rare archive footage, “Manson” looks back at the nine months leading up to and including the brutal murder of Sharon Tate, the Manson family's most famous victim, four decades after her bludgeoning. This feature-length docu-drama shot in HD, tells the story of the final days leading up to the bible and Beatles‐inspired racial war Manson called 'Helter Skelter,' and climaxing with, the Tate/LaBianca killings. Using a powerful combination of high-end drama, archival footage and intimate interviews with key characters, including a member of The Family who was present the night of the infamous Tate/LaBianca murders. We get under the skin of the Manson murderers like never before. Our story ends after the La Bianca murders with the dramatic escape of the new recruit who would eventually become the prosecution's key witness - Linda Kasabian, who was at the scene of the Sharon Tate murders as lookout and getaway driver. Here is her first interview in 20 years, as well as interviews with fellow Manson family member Catherine Share; Vincent Bugliosi, the lead prosecutor who wrote Helter Skelter The True Story of the Manson Murders; and Deborah Tate, Sharon Tate's sister.
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