The Tate murders were a mass murder conducted by members ofCharles Manson’s “Manson Family” cult. The murders took place on August 8–9, 1969, in Los Angeles. On the night of August 8, a small group of Manson Family members, including Susan Atkins, Linda Kasabian, Patricia Krenwinkel,...
Mr. Manson was a semiliterate habitual criminal and failed musician before he came to irrevocable attention in the late 1960s as the wild-eyed leader of the Manson family, a murderous band of young drifters in California. Convicted of nine murders in all, he was known in particular for the ...