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Part Three: The Investigation - November 18 - December 31, 1969 Investigations into the ''Family'' begin in earnest. Follow the detailed forensic account of the investigation; from witness statements to the questioning of the suspects and the examination of the compounds in Chatsworth and the surrounding Death Valley, California. The quasi-religious devotion of the ''Family'' to leader Charles Manson is revealed in the suspects'' chilling statements, while a substantial amount of stolen vehicles and fire arms are discovered on the Manson property - a remote ranch in the Death Valley.

Part Two: Meet the Killers. Twenty-four members of a hippie cult known as the Manson family, led by ex-con Charles Manson, are arrested in connection with the murder of a music teacher Gary Hinman, killed on the same night in Hollywood. Susan Atkins aka Crazy Sadie, is one of the imprisoned. Seemingly high and excited, she tells everyone in gruesome detail how they did it, and how they were going to unleash hell. She reveals that the Manson family were also involved in the Cielo Drive murders, the horrifying place Sharon Tate Polanski and her friends were bludgeoned to death.

Part One: The Shocking Story of the Manson Murders. On August 9th 1969, seven people were found shot, stabbed and bludgeoned to death in Los Angeles at two different locations. Among them was Sharon Tate Polanski: Roman Polanski''s heavily pregnant wife who was found with multiple wounds of the chest and back having been stabbed sixteen times. Before she was stabbed to death, Sharon was hanged from one of the rafters in the living room. Jay Sebring: a popular figure in Hollywood circles, Jay was found with a bloody towel covering his face, a rope around his neck slung over rafters and tied to Sharon Tate on the other side. He was stabbed and shot. Cause of death: Exsanguination, the victim bled to death. Abigail Anne Folger: A coffee heiress, a civil rights devotee, volunteer and friend of the Polanski''s, Anne was stabbed twenty-eight times. ''Woytek'' Frykowski: a close friend of Roman Polanski, and an aspiring novelist, Woytek was shot twice, struck over the head thirteen times and stabbed fifty-one times. Part One gives a detailed account of the crime scene, the victims and the long wait to list the suspects. This was the crime that shook Hollywood and the world.

Part Four: The Search for the Motive Why did the Manson family commit the murders? How did Charles Manson convince his ''family'' to kill for him? What was their connection to ‘Helter-Skelter’, a popular hit song by The Beatles? What was the end-of-the- world race war Manson believed would happen? The gripping account of the Manson murders continues with this next instalment of the eight-part true story. Find out how as Manson’s influence as a counter-culture figure grows, the cultural influence and fascination with the Beatles are discovered.

Ils étaient quatre, dont trois jeunes femmes. Ils venaient de tuer l''actrice Sharon Tate, épouse du cinéaste Roman Polanski, qui attendait leur premier bébé. D''autres assassinats avaient précédé ce massacre, d''autres allaient suivre, d''une sauvagerie inégalée dans les annales du crime. Avec stupeur, le monde apprenait bientôt que ces tueurs au sourire d''enfant n''avaient fait que suivre les ordres de leur chef : Charles Manson. Celui-ci prétendait n''être rien moins que Jésus-Christ revenu sur terre et, entre deux orgies, prophétisait l''imminence d''une apocalypse, le Helter Skelter, où Blancs et Noirs s''extermineraient sans merci. Vincent Bugliosi est le procureur qui instruisit l''affaire, et faillit y laisser la vie. Découvertes macabres, témoignages hallucinants, revirements spectaculaires il reconstitue pour nous, dans un suspense insoutenable, la traque effrénée et le procès ubuesque du gourou sanguinaire qui terrorisa l''Amérique. La Tuerie d''Hollywood : un récit plus effrayant que le plus effroyable des thrillers, couronné du prix Edgar de la littérature policière.

Le 11 décembre 1966, un meurtre est commis dans la banlieue de Los Angeles. La victime est un jeune homme tranquille, sans ennemi connu. Il a été tué de cinq balles à bout portant et sa maison incendiée. Pas de suspect, pas d''arme du crime, pas d''indice, pas de témoin juste une police d''assurance sur la vie souscrite au nom de sa femme. Seize mois plus tard une jeune femme est trouvée assassinée dans le parking d''une résidence de luxe. Là encore aucun indice. Mais une police d''assurance sur la vie souscrite au nom de son mari. Les enquêteurs découvrent quelques éléments : notes dans un agenda, écoutes téléphoniques, transactions bancaires prouvant la collusion de la femme de l''un avec le mari de l''autre. Ce sera le départ d''une enquête et d''un procès qui engendreront tant de tensions et de rebondissements que la réalité, comme d''habitude, dépasse la fiction.