August 9, 1969: The Manson Family Murders
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🗓️ 9 August 2020
⏱️ 14 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Sharon Tate, the Manson family, and the murders that made headlines around the world. |
| 0:08.0 | If you want to hear more episodes like this one, check out season two of Parcast presents infamous, |
| 0:14.1 | where we descend into history's darkest true crime stories. |
| 0:18.0 | Find episodes on the Oklahoma City bombing, |
| 0:20.8 | El Chappo, Richard Ramirez, and more all throughout August. |
| 0:25.0 | Search Parcast Presents on Spotify or wherever you listen to podcasts. Today is Sunday, August 9, 2020. |
| 0:40.3 | On this day in 1969, four members of the Manson family had broken into the house of Sharon Tate and Roman Polanski. |
| 0:49.0 | Just after midnight, they murdered Tate and her house guests. |
| 0:58.0 | Welcome to today in true crime, a Parcast original. |
| 1:04.4 | Due to the graphic nature of today's crimes, |
| 1:07.0 | listener discretion is advised. |
| 1:08.8 | Extreme caution is advised for listeners under 13. |
| 1:12.2 | Today we're covering the Manson family. advised for listeners under 13. |
| 1:12.8 | Today we're covering the Manson family murders. |
| 1:15.9 | These grisly murders were so shocking and vile. |
| 1:19.5 | They're said to have ended the peace and love spirit of the 60s, ushering in an era of violence and political |
| 1:26.0 | upheaval. |
| 1:27.0 | Let's go back to Los Angeles, California. |
| 1:30.5 | Our story begins after dark on August 8th and into the wee hours of August 9th 1969. Charles Manson had never told them to kill anybody, not explicitly anyway, but that was how Charlie talked most times. |
| 1:55.1 | He just had a way of saying things without saying anything at all. |
| 2:00.0 | That night he'd allegedly stuck his head in the car and said to his followers, |
| 2:04.0 | If you're going to do something, do it well, and leave something witchy. |
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