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ByWilliam J. Wright

Home to the rich and famous, Los Angeles' Benedict Canyon was an idyllic enclave of beautiful homes occupied by beautiful people.

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Sitting high above the strife of the inner city, Cielo Drive must have seemed a safe haven for actress Sharon Tate, far from the prying eyes of the press and public. Eight and a half months pregnant, security was foremost on the actress' mind as she awaited the return of her famous husband, director Roman Polanski, from Europe.

All illusions of safety were shattered on the night of August 8, , when Tate, Abigail Folger, Jay Sebring, Wojciech Frykowski, and Steven Parent, an associate of the property's caretaker, were savagely murdered by the followers of self-styled cult leader and lifelong criminal Charles Manson.

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As tragic as the Tate murders were, they have come to overshadow the victims of the Manson Family's next night of terror.

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