Last Night’s TV – Manson

On the 9th August 1969, four members of the Manson ‘family’ – and for ‘family’, read ‘deluded nutters’ – were sent by Manson to the home of the heavily pregnant Sharon Tate, wife of Roman Polanski.
We all know what happened next; the ‘family’ members murdered Tate and her four friends, then daubed the word ‘PIG’ on the walls of her home in human blood. But what we’ve never heard before is the personal testimony of Linda Kasabian, who acted as lookout that fateful night.
Nick Godwin, Executive Producer of the company who made this documentary, had a team of people working for months to track Linda down – and yes, rock band Kasabian did name themselves after her – so that he could produce this film. Read more & comment »
