Tate–LaBianca murders
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The Tate -LaBianca murders were a series of murders perpetrated by members of the Manson Family during August 8 - 10, 1969, in Los Angeles, California, United States, under the direction of Tex Watson and Charles Manson. The perpetrators first killed five people on the night of August 8–9: pregnant actress Sharon Tate and her companions Jay Sebring, Abigail Folger, Wojciech Frykowski, and Steven Parent. The fetus later died of asphyxiation in Tate's womb. On the following evening, with Manson allegedly displeased about the chaotic operation of these murders, the Family then also murdered supermarket executive Leno LaBianca and his wife Rosemary in the Los Feliz section of Los Angeles.
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Sociocultural impact
The Tate–LaBianca murders "profoundly shook America's perception of itself" and "effectively sounded the death knell of '60s counterculture". Additionally, the ritualistic nature of the murders laid a foundation for the rise of Satanic Panic.
Culturally, it led to the proliferation of "darkly psychosexual, conspiracy-laced cultural exploration of America's seedy underbelly" by the movie industry, including films such as A Clockwork Orange (1971) and Dirty Harry (1971).
In popular culture
Helter Skelter: The True Story of The Manson Murders
In 1974, after leaving the DA's office, prosecutor Vincent Bugliosi, jointly with Curt Gentry, wrote a book about the Manson trial called Helter Skelter: The True Story of The Manson Murders. The book won an Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America for the best true-crime book of the year. The book was twice adapted as a television film, first in 1976, then later in 2004. Template:As of, Helter Skelter was the best-selling true crime book in publishing history, with more than seven million copies sold.
Movies and television
Several films recounted the Tate–LaBianca murders and the subsequent criminal trials:
- Helter Skelter, a 1976 television film based on the 1974 book by prosecutor Vincent Bugliosi and Curt Gentry
- Helter Skelter, a 2004 television film remake of the 1976 TV film of the same name
- Aquarius (2015 TV series)
- Wolves at the Door (2016 film)
- Mindhunter (2017 TV series)
- American Horror Story (2011- / TV series) Season 7, Episode 10
- Charlie Says (2018 film)
- The Haunting of Sharon Tate, a 2019 film
- Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, a 2019 film with a fictionalized account of the evening of the murders
Books
In addition to Bugliosi's Helter Skelter: The True Story of The Manson Murders (1974), these are the other books about the murders:
- The Girls, a 2016 novel by Emma Cline loosely inspired by the Manson family
- CHAOS: Charles Manson, the CIA, and the Secret History of the Sixties, a 2019 non-fiction book by Tom O'Neill with Dan Piepenbring
Music
- The Manson Family: An Opera, a 1990 opera by John Moran
