<p>Following cult leader Charles Manson’s orders, four members of the Manson family committed their most notorious and brutal crime on August 9, 1969.</p><br /><p>In an attempt to ignite a race war, loyal Manson followers Tex Watson, Patricia Krenwinkel, Susan Atkis and Linda Kasabin showed up at the Los Angeles home of actress Sharon Tate.</p><br /><p>Dressed in all black, the young killers approached the house where Tate, Jay Sebring, Abigail Folger, Wojciech Frykowski and Steven Parent were staying.</p><br /><p>18-year-old Parent was driving off in his parents’ car when Watson stopped him, threatening him with a gun, later to shoot him dead inside his vehicle.</p><br /><p>Moments later, he and the rest of the murderous clan burst inside pregnant Tate’s house and stabbed the star to death despite her pleas to let her unborn child live.</p><br /><p>With her blood, Atkins and the other wrote the word “Pig” on the kitchen door before fleeing the crime scene.</p><br /><p>Murder Made Me Famous: Charles Manson airs Saturday, November 25 at 8P ET/PT on REELZ.</p><br /><p>The post The Truth Behind The Manson Family Murder Of Actress Sharon Tate</a> appeared first on Star Magazine</a>.</p><br />
