by Ed Sanders
infidelities, Polanski’s, 77–78, 119–120, 164, 169, 231–232, 237
Inge, William, 15
Internal Revenue Service (IRS), 264–265
Jakobson, Gregg, 122, 131, 217, 259
James, Catherine, 52
Jewish oppression during World War II, 1–3
Johnson, Rafer, 102
Jones, Christopher, 136–138
Kaczanowski, Witold, 148–149, 170–171, 216
Kaiser Robert, 94
Kamen, Stan, 35, 66
Kasabian, Linda, 158, 197(fig.)
Beausoleil’s arrest, 174
Cielo Drive killings, 192–193
crime scene, 195
flight from the state, 243
Hinman murder, 161
impetus for the murders, 181
invasion of Cielo Drive house, 186
LaBianca murders, 211–212
preparing for the murders, 177–178
“Katie.” See Krenwinkel, Patricia
Katzman, Allen, 223
Kaufman, Phil, 74
Kaufmann, Christine, 54
Kennedy, Edward, 146
Kennedy, Ethel, 93–96, 101, 106
Kennedy, Robert F., 92–106
Manson’s association, 264
Sammy Davis, Jr. and, 111
Sirhan trial, 115–116
Sirhan-Satanist link, 265–267
Kerouac, Jack, 188
Kerr, Deborah, 37–39
Kersh, Kelly, 33–34
Kiernan, Thomas, 119
King, Greg, 42
Knife in the Water (film), 9–10, 12, 15, 21–22, 26, 35, 113
Komeda, Krzysztof, 49, 58, 112–113
Korda, Michael, 126
Kosinski, Jerzy, 166, 216, 224
Krenwinkel, Patricia, 197(fig.)
arrest of, 251
auto theft charge, 244
Cielo Drive killings, 189, 191–192, 194
crime scene, 195–196
English Satanists, 75
flight, 260
homicide investigation, 183, 214
Manson trial, 270
Manson’s connection to the English Satanists, 263–264
preparing for the murders, 177–178
Kroger, William S., 162
Kunkin, Art, 223
LaBianca, Leno, 210–212, 217
LaBianca, Rosemary, 210–212
LaBianca murders, 180, 210–212, 216–219, 241–242, 257
Lake, Dianne, 264
Lane, Robert Ivan, 251
Larsen, Larry, 214, 264–268
Leaming, Barbara, 229–230
Leary, Timothy, 168, 265
Lee, Bruce, 107, 231
leftist movements, 89–92
Leigh, Janet, 54
Leland-St. John, Sharmagne, 52, 77, 81–82, 88, 97, 147–148, 152, 171, 228
Lennon, John, 87, 89, 95
LePage, Paul, 218, 241
Lewis, Barbara, 167–169
Lewis, John, 100
light shows, 75
The Longest Day (film), 12, 14–15
Lownes, Victor, 42–43, 52–53, 88
LSD, 88, 112, 142, 180, 258
Lucifer Rising (film), 157–158
Luminol, Polanski’s use of, 232–233
Lutesinger, Kitty, 156–157, 161, 213, 241–242, 248, 253
MacGowran, Jack, 43–47
Mackendrick, Alexander, 54–55, 60
MacMillan, Iain, 166
Magick Power-house of Oz, 157
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, 86–87
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (television program), 32–34
Manson, Charles, 176(fig.), 196(fig.)
arrest of, 252–253, 257
arrival in Topanga Canyon, 74–75
author’s correspondence with, 215, 270–271
Beausoleil’s arrest, 174–176
Beausoleil’s rivalry with, 157, 159
car theft charge, 243–244
Cielo Drive killings, 176–180, 192–193
disappointment at low body count, 194–195
Family members’ attempts to escape, 173
Hinman murder, 156, 160–161
homicide investigation, 215
LaBianca murders, 211–212, 241
Paul Tate’s view of, 260–261
relocating the Family, 243, 246–248
return to Los Angeles, 128–129
return to the scene of the crime, 195–196
searching for The Hole, 250–251
Terry Melcher and, 130
See also homicide investigations
Manson Family
Beatles’ “Sexy Sadie,” 87
Cielo Drive killings, 176–179, 184–196
flight and capture in Death Valley, 247–253
George Spahn and, 153–154
Hinman murder, 155–161, 174
Manson’s first visit to Cielo Drive, 131
Moon Landing, 146
motive for Sharon’s murder, 263
relocating to Death Valley, 246–249
Shorty Shea murder, 246–247
Tate’s unexplained presence at the house, 214–215
theft and drug deals, 128–129
Mao Tse-tung, 78–80
marijuana imports, 149
marriage
Forquet’s proposal to Tate, 22–24
Polanski’s defense of his and Tate’s, 229–230
Ransohoff’s friction with Tate over, 88
Sebring’s proposal to Tate, 34–35
Tate ending her contract with Ransohoff, 78
Tate-Polanski wedding, 81–84
Tate’s domesticity, 107
Martin, Dean, 92, 107–108, 121
Mayne, Ferdy, 43
McCarthy, Eugene, 102
McCartney, Paul, 25, 65–66, 89, 166
McGovern, George, 98
McGovern, Michael, 221–223, 269–270
McKean, Margaret, 56
McQueen, Steve, 147, 257
affection for Tate, 28–29
Hawaii vacation, 34
occult experiences and beliefs, 139–140, 268–269
Sebring’s drug use, 236
Sebring’s friendship with, 31
Sebring’s funeral, 227
Summer of Love, 71
Tate signing with William Morris, 35
MDA (methlenedioxyl-amphetamine), 149, 165–166, 181, 188–189, 206
Melanson, Philip, 105
Melcher, Terry, 89, 121–122, 126, 128, 130, 132, 223–224
mental illness, Doris Tate’s, 13
Merle, Robert, 126
The Merv Griffin Show (television program), 53–54
MGM Studios, 29, 40–44, 50, 55, 57–58, 76
Milosz, Czeslaw, 77
Mister Ed (television program), 21
Mitchum, Wende Wagner. See Wagner, Wende
Moffat, Ivan, 117–119
Möllinger, Hans, 43
Mondo Hollywood (film), 228
Moon Landing, 145–146
Morehouse, Dean, 122
Morris, Brian, 149
Murderer (film), 6
Murphy, Dennis, 37
Muscle Beach (Wallach), 54–55
muscle-building, 54–55
Musel, Robert, 14–15, 18
Myers, Cathy Gillies, 156
Myra Breckinridge (film), 131, 165, 225, 232
narcotics investigation, 268–270
national security concerns, 266–267
Nazi Germany, 1–4
New York Film Festival, 15
Newman, Paul, 39, 227
Newmar, Julie, 54
Nicholson, Jack, 67
Nielson, Mike, 260
Nike-Hercules missiles, 4–5, 7, 9(fig.), 13, 150–151, 235
Niven, David, 38–40
Nixon, Richard M., 267–268
Noguchi, Thomas, 103, 204–205, 205(fig.), 212, 224
Novak, Kim, 37
nuclear weapons, 3–7, 9(fig.), 13, 150–151, 235
nudity i
n films and photographs, Tate’s, 124(fig.)
Don’t Make Waves, 60
during her pregnancy, 124
Evans’s book of the Polanskis, 142
Maoist satire, 79–80
Playboy magazine series, 61
publicity portfolio, 28
Sebring’s displeasure with, 51
The Thirteen Chairs, 135–136
Valley of the Dolls, 64–65, 77
On the Road (Kerouac), 188
O’Reilly, Peter, 226
Paganini, Niccolo, 117
Paramount Pictures, 66, 84, 92, 119, 126, 139
Parent, Steven, 182–186, 195, 200, 206, 240
Parkins, Barbara, 62–64, 76
The Pat Boone-Chevy Showroom (program), 10
Patchett, Frank, 218, 257
Pearl, Ruby, 153, 155
Peppard, George, 150
Pettet, Joanna
Aherne’s beach house, 68
baby shower for Tate, 128
background and career, 169
Christmas at Cortina, 113
events leading up to the murders, 167–168, 170–171
meeting Tate, 52–53
news of the murders, 206–207
occult interests and activities, 269
on Sebring and Tate, 145
Polanski’s control of Tate, 50–51
Tate’s matchmaking, 75–76
Tate’s pregnancy, 128, 150
Petticoat Junction (television program), 17–18
Phillips, John, 148, 187, 230
accusing Doyle and Dawson of murder, 238–239
allegations of revenge, 237
drugs and voodoo, 230
English Satanist cult and, 264
events leading up to the murders, 165, 172
Polanski housewarming party, 125–126
Polanski’s investigation of the murders, 233, 237
Polanski’s suspicions of Tate and, 231–232
psychic void-scan of the crime scene, 228
Robert Kennedy and, 92
Summer of Love, 69
Tate’s pregnancy, 132–133
Phillips, Michelle, 126, 132–133, 164, 169, 223–224, 231–232
Pittman, Nancy, 194, 251
Playboy magazine, 61, 168
Plumlee, Vern, 177, 180, 214–215
Poe Zone, 116–118
Polanski, Annette, 9
Polanski, Roman, 113(fig.)
A Day at the Beach, 138–139
Aimez-Vous les Femmes?, 25–26
Cannes Film Festival, 90–91
Chateau Marmont, 85–86
Cielo Drive house, 107, 131
Cielo Drive killings, 167, 170
defeat and disaster films, 115
discovery of the bodies, 203, 209–210
dissolution of Cadre Films, 127
education, 6
enforced exile, 121
fling with Michelle Phillips, 164, 169, 237
Gutowski collaboration, 26
homicide investigation, 215–216, 224–225, 228–233
infidelity, 77–78, 119–120, 164, 169, 231–232, 237
Joanna Pettet meeting Tate, 52–53
Knife in the Water, 12, 15, 21–22
marital troubles, 151
material and professional success, 140–141
meeting Paul Tate, 71–72
New Age spirituality, 109–110
occult movie style, 84–85, 116–118
Paramount upheaval, 92
Paris trip, 9–10
Peter Sellers and, 73
Poe Zone projects, 116–118
polygraph test, 220, 235–236
psychic void-scan of the crime scene, 228–229
RFK assassination, 106
RFK nomination, 97
Rosemary’s Baby, 66–73, 78, 109, 112
Summer of Love, 69
Tate moving in with, 50–52
Tate’s domesticity, 107
Tate’s first meeting with, 40, 42–50
Tate’s funeral, 226–227
Tate’s pregnancy, 116, 120–121, 132–133, 141
Tate’s return to America, 143, 168–169
Tate’s work on Valley of the Dolls, 64
The Day of the Dolphin, 126–127, 138–139, 167
The Fearless Vampire Killers, 41–42, 57–61, 76
wedding to Tate, 81–84
World War II, 2
political activism, 89–92
pornographic films
objections to Rosemary’s Baby, 116
Polanski-Gutowski collaboration on, 35
Polanski’s enjoyment of, 53
Valley of the Dolls, 62–64
See also The Fearless Vampire Killers; home movies, Polanski’s
Poston, Brooks, 129
Powell, Richard, 249
pregnancy, Tate’s, 169(fig.)
baby shower, 128
Cielo Drive house, 123
events leading up to the murders, 165, 167–168
Polanski’s attitude towards, 120–121, 141
Sharon’s preparation for the birth, 149–150
Tate concealing it from Polanski, 116, 132–133
Tate’s return to America, 143, 168–169
The Thirteen Chairs filming, 135
Price, Vincent, 66
Princess Italia liner, 76–77
A Promise at Dawn (film), 15
Pruszynski, Stanislaw, 105
psychics, 162, 228–229
Pursell, James, 249
Quarrier, Iain, 44, 47–48
Queen Elizabeth II, 141–142
Ransohoff, Martin
Don’t Make Waves, 54
Eye of the Devil, 37–38
friction with Tate over marriage, 83–84, 88
hands-on business style, 54–55
Jill St. John and, 41
publicity photos, 28
Tarzan casting, 32
Tate ending her contract with, 78
Tate’s contract with, 24
Tate’s engagement to Sebring, 34–35
Tate’s screen test, 17–18
Tate’s training, 22–23
The Cincinnati Kid, 29
The Fearless Vampire Killers, 41–42, 58–59, 76
rape of Sharon Tate, 10
Redford, Robert, 66–67, 84
Redgrave, Lynn, 92
The Reivers (film), 139–140
Remick, Lee, 19–20
Repulsion (film), 35, 41, 87
Retz, Frank, 161
reward fund, 223, 234
Richland, Washington, 6–7
riots, 69, 89–90
Ritchie, Michael, 84
Ritt, Martin, 11–12
Robson, Mark, 64, 80
Rolls Royce, Tate’s, 138, 141, 143
The Roman Polanski Story (Kiernan), 119
Romero, Juan, 105–106
Rosemary’s Baby (film), 113(fig.), 149
Academy Awards, 138
budget overrun, 78
casting, 66–68
filming, 69–71
International Film Festival award, 126
Polanski’s projects following, 117–118
premiere, 109, 112, 116
preview, 88
Sinatra-Farrow conflict, 72–73
Sylbert and, 22, 94
Tate’s view of the Devil, 137
Rossi, Ernest, 162
Rostau, Joel, 171
Roth, Ron, 51
Ryan’s Daughter (film), 137–138
“Sadie.” See Atkins, Susan
St. John, Jill, 41, 43
Sarne, Michael, 131, 165, 172, 224, 232
Sartuche, Phil, 218, 257
Satanism
Beausoleil’s movies and music, 157
crime scene investigation, 207
Manson’s and Spiral Staircase, 74–75
motivating the Tate-LaBianca murders, 219–224, 263–266, 268
objections to Rosemary’s Baby, 116
Sammy Davis, Jr.’s experienc
e, 111–112
Steve McQueen’s involvement, 139–140, 268–269
Tate’s view of the Devil, 137
See also English Satanists
Satyricon (film), 91–92
Saunders, Alex, 39
Saval, Dany, 12, 15
Scheuer, Philip, 57
Scott, John, 40
screen test, 17–18
Sea Hunt (television program), 40
Sebring, Jay, 122, 166(fig.)
burglary and vandalism, 147–148
crime scene, 195–196, 202, 208
devotion to Tate, 151
discovery of the body, 203–205
drug deals, 164, 223–224
Eye of the Devil filming, 37, 39
films, 165
First Homicide Investigation Progress Report, 240
funeral, 227
house party footage, 110–111
Manson’s first visit to Cielo Drive, 130
MDA experiment, 165–166
murder of, 170–172, 187, 189–190, 193
party for his fifteen-year-old girlfriend, 52
personal debt, 236
Polanski replacing, 42, 50–51
Polanski’s sexual practices, 120
professional success, 150
psychic reading, 162
Satanism, 111–112
sexual practices, 152
Steve McQueen and, 140
Tate’s first encounter with, 30–32
Tate’s pregnancy, 116
Tate’s return to America, 145
Second Homicide Investigation Progress Report, 240–241
Second International Film Festival, 126–127
Sellers, Peter, 73, 82, 109–110, 112–113, 115, 139, 223, 234
sex symbol, Tate as, 87
sexual activities
English satanic cult, 264–265, 269–270
George Spahn, 153
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, 87
Manson’s fellatio-miracle, 129
Polanski’s home movies, 126, 219–220, 223–224
Polanski’s infidelities, 77–78, 119–120, 164, 169, 231–232, 237
Sebring’s strange practices, 31–32
Tate’s affair in Rome, 136–137
Tate’s desire for emotional and sexual freedom, 142
The Story of O, 151
video-bugger, 164
“Sexy Sadie” (song), 87
Shakespeare, William, 40
Shea, Donald “Shorty,” 155, 232, 246–247, 253
Sinatra, Frank, 66, 70–73, 150
Sinatra, Nancy, 125
Sirhan Sirhan, 86, 98–105, 115–116, 139, 265–267
Smith, Richard, 86, 265–268
Solomon, Carol, 163
The Sound of Music (film), 26–27
Southern, Terry, 29, 37, 164
Spahn, George, 153, 155, 178
Spahn Ranch, 73, 128, 146, 153–154, 154(fig.), 155(fig.), 161–162, 174–175, 178, 243–244
Spiral Staircase, 73–75, 263–264
spirituality
Hinman’s devotion to Buddhism, 156
Indian retreat, 86–87
New Age, 109–110
