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40 Years Later, Manson Murders Remembered

They were crimes that horrified an entire nation 40 years ago. Hollywood actress Sharon Tate -- then eight months pregnant -- was stabbed to death Aug. 9, 1969, along with four others in the home she shared with director Roman Polanski. The next day another well-known couple was brutally murdered. Wealthy businessman Leno LaBianca and his wife, Rosemary, were killed in their Los Angeles home. The murders were at the hands of a small group led by Charles Manson. The murders, he had told them,...Full Story
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