>>> NOW TO "CULTS & CRIME."     
THIS MORNING, WE'RE TALKING     
ABOUT THE INFAMOUS MANSON       
MURDERS.                        
>> JOE FRYER TALKED TO SOME OF  
THE VICTIMS AND SURVIVORS TRYING
TO MOVE PAST THAT GRUESOME      
CRIME, NEARLY HALF A CENTURY    
LATER.                          
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>> Reporter: IT HAS BEEN SAID   
THE DECADE OF LOVE CAME TO A    
SUDDEN, VIOLENT END IN AUGUST   
1969, SHATTERED BY THE MANSON   
FAMILY MURDERS.                 
>> IT'S SOMETHING THAT STUCK    
WITH ME, EVER SINCE THAT DAY.   
>> Reporter: NOW, EVEN AFTER    
HALF A CENTURY, FAMILIES ARE    
FIGHTING TO TELL THE VICTIMS'   
STORIES.                        
>> SPEAK FOR THE PEOPLE WHO     
CAN'T SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES.     
>> Reporter: AND KEEP THE       
KILLERS BEHIND BARS.            
>> GO RIDE A HORSE.             
>> I DON'T WANT ONE FAMILY, NOT 
ONE FAMILY TO GO THROUGH WHAT MY
FAMILY DID.                     
>> Reporter: IT ALL BEGAN WHEN  
L.A. POLICE WERE CALLED TO THE  
HOME OF ACTRESS SHARON TATE,    
WIFE OF FILMMAKER ROMAN         
POLANSKI.                       
JERRY DEROSA WAS FIRST ON THE   
SCENE AND STARTED TALKING ABOUT 
IT.                             
>> IT AFFECTED MY WIFE.         
SHE WAS AFRAID.                 
>> Reporter: TATE HAD BEEN      
MURDER AID LONG WITH JAY        
SEBRING, VOLE TECH WACHOWSKI AND
STEVEN PARENT.                  
WHEN YOU SAW THIS SCENE, WHAT   
WAS GOING THROUGH YOUR MIND?    
>> A LOT OF THINGS GO THROUGH   
YOUR MIND.                      
YOU THINK WHAT HAPPENED?        
WAS THIS A PARTY THAT WENT BAD? 
A DRUG DEAL THAT WENT BAD?      
>> Reporter: THE NEXT NIGHT,    
LENO AND ROSEMARY aBIANCA WERE  
KILLED.                         
THE WORDS RISE AND DEATH TO PIGS
ON THEIR WALLS.                 
THE DEATHS WERE PINNED ON A     
CULT, LED BY CHARLES MANSON.    
>> HE'S NOT AN EDUCATED MAN.    
BUT HE'S A BORN MANIPULAOR OF   
PEOPLE.                         
>> Reporter: HE DID THE KILLING 
SPREE HOPING TO INCITE A RACE   
WAR.                            
IN 1987, HE SHOWED NO REMORSE.  
>> THERE'S NO NEED TO FEEL      
GUILTY.                         
IF I WANTED TO KILL SOMEBODY,   
I'D TAKE THIS BOOK AND BEAT YOU 
TO DEATH WITH IT AND I WOULDN'T 
FEEL A THING.                   
>> Reporter: MANSON AND HIS     
FOLLOWERS WERE CONVICTED AND    
SENTENCED TO DIE.               
BUT WHEN CALIFORNIA'S DEATH     
PENALTY WAS RULED               
UNCONSTITUTIONAL IN 1972, THE   
PUNISHMENTS WERE CHANGED TO LIFE
IN PRISON.                      
DO YOU FEEL LIKE THERE HAS BEEN 
TRUE JUSTICE IN THIS CASE?      
>> ABSOLUTELY NOT.              
AS A MATTER OF FACT, THE WORD   
JUSTICE IS SO INAPPROPRIATE IN  
THIS CASE.                      
>> Reporter: TODAY, RELATIVES OF
THE VICTIMS REGULARLY TESTIFY AT
PAROLE HEARINGS, AND SPEARHEAD  
ONLINE PETITIONS TO KEEP THE    
MANSON FAMILY BEHIND BARS.      
>> OUR FAMILY'S INVOLVEMENT HAS 
NOTHING TO DO WITH ANGER OR     
REVENGE OR HATRED.              
THEY CAM OUT OF LOVE.           
>> IT IS COUNTLESS HOW MANY     
LIVES WERE SHATTERED BY THE PATH
OF DESTRUCTION THAT I WAS A PART
OF.                             
>> Reporter: ONE OF THE KILLERS,
PATRICIA KRENWINKEL, IS 65 YEARS
OLD.                            
>> THE THING I TRY TO REMEMBER  
SOMETIMES, THE WHAT I AM TODAY, 
IS NOT WHAT I WAS AT 19.        
>> Reporter: SHE WAS THE SUBJECT
OF A RECENT DOCUMENTARY CALLED  
"LIFE AFTER MANSON."            
>> THESE ARE MY CHOICES.        
I LEARNED CHOICE.               
I LEARNED CHOICE AT THE MOST    
HORRIFIC COST.                  
>> Reporter: KRENWINKEL'S PAROLE
HEARING WAS DELAYED UNTIL JUNE. 
VICTIMS' RELATIVES WANT THE     
PANEL TO SEE IF SHE MEETS THE   
CRITERIA FOR BATTERED WOMEN     
SYNDROME.                       
>> JUST WAKE UP.                
JUST BECAUSE THEY'RE OVER THE   
AGE OF 60 DOES NOT MAKE THEM    
NONDANGEROUS INDIVIDUALS.       
>> Reporter: AS FOR THE OTHERS, 
LESLIE VAN HOUTEN WAS           
RECOMMENDED FOR RELEASE LAST    
YEAR.                           
BUT THE GOVERNOR REVERSED IT.   
TEX WATSON HAS BEEN DENIED      
PAROLE 17 TIMES.                
SUSAN ATKINS DIED IN 1979.      
AND THERE'S MANSON.             
>> EVER SINCE HE'S BEEN         
INCARCERATED, EVERY TWO YEARS,  
MANSON WILL DO SOMETHING THAT   
GETS MEDIA ATTENTION.           
>> Reporter: AT AGE 82, MANSON  
WAS REPORTEDLY RUSHED TO THE    
HOSPITAL WITH A SERIOUS ILLNESS.
BUT IS NOW BACK IN PRISON.      
>> WE HOLD NO DELIGHT IN HIS    
DEMISE OR HIS SUFFERING OR HIS  
DEATH OR ANY OF THOSE PEOPLE.   
WE WANT HEM TO LIVE THE REST OF 
THEIR LIVES BEHIND BARS.        
>> Reporter: ANTHONY DEMARIA,   
NEPHEW OF JAY SEBRING.          
>> I'M 35 YEARS OLD.            
>> Reporter: HE SPENT YEARS     
PUTTING TOGETHER A DOCUMENTARY  
ABOUT THE GROUNDBREAKING HAIR   
STYLIST.                        
>> I FEEL COMPELLED TO RESTORE  
HIS FACE, TO RESTORE HIS STORY. 
>> Reporter: FOR THE FAMILIES   
LEFT BEHIND NEARLY 50 YEARS     
LATER, THEIR WORK IS NOT OVER.  
FOR "TODAY" JOE FRYER, NBC NEWS,
LOS ANGELES.                    
>> IT'S HARD TO LOO             
