Roman Polanski "When Angels Fall". The couple were married in 1959 and divorced in 1961. Polanski met rising actress Sharon Tate while filming "The Fearless Vampire Killers", and during the production, the two of them began dating. On 1968, Polanski married Tate in London. In August 1969, while Polanski was in Europe working on a film, Tate was murdered along with four of their friends at their home in Los Angeles by members of Charles Manson's 'family,' a group of young, mostly female followers. Tate was pregnant at the time of her murder. Manson, along with members of his 'family', was arrested
Charles Manson with two other boys in February 1951. The three escapees were attempting to drive to California in stolen cars when they were arrested in Utah. They had robbed several filling stations along the way. Driving a stolen car across state lines is a federal crime that violates the Dyer Act. Manson was sent to Washington, D.C.'s National Training School for Boys. On arrival he was given aptitude tests. He was illiterate, and his IQ was 109 (the national average was 100). His case worker deemed him aggressively antisocial. On a psychiatrist's recommendation, Manson was transferred in October 1951 to Natural