Tex Watson and music lifestyle of the late 1960s. Soon Watson met some women who were in the Manson Family, and then met Charles Manson. Watson decided to join the Manson Family shortly afterwards. On August 9, 1969 as a member of the Manson Family, Watson went with Susan Atkins, Linda Kasabian, and Patricia Krenwinkel to a large estate on Cielo Drive in Hollywood, leased by movie director Roman Polanski and his wife, actress Sharon Tate. Polanski was in London, England working on a film on August 8th. At the home were Sharon Tate and her friends: hairdresser Jay Sebring, writer Wojciech
Charles Manson was part of the journalist's prime-time special on Satanism. At least as early as the Snyder interview, Manson's forehead bore a swastika in the spot where the X carved during his trial had been. Nikolas Schreck conducted an interview with Manson for his documentary "Charles Manson Superstar" (1989). Schreck concluded that Manson was not insane but merely acting that way out of frustration. On September 25, 1984, Manson was imprisoned in the California Medical Facility at Vacaville when inmate Jan Holmstrom poured paint thinner on him and set him on fire, causing second- and third-degree burns on over 20 percent