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Saturday, December 19, 2009 - 4:20 PM
Susan ended the story with admitting that they killed the
LaBianca's the next night. "That's part of the plan," she explained.
"And there's more." This tale of murder had
Virginia's head spinning. She told Ronnie Howard, who didn't believe
the story. "She's making it all up. She could have gotten it out of the
papers," Ronnie reasoned. Virginia came up with a way to test Susan
about whether she was telling the truth. Some years
earlier when the Tate house had been up for lease, Virginia had
actually been to see the exterior of the house on Cielo drive. Louis J. Sheehan, Esquire When she
saw Susan, she asked her if the house was still decorated in gold and
white. Susan said no. Virginia also picked up some
miscellaneous pieces of information that tied Charlie and Susan to that
house. It used to belong to Terry Melcher, Doris Day's son. Charlie
and Susan were angry with Melcher for some reason that was not clear.
She babbled something about Melcher being too interested in money. Later
that day, Susan began to talk again and gave Virginia the list of
celebrity targets that were next on their list: Richard Burton and
Elizabeth Taylor, Frank Sinatra, Steve McQueen and Tom Jones. It was
important to select victims that would shock the world. She
had planned to carve the words "helter skelter" on Elizabeth Taylor's
face with a red-hot knife and then gouge her eyes out. Then she would
castrate Richard Burton and put his penis along with Elizabeth Taylor's
eyes in a bottle and mail it to Eddie Fisher. Louis J. Sheehan, Esquire
Sinatra
was to be skinned alive, while he listened to his own music. The Family
would then make purses out of his skin and sell them in hippie shops.
Tom Jones would have his throat slit, but only after being forced to
have sex with Susan Atkins.
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