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10050 Cielo Drive was the street address of a former luxury home in Benedict Canyon, in the west-central part of the Beverly Crest neighborhood of Los Angeles, bordering Beverly Hills, where three members of the Manson Family committed the Tate murders in 1969. The property had a main residence, guest house, pool, and 2-story garage.
Robert Lee Byrd (October 11, 1904 – May 20, 1978) was an architect in Los Angeles, California.Most of his buildings and residences are from the 1920s to the 1970s. In his later years he worked together with his architect son Gary Byrd. [1]
Charles Denton "Tex" Watson (born December 2, 1945) is an American murderer who was a central member of the "Manson Family" led by Charles Manson. [3] On August 9, 1969, Watson, Patricia Krenwinkel, and Susan Atkins murdered pregnant actress Sharon Tate, Jay Sebring, Wojciech Frykowski, Abigail Folger, and Steven Parent at 10050 Cielo Drive in Benedict Canyon, Los Angeles.
The following night, the four participants in the Cielo Drive killings, in addition to Manson, Leslie Van Houten and Steve "Clem" Grogan, committed two more murders. Manson had allegedly said he would "show them how to do it." [5]: 176–184, 258–269 [6] Linda Kasabian drove the group to 3301 Waverly Drive.
In August 1969, the Tate murders took place in Cielo Drive. Sharon Tate, Roman Polanski's pregnant wife, and four others were killed by members of the Manson Family at the couple's 10050 Cielo Drive home. The place was later renamed 10066 Cielo Drive, and ultimately the house was razed, and another erected in its place. [9]
For a time, Melcher was interested in recording Manson's music, as well as making a film about the family and their hippie commune existence. Manson met Melcher at 10050 Cielo Drive, the home that Melcher shared with his girlfriend, actress Candice Bergen, and musician Mark Lindsay. [10]
10050 Cielo Drive, Beverly Hills. It was perhaps the most notorious of the murders carried out by the cult led by Charles Manson – five people, including the actress Sharon Tate, were murdered ...
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