Steven Parent was not “the pizza boy”. Poor guy. Not only does he get murdered, he’s the afterthought when anyone discusses it.

I drove up Cielo Drive in 1989 for the first time not knowing what was visible from the street. When I got to the gate, it was open. I could only see part of the driveway and maybe part of the lawn. I couldn’t see any cars and thought for a moment to walk part of the way in but didn’t. It was surreal being there.

If all the people who should have been there were there, there may very well have been no murders at all.

Patty Duke is the only one I believe. Sharon may well have called her and invited her to come with them to dinner at El Coyote. Doesn't mean Patty would have gone back to the house with them, though. Btw, Steve McQueen was also invited to my 5th birthday party. He didn't show up. He had no idea how close he came to seeing a scary clown.

I was NOT invited to the house. In fact, I had no idea it even existed, until after the murders. However, I grew up in the San Fernando valley. I saw Manson girls panhandling at the supermarket in Granada Hills on more than one occasion before the events of 1969. One friend of mine (years later!) told me she had been Manson's girlfriend and had had a son by him whom she had given up for adoption. The scariest brush with the Family came around the spring of 1969. I was still in high school, then, and was on my way into my history class (history or English, I can't really remember which) and there was this *dude* sitting in the back, feet up on the desk. He was wearing a fringed jacket, a cowboy hat and shades. The teacher came in and immediately demanded "Who are you?!" Not giving his name, he replied "I'm auditing the class." to which she snapped "Oh no you're NOT! OUT!" He dropped his cowboy booted feet to the floor and s-a-u-n-t-e-r-e-d out in a "suit yourself..." manner. Students came in and the class happened. It was the last class of the day. After class, I came out and found a knot of five or six girls clustered around Mr. Cowboy. he looked over and said "Hey! Wanna come to a party?" I thought about it for maybe six seconds and realized that if I missed the school bus, I had no way of getting home! Also, if I did not get home on time, Mama would have yanked a knot in my tail. So I replied "Sorry, I gotta get home." He shrugged and that was the end of it. YEARS later, I read Vincent Bugliosi's "The Family. There, in the section of photos, was the guy! Same jacket! Same hat. Same hair. Tex Watson. The book said that he often recruited Manson Family girls from the local high schools, including Birmingham High School on VanOwen Blvd. My school! I had turned down an invite from Tex Watson to party with Charles Manson at the Spahn Ranch. In my family album, also, I have an old photograph from the 1940's showing my grandmother on horseback beside the sign that read "Spahn Ra--". When I asked Mama ab out that photo she said "Oh yes... we always went up there on the weekends to ride horses." Wow.

I love how people come out of the woodwork saying they were supposed to be there that night and the Cass Elliott thing is bizarre. If you came across that wouldn't you go call the cops? OMG. Thanks for another great video Scott. May all the victims RIP.

It's sick that the door was for sale in the first place. Even sicker is someone bought it. May all those who passed from that horrible night rest in peace.

I wish the laws existed at that time to acknowledge baby Paul as an additional victim. I know it doesn't change the outcome, but to simply honor him as well.

As usual very professionally and honestly portrayed. Nice job Scott...

Yeah it has been made known by Sharon’s sister Debra that Sharon was very hot and uncomfortable that day. She didn’t even what her to come over and spend the night. I highly doubt there was a “party” that all of these celebrity types were invited to. Seems as if they just wanted their extra 15 mins of fame. Pretty sad!

My heart aches for Sharon Tate (plus her unborn son ) and the 4 others murdered so needlessly. Seeing Roman sitting at the front door of that home is so sad. May all of the deceased rest in peace knowing that these murders aren't forgotten. Thank you for being so respectful towards the deceased. The Manson family ended the lives of people who didn't deserve to pass.

Man I could listen to Scott's stories for hours. He's an great storyteller. I wonder where he gets all his obscure info on everyone and everything...and how he remembers it all! I remember him talking about the door being taken by Trent Reznor in his SIX DEGREES OF HELTER SKELTER (a must see if you missed it!) I wonder where the guy that's selling it at auction got it? Such a great story! Thanks Scott!!!

Gosh I just looked at the calendar and realized the date August 8, 2023. Although she wasn't at the Tate house, she was at the killing the next night at The LaBianca's - Leslie Van Houten. We must never forget the victims. Isn't it ironic that Ms Van Houten was just released from prison almost 54 years from the date of that awful weekend back in 1969.

The housekeeper, Winifred Chapman, unknowingly did a very important chore the day of the murders. The Polanski's dog had muddied the white door with it's paws. Mrs. Chapman washed down the door with vinegar and water. This provided a clean surface that helped authorities retrieve fingerprints from.

*There was no party.

It was such a beautiful home, it’s a shame it was demolished, but I can understand why some folks wouldn’t want to live there. I often wonder about the “what ifs”… what if Abigail had escaped when she first heard the commotion? What if Sharon had headed out the bedroom door and up the mountain behind the house? Such a sad ending for them all, especially Sharon and her unborn son. May all the victims rest in peace. 😢

Man a lot of celebrities were all of a sudden "tired" that fateful night....

I'm glad you put the "but mostly him" regarding Tex. I'm definitely not saying the others shouldn't be blamed but I've always thought Tex was the worst one, especially if you look into the real facts behind this case. Everyone focuses on Manson but Tex deserves more public scrutiny.

Today is my birthday. I was born on the morning of August 08, 1969. I've always had a love-hate relationship with this day as it was always the hottest day or a rainstorm (or hurricane) would cancel out party plans--oh, and my grandfather died on my 17th. It's always been the bane of my existence. A couple of things I can confirm about that day and late-stage pregnancy: My mother was in Erie, PA, that summer, and just as far along as Sharon; the homes back then didn't have central air and pregnant women were literally keeling over from the heatwave that had gripped a large portion of the U.S. My mother wasn't the only woman who tried to induce labour so she could rest in the cool air of the hospital for a couple of days; I arrived three weeks early. As for "PARTY AT SHARON'S!!!" . . . . I was nine months pregnant during Christmas 1997 and San Antonio was having an unusual heatwave. My sister wanted me to go out to parties and doctors wanted me to "walk the baby out", but 89 degrees with oppressive heat and humidity kept me inside with the AC as low as it could go. All I wanted to do was fold myself up and fit in the freezer. Any pregnant woman (past & present) knows the stories about a party were bunk. But elaborate lies always get more attention than an ordinary bland truth. That's why my heart weeps for Barbara Lewis and Joanna Pettit who WERE there earlier in the day, and for Debbie Tate who WANTED to be there that evening. Roman and Winnie Chapman would have known about a party before anyone else and they never said anything to confirm one. It wasn't until Quentin Tarantino filmed "OUTIH" and gave me the most wonderfully satisfying and heartwarming birthday presents to end all birthday presents, that I decided to make peace with the day. I always take a couple of minutes out to think of Sharon, Paul-Richard, Jay, Voytek, Gibby, and Steven. Thank you for this sweet and loving video tribute. Many blessings to you, Scott.

Great video, Scott! I had no idea of the number of celebrities that once lived there!

Sharon begging for the life of her baby, to the point of offering to let them kill her after she gives birth- is absolutely the worst thing i have ever heard- it, literally, makes my heart hurt. It is unreal that that kind of evil lives and breathes among us.

If more people had been there that nightmare could have been thwarted. And counting Paul Richard Polanski, who was a near full term baby...there were six people. I've never heard about the Cass Elliot account, only that she was was very frightened afterwards because her house was in such close proximity. Trent Reznor's music made me physically ill to listen to. His exploitation was reprehensible, and Sharon's sister Patricia spoke up about it. Doorways are portals...not sure about doors themselves. I recently visited the Hank Williams museum, and could not get too close to the car he died in because it was making me feel unwell as does the sight of that door! Objects do carry energies, and should be treated with respect. The families, and their loved ones who were so senselessly taken including one who had not been given the chance to live should ALWAYS be shown respect...🥀Steven 🥀Wojciech 🥀Abigail 🥀Jay 🥀Sharon & Paul 🙏

If Rick James and Steve McQueen were at the Cielo Drive House that night, I doubt the Manson family would have been able to do what they did.

That door 🚪 has been touched by and passed through by many of people many of times by good, famous and bad people, so yeah it has allot of residual energy embedded into it. Good info video Scott 👍🏻👍🏻

I didn’t know about the number of people claiming they were going there that night! It almost sounds like today’s social scape, with everyone saying they were too tired, or other things. I don’t believe any of them were invited there either.

Another AMAZING video that just sucked me right in!!! You Rascal, you!! Love your videos and appreciate soooo very much the time and effort you put into them! Thank you so much for sharing your work with us!!! Big ol hugs and love from MamaJane in South Carolina

It's a pity that the house was demolished 😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢

Its either a case of these people wanting to involve themselves in the story, or there was indeed a party planned but Sharon's tiredness (as vouched for by her sisters) canceled the plans for the night.

Oh, my goodness. I live in Los Angeles and as a teenager, after I had gotten my drivers license, would always take friends to the Tate house, circa 1970/71. Many years later when Rudi Atobelli still lived there and I should have grown up and away from such hijinks, alone, I drove up to the house again. Unlike every time before, this afternoon the gate was wide open and I decided I would walk onto the property. Just a little bit so that I could actually see the famous front door which alludes one's grasp standing at the front gate. Well just as the full house came into view there was a man looking out at me from the front windows of the house! He immediately came out to confront me. Yes, I was scared to death but knew to remain breezy. I don't know how I was so cleaver to think of this but announced I was a college student from UCLA meeting a group of students at the end of a street on Cielo Dr. (From the slim road there are 2 Cielo Drives and one could turn either left or right) Scott, you are quoting RA as saying the one thing he hates are sight seers to his property. I feel positive that the gentleman who exposed me was Rudi. This was a long time ago and I can't quote our conversation but it went pretty well for me. He asked me several questions and never confronted me as to my story and no mention of it being the Tate house. I have light blond hair, blue eyes and innocent physical features to boot and am not seen as a physical threat to anybody. I suppose I've gotten away with some stuff in my time...

When new house was built, they changed the 10050 Cielo Dr. address... it exists no more. Now 10066 Cielo Dr. Also to note, the old house itself, by today's standards wasn't much, but the property location and spectacular view is what made it so special. And the winning bid for the door........ $127,000.

That was an excellent video. I never would have guessed so many famous people walked through that door! I would love to have it. It's funny, when my grandmother passed I really wanted her front door. It held special time and memories of all the joys of my childhood. Sadly all that is gone, especially my childhood. it's just bizarre to me why people tear down such historic homes.

Scott, you are the master, and I will never tire of hearing you talk about this.

Is the book by george e smith available anywhere? I’m having no luck finding it.

Another "ghost story" comes courtesy of Tori Amos, who was visiting NIN while they were recording. She says she decided to cook a chicken in the oven, but realized after 1 hour that the chicken was still cold 😱 (she probably just didn't light the pilot).

This is the first time I've heard of a party that was supposed to take place that night... That's why I look for your videos FIRST when I'm looking for Manson information...Thanks for sharing!!!!

Great video as always Scott , the info you share regarding the Manson murders is so spot on and detailed . Keep up the good work and keep putting out superb videos ❤

Scott another great video. Thank you. There was another actress who fell to a strange death on Cielo Dr. Was wondering if you could shine some light on the life and terrible death discovery of Yvette Vickers? And again thank you for your videos.

Thank you for this video. You told the story as it was in short form. Very very informative. I have been following this since it happened and STILL can't wrap my head around it.

Well done video! I had no idea of some the background history of the door. The celeb stories of how they were supposed to be there that night really is telling.

Thank you for sharing this. Still so heartbreaking. And for those who claimed to have been invited to a "party" that night but couldn't make it, should have felt ashamed. RIP to those Souls who past 8/8/1969

Hey Scott, its the Liberace L guy. Awesome video!! I was just thinking about the tour you took me on years ago when we would meet up at the Starbucks and head out from there. All you had was the Schlitzie tattoo, I think. Anyway, just saying hi, and wishing you well.

Hi Scott. Your video was so interesting and well done! What a sad anniversary. Thank you for another amazing video.

The book you flipped thru looks like a must read! Very cool.

Scott Goes above and beyond in everything he does!

Thanks!Scott Michaels for all the work and dedication you put into all the videos 📷📷

As always, wonderful video Scott.

Nice job Scott "well done"! Thank you for your time and dedication.👍😎👍😎👍🌟💓🌟💜🌟💛🌟💚🌟💙🌟💙🌟😁

I ADORE that closing sentiment. Some people are so resistant to reality that just the notion of having these items in existence really chaps their butts, but I agree that's it's important to remember these things and these people, even if it's not rose colored perfection.

Pretty cool you posted this on the 54th anniversary of the murders. Great video!

Boy, that charles guy was so, so twisted. That's a morbid relic of history - one I would not want to own. For your consideration; had all the aforementioned showed up that night, that carnage might never have taken place. It would've been very difficult to kill so many people. Manson's minions might have seen what they were up against and had second thoughts at the challenge of dispatching so many.

Tori Amos relayed a story about visiting Reznor at that house while he was recording The Downward Spiral. She'd brought ingredients to cook him a chicken dish, but said that, for some reason, something kept blowing the pilot light out. Tori claimed she spent hours trying to cook the meal, but everything remained raw. After that she got her things and never came back.

Hi Scott, Fascinating as usual. I always thought the house was gorgeous, the setting, the sweet little house itself, I can see why Sharon thought it was perfect. The fact that Sharon's own sister called and since it was the hottest night of the year requested to come up and swim in the pool and Sharon begged off, saying she was too hot, tired and pregnant for guests says a lot, she and her sister were close if she didn't want family to come by you can bet she didn't invite anyone that night. I was just a kid but my parents got a subscription to Life Magazine and I'll never forget the front cover with Roman sitting outside the door with Pig written in his wife's blood. I always thought that photo shoot was very strange intrusive, but I guess we all deal with grief differently. If I had the money I would have purchased the artifact (the door) for you and your collection. I know you would have treasured it and treated it with the respect it deserves.

Another top notch and fascinating upload. I would one day like to go to a celebrity auction. It must be so mind-blowing and sad to see the Hollywood past relics. Thank you Scott.😊

Another brilliantly narrated video. Thank you sunshine.

Many thanks as always you research everything you post - so interesting

“Once Upon A Time in Hollywood” was the closest to getting the door correct.

You have the best videos about the Manson case. 7 degrees of Helter Skelter will always be the documentary I point people in the direction of when they ask me about this subject!

This was so well done and very informative. You put a lot of work and research into this. Thank you.

Unbelievably interesting video! Great job, Scott!

I, too, was invited to the party that night but had to politely decline due to the fact that I would not be born for another 19 years.

This is such a tragedy. Rest In Peace.

Great video Scott. Thanks for sharing.

Great job Scott. I visited a house in the early 80s with a coworker who was a longtime friend of Rudi and he lived at the house in 1970-71. I met Rudi Altobelli who was a very nice but quirky man at the house. I saw him again after he moved to Franklin Towers after he sold the house. From my personal experience visiting the house around 1982 to 1984, I didn’t experience any negative feelings.

Makes you wonder if more guests arrived, would that have scared away the killers. Regardless, it was a tragic event. RIP to the victims.

The only person I can really believe that was invited to hang out with them is Steve McQueen but like you said his plans got thwarted due to his infidelity luckily! I also heard a few years back the actress who had car trouble- I think a friend of Roman’s but the party theory is hard to believe because she was so far along in her pregnancy and didn’t even want her sister to drop over. The house does have a haunting history - too bad because the house was so beautiful! Thanks for always sharing your videos Scott!

Scott, you write so well and read with such a fabulous cadence that I could listen to you read the phone book. Thank you for another fantastic video.

Another great video Scott. I learned a few things that I didn't know before. Always something new from you....

Yeah...Sharon eight and a half months pregnant on the hottest day and night of the year is ready to PARTAY...but others allegedly invited were too tired or falling asleep so they missed being at Cielo Dr. Uh huh ... 🙄🤦 *There was NO party

Wow. Weird they didnt take the time to get an easy basic detail right in those movies. Really interesting work. Important message at the end. Many wanted the Texas school book depository demolished, now its a top of the line museum and archive...and a beautiful building was saved.

The *there was no party* bit was hilarious lol Scott you're the best! I love your content im so glad I found your channel this year!

Fantastic video, Scott. I’ve never seen anyone collect all the people who were supposed to have been there in one place. Amazing research, as usual.

This was so good. Thanks for sharing.

Another outstanding video brother well done...

I truly loved how detailed and and so kind & truthful your words and this video were! I learned things I did not know and truly enlightened me! Thank you!

Fascinating research and video Scott. So thorough. It is appreciated. Blessings - Judith 🎵🎭

Great story as always Uncle Scott. I don't think there was a party. 😊 I hope you and Troy are doing great.

My only wish, is that you could have toured 10050 Cielo Drive. Maybe there would have been a chance of a decent video of the interior of the home! I'll be interested to see who buys the door. I hope it stays in the USA. Thanks for all the hard work you do for us all! ❤

Very interesting video, great job as always, Scott!

Loved this video. Very interesting as always.

A star studded party where no one showed. Gotta love Hollywood. Sigh.

Huge party and all kinds of people invited, what are the odds that absolutely noone showed up. There was no party.

Abigail Folger's bed was recently auctioned as well. Weird that the door was still around considering the house was torn down decades ago.

Fascinating video, sir! Thank you for that episode of history and mystery

Thanks, Scott, for the video. I wasn't aware so many people tried to include themselves into this tragedy. :/ I wish you could/would buy it or someone would buy it and gift it to you.

Great video Scott, thanks for sharing the truth of the events, and not the BS!

Fantastic job with this video. Outstanding!

Great video Scoot, thanks

Thanks for a great video, today marks 54 yrs...its such a sad story. 😢

The door is a piece of history well worth preserving.

Outstanding video! As always. Thank you

Fabulous video and so interesting!! Thank you.

Yes, I know the list is long, but another person claiming to be invited to a party that night was author Jerzy Kosinski (author of "Being There" and featured in the film "Reds"). Shesh, how big is that list? That's awful people would use such a horrible tragedy to gain attention.

Important and relevant report from you today Scott.

Thanks for this video. Well done.

Great story Scott. Well told! Thank you.

My mother in law Claudia was at the house the night before talking to Sharon Tate about horses for sale

Scott do you have any insight into why the set for the Cielo drive house looks so different in Once Upon a Time? I get that it would be expensive, etc. to recreate it perfectly, and the proximity to Leo’s house needs to be accounted for, but it was surprising how much it deviated from the original, considering how meticulous the accuracy was with everything else in the movie.

Thank you, Scott. I love your research .

This was very well done, thank you!

Thank you so much Scott! Excellent as always!