I’m a little fuzzy on why the Manson Family picked that house to kill everyone.
I think it was Doris Day’s son Terry Melcher who was a huge record producer during that time, he produced records for the Beach Boys, Manson was introduced to Melcher who listened to his music and turned him down. Melcher had previously lived at the house on Cielo Drive and that’s why the house was chosen.
You are correct.
exactly right....Melcher made vague promises to record Manson and never followed thru...Charlie didnt forget that...
Melcher had a assistant named Greg Jacobson....Jacobson and Wilson were best friends. Jacobson met Manson when he’d stop by Wilson’s house...for some reason, Jacobson really fell for Manson’s bullsh$#...thought he could be the “next big thing”...and kept pestering Melcher to check out Manson’s playing and singing. Melcher actually went to Spahn Ranch to check out Charlie...wasn’t impressed...couldn’t believe how they were living out there, threw Manson 100 dollars, and said he’d “be in touch”. That was the Melcher-Manson connection. Jacobson would later say that “yeah, i was getting high way too much” back then...