Cielo Drive: Where The Tate Murders Took Place 

Poor Sharon being the last one to die. How terrifying! I can’t even begin to imagine the horror she must’ve gone through

Who came to see this after watching Once upon a time in Hollywood?

Hello George.....Just wanted to thank you for posting this clip. I was assigned the Tate murder case as a Criminal Justice student back in my college days. Upon completion of my investigation, I learned more about Sharon and this extremely unfortunate event than I ever imagined. I truly appreciate your efforts to post tasteful and accurate pieces of information. Thanks for your efforts.

What an absolute tragedy that those deranged morons had to walk this same path that night back in August 1969. Sharon and her friends were just chilling out in the house at the end of a normal Friday night only to meet the most awful, terrifying and surreal of deaths. RIP to the victims of this insane crime.

You should have added Paul Polanski, Sharon's baby, in the memory credits. Everyone forgets about the little boy lost. He was a viable, living being, too, before those subhuman demonic freaks took his life in his mothers womb.

What a shame that they put up that monstrosity. I remember driving on Benedict and looking up and you could just barely catch a glimpse of the original house. It sent chills up my spine. Now, it's just sad.

one thing thats always puzzled me about this case is how 4 people hike up and down what appears to be a good 1/4 to 1/3 of a mile hill before and after killing 5 people and yet arent seen by anyone

I think that this was a huge "awakening", the end of the "flower child", Summer of Love era. The impact during such a time of peace & social controversy, with equal rights & Vietnam going on, & in such an affluent area, was something that shook everyone, regardless of class & financial status at the time.

that house is so vulgar.....preferred the tate house.....

Rest in peace beautiful Sharon ♥

Next month will be 50 years , gone but not forgotten ! May she rest in peace and forever be with God.

George does a fantastic job. The new home looks like a garish hotel. What a narrow street and talk about scary secluded. I thought the entrance of Cielo looked like a crumbling driveway. Horrific parking and that scream at 7:46. I immediately thought of this video when I saw Once Upon A Time ... In Hollywood. Thank you to George! Thank you for including sweet Steve Parent. God love that young man and all the tragic victims of Manson’s murderous madness.

That something so evil could happen in a place so beautiful is mind boggling

thanks for posting, for some years back I worked on that street, I planted all the pine trees on the right side after the wall, worked on the white house on the left and the house with the brick driveway.

Thank you George for that awesome video. My heart actually started speeding up while going up that road. It's a very eerie feeling. I wasn't aware of how really narrow that road was.

That street is in bad shape to be in Beverly Hills

This is a prime example of humans at their WORST. Murdering a pregnant woman along with her friends who tried to protect her!! Read that Sharon Tate was buried in the same casket as her child. Never knew her but was thankful for this. Still feel tremendous sadness for her and her friends and the La Biancas xxxx

I am going to do another video showing the major points of Cielo Drive. This video was done to show what Cielo looks like from beginning to end with major points as well. As I said, I'm going to do another one and I will stop at different spots of significance to not only Sharon Tate, but of Cielo Drive as well.

wow thank you for doing this. there's something about actually seeing it. I really get the feeling of how relatively remote the house was. nowhere to really run to and no one to call for help.

Those homes just outside the gate are so close to the street...can't imagine how creepy it mustve been for those neighbors to know how close they were to those killers. Last time I visited LA i drove my rental car up that street and it was around midnite...it was tough finding that last sharp turn up to the gate and i knew it was very narrow so i didnt go all the way fearing those neighbors would get upset. How was that mega-mansion built if those trucks had to use that culdesac??

Its still so creepy-just seeing the walk up Cielo.

Thank you for doing this. I always wanted to go pay my respects there, but I didn't want to intrude on anyone's privacy. Thank you again for taking the time for us😊

God I can't imagine living around that place let alone live in that house after all those people were killed there.We were visiting relative is LA back in the 80's and my mom's sister live there at the time all this happen. They took us for a drive one day and we were told to look upon that hill, that's the place where the Sharon Tate murders too place. I had no idea who Sharon Tate was so after they told us what happen we rented movies like Valley of the dolls so we could see who she was. My aunt said it was a real scary time back then people were sleeping with the lights on and a light at the front door and the back. windows and doors locked everybody had dogs and firearms

That is not the actual house, the actual house was torn down in 1994 & a new house was constructed .........Same property , different house !

It's Beverly Hills. I know because I live near Cielo Drive. Also, if there is ever a problem on that street, it is the Beverly Hills Police that responds. George

I hope you have found peace Sharon and your murderers are dying in prison one by one..

I said that out of jest. The new house has zero charm and looks so out of place in that neighborhood. Just too over built. The original house was so much nicer. Much more charm and cozy. It never looks right when you build a modern structure in an old neighborhood.

I appreciate the video taken in this perspective!!!

Loved your video George thank you! Didn't realize how narrow the street actually is until your video. Didn't realize that the killers parked their car so far away from the property and walked all that way up the hill. I was under the impression that they parked near the gate from what I read on the case, That's obviously quite a distance from the gate. Love your videos George! Keep em' coming!

Great video George! Thanks for taking us here. I'm pretty sure those telephone poles get switched out ever 20 years or so.

Thanks for sharing this George! That was one heck of a walk. It looks like such a lovely area and such a horrific thing to happen.

It seems so peaceful and quiet there. Its hard to believe something so violent and gruesome occurred there.

who would ever live in that house after that

It is the original pole. It may have been moved, but it is the original.

Just took my own drive and made a video too, I think it took something as massive as Villa Bella to fill in the dark void that was there. But it is still creepy driving up that road even today knowing this is where the crime of the century happened. LA is full of history.

Great walk!..The best walk ( steady cam) of that private road I have seen!..Thx for doing it and thx so much for uploading it!

10050 Cielo Drive was the last known address that Charlie had for Terry Melcher. Terry was well known in the Hollywood recording scene and had been introduced to Manson by Beach Boy Dennis Wilson. Dennis told Terry that Manson was "weird," but also to check him out, just in case he might happen to be a great songwriter. Manson & Terry Melcher had many discussions but Melcher didn't promise Manson anything! Manson cut the demo for one of the record companies (I don't recall if it was for Capitol, A&M, or one of the other major labels) and was rejected, outright. Apparently, the song was terrible. This led back into Manson's threats on Melcher's life. When Charlie gave the "hit" order to Tex on that terrible night, he told him and the girls to "kill everybody inside!" Melcher had lived there on Ciello Drive for months with a roommate, Mark Lindsay (from Paul Revere & the Raiders). They owned two ocelots! Ocelots are beautiful wild cats from South America. They look like dwarf leopards! Anyway, Lindsay's and Melcher's ocelots were de-clawed (a terrible thing to do to a wild cat) and when they could finally scale the trees on the property, they would always fall off. That led Melcher to exclaim to Lindsay "We have to move to a safer place for the sake of these animals." (Never mind the fact that these people de-claw their cat's paws)! Melcher and Lindsay left. "The next renters to 10050 Cielo Drive were Director Roman Polanski and his beautiful, young and recently pregnant wife, Sharon Tate."

I heard the scream too,and I'm 100% positive that someone had their curtains opened and saw you walking by with your camera,and was shaken.That happened to me over at Barbara Eden's(I Dream of Jeannie star) home during a tour of lower Belair.She came out and to see who I was,and I apologized several times for scaring her.The residents are with good reason still scared today because of the murders,and that's perfectly understandable.

Thank you for taking us along with you on this h Journey. It gives me the chills to see you literally walking in the footsteps of the killers.we are seeing what they saw. What were they thinking as they walked towards the house.. it begs the question what were they thinking. Is it possible any of them have a tiny bit of clarity did they have a moment where they thought to rj Themselves or outlout "this is wrong" ? Probably not it's so 💔 RIP Sharon , Paul Richard, Jay, Gibby, Voyteck ,and Steven ,,💔

I heard the guy say from Dearly Departed that you do need permission to be on the drive because so many ppl go there, especially on Aug 8th.

when i was in cali back in 07. i went the tate residence. but, i knew it was no longer there. i wasnt on cielo but across the canyon. i did get to see the house that stands there now. kinda a big i sore. it doesnt really fit in with it's surroundings. i also went to the labianca house and i could see it while on the street it's on. i'm surprised how little it had changed from pictures i've seen back in 69 from old news footage

Thanks for posting this video of touring of the Beverly Hills area it was helpful to me to see what actually happened that night of 1969 great job.

Loved this video ! Great job you did .. thanks for sharing this , us East Coast folks truly appreciate your time

My brother and I went to 10050 Cielo Drive on a visit to Los Angeles in 1980. At that time, we drove up to the original gate and it looked basically as it did in 1969. I remember being worried that someone was going to come out and tell us to leave, but fortunately no one did. I had just finished reading the book Helter Skelter and had made mental notes from the book and I was able to identify the area where the killers parked down the hill and I saw what I believe was the telephone pole near the gate where Tex Watson cut the phone wires before entering the property. You could easily see inside the wide gates…. such as the garage building with some stairs going up the side, the stone wishing well in the front yard and a partial view of that end of the main house. I was amazed how it still basically looked like the photos that had been published after the crime. I would have loved to have gotten inside the gates, but I'm sure we would have been arrested and justifiably so. LOL.

My husband and I had our very first date at the gate - because when he asked me where in all of LA I wanted to go, this was my choice, lol. It was many years later, of course, but still while the original house & grounds were still standing and the same

That's a lot of walking you did, nice video, enjoyed it George.

You did a great job George. I never knew Cielo Drive was that long. Or for that matter that narrow and that rustic. Still Old Fashioned looking, except for the fact that the new owner tore down the old house and built that Cement monstrosity. Even the story about the original telephone pole was interesting! I don't live in California, but that state sure holds some mysteries.

There is a scream at 7:45 but it's more of a " I just dropped an egg scream" than anything else.

This is a great video of Cielo Drive and helpful. Good job, much appreciated!

Great views George, was there before and after the old red house was torn down, much has changed in the past twenty years that is for sure! Thanks for your efforts!

Thank you for making and sharing this video. It was very interesting.

R.I.P., Sharon Tate (January 24, 1943 - August 9, 1969) and her unborn son.

It is Beverly Hills. My friend lives 200 feet from Sharon's house. He has been on tons of Haunted History and Paranormal shows. I have pics and have had experiences at the house. I have parked on that street, which is scary since it is so narrow....hard to turn around.

Excellent book and he gives a lot of insight into the motives and really delves into the background of everyone from the killers to the murdered.

How in the hell do two cars pass on that street?

Was up there over the weekend and it is a tight squeeze for one car getting up there. It was middle of the day and there was a woman getting stuff out of her car and it didn't really feel right parking out big suv in front of her house while we were taking pics near the gate. We had to do about a four point turnaround in her driveway to get out of there. Would've been cool to have hung around a little longer but, eh....not much to see. Can now say I've been there. We went to El Coyote right after for some damn strong margaritas

Even if the house was torn down I wouldn't want to live on that property just a thought of the tragedy that occurred there would be too much to take.

I live in Florida and its good to see this area through your video, thanks George.

I always wanted to see what it looked like, so thank you Sir for sharing.

I am such a fan of your videos George, you are a breath of fresh air ❤️

Thank you so much for posting this. :)

thanks that was really fascinating I have always wondered what it looked like now , even though it's all changed it's still so creepy

Thank you, George. I enjoyed the scenic beauty

Thank you for posting this

Damn that street is narrow AF! I wpuld get severe anxiety driving up that road

great video. couldnt ask for anything more in relation to getting a feel of the scene.

Very informative video George, thank you sir.

Thanks for posting George.

Linda was at the house when the killings began. She was up close to the action. She ran away from all that and then ran to the car. The killers did park their car where I said at the bottom of that part of Cielo.

"Cielo" means sky in Spanish. "Heaven" in Spanish is "Gloria".

Well now I can visualize what a long and winding road it is up to the house. Thanks George.

Wow thankyou so much for this vidéo George :-)

I did the exact same walk in 1979. Cielo looks much the same. However, the today driveway is "dramatically" different! It appears much longer, none of those structures on the left side existed in `69. In 1979, everything still looked like 1969. The tall chain fence still existed. It was open, and I did walk up to the point where Parent was killed in his car. That`s where I stopped. The red house was easily within sight to the right. I encountered zero people on Cielo and on the property, which I was clearly trespassing on. Zero!!

Roman and Sharon's baby was also murdered. Please remember there son.

What a beautiful place to live. Who would guess the horror that happened there.

this is an awesome vid! thanks george!

Side note. When at the top of Bella Drive looking across the canyon to the murder site, he is standing directly in front of the former property of silent screen star Rudolph Valentino-Falcon Lair l(later owned by the now deceased tobacco heiress Doris Duke-also alleged her butler had a hand in her death). The name of the estate Falcon Lair is actually visible on the entry gate columns if you look very carefully.

Thank you was very interesting to see...very sad as well, happy new year to you

Wow, if those were your "shakey" videos..then you are Excellent! Thank you for sharing!

Thank you for sharing with us! You are so knowledgeable about Sharon Tate! Please, more videos!

Sheron rest in peace and all that you left abruptly and unexpectedly

I Enjoy your videos, Thank you George!

Great video. I have never been up there. I remember when it happened. I was a young girl and it shook Los Angeles to the cord! So terrible, I remember going to bed scared.

George. love your videos thay are ALWAYS interesting. Have to admit you are brave as there is NO WAY would I walk up that path on a quiet bank holiday on the first day of the new year with a camera - don't know who might get angry wanting to know why you are there! This video gives a good perspective of the house as most videos give a one dimemsional view of the location, Many thanks,

Thank you! It's very interesting. I always wondered what it was like. Were those other homes there at the time? Curious since nobody heard the murders. That's a big house. But I like the original house better. It had a ranch like vibe to it. This kind of ruins the ambiance of the surroundings. But what do I know, I rent 😀😂 Thanks so much for doing this video. My daughter and I have read books and watched videos on the Tate murder but we always see the photos of the house, but never see what exactly the neighborhood is like. Sure is beautiful up there.

Am currently reading Ed Sanders "Sharon Tate a life" and on page 168 her friend Joanna Pettet said that Sharon told her she had wanted to have her baby in London. It was Roman who made her come back to the United States. Pettet says she hopes that Roman felt guilty about this. Just IMAGINE if poor Sharon had still been in England. How cruel fate can be.

I salute George for his dedication producing this video. It's the most realistic view of Cielo Drive that most Sharon Tate fans will ever see. Happy New Year Everyone!!

If you're still around, nice job on the video. The Manson case still fascinates me. So much is still not known nor will it ever probably be.

I agree. George did a great job. Happy New Year to you too.

Thank you George !!

good video mate..its awesome to see what sharon would of drove past daily in her everyday life..even the things charlie and the killers saw on their visits to cielo

Very interesting thanks George!

Hi George, I just wanted to say hi, I’m a huge fan of Sharon’s and like you, prefer to focus on how she lived, not how she died. I’ve been enjoying your videos for some time now and wanted to say thanks for uploading them so fans of Sharon like myself, can get a feel for where she lived etc. Blessings to you!

George , the pole was on the other side off the road. And it was on the out side of the property. i love your tapes , thanks I love your short films

Oh wow, there's a lot of history in this neighborhood!

Such an isolated house who would think this would occur there

Awesome video! I'm a huge history buff when it comes to the Manson killings. I had a question for you though. You said the killers parked there car all the way at the bottom of the road leading to the Tate house. Linda Kasabian was at the car and heard the screams. That seems like a long way for her to hear the commotion going on. Are you sure that is where they parked the car? Anyways. Very good video.

Excellent video & it is very interesting Thanks for the share !!!!!!

hello.am.from.newcastle,uk...so.enjoyed.the.walk.with.you....thanku.xx

Wonderful video, thank you so much for sharing! Have you ever gone to the La Bianca scene? I got pix from the road a couple of yrs ago, it appears to be the same as it was in 1969. I also just noticed the "Twin House" on Cielo for sale, pix of it are nothing like the original so I wonder when it was torn down & re-done as well.