Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD gave Quentin Tarantino the chance to rewrite the Sharon Tate Charles Manson murders, but in real life what happened after the ...

Most recently this was in October 2021, with the next opportunity being in 2026. Later that year, two more would be added, for the deaths of Gary Hinman and Donald Shea, who were also killed the previous summer. Van Houten is also living having been the youngest woman ever to be sentenced to death in California at 21. At the time she was California’s longest-serving female inmate and had been denied parole 14 times, including on grounds of compassionate release following her diagnosis. During the high-profile and disruptive nine-and-half-month trial some witnesses were threatened by the Manson 'Family' and one was even poisoned. Just as Inglourious Basterds ended World War II early and killed Hitler, Quentin Tarantino took the liberty to reimagine the horrifying events of Summer 1969 in Los Angeles in Once Upon A Time in Hollywood, starring Margot Robbie, Brad Pitt and Leonardo DiCaprio. A gruesome series of murders by a small cult would horrify and terrify the city and hit headlines worldwide.