Now is the Time for Helter Skelter 2008

The Tate-LaBianca murders at the hands of the Charles Manson family continue to be a fascination, and will be commemorated in typical death hag style by Dearly Departed Tours, with a special three + hour Helter Skelter theme tour in Los Angeles, California.

Besides the murder residences, Michaels will include on the tour sites that relate to the day-to-day aspects of life of the victims, such as victim Jay Sebring’s hair salon, the El Coyote restaurant where the Tate group had their “last supper”, the bicycle shop where victim Abigail Folger purchased her yellow bike the afternoon of her murder. On the other side of town, we retrace the final steps of Rosemary and Leno LaBianca, victims of the second night of murders. “These sites make the whole thing seem more real and give life to the victims as everyday people,” said tour director, Scott Michaels.

Additionally, guests will see where the murderers threw their clothing and hosed off after the murders, and where they threw the murder weapon out the window of their car. You’ll see a house that was “creepy crawled.” by the Manson family, well before the murders, when they would break in to random homes and burgle or just rearrange things. Many sites have been altered since 1969 and with the help of photographs and home video footage; guests are able to relive them on Scott's 13-passenger bus.

The tour will also include a multimedia presentation made up of film and audio clips surrounding the murders and their victims, and a soundtrack playing the Top 20 of August 1969.

The price of the tour is $50, with five dollars of each ticket being donated to The Doris Tate Crime Victim Foundation, (http://www.doristate.com/foundation.htm) a California-based lobby & crime victim’s organization focusing on victim’s rights and criminal legislation. It is named in honor of Sharon Tate’s mother who became a crime victim activist until her own death in 1992.

The price also includes a piece of memorabilia – a rock from the actual fireplace of the Tate house, which Michaels himself obtained when the original house was razed in late 1993.

The Helter Skelter Tour has just added these 2008 Dates: Saturday January 5, Saturday January 19, Sunday February 3, Saturday February 16, and Saturday March 8. All tours at 9:30 am, pick up behind Starbucks on Hollywood and McCadden. To ensure a seat, please call (323) 466-3696.