A haunted house should loom out of the darkness, its windows boarded up, ghosts and dust as the only occupants. But horror dwells inside two beautifully decorated homes in the Benedict Canyon of Beverly Hills. While its name means “heaven” in Spanish, 10050 Cielo Drive was nothing but Hell for the five victims brutally murdered by Charles Manson’s “Family” within its walls. Some say their spirits still haunt the area, having taken up residence in the nearby Oman House.

 

Two men, film director David Oman and Nine Inch Nails frontman Trent Reznor, have turned the blood-soaked history of Cielo Drive into a booming source of revenue. Both men show signs of struggling with their own inner demons – are the spirits still trapped within their homes disturbed and vengeful at the business created around their murders, or is it the morality of the situation haunting the living?

 

Episode Highlights:

• History of the Oman House
• David Oman: homeowner, movie director, and tour guide
• Dr. Barry Taff investigates
• Trapped spirits in the Oman House
• Charles Manson & The Family
• The Tate Murders on Cielo Drive
• Trent Reznor on 10050 Cielo Drive

 

Resources:

• David Oman’s interview with Dread Central

 

• The House at the End of the Drive (2014 Film)

 

• The Oman House website for tour tickets, seances, and merchandise
• Listen to Dr. Taff’s radio interview with Dark Matter: “The Entity Hauntings, Poltergeists, & the Manson Murders”
• “Gave Up” Nine Inch Nails music video
• The Long Hard Road Out of Hell by Marilyn Manson

 

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