Manson Family murders
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The Manson Family murders were a series of brutal killings in Los Angeles in 1969 orchestrated by cult leader Charles Manson, which became one of the most infamous crimes in American history.
All labels observed (8)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Manson Family | 5 |
| Manson Family murders canonical | 5 |
| Charles Manson Family | 1 |
| LaBianca murders | 1 |
| Manson Murder | 1 |
| Tate–LaBianca murders | 1 |
| Tate–LaBianca murders (real-world) | 1 |
| The Manson Family | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2658242 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Manson Family murders Context triple: [Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, featuresEvent, Manson Family murders]
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A.
Clutter family murders
The Clutter family murders were a notorious 1959 quadruple homicide in Holcomb, Kansas, that became widely known through Truman Capote’s true-crime book "In Cold Blood."
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B.
Hudson family murders
The Hudson family murders refer to the 2008 killings of Jennifer Hudson’s mother, brother, and nephew in Chicago, a high-profile case that drew national attention due to the actress-singer’s fame and the crime’s brutality.
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C.
The Boston Strangler
The Boston Strangler is a 1968 crime thriller film dramatizing the real-life case of a notorious serial killer who terrorized Boston in the early 1960s.
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D.
Moors murders
The Moors murders were a series of notorious child killings carried out in 1960s England by Ian Brady and Myra Hindley, which became one of the most infamous criminal cases in British history.
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E.
Saint Valentine's Day Massacre
The Saint Valentine's Day Massacre was a notorious 1929 gangland killing in Chicago in which seven members of Bugs Moran's North Side Gang were murdered, widely believed to have been orchestrated by Al Capone, symbolizing the violent criminal underworld of the Prohibition era.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Manson Family murders Target entity description: The Manson Family murders were a series of brutal killings in Los Angeles in 1969 orchestrated by cult leader Charles Manson, which became one of the most infamous crimes in American history.
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A.
Clutter family murders
The Clutter family murders were a notorious 1959 quadruple homicide in Holcomb, Kansas, that became widely known through Truman Capote’s true-crime book "In Cold Blood."
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B.
Hudson family murders
The Hudson family murders refer to the 2008 killings of Jennifer Hudson’s mother, brother, and nephew in Chicago, a high-profile case that drew national attention due to the actress-singer’s fame and the crime’s brutality.
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C.
The Boston Strangler
The Boston Strangler is a 1968 crime thriller film dramatizing the real-life case of a notorious serial killer who terrorized Boston in the early 1960s.
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D.
Moors murders
The Moors murders were a series of notorious child killings carried out in 1960s England by Ian Brady and Myra Hindley, which became one of the most infamous criminal cases in British history.
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E.
Saint Valentine's Day Massacre
The Saint Valentine's Day Massacre was a notorious 1929 gangland killing in Chicago in which seven members of Bugs Moran's North Side Gang were murdered, widely believed to have been orchestrated by Al Capone, symbolizing the violent criminal underworld of the Prohibition era.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
criminal case
ⓘ
mass murder ⓘ series of murders ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Spahn Ranch
ⓘ
counterculture of the 1960s ⓘ |
| causeOf | changes in American perceptions of the 1960s counterculture ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| culturalImpact | one of the most infamous crimes in American history ⓘ |
| date | 1969 ⓘ |
| depictedIn |
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
ⓘ
various documentaries ⓘ |
| endTime | 1969-08-10 ⓘ |
| hasEffect | increased security among Hollywood celebrities ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Manson Family murders
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
LaBianca murders
Tate murders ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
California, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
California
|
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| legalOutcome |
death sentences later commuted
ⓘ
multiple life sentences for participants ⓘ |
| location | Los Angeles ⓘ |
| mediaCoverage | international ⓘ |
| motive |
Helter Skelter ideology
ⓘ
apocalyptic race war ideology ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Helter Skelter
ⓘ
surface form:
Helter Skelter (book)
|
| numberOfVictims | 9 ⓘ |
| partOf | history of crime in the United States ⓘ |
| perpetrator |
Charles Milles Manson
ⓘ
surface form:
Charles Manson
Manson Family murders self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Manson Family
|
| pointInTime | late 1960s ⓘ |
| prosecutor | Vincent Bugliosi ⓘ |
| significantPerson |
Charles "Tex" Watson
ⓘ
Charles Milles Manson ⓘ
surface form:
Charles Manson
Susan Atkins ⓘ
surface form:
Leslie Van Houten
Linda Kasabian ⓘ Patricia Krenwinkel ⓘ Susan Atkins ⓘ |
| startTime | 1969-08-08 ⓘ |
| trialEnd | 1971 ⓘ |
| trialStart | 1970 ⓘ |
| victim |
Abigail Folger
ⓘ
Donald "Shorty" Shea ⓘ Gary Hinman ⓘ Jay Sebring ⓘ Leno LaBianca ⓘ Rosemary LaBianca ⓘ Sharon Tate ⓘ Steven Parent ⓘ Wojciech Frykowski ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Manson Family murders Description of subject: The Manson Family murders were a series of brutal killings in Los Angeles in 1969 orchestrated by cult leader Charles Manson, which became one of the most infamous crimes in American history.
Referenced by (16)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
The Manson Family
this entity surface form:
Manson Family
this entity surface form:
Charles Manson Family
this entity surface form:
Tate–LaBianca murders (real-world)
this entity surface form:
Tate–LaBianca murders
this entity surface form:
Manson Family
this entity surface form:
Manson Family
this entity surface form:
LaBianca murders
subject surface form:
Tate–LaBianca murders
this entity surface form:
Manson Family
this entity surface form:
Manson Family