Tex Watson meets... Doris Tate

Thanks to Helter Skelter Forum member, Dennis for alerting me to this footage.
The monsterous Tex Watson, who slaughtered seven innocent people on August 9th/10th 1969 comes face to face with the mother of one of his victims.
Doris Tate, step forward.

[@878set]

I admire her ability to look her daughter's murder straight in the face and keep her composure so well. Truly a strong willed woman.

[@MunstersBabe]

My only hope is that Doris found Sharon and her baby in the afterlife and that all of them are finally at peace.

[@Super96er]

To sit across from the man who tortured and killed one's daughter...a tough call...God bless Doris Tate!!

[@StaunchComic]

Doris Tate is my hero! This women help change laws so victims familys could confront there love ones killer. Bless her heart she was a brave woman and the way she stood up to Watson was AWESOME!

[@margarethillier9188]

What a courageous and dignified lady. She had the fortitude to stare into the face of her daughters killer and totally vanquish him with logic,reason and truth. It was a privilige to see her totally destroy Tex Watson . May she Rest in Peace.

[@rubydawn1]

Mrs Tate picked herself up from her sorrow to protect her daughter and the other victims.Her daughters picked up where she left off I admire all of the Tate family.

[@JordannaJeans]

Damn this gave me chills. "When do I come up for parole?" no words. Rest in peace Doris.

[@rickram1961]

Doris Tate is truly an amazing lady!

[@Bumblybee256]

Why did they let him procreate?

[@MissLizaMay]

She fought the good fight, and did a beautiful job of keeping the killers where they belonged. I hope she finally is at peace with Sharon and Patti. And Debra keeps the fight alive. God bless them all.

[@ronson232]

They ought to just replay this clip at every family parole hearing. Doris nailed it.

[@mlc2005]

This woman, Doris Tate, is a hero for allowing victims a voice in sentencing/parole hearings by changing the laws.

[@MatthewRX]

Wow she is so amazing. I can't even fathom the strength and restraint it took to sit in front of the man that murdered her daughter and grandson.

[@markserjeant]

@cozener1 What is even sicker is that he was able to breed while he was in jail. That is something I will never understand.

[@justcary]

I believe in forgiveness.. But as a society releasing someone who has committed such a horrible act on other human beings is ludicrous.

[@lissalives1]

She is so intelligent. Bet Charles Watson was not prepared for that feisty lady!

[@rubydawn1]

Doris was such an amazing mother it is easy to see why her children where not just beautiful on the outside.Thank you to her and all the Tate family for their support of the victims

[@HelterSkelterForum]

@JawsJaws I read his book too. He's a monster, a killer, a destroyer of lives. Being a Christian doesn't undo that. .

[@rubydawn1]

Mrs Tate s words bring me to tears her strenght of charactor is incredible

[@gettinhitched]

In the book Helter Skelter, it says that she pleaded with them to take her, let her have her baby and then kill her. She begged and begged for her baby's life. Not her own. They discovered during autopsy the baby, named Paul Richard by Roman, had not been harmed by the stabbings. He was perfect in every way and if medical attention had been there some twenty minutes of Sharon being stabbed, he may have lived. So unfathomable

[@lasbagman1]

Doris Tate was one strong invincible woman , she fought for her daughter and grand child to the end of her life, the torch passed to patti and now Debra Tate will carry on .

[@plymouthgtx1973]

It is an absolute disgrace that this ghoul Tex Watson is able to have conjugal visits and have children & a family. Another reason why the death sentence should never have been abolished. I really feel tremendous sympathy for Doris Tate & her family that they have to endure these ridiculous parole hearings every few years - it just reopens the wounds for them. Rest in peace Doris & let's hope Tex Watson never gets out of prison.

[@wailukustrider222]

Great woman. May she rest in peace.

[@showtuneful]

This woman deserves all of our love and support. There is nothing as difficult in this world and living with the knowledge that your beloved daughter was butchered while pregnant with a full term baby, your granddaughter by this monster who laughed while killing her. I don't know if I could have the strength this woman had to fight so nobly and with such dignity without losing it. God Bless her and Sharon's surviving sister.

[@gytannia]

Doris, you said things that were so true and to the core. Bless your strength and dignity. May your daughter and grandchild be smiling down on you from Heaven.

[@HelterSkelterForum]

@lorakayable Abigail Folger called for her mother too. So sad. These two women (Sharon/Abigail) were dying and the last thought on their mind was to have their mothers by their side.

[@GilHodgesFan]

I noticed who I assume was Watson's attorney while Doris Tate was talking. He was acting very disrespectful showing impatience while she was talking. This is a woman who lost her daughter and an unborn grandchild by the idiot that guy was defending. Watson did not get the death penalty that he deserved so his attorney could at least let Mrs Tate speak her piece without him making such impatient gestures. At least Watson is alive, more than he gave his victims!

[@pictureisup1]

She is very brave and strong. I am very sorry for her loss.

[@switchhitter08]

DORIS TATE OWNED TEX WATSON!!!

[@HelterSkelterForum]

Are you stupid? Sharon and Roman never murdered anyone when they got high. Don't blame drugs.

[@TheStimpyboy]

Tex was a absolute maniac. i would say he worse then manson and all the rest. he could have easily stopped all this shit.. He was the leader of the death squad

[@trampoliere82]

Doris Tate was really a coragious woman in front the person who killed so brutally her own pregnant daughter! Today she rests in peace in the same tomb with her Sharon. Maybe only now she can be happy, because forever near to the love of her life and nobody will may separate them.

[@syntaur3943]

You do the crime... you do the time...

[@HulaKatz]

Actually, he was responsible for 9 deaths, when you include Sharon's baby, who was due in only a couple weeks. Plus Shorty Shea, whose murder Tex particpated in as well, by stabbing him numerous times. Doris was a very strong woman to have kept her cool in addressing this monster who killed her beautiful daughter and grandson.

[@MysticalSelah]

I love Doris. What a strong woman. Bless her heart.

[@Haroldbeavis1969]

Very powerful and articulate.

[@Believerification]

Well said, Mrs. Tate.

[@1220sassy]

Can you blame her? What if it were your pregnant daughter?

[@sambrady71]

Get em Ms. Doris......

[@kindup2]

This was a parole hearing. Doris Tate was there to help make sure Tex wasn't granted parole and speak her mind. It's very simple, folks. Forgiveness is a separate and was Doris' own business. She said she did feel sorry for Tex...here is a guy that was allowed to have four children through conjugal visits while in prison. He was convicted of 8 murders.

[@fabiantr100]

I'm so sorry ms Tate. I hope you will see your precious daughter again some day.

[@MichaelJohnson-wl8yk]

she was amazing!

[@mlbf2327]

@lorakayable Knowing that she called out for her Mother gives me the chills, as the reality of how helpless she must have felt becomes evident.

[@Bubbasweet]

Damn right Doris...

[@mrlafayette1964]

Whether him or any murderer is reformed,remorseful,born again etc etc is IRRELEVANT.The punishment MUST fit the crime..and TRUTH in sentencing.Early parole and reduced sentence for good behavior are further crimes against the law abiding public.He's not worthy of even being in her presence.

[@xRandax94]

Strong woman. Can't imagine the pain she has gone through ever since the death of her daughter and grandson (who never had a chance).

[@CUDDLES55]

You Rock Doris so proud of you. RIP

[@dammitall223]

Go, Doris. You kicked ass.

[@PiercingFanatic94]

Well said mrs. Tate.

[@clickster010587]

I commend this woman with all of the grief and heartache of losing her beloved Sharon and the grandson that she would never get to hold. May she rest in peace in Heaven, reunited with Sharon and baby Paul. My heart also goes out to Debra Tate, who has continued her mother's fight to keep these criminals in jail where they belong. At least Susan Atkins is dead and hopefully in hell where she belongs.

[@5Mariner]

Even if he was allowed to answer, I doubt he could give her one

[@lisalupner55]

I admire her! I would have gone after him!

[@davidr828]

it is hard to watch this video without feeling the pain doris tate has to be feeling sitting a few feet away from this murderer who took her daughters life and the baby her daughter was looking forward to !! why tex watson even goes to parole hearings is beyond me he got his parole when the death penalty was overturned !!! but poor sharon and her baby never got a chance in life because of this cold hearted murderer !! he should spend the rest of his life in prison !!!! no parole ever for tex

[@ExpectBum]

Tell me one person that will live next to you and your kids and I'll... eat my hat.

[@clintonearlwalker]

@MissLizaMay What's really sad though is that she "HAD" to spend much of her life trying to keep these animals away from her, when that was the responsibility of the state. Manson got a cell phone in his cell about 1 month ago and made calls to the location of know former family members. Debra was scared to death. This nightmare will never end for them, that's the sad part for me.

[@curtismoff]

That was a strong woman for sure. Kudos to you ma'm Kinda reminds me of my mom and my late grandmother god rest her soul.

[@pbrucpaul]

Strong lady. Sad sad convicted murderer who doesn't equal 1/1000 of what she is.

[@serenitydazzled]

I love Doris she was a HEROINE in hellish circumstances. R.I.P. honey.

[@Denykorn]

Big Respect.......Doris Tate

[@annahudson76]

@HelterSkelterForum give the poor lady a break her daughter was murdered and sliced up if that was me i would be so damn bitter against everyone i think she a very strong good woman.

[@FIXERCHEMISTRY2]

Well stated, Mrs. Tate

[@TheSouthpau]

Mrs. Doris, let him have it!!!! You have an entire country behind you to watch your back!

[@davidr828]

i always admired doris tate she went to her grave keeping these manson family killers in prison where they belonged !!! i heard her say in one interview that she wanted to kill tex watson when she first saw him !! no one knows the pain she went through losing her daughter and unborn grandson but doris !! may she rest in peace i know she is in heaven with sharon and her baby !!

[@xRandax94]

@SHRINA17 It's disgusting. Sharon couldn't have her baby and begged for her life and the baby's and they didn't show her any mercy (like Doris says). I mean what really gets me is that they were given death and then once the death penalty is over ruled they get life in prison WITH the possibility of parole. I mean life I could understand but parole? Really?! Thats not right. I'm just glad that Susan Atkins was denied parole before she died.

[@1lricardo]

@davidr828 -- What a beautiful thought u expressed. I'm sure Mrs. Doris Tate would be happy to know that people still remember her, & Sharon, & Sharon's little baby, Paul Richard Polanski.

[@maryelizabeth1968]

Doris was AMAZING.

[@xf2gscorsair]

HE HAS ALREADY HAD A BETTER CHANCE THAN HE GAVE. OR MAYBE YOU WANT HIM NEXT-DOOR TO YOU?

[@gotch09]

I think if this had happened to my daughter, I would have gone totally insane. Hell, I KNOW I would.

[@rachelrose67]

There are differing accounts as to who actually murdered Sharon. At first,Susan Atkins claimed it was her,but later claimed it was Tex. One thing is for sure though,he was there, and participated in the murders.

[@interstategar]

Doris Tate said it perfectly!

[@zodiolestes]

The parole board wouldn't allow Doris to confront Charles Manson.

[@lilic1]

Watson has a family and how incredible how they live in that prison, they have EVERYTHING there, many many homeless people are dying in the prison while these people can do what they want, even having a family like Watson has. The whole prison system in the US is ridiculous. All of them must stay there, or better, I would lock them in a mine. By the way, all my respect to Doris Tate, what a brave woman and mother. Rest in peace.

[@ExDemocrat64]

@HelterSkelterForum Thank you HelterSkelterForum!!! I"m so glad Sharon & Doris have you in their corner.

[@cunnusalatu]

YOU GO DORIS !

[@kodade9016]

"i'll eat my hat"

[@serenitydazzled]

Where is the remorse in this serial killer? Not a tear shed for anyone of his victims yet he cries openly for himself when he deceives everyone into thinking god has touched his life....something not right there...doesnt quite fit.

[@jumpforjoy6]

God bless this brave woman

[@marjolein296]

@76wildeye I have one question for you. Are you a mother? I am, and i understand her completely... If your child is murdered, by someone like Tex Watson. You will fight, my husband says i rather go unarmed to war,then face a angry mother. Because we mothers are scary as hell, when you touch our children.

[@Romanov8181]

How wonderful. He is sorry and he is forgiven. He is also being punished. If there is any justice he will live to be 150 yrs old, decaying behind bars.

[@Tony63909]

Ms. Tate, I am so sorry for your loss and grief.

[@yellingelk]

If Charles Watson really was repentant, if he had just one stroke of real decency ... he would gladly accept what he did and also his fate and willingly stay locked up for all of his natural life. It's the very least that he owes his victims and their loved ones. I know I would without question... and I ain't even found God, cause' I don't believe he exists!

[@MacNCheese69]

Drugs don't kill people, people (sometimes via drugs whether directly or influentially) kill people.

[@babygirl91580]

i love Doris! RIP now you are with both of your girls, its just a shame this happend , this poor women

[@johndonga9067]

I agree with Steve Kay. They should consider themselves lucky that they had their sentences reduced to life. I'm sure, and confident that if released Watson and Van Houten and Krenwinkel would be model citizens, but that's not the point. The point is the nature of what they did and the way they went about it.

[@sueishere25]

@fruticetum You're probably right. Unfortunately she may have relived the horrible incident over and over. I don't know if I would be able to forgive either. Sad!

[@Thundralight]

he not only killed that unborn baby but generations of people who will never exist now-the offspring of that baby and steven parents children -he was onlu 18 or future children of sharon tate and their offspring and their offspring -millions of people

[@davidr828]

thanks ! i know i will always remember those murders and how sharon beg the killers to let her live to have her baby but they killed her and now they are wanting paroled i hope no parole board will ever release them !!!

[@eriesurfer10]

wanna see her ask charlie...

[@Sara24Lisa]

Smart lady. I am sure she is at rest with Sharon and Patti now.

[@mariafromsa]

Well said.. rip Doris

[@clintonearlwalker]

"Her younger sister Debra also called to ask if she and their sister Patti could spend the night with her, but Sharon declined. In the evening she went to her favorite restaurant, El Coyote, with Sebring, Frykowski and Folger, returning about 10:30 p.m.[1] During the night, they were murdered by members of Charles Manson's "family" and their bodies discovered the following morning by Tate's housekeeper, Winifred Chapman."--Wikipedia

[@sirensealight]

@darilc1966 It is NOT Doris job or any other victim from this senseless crime to forgive Tex or any of the other village idiots of the "Family". She had every right to feel that Tex or any of other to be released on the street. They were given the death sentence and it was commuted to Life when the Death penalty was briefly overturned in California. It should have never been that a Death sentence was turned into Life with the possibility of parole. It should have in the very least been Life

[@hairdoggy]

YOU GO MAMMA!

[@sueishere25]

Only God knows if he has truly changed. It's funny though, if he weren't in prison would he be so righteous? I wonder how his kids are doing.

You are a moron! Probably one of those Manson-worshippers too. Blaming the victims, huh? You are a piece of sh*t!!!

[@HelterSkelterForum]

@idlefonzo201 Patty spoke up for Gibby at Pat's 1993 parole. But I was kinda referring to Doris' interview with Bill Nelson. Also on my channel, check it out.

[@Whitneypyant]

@plymouthgtx1973 I think California got it back because Scott Peterson is on death row

[@maryelizabeth1968]

@ghettoslider And keep the people who murdered her daughter from getting paroled. You seem to forget that part.

[@caravaggio31]

No, in a parole hearing he cant talk to her.

[@Bigrusssthefuss]

@darilc1966 Sir, I do not understand what sin she needs to repent for from this clip. She is a mother, who lost her daughter to a cruel, senseless, moronic crime. She is trying to get some closure from this horrific incident in her life. How can you be so...cold? She shouldnt have to forgive tex watson or the others in this life. Maybe in that so called "heaven" of yours she will, and her and tex and susan atkins will all sit around on catch up on old times, but for now, closure is the word.