The Manson Family Murders — Deadly Disciple Reveals Shocking New Details

Charles "Tex" Watson — one of Charles Manson's murderous "Family" members who murdered screen legend Sharon Tate — is trying to protect his reputation! The National ENQUIRER has caught the convicted killer contacting editors at the internet encylopedia of Wikipedia.com to make changes to his online history. In the process, Tex has revealed bizarre new details about the nights that his hippie crew slaughtered innocents!

On August 8, 1969, Tex went out with his fellow homicidal hippies Susan Atkins, Linda Kasabian and Patricia Krenwinkel. Cult leader Manson had ordered them to go to the house where the would-be rock star had first met record producer Terry Melcher (son of Doris Day) and "totally destroy everyone in [the house], as gruesome as you can."

Sharon — who was eight-and-a-half months pregnant — was renting the estate and holding a dinner party that evening. Her husband, "Rosemary's Baby" director Roman Polanski, was out of town. The killers came in to find Sharon with hair stylist Jay Sebring, screenwriter Wojciech Frykowski and coffee heiress Abigail Folger.

Everyone in the house was slaughtered, with "RISE" and "DEATH TO PIGS" written in blood on the walls. (Steven Parent, who had been visiting the estate's caretaker, was also murdered.)

The next night, Manson had Leslie Van Houten join Tex (pictured) and Patricia to randomly murder innocent couple Leno and Rosemary LaBianca.

A sordid 1970 trial had the young psychos and their leader put away. Many mysteries have still remained about the bizarre murders. Now, in attempt to control his bloody legacy, Tex has provided handwritten notes from his prison cell that provide new insight into the horrible slayings.

For starters, Tex is insisting that he ever had the nickname "Mad Charlie." He also wants Wikipedia to restore a mention of "Will You Die For Me? The Man Who Killed For Charles Manson" — his own book that he wrote about the murders.

Tex is also asking for some corrections about his early life — and now insists that he didn't murder Abigail Folger. The heiress' body was found with multiple stab wounds and her face slashed, but Tex is claiming that Patricia Krenwinkel is mostly responsible for that death. Strangely, Tex adds that he only "assisted" Manson's deadly disciple in killing the woman.

He denies taking $70 from the tragic victim's purse, and Tex asks Wikipedia to delete a claim that Sharon Tate's last words were: "Mother...mother..." While it's often been believed that was Tex's own statement about Sharon's final moments, his notes now say that the report is "NOT true."

The murderer contests a claim that a group called Citizens for Truth prevented him from being paroled in 1982 — but he can't deny how The National ENQUIRER kept Tex behind bars! Sharon Tate's tortured mother Doris came to The ENQUIRER for help when the madman first  came up for parole! She was able to present the California parole board with over 100,000 letters from irate ENQUIRER readers demanding that Sharon's killer stayed behind bars.

"The ENQUIRER kept Tex Watson locked behind prison bars," declared a relieved Mrs. Tate, who would later pass away in 1992. "I am convinced that it was the tremendous show of support from the thousands of ENQUIRER readers that was responsible!"

Tex also wants Wikipedia to delete the genders of his four children. He became a parent through conjugal visits with a woman he was once married to while in prison.

There's one more surprising twist — with Tex recommending the book "Helter Skelter" as a reference to his own story. The best-seller was written by the late Vincent Bugliosi, who successfully prosecuted Manson in court. Many crime fans have disputed details in Bugliosi's book, but it seems to have been good enough for Tex!