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Helter Skelter: Part Two of the Shocking Manson Murders

Helter Skelter: Part Two of the Shocking Manson Murders

Summary

Part Two: Meet the Killers.

Twenty-four members of a hippie cult known as the Manson family, led by ex-con Charles Manson, are arrested in connection with the murder of a music teacher Gary Hinman, killed on the same night in Hollywood.

Susan Atkins aka Crazy Sadie, is one of the imprisoned. Seemingly high and excited, she tells everyone in gruesome detail how they did it, and how they were going to unleash hell.

She reveals that the Manson family were also involved in the Cielo Drive murders, the horrifying place Sharon Tate Polanski and her friends were bludgeoned to death.

Reviews

  • The fullest story of the Manson case anybody ever is likely to get.
    Wall Street Magazine

About the author

Vincent Bugliosi

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