Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders
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Authors: Vincent Bugliosi,Curt Gentry
Tags: #Murder, #True Crime, #Murder - California, #General, #Biography & Autobiography, #Case studies, #California, #Serial Killers, #Criminals & Outlaws, #Fiction, #Manson; Charles
Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders.
Co-author, Vincent Bugliosi
Second in Command.
Co-author, Edward R. Murphy, Jr., executive officer U.S.S.
Pueblo
Operation Overflight.
Co-author, U-2 spy pilot Francis Gary Powers
The Last Days of the Late Great State of California
The Killer Mountains: A Search for the Legendary Lost Dutchman Mine
A Kind of Loving.
Co-author, Toni Lee Scott
Frame-Up: The Incredible Case of Tom Mooney and Warren Billings
The Vulnerable Americans
John M. Browning, American Gunmaker.
Co-author, J. Browning
The Madams of San Francisco
Jade: Stone of Heaven.
Co-author, Richard Gump
The Dolphin Guide to San Francisco and the
Bay Area—Present and Past
THE TRUE STORY OF THE MANSON MURDERS
PROSECUTOR OF THE TATE-LABIANCA TRIALS
WITH CURT GENTRY
W. W. NORTON & COMPANY
NEW YORK LONDON
The excerpts from the Beatles’ songs “Baby, You’re a Rich Man,” “Blackbird,” “Cry Baby Cry,” “Helter Skelter,” “I Will,” “Honey Pie,” “Revolution,” and “Sexy Sadie,” words and music by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, are copyright © 1968 Sony/ATV Tunes LLC. (Renewed) All rights administered by Sony/ATV Music Publishing, 8 Music Square West, Nashville, TN37203. All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission. “The context surrounding these lyrics is strictly conjecture.”
Copyright © 1974 by Curt Gentry and Vincent Bugliosi
Afterword © 1994 by Vincent Bugliosi
All rights reserved.
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA
Bugliosi, Vincent.
Helter skelter: the true story of the Manson murders / Vincent Bugliosi, with Curt Gentry.—/with a new afterword by Vincent Bugliosi.
p. cm.
Simultaneously published in Canada.
1. Murder—California—Case studies. 2. Manson, Charles, 1934–.
I. Gentry, Curt, 1931–. II. Title.
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ISBN: 978-0-393-07236-5
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To Gail and Blanche
PART
1: THE MURDERS
August 9–October 14, 1969
PART
2: THE KILLERS
October 15–November 17, 1969
PART
3: THE INVESTIGATION—PHASE TWO
November 18–December 31, 1969
PART
4: THE SEARCH FOR THE MOTIVE:
The Bible, the Beatles, and Helter Skelter
January–February 1970
PART
5: “DON’T YOU KNOW WHO YOU’RE CRUCIFYING?”
March–June 14, 1970
PART
6: THE TRIAL
June 15–November 19, 1970
THE MURDERS
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Map of Los Angeles and vicinity
Map of Death Valley and vicinity
Aerial view of 10050 Cielo Drive
Entrance to Tate residence
Scale diagram of Tate residence
Steven Earl Parent
Driveway leading to Tate residence
Abigail Folger and Voytek Frykowski
Walkway in front of Tate residence
Lettering on front door of Tate residence
Living room of Tate residence
Jay Sebring
Sharon Tate
Loft over living room of Tate residence
Knife found in chair of Tate living room
Folger-Frykowski bedroom at Tate residence
Sharon Tate’s bedroom
Door leading to swimming pool at Tate residence
Guest house behind Tate residence
Aerial view of LaBianca residence
Lettering on walls of LaBianca residence
Living room of LaBianca residence
Bedroom of LaBianca residence
Leno LaBianca
Rosemary LaBianca
Lettering on wall of Hinman residence
Gary Hinman
Donald “Shorty” Shea
John Philip Haught, aka Zero
Ronald Hughes
THE MANSON FAMILY ALBUM
Charles Milles Manson
Manson at time of Spahn raid, August 1969
Manson at time of Barker raid, October 1969
Life
cover photograph of Manson
Charles “Tex” Watson
Susan Denise Atkins, aka Sadie Mae Glutz
Leslie Van Houten
Patricia Krenwinkel, aka Katie
Robert “Bobby” Beausoleil
Mary Theresa Brunner
Steven Grogan, aka Clem
Bruce McGregor Davis
Lynette Fromme, aka Squeaky
Sandra Good, aka Sandy
Nancy Pitman, aka Brenda McCann
Catherine Gillies
Ruth Ann Moorehouse, aka Ouisch
Catherine Share, aka Gypsy
FROM SPAHN’S MOVIE RANCH TO DEATH VALLEY
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Aerial view and main buildings of Spahn Ranch
George Spahn with Gypsy
Danny DeCarlo, Charles Manson, Robert Reinhard, and Juan Flynn at time of Spahn raid
Raid on Spahn Ranch
Submachine gun seized during Spahn raid
Straight Satans’ sword in special scabbard on Manson’s dune buggy
Terrain leading to Barker Ranch
Barker Ranch
Manson girls arrested during Barker raid
Cabinet under bathroom sink at Barker Ranch
Manuscript of song lyric by Manson seized during Barker raid
THE PHYSICAL EVIDENCE
Fingerprints found at Tate residence
Clothing discarded by Tate killers
Gun used by Watson in Tate killings
Gun flyer sent out by LAPD
“Helter Skelter” door found at Spahn Ranch
THE PEOPLE VS. CHARLES MANSON
Prosecutor Vincent Bugliosi
Ronnie Howard
Linda Kasabian
Juan Flynn during interview with Bugliosi
Paul Crockett, Paul Watkins, and Brooks Poston
Kitty Lutesinger
Al Springer
Danny DeCarlo
Dianne Lake, aka Snake
Barbara Hoyt
Stephanie Schram
Charles Manson
Press coverage of Manson trial
Underground press coverage of trial
Manson’s application for a credit card during trial
A Manson doodle
Caricature of Bugliosi by Susan Atkins and Leslie Van Houten
Prosecutor Bugliosi
Irving Kanarek
Charles “Tex” Watson
Sandy, Ouisch, Cathy, and Mary in vigil outside Hall of Justice during trial
Squeaky, Sandy, Ouisch, and Cathy with X’s on foreheads
Crystal, Mary, and Kitty with shaved heads after verdicts
Charles Manson on way to San Quentin after conviction
The Manson Family children Page 460