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Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders

Vincent Bugliosi

Winner:Edgar Award -Fact Crime (1975)
The case that shocked a nation the incredible book that tells what really happened.

It began August 9 and 10, 1969, when seven people were shot, stabbed, and bludgeoned to death in Los Angeles. It ended when a nation watched in fascinated horror as the killers were tried and convicted. But the real questions went unanswered. How did Manson make his "family" kill for him? How could these young men and women kill again and again without human fealings of any kind? Did the murders go on even after Manson was in jail? And where are the killers today? Here are the Answers.

Book Details

  • Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
  • Publish Date: Sep 17th, 1994
  • Pages: 608
  • Language: English
  • Edition: Anniversary - 0025
  • Dimensions: 9.51in - 6.39in - 2.02in - 2.49lb
  • EAN: 9780393087000
  • Categories: Murder - Serial Killers

About the Author

Bugliosi, Vincent: - Vincent Bugliosi (1934--2015), was the prosecutor of Charles Manson and author of Helter Skelter, Outrage, and other #1 bestselling books.
Gentry, Curt: - Curt Gentry (1931-2014), an Edgar winner, was the author of J. Edgar Hoover: The Man and the Secrets, Frame-Up: The Incredible Case of Tom Mooney and Warren Billings, and co-author of Helter Skelter with Vincent Bugliosi.

Praise for this book

One of the best crime stories ever written.-- "Chicago Sun-Times"