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Helter Skelter: The True Story of The Manson Murders by Vincent Bugliosi

5.0

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We all know the CliffsNotes version, but this full account is too wild for the human imagination to take credit. Of course some time is spent on the actual murders (described gruesomely, yet respectfully), but the text is really more a psychological examination of the Manson Family. Embellishment is always a possibility, but the authors appear transparent and fully reliant on trial transcripts. Gripping from the first word to the last, it's a long read, but I found myself picking it up whenever I had a free moment. Sometimes real life truly is the strangest fiction.