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lipsandpalms 's review for:
Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders
by Vincent Bugliosi
Extremely thorough, sometimes to a fault. I'm sure the volumes produced from the court transcripts (largely due to the obstructionist Kanarek) is much longer but it got to the point where I was at the closing arguments for the guilt phase of the case but only 3/4ths of the way through the book.
Manson's philosophy and megalomania seem to stem from some kind of napolean complex over-corrected by a narcissism of (literal) biblical proportion and delusion of grandeur. He mistakenly claims his schizophrenia is a multiple personality. "1000 masks so I'm like 500 schizophrenics". In reality it's a hyperfocused paranoia. I suppose I shouldn't expect anything more from someone who spent most of his life in prisons and apparently one of the most powerful manipulators in recent history.
I believe a big part of his manipulation was to target people lacking family and father figures specifically, like many modern gangs do. That mixed with racism, Christian dogma, the Beatles, and some LSD lead to one of the most infamous cult murder sprees ever.
Manson's philosophy and megalomania seem to stem from some kind of napolean complex over-corrected by a narcissism of (literal) biblical proportion and delusion of grandeur. He mistakenly claims his schizophrenia is a multiple personality. "1000 masks so I'm like 500 schizophrenics". In reality it's a hyperfocused paranoia. I suppose I shouldn't expect anything more from someone who spent most of his life in prisons and apparently one of the most powerful manipulators in recent history.
I believe a big part of his manipulation was to target people lacking family and father figures specifically, like many modern gangs do. That mixed with racism, Christian dogma, the Beatles, and some LSD lead to one of the most infamous cult murder sprees ever.