A review by secw_10
Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders by Curt Gentry, Vincent Bugliosi

3.0

It’s hard to know how to rate a book like this. The Manson murders were not only gruesome and terrifying at the time, but learning the history of what happened seems to be a cautionary tale for us now. Bugliosi does a decent job of telling the story with as much of an unbiased slant as a prosecutor probably can. And I do think it is an important piece of American history, and worth learning about, because it has had effects on our culture and society that most of us probably aren’t even aware of. Even today, in 2022, it’s easy to see how something like this could happen again. Still, a rather gruesome, fantastical story to listen to. Truth is stranger than fiction.