Helter Skelter: Part One of the Shocking Manson Murders

Vincent Bugliosi

Jan 2015 · Random House

About this eBook

Part One: The Shocking Story of the Manson Murders.

On August 9th 1969, seven people were found shot, stabbed and bludgeoned to death in Los Angeles at two different locations.
Among them was Sharon Tate Polanski: Roman Polanski's heavily pregnant wife who was found with multiple wounds of the chest and back having been stabbed sixteen times. Before she was stabbed to death, Sharon was hanged from one of the rafters in the living room.
Jay Sebring: a popular figure in Hollywood circles, Jay was found with a bloody towel covering his face, a rope around his neck slung over rafters and tied to Sharon Tate on the other side. He was stabbed and shot. Cause of death: Exsanguination, the victim bled to death.
Abigail Anne Folger: A coffee heiress, a civil rights devotee, volunteer and friend of the Polanski's, Anne was stabbed twenty-eight times.
'Woytek' Frykowski: a close friend of Roman Polanski, and an aspiring novelist, Woytek was shot twice, struck over the head thirteen times and stabbed fifty-one times.

Part One gives a detailed account of the crime scene, the victims and the long wait to list the suspects. This was the crime that shook Hollywood and the world.

Ratings and reviews

Good red for the story fom law enforcement side rather from the mansion family also it was the D A who prosecuted the case that wrote it also when they said they found a tape up in the attic of roman polansky and Sharon tate making love the just returned it rather than submit to evidence wasn't to give them privacy it was because roman had filmed Sharon being SA by 2 strangers n he watched and filmed it some guy wrote a book about it he done a podcast with Joe rogan can't remember the name of the book but sounds really interesting would love to read it lol

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About the author

Vincent Bugliosi received his law degree in 1964 from UCLA Law School. His most famous trial was the Manson case, which became the basis of his bestselling book Helter Skelter. He lives with his wife, Gail, and children, Wendy and Vince Jr., in Los Angeles, where he is in private practice.

Curt Gentry was an American author who was best known for co-authoring Helter Skelter with Vincent Bugliosi. He died in San Francisco aged 83 in 2014.