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Helter Skelter was written by Vincent Bugliosi (with Curt Gentry), the T he book is esp ecially ap p rop riate for a senior-lev el Crim e L iterature p rosecuting attorney in two head line m urd er cases occurring in L os class: A ngeles in 1 9 6 9 . T he book begins with the d iscov ery of a grisly m urd er • T his book m ad e p ublishing history as the top -selling true crim e scene inv olv ing fiv e well-k nown H ollywood p ersonalities includ ing book . actress S haron T ate. T wo d ays later a second m urd er scene at the • T he trial itself set record s: wealthy L a Bianca estate is d iscov ered . E v entually, the inv estigation --It was the longest trial, lasting m ore than nine and a half connects the two cases and ties the m urd ers to m em bers of a cult, the m onths. M anson F am ily, includ ing Charles M anson, S usan A tk ins, P atricia --T he jury was seq uestered for a record eight m onths. K renwink el, and L eslie Van H outen. T he book chronicles a thorough --T he m ain p rosecution witness, L ind a K asabian, p resentation of p olice crim e scene inv estigations (and botched occup ied the stand for 1 8 d ays. inv estigations), d etailed witness testim onies, trial p roceed ings, and p ersonal conv ersations that ultim ately bring together the facts of the T his book contains grap hic d escrip tions of v iolent crim es and crim e crim e and M anson‘s conv oluted p hilosop hy. T he book p rov id es answers scenes. S om e sex ual references and language usage is not ap p rop riate to d ifficult q uestions: W hy were these v ictim s k illed with such brutality, for younger read ers. S tud ents found som e d etails of the F am ily leav ing shock ingly heinous crim e scenes? H ow d id Charles M anson get behav ior truly frightening, esp ecially k nowing these ev ents actually his —fam ily“ to k ill for him ? hap p ened , but this can m ak e d iscussions m ore p ertinent. S tud ents generally find this a com p elling read , but som e p arts are d isturbing and need to be d iscussed op enly in class. P ro fe s s io n a l R e v ie w s a n d /o r C ritic a l E s s a y s : N o te d D is tin c tio n : • E d gar A ward for Best F act Crim e book , 1 9 7 5 W ils o n ‘s Sen io r Hig h Sc h o o l 1 0 /0 1 /0 7 R e a d a b ility : M y s tery M a g a z in e W eb F all 2 0 0 4 L ex ile S core: 1 4 6 0 • R ead ability L ev el: ‹ P rint resources are av ailable from the library m ed ia center • and libraries in the d istrict. Contact any library m ed ia sp ecialist to v iew L e a rn in g R e s o u rc e s G u id e lin e s : the scholarly sources. • T he nov el m eets the L earning R esources Guid elines. ‹ S cholarly rev iews are also av ailable online through Book s in S ta n d a rd A lig n m e n t: (link) P rint and Gale. Contact the library m ed ia sp ecialist to obtain usernam e and p assword inform ation to access the subscrip tion d atabase of full-tex t A p p ro v a l: rev iews. S u b m itte d to C o m m itte e : M ay 2 0 0 5 A p p ro v e d fo r A d o p tio n : S ep tem ber 2 0 0 5 N o te s o n th e T e x t: C o n n e c tio n to th e C u rric u lu m : (T h e b es t w a y to ev a lu a te a n d u n d ers ta n d a n o v el is to p ers o n a lly rea d th e b o o k in its en tirety .) Helter Skelter is a p op ular tex t in E nglish IV E : Crim e L iterature,

T his book work s best with seniors, p articularly in Crim e L iterature allowing a d etailed v iew of the A m erican legal system and a units. S tud ents tak ing such a class ex hibit a high interest in the work . p sychological, sociological stud y of the crim inal m ind . T he tex t is an interesting stud y of som e issues of the 1 9 6 0 s: race riots, stud ent p rotests, the Vietnam W ar, d rug use, H aight A shbury, rock m usic/lyrics, com m unes, etc. T he book ex p lains the m urd ers with an ex tensiv e ex p lanation of Charlie M anson‘s conv oluted use of the Bible and Beatles m usic to create a p hilosop hy that ap p ealed to his young followers who, lik e m any young p eop le in the late ”6 0 s, had becom e em otionally lost, d isillusioned , and em bittered . T he book can be d iscussed from a sociological/p sychological ap p roach. M anson is an intriguing p rod uct of his circum stances and the tim es. H e is a v ictim of child abuse: he was aband oned by his p arents and abused by foster p arents and relativ es. H e had liv ed m ore than half his life in institutions by the tim e he went to trial for these m urd ers. S tud ents m ay research cult m entality, p enal institutions, child abuse, schiz op hrenia, the crim inal m ind , and A m erican society in the 1 9 6 0 s. T eaching this book p rov id es an ex cellent op p ortunity for incorp orating com m unity sp eak ers: a p olice officer to d iscuss crim e scene inv estigation and susp ect interrogation, a d efense land /or p rosecuting lawyer to d iscuss the legal system , and /or a county coroner to d iscuss crim e scene forensics. A d d itio n a l C o n n e c tio n s : (A P , Ho n o rs , E s s en tia l/A p p lied , D ra m a s , F ilm s , etc .) S ev eral film v ersions of the film ex ist: • Helter Skelter (1 9 7 6 ) ~ M arc A laim o, J osh A lbee, R od A rrants, and E d ward Bell • Helter Skelter (2 0 0 4 ) ~ Bruno K irby, M arguerite M oreau, J erem y D av ies, and M ary L ynn R ajsk ub • T h e B ea tles [W hite A lbum ] (1 9 6 8 ) T here are allusions in the book to sev eral songs from this album , m ost notably —H elter S k elter,“ cov ered by U 2 and others.