The Manson Family Goes Helter Skelter

Published: May 5, 2021, 6 a.m.

Everybody knows the story of cult leader Charles Manson and the Manson Family murders, but \u201cCrime Weekly\u2019s\u201d Stephanie Harlowe joins to share a more-detailed look at Charles Manson as a person, and what led him to become a violent murderer and cult leader. She sheds light on his early childhood and upbringing, and his personality and how he was able to manipulate young girls in the 60s to joining the family. She has insight into Manson\u2019s unlikely friendship with Dennis Wilson of the Beach Boys, Manson\u2019s dream of becoming a rock star and why that never happened despite Dennis Wilson\u2019s help, and the story behind Manson and famous record producer Terry Melcher. And of course she details the gruesome Tate and LaBianca murders committed by the Manson family in Los Angeles, what motivated the killings, and how the Family was eventually captured. Plus, Stephanie has crazy stories from the subsequent trials and sentencing that followed.