Reddit reviews Chaos: Charles Manson, the CIA, and the Secret History of the Sixties

I'm actually reading a book on Charles Manson, and Laurel canyon. Here's the book. All of it well documented. There was a hell of a lot more to the hippie scene, Zappa, Manson than people are told.

Helter Skelter has been strongly called into question in recent years. While Manson was for sure nuts, so was the prosecutor Bugliosi. The dude just made shit up and lied and concealed facts to present a tighter narrative and get himself fame with such a big wild case.

This book sheds a lot of light on the real complexity of the Manson case, and makes it pretty clear that the Helter Skelter motive was basically whole cloth nonsense made up by the prosecutor.

https://www.amazon.com/Chaos-Charles-Manson-History-Sixties/dp/0316477559

Chaos : Charles Manson, The CIA and the Secret History of the Sixties has just come out this year and confirmed absolutely that the Helter Skelter motive was a lie. Tom O'neill has done some amazing research and genuinely delivered on publishing information not before seen. https://www.amazon.com/Chaos-Charles-Manson-History-Sixties/dp/0316477559

Another enlightening read on a much misrepresented case is The Life and Time of Charles Manson by Jeff Guinn whose extensive research also proved that much of what is 'known' about Manson was not true https://www.amazon.com/Manson-Life-Times-Charles/dp/1451645171

The Family by Ed Sanders is also considered by many to be an alternative to Helter Skelter and essential reading on the Manson case https://www.amazon.com/Family-Ed-Sanders/dp/1560253967

The prison biography of Tex Watson who actually committed the murders is available to read free online https://www.aboundinglove.org/main/images/bookPDFs/Will_You_Die_For_Mesmall.pdf

Tom O'Neill's newly-released book Chaos: Manson, the CIA, and the Secret History of the 1960s also reveals new documents O'Neill dug up about previously-denied MK-ULTRA correspondence & cooperation between Sidney Gottlieb & Louis Jolyon West.

That's two major landmark books about MK Ultra in the past 3 months. Probably the top 2 books about the subject. Coincidence?

Thanks for the heads-up on the Kinzer book; gotta wonder what Kinzer thinks of being scooped by O'Neill.

broke: Manson was a hippy

woke: Manson was a nazi

bespoke: Manson was GLADIO

For the background of these experiments see:

Chaos: Charles Manson, the CIA, and the Secret History of the Sixties

https://www.amazon.com/Chaos-Charles-Manson-History-Sixties/dp/0316477559

Just read this book suggesting a connection between Manson the CIA.

Highly suggest, the bonus is you get off the Damn Computer for a bit!

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https://www.amazon.com/Chaos-Charles-Manson-History-Sixties/dp/0316477559

Actually there was an interview on NPR last week that i remember, someone wrote a book, CIA and Charles Manson or something similar, saying he had a close relationship with I think CIA or FBI, who were doing research on psychedelics and their influence on mind control / mkultra. It makes a connection that the tactics he used on his followers were identical to the tactics of mkultra.

EDIT: Here's the book. "Chaos: Charles Manson, the CIA, and the Secret History of the Sixties"

https://www.amazon.com/Chaos-Charles-Manson-History-Sixties/dp/0316477559

I'd look into Chaos: Charles Manson, the CIA, and the Secret History of the 60s. New book by Tom O'Neill and the show seems to be nodding toward it in the ep 5 interview with Manson.

Chaos? Good luck with your search if this is not it!

> As a side note, it was Jack Nicholson's house where Roman Polanski raped a 13 year old girl.

This will be a good book for you to put few more puzzles in place:
https://www.amazon.com/Chaos-Charles-Manson-History-Sixties/dp/0316477559