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Helter Skelter

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Helter Skelter is a 1974 book cowritten by prosecutor Vincent Bugliosi and Curt Gentry. It details the 1969 murders committed by members of the Manson Family, a cult led by Charles Manson. The book focuses on the Tate-LaBianca murders, where Manson's followers killed actress Sharon Tate and four others, followed by the murders of Leno and Rosemary LaBianca the next night.123

Manson believed these murders would incite a race war he called "Helter Skelter," inspired by a Beatles song. The book became a bestseller and is considered a seminal work in true-crime literature.12

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