Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #12584 in Books
• Published on: 1992-11-05
• Binding: Paperback
• 682 pages

Synopsis
On August 9th 1969, seven people were found shot, stabbed and bludgeoned to death in Los Angeles. The nation watched in fascinated horror as the killers were tried and convicted. But the real questions went unanswered. How did Manson make his "family" kill for him? How could these young men and women kill again and again without remorse? And did the murders go on even after Manson was in jail? Here Vincent Bugliosi, D.A. on the case, reveals the true story behind the most famous mass murder case ever - the orgies, the willing murders, the brainwashing and the retaliation slayings.

Customer Reviews

The wish of Roman Polanski ...
When Roman Polanski published his Mcbeth film, everyone wrote, the sombre of this film is due to the just suffered experience of the Manson massacre. That will probably be correct. He went through thus something. Not only that his highly pregnant woman was murdered and, besides, some of his friends: The gossip press in Hollywood at first assumed that the Polanski-scene necessarily had caused such an outrage, considering their drug abuse and their sexual liberality. Short-said: The victims are responsible themselves in this murder scenery. Thankfully Polanski points in his autobiography "ROMAN" to the author Vincent Bugliosi, who has investigated the things criminological correctly. Polanski complains very much, that the absolutely disoriented speculations of the press - Newsweek, Times, Life magazine - would never have experienced a regret, a reply, a taking back. He wishes heart-felt, that many people make themselves with the book of Vincent Bugliosi, finally, a correct conception of the Manson "Family" - the word "Family" Polanski (very much justified in this case) sets always in quotation marks...

Well written story of an extraordinary set of crimes
For those who enjoy true crime, this is one hell of a story. Manson is a terrible antihero who is iconic in history. The book is well and intelligently written and it is very interestingly told by a prosecutor who was able to play an important role in Manson's demise. The fact that the narrator had a personal stake in the outcome of the case makes a big difference from other books of the genre. The book misses out on five stars because the narrator is a little too vain from time to time. I had the impression that Manson's defence was so shambolic that a monkey could have successfully prosecuted him. This is not a point that the narrator takes into consideration.

Unforgettable
This book is a fascinating, if disturbing, read from the first to the last word. It is written in a way that makes the courtroom section easy to understand even if you are not used to the American legal system.

Mr. Bugliosi was part of an historic trial, the book shows that he was aware of this, but not prepared to let it shape how he behaved or what he did.

I would recommend this book to anyone, it will chill and amaze you, and make you realise that there are people out there willing to fight the evil that exists. They will go one step further in order to keep the world safe for the rest of us even when those assigned to work with them don't always have the same ideals or sense of urgency.