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This is a good companion book to Helter Skelter. Much broader in scope with brief trial coverage, this kept me rapt.

I love true crime! I can‘t wait to read this book ✨

I never read Helter Skelter so this book had a lot of new information about Manson, his followers and their killings that I didn‘t know. I enjoyed the details regarding the various parole hearings and Manson‘s own children and grandchildren. I was very surprised to learn that Manson wasn‘t a Trump fan during the 2016 elections. I thought sociopaths would be drawn to each other but I guess not. 🤷‍♀️ #MFM #ssdgm

I had listened to a podcast where the author talked about exploring new territory for this book. I had read Helter Skelter as a teen (I know, I know) but this book didn‘t seem to cover much new outside of the appeals process and Manson‘s death and the fight for his remains, which was sad somehow. Though a sad story all the way around for the victims and the family members some of whom remained under his sway until his death.

This is at least the 6th book I‘ve read about the Manson Family, so you‘d think there wouldn‘t be much that I wouldn‘t know at this point, but this had some new information that I had either forgotten or never heard.

I liked that it was broader and less detailed than Helter Skelter, and that the author was willing to explore other motives besides, or in addition to, inciting a race war. #netgalley

This is my current #netgalley read. It‘s interesting how many tidbits I didn‘t know, and I‘m enjoying this foray into the Manson world.

I was just reading about the death of Ronald Hughes, attorney to family member Leslie Van Houten, which mysteriously occurred right before closing arguments in the trial. Hughes was not taken with Manson‘s #angeleyes and insisted on defending his client regardless of what Manson wanted. #abbainaugust

"History can repeat itself. Many of the social conditions present in the late 1960s exist today, only more powerfully additive,...This dangerous set of factors could coalesce into a perfect storm of conditions that enable another ideologue/cult leader/domestic terrorist group to take advantage of vulnerable youths w/addled minds, lure them into a band of armed citizen soldiers, & instruct them to carry out a drug-enhanced copycat slaying spree..."

Yesterday our snorkeling trip was canceled due to unsafe conditions/rough seas so I took a break from reading & we drove over to Mama's Fish House, a Maui landmark since 1973, for a decadent lunch & cocktails. 🍹🍽 Matthew had a Scorpion which includes 4 kinds of rum. Good thing this Mama was driving! 😎 #Vacation2018 #Maui
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