09 Apr '13 05:39>
I was too young in 1970 to pay much attention to the trial of the Manson “family” murderers. But fifteen years later I came across prosecutor Bugliosi’s book ‘Helter Skelter,’ and found it fascinating. YouTube has a number of items on the murders, including this:
YouTube
At 6:25 in the video, notice that a newspaper page had three abutting articles about crimes (two sets of murders one day apart, and a car-theft ring) and the Manson family was involved in all three!
One member of the Manson family, Lynette Fromme, went to prison a few years later for pointing a loaded handgun at President Ford.
There is a fringe theory that Manson family member Bruce Davis is the Zodiac killer:
YouTube
I didn’t know until I saw this today at YouTube that Shorty Shea’s body was found:
YouTube
Are these murders known much outside the USA? Or inside the USA among people under 30 years of age?
YouTube
At 6:25 in the video, notice that a newspaper page had three abutting articles about crimes (two sets of murders one day apart, and a car-theft ring) and the Manson family was involved in all three!
One member of the Manson family, Lynette Fromme, went to prison a few years later for pointing a loaded handgun at President Ford.
There is a fringe theory that Manson family member Bruce Davis is the Zodiac killer:
YouTube
I didn’t know until I saw this today at YouTube that Shorty Shea’s body was found:
YouTube
Are these murders known much outside the USA? Or inside the USA among people under 30 years of age?