skip quentin tarantino's once upon a time in hollywood and read this instead.

helter skelter, written by the prosecuting attorney of the manson trial, is the most detailed account of the manson family's horrendous crimes. released quickly after the murders, helter skelter is the highest selling true crime novel of all time. read this novel for insight not only into the police investigation, the minds of the manson family, and the devastating murders, but also what it was like to live during the uneasy summer of 1969.