Charles Manson
The Man Who Murdered the Sixties

My reason for wanting to read this book before Helter Skelter is because I was curious of the life and times of Charles Manson, not just the killings themselves. Krajicek went right back to Manson's childhood where he spent most of his time in correction centres and when old enough in jail. His crimes......more

I thoroughly enjoyed the cultural context this author provided in understanding the time and place that allowed for a Charles Manson to happen. The counterculture hippie movement, the understanding of cults and psychopaths, the vulnerability of a generation, and the music scene of an era that was se......more

DNF i basically skimmed this book in a couple days. i was looking forward to reading a crime biography but this just wasn’t it. this book focused so much on mansons sex life compared to his cult and crimes he committed. i was so disappointed.......more

This book was pretty good, i learned a lot about Manson- as i went into this not knowing that much.......more

The author has clearly put in a lot of time to the finer details surrounding the history of the 60s, which gave a wider picture to how the family lived and things that they were experiencing in those times. I found some of it particularly in the beginning was a little bit of information overload, bu......more