Friday, October 21, 2011
Price True Crime Authors: Helter Skelter With Vincent Bugliosi
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TRUE CRIME AUTHORS goes between the lines with the men and women who have written the definitive accounts of some of the most infamous crimes in American history. Each episode features surprising revelations, insights that did not make it into print, and a revealing look at what it takes to bring a balanced story to an eager public. Vincent Bugliosi did more than write the book--he was the attorney who prosecuted Charles Manson and his demented ""family"" for their murderous spree. As a result, Helter Skelter had a genuine insider's feel that made it one of the most successful and influential true crime books in history. Here, Bugliosi revisits the murders and 41-week trial in a riveting interview that sheds new light on one of the most infamous crimes of the 20th century.
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True Crime Authors: Helter Skelter With Vincent Bugliosi Reviews
True Crime Authors: Helter Skelter With Vincent Bugliosi Reviews
| 11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:  "I'm The Devil, And I'm Here To Do The Devil's Work" -- Charles "Tex" Watson; August 1969, By Amazon Verified Purchase This review is from: True Crime Authors: Helter Skelter With Vincent Bugliosi (DVD) On successive nights in August of 1969, 26-year-old actress Sharon Tate and six other people in Los Angeles were brutally slaughtered at the behest of 34-year-old Charles Manson, a bearded and diminutive 5-foot-2 crazy person who thought he was doing his victims "a favor" by having them killed; and thus, in Manson's demented mind, was setting off a "race war between the blacks and whites". A war he thought of as "Helter Skelter". This DVD from The History Channel's "True Crime Authors" series of programs shines the spotlight on Vincent T. Bugliosi and "Helter Skelter", which was also the title of Vince's best-selling 1974 book about the 1969 Tate-LaBianca murders and the nearly year-long Los Angeles court trial that followed those seven senseless slayings. Peter Stacker provides skillful narration throughout this well-told and to-the-point 44-minute documentary; while former L.A. prosecutor Vince Bugliosi (who handled the Manson case for the State of... Read more 3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:  DVD Helter Skelter Manson, Amazon Verified Purchase This review is from: True Crime Authors: Helter Skelter With Vincent Bugliosi (DVD) This is a History Channel Movie. With actual events film footage of things that happened and were written about in the book "Helter Skelter". There are also dramatic recreations of things that happened in the book. Totally interesting. If you're a Charles Manson buff you'll want this DVD for your library. 1 of 1 people found the following review helpful: Cheers for Vincent Bugliosi!, By This review is from: True Crime Authors: Helter Skelter With Vincent Bugliosi (DVD) "Helter Skelter" briefly relates the Manson gang's seven-person murderous rampage, and then focuses on their trial. (Finding the perpetrators was made possible by Susan Atkins' bragging to cellmates, after her arrest for a similar crime.) The D.A.'s office wisely assigned Mr. Bugliosi, with his prior record of 103 convictions out of 104 cases. Bugliosi was convinced that letting Manson off (had not directly participated in the Sharon Tate murders) would not serve justice or L.A. safety. Bugliosi had to prove that Manson's "weapon" was mind control, and that his motive was to start a race war so that his small group could rule in the aftermath. The D.A.'s Office thought the case against Manson was weak, but Bugliosi won out. All were given the death penalty, though they instead ended up with life sentences when the California Supreme Court ruled that state's death penalty unconstitutional. |
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