Customer Review
- Reviewed in the United States on October 13, 2012I read this book years ago, it was the book that started me reading true crime. Unless you were living on Mars, you have heard about the Tate/LaBianca murders by the Manson family on the orders of Charles Manson. The story is chilling and one that will stay with you for a long time. Sharon Tate was young, beautiful and about to become a mother for the first time. She was with three friends when Manson's band of psycho's descended on her home. What happens to Tate and her friends is beyond belief, truly frightening and disturbing. I have read many murder books since Helter Skelter and they all leave me wondering how can anyone be evil enough to inflict such horror on a fellow human being? Helter Skelter will always be for me, the scariest book I have ever read. Manson was never at the homes of Tate or LaBianca, his crew did his evil biding and that's what makes it even scarier. How did one man have so much control over so many people that he could get them to commit such heinous acts? Through the years there have been people that have tried to glorify Manson through songs or wearing T-shirts bearing his face. I wonder if they truly know what this man represents? Though there have been thousands of murders since Tate/LoBianco, the story of Helter Skelter is still the absolute scariest. If you want to read a real life horror story, one that will have you double checking your doors and windows, and unable to put your book down - than Helter Skelter is for you.
