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This is a list of cover versions by notable music artists of songs written by songwriter and convicted murderer Charles Manson. The songs that Manson wrote were released on albums recorded by his followers.
Helter Skelter is a 2004 television film written and directed by John Gray, based on the 1974 non-fiction book by Vincent Bugliosi and Curt Gentry about the murders of the Manson Family. [1] The film is the second film to be based on the Charles Manson murders, following the 1976 two-part TV movie of the same name.
Manson chooses to represent himself at trial and Bugliosi tricks Manson into requesting more time, thus also giving himself more time to put a stronger case together. Bugliosi interviews former Manson Family member Paul Watkins, who explains Manson's views that the Beatles are sending him messages to spark a race war dubbed "Helter Skelter".
No other mass criminal or cult figure in American history has garnered as much fascination within Hollywood and popular culture as Charles Manson (though Ted Bundy is coming close). He and his ...
Its album cover is a copy of the December 19, 1969 Life front cover on which Manson had appeared, only with "Life" replaced with the word "Lie". Each of the original 2,000 copies came with a poster that was put out by "A Joint Venture" and that bore signatures of many prisoners and inmates, all supporting Manson and the Family.
Charles Manson Superstar is a documentary film about Charles Manson, directed by Nikolas Schreck in 1989. [1] [2] [3] Most of the documentary (the entire interview) was filmed inside San Quentin Prison. Nikolas and Zeena Schreck narrated the segments while images were shown, and music played in the background.
Manson was born Charles Maddox in Cincinnati to an unmarried 16-year-old mother in 1934. He would later take the last name of his then-stepfather William Manson.
He mistakes the book as the Bible and reads it as if Charles Hanson (most of the character names are derived from real people involved with the Manson murders, with their names altered by changing a letter into an 'H') is the messiah. As he reads, we flash back to 1969 where Susan Hatkins meets Charlie during a bad LSD trip.