Helter Skelter: An American Myth (2020)

You think you know the story... you don't.

The untold story behind cult leader Charles Manson and his followers' heinous crimes as told through interviews with former members, archival footage, and newly-unearthed images.

Helter Skelter: An American Myth

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as Self (archive footage)

as Self - Former Family Member

Catherine Share

Catherine Share

as Self - Former Family Member

as Self - Author, Journalist

as Self - Author

Bobby Beausoleil

Bobby Beausoleil

as Self - Former Family Member (voice)

as Self - Music Producer

as Self - Former Family Member (voice) (archive sound)

Stephanie Schram

Stephanie Schram

as Self - Former Family Member

as Self - Photographer & Journalist

as Self (archive footage)

as Self - Straight Satans (archive footage)

as Self - Former Family Member (archive footage)

as Self - Former Family Member (archive footage) as Self - Former Family Member (voice) (archive sound)

as Self - Widower of Sharon Tate (archive footage)

as Self (archive footage)

as Self - Lead Guitarist, Love

as Self - Fellow Manson Inmate

as Self - Journalist

as Self (archive footage)

as Self - KABC Reporter

as Self - Former Family Member (voice) (archive sound) as Self - Former Family Member (archive footage)

as Self - Journalist

as Self - Former Family Member (archive footage) as Self - Former Family Member (voice) (archive sound)

as Self - Music Producer (archive footage) as Self - Music Producer (voice) (archive sound)

Virginia Graham

Virginia Graham

as Self - Prosecution Witness

as Self - Former Family Member (archive footage)

as Self - Journalist, Author as Self - Journalist

Patricia Krenwinkel

Patricia Krenwinkel

as Self - Former Family Member (archive footage)

as Self - AP Journalist

as Self - Juror #3

Vincent Bugliosi

Vincent Bugliosi

as Self - Deputy District Attorney (archive footage)

Martin Luther King Jr.

Martin Luther King Jr.

as Self (archive footage)

Lyndon B. Johnson

Lyndon B. Johnson

as Self (archive footage)

as Self (archive footage)

Kay Hinman Martley

Kay Hinman Martley

as Self - Cousin of Gary Hinman (voice)

as Self - Benwood-McMechen, WV Resident

Virginia Brautigan

Virginia Brautigan

as Self - Benwood-McMechen, WV Resident

George Sidiropolis

George Sidiropolis

as Self - Benwood-McMechen, WV Resident

as Self - Haight Ashbury Clinic Founder

as Self (archive footage)

as Self - Actor, Diggers Early Core Member

as Self (archive footage)

as Self - Author

Allan Swerdloff

Allan Swerdloff

as Self - Artist

Kimberlé Crenshaw

Kimberlé Crenshaw

as Self - Civil Rights Expert

as Self (archive footage)

Leslie Van Houten

Leslie Van Houten

as Self - Former Family Member (voice) (archive sound)

as Self - Author

as Self (archive footage)

as Self (archive footage)

Louise LaBianca

Louise LaBianca

as Self - Daughter of Leno LaBianca (voice)

Voytek Frykowski

Voytek Frykowski

as Self (archive footage)

as Self (archive footage)

as Self (voice) (archive sound)

as Self - Author

as Self - Former Family Member (archive footage)

as Self - Courtroom Illustrator

as Self - Clinical Psychologist, Author

as Self - Deputy District Attorney

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Seasons

Season 1

Miniseries

Episodes season 1

1x1

Charles manson is your brother
1x2

Seed
1x3

Nobody joins a cult
1x4

Out of eden
1x5

Some bad mistakes
1x6

The legend of helter skelter

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