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Helter Skelter: An American Myth

Helter Skelter: An American Myth

6.7 2020

DocumentaryCrime

Helter Skelter: An American Myth

Synopsis

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.

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Top Cast

Dianne Lake

Dianne Lake

Self - Former Family Member

Catherine Share

Catherine Share

Self - Former Family Member

Ivor Davis

Ivor Davis

Self - Author, Journalist

Jeff Guinn

Jeff Guinn

Self - Author

Bobby Beausoleil

Bobby Beausoleil

Self - Former Family Member (voice)

Gregg Jakobson

Self - Music Producer

Brooks Poston

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

Stephanie Schram

Self - Former Family Member

David Dalton

Self - Photographer & Journalist

Sharon Tate

Sharon Tate

Self (archive footage)

Danny DeCarlo

Danny DeCarlo

Self - Straight Satans (archive footage)

Linda Kasabian

Linda Kasabian

Self - Former Family Member (archive footage)

Susan Atkins

Susan Atkins

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

Roman Polanski

Roman Polanski

Self - Widower of Sharon Tate (archive footage)

Dennis Wilson

Dennis Wilson

Self (archive footage)

Johnny Echols

Johnny Echols

Self - Lead Guitarist, Love

Phil Kaufman

Phil Kaufman

Self - Fellow Manson Inmate

David Felton

Self - Journalist

Jay Sebring

Jay Sebring

Self (archive footage)

Al Wiman

Self - KABC Reporter

Barbara Hoyt

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

Sandi Gibbons

Self - Journalist

Terry Melcher

Terry Melcher

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

Tex Watson

Tex Watson

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

Virginia Graham

Self - Prosecution Witness

Lynette Fromme

Lynette Fromme

Self - Former Family Member (archive footage)

Patricia Krenwinkel

Patricia Krenwinkel

Self - Former Family Member (archive footage)

Steve Oney

Self - Journalist, Self - Journalist, Author

Linda Deutsch

Self - AP Journalist

Bill McBride

Self - Juror #3

Vincent Bugliosi

Self - Deputy District Attorney (archive footage)

Martin Luther King Jr.

Martin Luther King Jr.

Self (archive footage)

Lyndon B. Johnson

Lyndon B. Johnson

Self (archive footage)

Michael Caine

Michael Caine

Self (archive footage)

Kay Hinman Martley

Self - Cousin of Gary Hinman (voice)

John Catlett

Self - Benwood-McMechen, WV Resident

Virginia Brautigan

Self - Benwood-McMechen, WV Resident

George Sidiropolis

Self - Benwood-McMechen, WV Resident

David Smith

Self - Haight Ashbury Clinic Founder

Ronald Reagan

Ronald Reagan

Self (archive footage)

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