CONTENTS

Author’s Note
Prologue
CHAPTER 1: Charlie the Guru
CHAPTER 2: Indoctrination at Spahn Ranch
CHAPTER 3: The Gary Hinman Murder
CHAPTER 4: Lotsapoppa
CHAPTER 5: “Political Piggy”
CHAPTER 6: “Do whatever Tex says.”
CHAPTER 7: The Sole Survivor
CHAPTER 8: The Bloody Aftermath
CHAPTER 9: “How could anybody be so cruel?”
CHAPTER 10: “Call the police!”
CHAPTER 11: Drug Burn or Robbery Gone Wrong?
CHAPTER 12: Raid at Spahn Ranch
CHAPTER 13: “I felt I could conquer the world.”
CHAPTER 14: Doing Hard Time
CHAPTER 15: The First Family Members
CHAPTER 16: “Dennis Wilson: I Live With 17 Girls”
CHAPTER 17: Searching for a New Home
CHAPTER 18: “Somebody dropped the ball.”
CHAPTER 19: Looking for Terry Melcher
CHAPTER 20: The Murder of Shorty Shea
CHAPTER 21: Hiding Out in Death Valley
CHAPTER 22: Connecting the Dots
CHAPTER 23: The Dominoes Begin to Fall
CHAPTER 24: Forced to Cooperate
CHAPTER 25: The First Death Sentence
CHAPTER 26: “Mockery of justice”
CHAPTER 27: The Trial of the Century
CHAPTER 28: Ronald Hughes Disappears
CHAPTER 29: Folie à deux
CHAPTER 30: Death Penalty Overturned
CHAPTER 31: Manson Comes up for Parole
CHAPTER 32: Alternative Scenarios
CHAPTER 33: The Fight Against Parole
CHAPTER 34: Jason Freeman: “Charles Manson III”
CHAPTER 35: Manson’s Legacy
CHAPTER 36: “I’m dying.”
Epilogue
Acknowledgments
Sources and Methodology
Cast of Characters
Index
About the Author
Photos

Guide

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Contents
Prologue