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True Murder: The Most Shocking Killers

HUNTING CHARLES MANSON- Caitlin Rother

True Murder: The Most Shocking Killers

Dan Zupansky

True Crime, News Commentary, Documentary, News, Society & Culture

42.7K Ratings

🗓️ 26 July 2018

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

In the late summer of 1969, the nation was transfixed by a series of gruesome murders in the hills of Los Angeles. Newspapers and television programs detailed the brutal slayings of a beautiful actress--twenty six years old and eight months pregnant with her first child--as well as a hair stylist, an heiress, a businessman, and other victims. The City of Angels was plunged into a nightmare of fear and dread. In the weeks and months that followed, law enforcement faced intense pressure to solve crimes that seemed to have no connection.

Finally, after months of dead-ends, false leads, and near-misses, Charles Manson and members of his "family" were arrested. The bewildering trials that followed once again captured the nation and forever secured Manson as a byword for the evil that men do.

Drawing upon deep archival research and exclusive personal interviews--including unique access to Manson Family parole hearings--former federal prosecutor and former Fox News legal analyst Lis Wiehl, along with co-author New York Times bestselling author Caitlin Rother has written a propulsive, page-turning historical thriller of the crimes and manhunt that mesmerized the nation. And in the process, she reveals how the social and political context that gave rise to Manson is eerily similar to our own. HUNTING CHARLES MANSON:The Quest for Justice in the Days of Helter Skelter-Caitlin Rother

Transcript

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0:00.0

Locked Tothed Baby.

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You are now listening to True Murder, the most shocking killers in True Crime History

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and the authors that have written about them.

0:18.8

Gacy, Bundy, Domer, The Night Stalker, BTK, every week, another fascinating author talking

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about the most shocking and infamous killers in True Crime History.

0:31.0

True Murder with your host, journalist and author, Dan Zufanski.

0:45.5

Good evening.

0:46.7

In the late summer of 1969, the nation was transfixed by a series of gruesome murders

0:52.6

in the hills of Los Angeles.

0:55.1

These papers and television programs detailed the brutal slangs of a beautiful actress 26

1:00.6

years old and eight months pregnant with her first child, as well as a hairstylist,

1:05.8

an aeros, a businessman and other victims.

1:09.2

The city of angels was plunged into a nightmare of fear and dread.

1:13.0

In the weeks and months that followed law enforcement faced intense pressure to solve

1:16.7

crimes, it seemed to have no connection.

1:19.7

Finally, after months of dead ends, false leads and near misses, trials manned and members

1:25.4

of his family were arrested.

1:27.4

The bewildering trials that followed once again captured the nation and forever secured

1:32.7

manned as a byword for the evil that men do.

1:37.6

Drawing upon deep archival research and exclusive personal interviews, including unique access

1:42.8

to manned and family parole hearings, former federal prosecutor and Fox News legal

1:49.2

analyst, Lys Wiel, has written a propulsive page-turning historical thriller of the crimes

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