Charles Manson

Freshly paroled, he stumbled into San Francisco in 1967 just as thousands of impressionable young people were streaming into town for the Summer of Love. Posing as a musician-come-guru-come-Christ-figure, Manson built a commune cult of hippies, consisting mainly of troubled young women. But what made this group set out on the four-week killing spree that claimed seven lives? Former Journalism Professor, David J Krajicek, seeks to discover just that. This book includes: • Introduction into the counterculture of the sixties • In-depth profiles of Manson''s followers • Breakdowns of each murder, including diary accounts, interviews and legal testimonies from the killers themselves • An account of the events in Manson''s own words • Insight into Manson''s manipulations and psychology Set against events of the time - the sexual revolution, the civil rights