Chaos: Charles Manson, the CIA, and the Secret History of the Sixties Audiobook (Free)

A journalist’s twenty-year desire for the Manson murders leads to shocking fresh revelations about the FBI’s involvement with this riveting reassessment of an infamous case in American background.

Over two grim evenings in LA, the young followers of Charles Manson murdered seven people, like the actress Sharon Tate, after that eight weeks pregnant. With no mercy and seemingly no motive, the Manson Family adopted their leader’s every order-their offences lit a fire of paranoia across the about Chaos: Charles Manson, the CIA, and the trick History of the Sixties country, spelling the end of the sixties. Manson became one of history’s most infamous criminals, his name permanently attached to a time when charlatans blended with prodigies, free of charge love was as possible as brainwashing, and utopia-or dystopia-was simply an acidity trip away.

Two decades ago, when journalist Tom O’Neill was confirming a mag piece about the murders, he concerned there was nothing at all new to say. Then he unearthed surprising proof a cover-up behind the ‘standard’ story, including police carelessness, legal misconduct, and potential surveillance by intelligence brokers. Whenever a tense interview with Vincent Bugliosi-prosecutor of the Manson Family members, and author of Helter Skelter-turned a friendly source into a nemesis, O’Neill understood he was onto something. But every discovery brought more questions:

Who were Manson’s real friends in Hollywood, and how far would they go to hide their ties?Why didn’t law enforcement, including Manson’s personal parole officer, work on the many chances to avoid him?And exactly how did Manson-an illiterate ex-con-turn several peaceful hippies into remorseless killers?

O’Neill’s search for the truth led him from reclusive superstars to seasoned spies, from San Francisco’s summer season of love to the shadowy sites from the CIA’s mind-control tests, on a path rife with shady cover-ups and dubious coincidences. The merchandise of 2 decades of confirming, hundreds of brand-new interviews, and a large number of never-before-seen files from the LAPD, the FBI, and the CIA, CHAOS mounts an argument that may be, relating to Los Angeles Deputy District Lawyer Steven Kay, strong enough to overturn the verdicts around the Manson murders. That is a publication that overturns our understanding of a pivotal time in American history.