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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...leader Charles Manson, who seduced her and his other young followers into believing that he was the second coming of Christ--and that the way to bring about a new social order was to commit mass murder and frame blacks, which would ignite an apocalyptic race war he called Helter Skelter. When Manson dispatched his "family" to kill actress Sharon Tate and others on two hot August nights in 1969, the murders drew the world's attention--and marked the end of the '60s mantra of peace, love and sharing. In prison, Atkins was able to begin a new life...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Susan Atkins | 10/12/2009 | See Source »

...search on amazon.com for “cougar” yields a helter-skelter selection ranging from innocuous merchandise—Washington State football gear, John Mellencamp albums, and a Disney-biopic-cum-Lassie-knockoff about a cub searching for his family—to unrated films and pornographic novels (Hot Cougar Sex and Cougars, Poptarts & One Night Stands, to name a few titles...

Author: By Courtney A. Fiske | Title: Cougars and Carnivores | 4/27/2009 | See Source »

...grow." Good luck resisting it, even if there is a needlessly appended sample from Lennon's final radio interview. "Ain't Got Nothin'" takes the band out of its midtempo sweet spot with an erratic snare drum that refuses to settle into a predictable rhythm. It's like "Helter Skelter" but faster...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Monkey and Beatles | 10/9/2008 | See Source »

...Helter Skelter, song ... Manson murders...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SERIES KILLERS | 7/21/2008 | See Source »

...difficult to imagine a more inflammatory book title that wouldn't result in a visit from the Secret Service. Bugliosi, a star prosecutor and author of the Manson family true-crime best-seller Helter Skelter, aims to inflame. He wants the American public to finally get furious over the Bush Administration's handling of the Iraq war. He certainly is, and boy does it show: his pages are chock-full of insults (Bush is "devoid of any character"), exclamations ("It's enough to make the cat cry") and italics--just so you get it! Bugliosi is well aware...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Skimmer | 7/3/2008 | See Source »

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