Summary
- Netflix’s Chaos: The Manson Murders challenges the official Manson narrative, questioning motives and prosecution tactics.
- The documentary reveals brutal details about the Manson murders, including planning and utter lack of remorse.
- Claims about the CIA and mind control add a new layer of complexity to the Manson case in the Netflix film.
Netflix has another hit on their hands with the controversial new true-crime documentary film Chaos: The Manson Murders. The feature-length film takes its cues from Tom O’Neill and Dan Piepenbring’s book, CHAOS: Charles Manson, the CIA, and the Secret History of the Sixties. There are a lot of revelations and claims about the notorious murder case, which raise a lot of questions about the official narrative.
Errol Morris is the man behind Netflix’s latest true crime project, and it’s a searing conspiracy-filled 90 minutes of entertainment. It focuses on the government’s potential use of LSD as a form of mind control, and how this might fit in with the brutal Manson murders. It also raises doubts about the prosecutor, Vincent Bugliosi’s use of the ‘Helter Skelter’ race war narrative to secure a straightforward conviction for Manson and his clan.
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The Author Of Chaos: The Manson Murders Thinks Charles Manson’s Motives Went Deeper Than The Official Narrative
Vincent Bugliosi was the man who was given the big job of leading the prosecution against American murderer, Charles Manson. According to Tom OŃeill, the author of Chaos: The Manson Murders, the race war argument that led to Manson’s conviction wasn’t exactly as straightforward as it seemed. In the Netflix documentary, O’Neill reveals a potentially darker side to Manson’s motives. Manson did preach the Helter Skelter motive to his followers, in order to convince them to commit the brutal murders in Los Angeles back in 1969.
O’Neill thinks his real motive was much darker and involved the CIA and their attempts to train programmed assassins. As for Bugliosi, OŃeill claims the prosecutor admitted to journalists after the trial finished that he didn’t believe in the Helter Skelter motive as much as he pushed it in the trial. The Netflix true crime feature speaks to a CIA subcontractor called Louis Jolyon “Jolly” West, who dealt with mind-control techniques deployed by the agency to back up these claims. Chaos: The Manson Murders remains neutral, but allows O’Neill and West to put across their theories. Errol Morris summed up his thoughts on the case and his approach to the documentary in an interview with TEDUM prior to the release of the documentary:
I’ve found myself trapped in a number of different true-crime stories, and the Manson murders are peculiar. You could encapsulate the mystery in just one question: How is it that Manson managed to convince the people around him that killing was okay?
The Details Of How The Manson Murders Were Plotted And Carried Out Are Far More Brutal And Sinister
Regardless of what Tom OŃeill thinks about the real motive behind the brutal murders carried out by the Manson family, one thing can’t be denied: Charles Manson’s followers did believe in the Helter Skelter race war, even if their leader didn’t. The Netflix documentary reveals details about the planning that went into the murder spree, and it’s just as chilling now, as it was back in 1969. One of the prosecutors in the Manson case, Stephen Kay, takes part in Chaos: The Manson Murders, and he details some of the inside knowledge he had about the lead-up and actual murders.
Watson was driving, Ksabian was in the car. Atkins and Krenwenkel were in the back seat. They had three knives and a gun. When they got there, they saw some headlights coming towards them. Watson pointed the gun at (Steven Earl) Parent, and he begged for his life. Watson fired four times at point-blank range, killing him.
Tex Watson gained entry to the property, and let the others in and that is when the carnage reached all new levels of horror. After the murders, Watson revealed what he said to one of his victims:
I’m the devil, and I’m here to do the devil’s work.
Sharon Tate begged for her life, and that of her unborn child, but Susan Atkins showed no mercy, and stock footage in the documentary fully reveals her lack of remorse over the brutal murder. Atkins stabbed Tate numerous times, and Watson also joined in. As the Manson clan left the property, Atkins wrote the word ‘PIG’ on the door using Tate’s blood. The following night, Manson rallied his clan of followers at Spahn Ranch, and told them he was unsatisfied with how messy the Tate murders were. Manson promised to be in attendance while the next string of murders were carried out to show them how to do it. The next unfortunate victims were the owners of a grocery store: Leno and Rosemary LaBianca. Manson tied them up, and claimed it was just a robbery and this is when Watson entered the property along with Van Houten and Krenwinkel and murdered the couple in cold blood.
Chaos: The Manson Murders Is Available To Watch On Netflix Now
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