On-Air Film Review: U.S. Paranoia in ‘Chaos: The Manson Murders’
Chicago – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on “The Morning Mess” with Ben Thompson for Wbgr-fm on March 6th, 2025, reviewing “Chaos: The Manson Murders,” a documentary by Errol Morris. Streaming on Netflix beginning March 7th.
The story involves the infamous killings on August 9th, 1969, of the residents and random folks who happened to be at the Los Angeles home of actress and victim Sharon Tate, and then the arbitrary murders of Leno & Rosemary Labianca the next night, based on a book co-authored by Tim O’Neil (featured in the film. The murders shocked a violence-weary 1960s nation, and the subsequent trial made a star out of prosecutor Vincent Bugliosi, who went on to author the best seller Helter Skelter based on the case. But what O’Neil uncovered was a an intricate web involving Manson, the CIA and the U.S. government, who were using all means necessary to put the hippie...
The story involves the infamous killings on August 9th, 1969, of the residents and random folks who happened to be at the Los Angeles home of actress and victim Sharon Tate, and then the arbitrary murders of Leno & Rosemary Labianca the next night, based on a book co-authored by Tim O’Neil (featured in the film. The murders shocked a violence-weary 1960s nation, and the subsequent trial made a star out of prosecutor Vincent Bugliosi, who went on to author the best seller Helter Skelter based on the case. But what O’Neil uncovered was a an intricate web involving Manson, the CIA and the U.S. government, who were using all means necessary to put the hippie...
- 3/6/2025
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
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