Netflix has scored another point in the game of notable true-crime documentaries. The latest true-crime documentary to be released by the platform, Chaos: The Manson Murders, sits in the third spot on Netflix's list of most-watched movies at the time of writing.

Chaos: The Manson Murders presents an alternative theory to the widely known story about the murders that took place in the span of two days in August 1969. The Tate–Labianca murders resulted in the deaths of seven people in Los Angeles, California. They were perpetrated by several members of the Manson Family, the cult-like group led by Charles Manson.

The film is directed by documentary filmmaker Errol Morris, who goes on a dive into the theory presented by investigative reporter Tom O'Neill. O'Neill's theories were included in his book Chaos: Charles Manson, the CIA, and the Secret History of the Sixties (co-written with Dan Piepenbring), and in his version,...