Random murder and savage overkill, mind control and trips, satanism and witchcraft, cursed g]amour, Haight Ashbury, rock'n'roll, biker gangs, sexual rebellion & dune buggies tearing across Death Valley in search of the "hole in the earth"

The persona of Charles Manson and his bizarre sway over the Family remain riveting to the public a quarter century down the line. At the time of the killings, Charlie Manson was instantly demonized in by the media. Today he has become an icon of rebellion – "the spirit of annihilation." Manson is a gripping account of one of the most chilling and fascinating crime sagas of our time, now available in a revised and updated edition containing 36 pages of previously unpublished photos. New vectors into the kaleidoscopic tale which spins inexorably out of the slayings emerge in this updated edition with new material on killer Bobby Beausoleil and his occult alliance with experimental filmmaker Kenneth Anger.