The trial of Charles Manson

The trial of Charles Manson

by Bradley Steffens, Craig L. Staples

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Explores the 1969 murders of actress Sharon Tate and others by members of the "Manson Family," the subsequent investigation and trials, and the strange hold Charles Manson continues to have over people.

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    How does Bradley Steffens and Craig L. Staples frame the atmosphere of late-1960s America, and in what ways did the cultural and social climate of the era contribute to the rise of the Manson Family?

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    What psychological mechanisms do you think allow a charismatic leader like Charles Manson to exert such absolute control over seemingly ordinary individuals?

  3. 3

    In reading about the investigation and the sheer shock of the Tate-LaBianca murders, how do you think our cultural obsession with true crime has evolved from 1969 to the present day?

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