When Vincent Bugliosi's "Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders" was published in 1974, it was as much a sensation as the crimes and trial that it chronicled. Bugliosi, who died Monday at age 80, was the prosecuting attorney in the Tate-LaBianca murder cases. Charles Manson was convicted of masterminding the brutal attacks, which took place in the summer of 1969. The public was eager to read what Bugliosi had to say, and the book swiftly became a bestseller.
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