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The Manson women and me, monsters, morality, and murder, Nikki Meredith

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The Manson women and me, monsters, morality, and murder, Nikki Meredith

Language

eng

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collective biography

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Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The Manson women and me

Oclc number

1029200961

Responsibility statement

Nikki Meredith

Sub title

monsters, morality, and murder

Summary

In the summer of 1969, Leslie Van Houten and Patricia Krenwinkel carried out horrific acts of butchery on the orders of the charismatic cult leader Charles Manson. At their murder trial the following year, lead prosecutor Vincent Bugliosi described the two so-called Manson Women as "human monsters." But to anyone who knew them growing up, they were bright, promising girls, seemingly incapable of such an unfathomable crime. Award-winning journalist Nikki Meredith began visiting Van Houten and Krenwinkel in prison to discover how they had changed during their incarceration. The more Meredith got to know them, the more she was lured into a deeper dilemma: What compels "normal" people to do unspeakable things? The author's relationship with her subjects provides a chilling lens through which we gain insight into a particular kind of woman capable of a particular kind of brutality. Through their stories, Nikki Meredith takes readers on a dark journey into the very heart of evil

Table Of Contents

Leslie Van Houten -- Patricia Krenwinkel -- Nikki Meredith

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Monsters, morality, and murder, the Manson women and me

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