CounterCulture-ab

Helter Skelter The awful murders performed by members of Charles Manson's "Family" were inspired in part by Manson's prediction of Helter Skelter, an apocalyptic war he believed would arise from tension over racial relations between blacks and whites. This "chimerical vision," as it was termed by the court that heard Manson's appeal from his conviction for the Tate-LaBianca killings, involved reference to music of The Beatles, and to the New Testament's Book of Revelation.

Members of the Manson Family believed that they would be saved in this racial war, by hiding in a city located underneath Death Valley. Most members were white females.