Chaos: Charles Manson, the CIA and the Secret History of the Sixties

As featured on The Joe Rogan ExperienceA journalist's twenty-year obsession with the Manson murders leads to shocking new conspiracy theories about the FBIs involvement in this fascinating re-evaluation of one of the most infamous cases in American history. In 1999, when Tom ONeill was assigned a magazine piece about the thirtieth anniversary of the Manson murders, he worried there was nothing new to say. Werent the facts indisputable Charles Manson had ordered his teenage followers to commit seven brutal murders, and in his thrall, theyd gladly complied. But when ONeill began reporting the story, he kept finding holes in the prosecutor Vincent Bugliosis narrative, long enshrined in the bestselling Helter Skelter. Before long, ONeill had questions about everything from the motive to the manhunt. Though hed never considered himself a conspiracy theorist, the Manson murders swallowed the next two decades of his career. He was obsessed.Searching but never speculative, CHAOS follows ONeill's twenty-year effort to rebut the official story behind Manson. Who were his real friends in Hollywood, and how far would they go to hide their ties Why didnt law enforcement act on their many chances to stop him And how did he turn a group of peaceful hippies into remorseless killers ONeill's hunt for answers leads him from reclusive celebrities to seasoned spies, from the Summer of Love to the shadowy sites of the CIAs mind-control experiments, on a trail rife with cover-ups and coincidences.Featuring hundreds of new interviews and dozens of never-before-seen documents from the LAPD, the FBI and the CIA, CHAOS mounts an argument that could be, according to Los Angeles Deputy District Attorney Stephen Kay, strong enough to overturn the verdicts on the Manson murders