Helter Skelter: An American Myth
An heiress with the hiccups gets help from a BBC radio detective with a nagging mother.
- Metascore59
- 2020-2020
- 1 season
- Documentary, Suspense
- TV-MA
An heiress with the hiccups gets help from a BBC radio detective with a nagging mother.
Season 1 Episode Guide
6 Episodes 2020
Episode 1
Charles Manson is Your Brother
Sun, Jul 26, 2020 54 mins
After 50 years, the story of Charles Manson has become legend, but what's fact and what's fiction? Forget everything you've heard as HELTER SKELTER dives into the untold story of the most sensational murder spree of the 20th century.
Episode 2
Seed
Sun, Aug 2, 2020 55 mins
All the ingredients were there for Helter Skelter. How a storm of circumstances broke a young boy and helped create one of the most enigmatic criminals of all time.
Episode 3
Nobody Joins a Cult
Sun, Aug 9, 2020 58 mins
Fresh out of prison, HELTER SKELTER follows aspiring musician Manson and his new "family" to Los Angeles as he mingles with rock and roll royalty and almost lands a record deal.
Episode 4
Out of Eden
Sun, Aug 16, 2020 59 mins
A mythical race war, delusions of stardom, and bad drug deals leave Charles Manson struggling to keep his cult together. HELTER SKELTER reveals how, through programming, drugs, and abuse, he ultimately convinces his followers to kill.
Episode 5
Some Bad Mistakes
Sun, Aug 23, 2020 59 mins
A desperate Charles Manson escapes with his Family to a desert hideout. Los Angeles is paralyzed with fear as the police fumble the investigation. HELTER SKELTER reveals how Manson unexpectedly helps brings his reign of terror to an end.
Episode 6
The Legend of Helter Skelter
Sun, Aug 30, 2020 62 mins
Charles Manson meets the world, and the media cannot get enough of the hippie killer cult that helps bring an end to the 60's. Why, fifty years later, does he still command our attention?
