TOM O NEILL

In 1999, when Tom O'Neill was assigned a magazine piece about the thirtieth anniversary of the Manson murders, he worried there was nothing new to say. Weren't the facts indisputable? Charles Manson had ordered his teenage followers to commit seven brutal murders, and in his thrall, they'd gladly complied. But when O'Neill began reporting the story, he kept finding holes in the prosecutor Vincent Bugliosi's narrative, long enshrined in the bestselling Helter Skelter. Before long, O'Neill had questions about everything from the motive to the manhunt. Though he'd never considered himself a conspiracy theorist, the Manson murders swallowed the next two decades of his career. He was obsessed.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER | NOW A NETFLIX DOCUMENTARYA journalists twenty-year fascination with the Manson murders leads to "gobsmacking" (The Ringer) new revelations about the FBIs involvement in this "kaleidoscopic" (The New York Times) reassessment of an infamous case in American history. Over two grim nights in Los Angeles, the young followers of Charles Manson murdered seven people, including the actress Sharon Tate, then eight months pregnant. With no mercy and seemingly no motive, the Manson Family followed their leaders every order -- their crimes lit a flame of paranoia across the nation, spelling the end of the sixties. Manson became one of historys most infamous criminals, his name forever attached to an era when charlatans mixed with prodigies, free love was as possible as brainwashing, and utopia -- or dystopia -- was just an acid trip away. Twenty years ago, when journalist Tom ONeill was reporting a magazine piece about the murders, he worried there was nothing new to say. Then he unearthed shocking evidence of a cover-up behind the "official" story, including police carelessness, legal misconduct, and potential surveillance by intelligence agents. When a tense interview with Vincent Bugliosi -- prosecutor of the Manson Family and author of Helter Skelter -- turned a friendly source into a nemesis, ONeill knew he was onto something. But every discovery brought more questions: Who were Mansons real friends in Hollywood, and how far would they go to hide their ties? Why didnt law enforcement, including Mansons own parole officer, act on their many chances to stop him? And how did Manson -- an illiterate ex-con -- turn a group of peaceful hippies into remorseless killers? ONeills quest for the truth led him from reclusive celebrities to seasoned spies, from San Franciscos summer of love to the shadowy sites of the CIAs mind-control experiments, on a trail rife with shady cover-ups and suspicious coincidences. The product of two decades of reporting, 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 Steven Kay, strong enough to overturn the verdicts on the Manson murders. This is a book that overturns our understanding of a pivotal time in American history.

El fiscal Vincent Bugliosi creó un relato falso sobre los crímenes de la familia Manson, pero ¿qué sucedió realmente en Hollywood el verano del 69 en Cielo Drive?Entra en los secretos del FBI, de la CIA y en la era psicotropica de los años 60. Entra en la mente de Charles Manson.Este libro sigue los veinte años de investigacion de ONeill para refutar la historia "oficial" detras de Manson. ¿Quienes eran sus verdaderos amigos en Hollywood y hasta donde llegarian para ocultar las relaciones entre ellos? ¿Por que la policia no actuo en muchas de las ocasiones en las que podria haberlo hecho? ¿Y como convirtio a un grupo de hippies pacificos en asesinos sin escrupulos?La busqueda de respuestas lleva a ONeill a pasar desde por celebridades solitarias a espias experimentados, desde el Verano del Amor a los sombrios espacios en los que tenian lugar los experimentos de control mental de la CIA, en un camino lleno de encubrimientos y coincidencias.Mason. La historia real presenta cientos de nuevas entrevistas y docenas de documentos del Departamento de Policia de Los Angeles, el FBI y la CIA nunca antes vistos, llegando a unas conclusiones y evidencias que podrian ser un argumento, segun el Fiscal del Distrito de Los Angeles, Stephen Kay, lo suficientemente fuerte como para anular los veredictos sobre el caso Manson.En esas dos noches oscuras en Los Angeles, ONeill encuentra la historia verdadera de la California de los años sesenta: cuando los charlatanes se mezclaban con los prodigios, cuando el amor libre era tan real como los lavados de cerebro, y cuando la utopia se podia vislumbrar a traves de un viaje de acido.El libro que rechaza la version oficial para contar la historia verdadera de Charles Manson y de los asesinatos perpetrados por la familia Manson, ofreciendo cientos de pruebas y documentos del FBI y la CIA nunca antes revelados. ¿Descuido de la policia? ¿mala labor de los fiscales? ¿o incluso una posible vigilancia por parte de los servicios secretos de inteligencia. ¿Que sucedio realmente en Cielo drive en 1969?El true crime del momento.La critica ha dicho... Una reconstruccion que pone los pelos de punta y que va la raiz incomprensible de lo oscuro.El PaisUn libro extraordinario y estremecedor.El Periodico de AragonLa "historia secreta" intrincadamente siniestra de ONeill a menudo suena increible; pero eso no significa que no sea cierta.The GuardianRevelaciones y conjeturas que cambian muy sustancialmente la historia de la Familia.Vogue EspañaUna contundente y documentada cronica sobre una epoca compleja, que tras la cortina del amor libre, marco la historia de Estados Unidos.Woman Una nueva vision de lo ocurrido ese fatidico dia de agosto y de todos los interrogantes que giran en torno a los autores confesos del crimen y a las circunstancias que los llevaron a cometer los asesinatos.LibrujulaSi Helter Skelter es la Biblia del caso Manson, el trabajo de Tom ONeill es una suerte de evangelios apocrifos que defienden que lo unico apocrifo en esta historia es la obra de Bugliosi.Vanity FairONeill va mas alla e indaga en las posibles razones que llevaron a Manson a experimentar con las sesiones ...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER | NOW A NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY______________________________A journalists 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.Twenty years ago, reporting for a routine magazine piece about the infamous Manson murders, journalist Tom ONeill didnt expect to find anything new. But the discovery of horrifying new evidence kick-started an obsession and his lifes work. What had he unearthed and what did it mean: why was there surveillance by intelligence agents? Why did the police make these particular mistakes and why did Toms greatest ally in this fight turn into his biggest foe?Chaos is an explosive read that will shock, grip and change our understanding of a case that has haunted the world for over fifty years.______________________________Riveting ... Sensational revelations ... True crime fans will be enthralled.PUBLISHERS WEEKLY[Full of] scandalous findings ... to me it seems only too plausible. ONeills intricately sinister secret history often sounds incredible; that doesnt mean that its not all true.OBSERVERTantalizing ... Founded on prodigious research ... ONeills 20-year investigation reads like a thriller.LOS ANGELES TIMES

A journalist's 20-year fascination with the Manson murders leads to shocking new revelations about the FBI's involvement in this riveting reassessment of an infamous case in American history.Over two grim nights in Los Angeles, the young followers of Charles Manson murdered seven people, including the actress Sharon Tate, then eight months pregnant. With no mercy and seemingly no motive, the Manson Family followed their leader's every order - their crimes lit a flame of paranoia across the nation, spelling the end of the 60s. Manson became one of history's most infamous criminals, his name forever attached to an era when charlatans mixed with prodigies, free love was as possible as brainwashing, and utopia - or dystopia - was just an acid trip away.Twenty years ago, when journalist Tom O'Neill was reporting a magazine piece about the murders, he worried there was nothing new to say. Then he unearthed shocking evidence of a cover-up behind the "official" story, including police carelessness, legal misconduct, and potential surveillance by intelligence agents. When a tense interview with Vincent Bugliosi - prosecutor of the Manson Family, and author of Helter Skelter - turned a friendly source into a nemesis, O'Neill knew he was onto something. But every discovery brought more questions:Who were Manson's real friends in Hollywood, and how far would they go to hide their ties?Why didn't law enforcement, including Manson's own parole officer, act on their many chances to stop him?And how did Manson-an illiterate ex-con-turn a group of peaceful hippies into remorseless killers?O'Neill's quest for the truth led him from reclusive celebrities to seasoned spies, from San Francisco's summer of love to the shadowy sites of the CIA's mind-control experiments, on a trail rife with shady cover-ups and suspicious coincidences. The product of two decades of reporting, 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 Steven Kay, strong enough to overturn the verdicts on the Manson murders. This is a book that overturns our understanding of a pivotal time in American history.

El fiscal Vincent Bugliosi se encargó de crear un relato falso sobre los crímenes de la familia Manson para esconder la verdad. Pero ¿qué sucedió realmente en Hollywood el verano del 69? Por fin llega la historia verdadera sobre los crimenes de la familia Manson en Cielo Drive.El fiscal Vincent Bugliosi creo un relato falso sobre los crimenes de la familia Manson, pero ¿que sucedio realmente en Hollywood el verano del 69 en Cielo Drive?Entra en los secretos del FBI, de la CIA y en la era psicotropica de los años 60. Entra en la mente de Charles Manson.Este libro sigue los veinte años de investigacion de O'Neill para refutar la historia "oficial" detras de Manson. ¿Quienes eran sus verdaderos amigos en Hollywood y hasta donde llegarian para ocultar las relaciones entre ellos? ¿Por que la policia no actuo en muchas de las ocasiones en las que podria haberlo hecho? ¿Y como convirtio a un grupo de hippies pacificos en asesinos sin escrupulos?La busqueda de respuestas lleva a O'Neill a pasar desde por celebridades solitarias a espias experimentados, desde el Verano del Amor a los sombrios espacios en los que tenian lugar los experimentos de control mental de la CIA, en un camino lleno de encubrimientos y coincidencias.Manson. La historia real presenta cie...