Column: Filmmaker Errol Morris returns to the Manson murders in new Netflix documentary
- Errol Morris has released a new Netflix documentary titled "Chaos: The Manson Murders," which runs for 90 minutes and explores the infamous murders committed by Charles Manson and his followers in 1969.
- The documentary adapts Tom O’Neill's 2019 book "CHAOS: Charles Manson, the CIA, and the Secret History of the Sixties" and raises questions about law enforcement's failure to stop Manson and his influence over others.
- Morris's film combines well-known facts with vintage material, and despite presenting many questions without answers, it is visually engaging and compelling.
- O'Neill admits in the film, "Frankly, I still don’t know what happened. But I know that what we were told isn’t what happened," highlighting the ongoing mystery surrounding the murders.
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Netflix's New Murder Documentary Will Chill You To The Bone
Netflix's new documentary "Chaos: The Manson Murders" is a crazy film.Basic info:Charles Manson and the Manson Family are among the most notoriously evil people to have ever walked in the United States of America.The cult was responsible for at least nine murders, and set off an era of terror in California. The most infamous and gruesome murder was the killing of actress Sharon Tate on August 9, 1969.Tate was more than eight months pregnant at t…
'Chaos: The Manson Murders': was Charles Manson involved in mind control experiments?
Charles Manson and his “family” of followers were responsible for the deaths of at least nine people, but a new Netflix documentary speculates he may have been influenced by government agents. Directed by Errol Morris, Chaos: The Manson Murders covers several conspiracy theories tied to the 1969 killing spree, including how it might relate to secret experiments by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and Federal Bureau Of Investigation (FBI) at…
What is the "Chaos: the Manson family murders" the somewhat embarrassing doc on Charles Manson broadcast on Netflix?
This documentary promises revelations about the assassinations committed by Manson's disciples in 1969. Seduishing, of course, but the film, broadcast on Netflix, is a little too much in conspiracy theories.

Column: Filmmaker Errol Morris returns to the Manson murders in new Netflix documentary
Do you know these names: Abigail Folger, Wojciech Frykowski, Steven Parent, Jay Sebring, and Leno and Rosemary LaBianca? What if I add to that list the name Sharon Tate? Ah, there you go. Those are the names of the people killed by Charles Manson and some demented buddies on the nights of Aug. 8 and 9, 1969, Tate the most prominent because she was a beautiful movie star, married to filmmaker Roman Polanski, and eight months pregnant with their c…
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