Cast & Crew

Helter Skelter: An American Myth

You think you know the story... you don't.

Overview

The untold story behind cult leader Charles Manson and his followers' heinous crimes as told through interviews with former members, archival footage, and newly-unearthed images.

Full Cast

Ronald Reagan

Self (archive footage)

Lyndon B. Johnson

Self (archive footage)

Michael Caine

Self (archive footage)

Peter Coyote

Self - Actor, Diggers Early Core Member

Sharon Tate

Self (archive footage)

Roman Polanski

Self - Widower of Sharon Tate (archive footage)

Dennis Wilson

Self (archive footage)

Martin Luther King Jr.

Self (archive footage)

Timothy Leary

Self (archive footage)

Jay Sebring

Self (archive footage)

Vincent Bugliosi

Self - Deputy District Attorney (archive footage)

Kwame Ture

Self (archive footage)

Charles Manson

Self (archive footage)

Bobby Beausoleil

Self - Former Family Member (voice)

Lynette Fromme

Self - Former Family Member (archive footage)

Voytek Frykowski

Self (archive footage)

Catherine Share

Self - Former Family Member

Gary Brucato

Self - Clinical Psychologist, Author

Domenic Priore

Self - Author

Terry Melcher

Self - Music Producer (voice) (archive sound)

Stephen Kay

Self - Deputy District Attorney

Patricia Krenwinkel

Self - Former Family Member (archive footage)

Brooks Poston

Self - Former Family Member (voice) (archive sound)

Sandra Good

Self - Former Family Member (archive footage)

Susan Atkins

Self - Former Family Member (archive footage)

Bill Robles

Self - Courtroom Illustrator

Leslie Van Houten

Self - Former Family Member (voice) (archive sound)

Abigail Folger

Self (archive footage)

Johnny Echols

Self - Lead Guitarist, Love

Tex Watson

Self - Former Family Member (archive footage)

Leno LaBianca

Self (archive footage)

Linda Kasabian

Self - Former Family Member (archive footage)

Barbara Hoyt

Self - Former Family Member (archive footage)

Linda Deutsch

Self - AP Journalist

Kimberlé Crenshaw

Self - Civil Rights Expert

Deborah Herman

Self - Author

Dianne Lake

Self - Former Family Member

Gregg Jakobson

Self - Music Producer

Phil Kaufman

Self - Fellow Manson Inmate

Jeff Guinn

Self - Author

Ivor Davis

Self - Author, Journalist

Stephanie Schram

Self - Former Family Member

David Dalton

Self - Photographer & Journalist

Danny DeCarlo

Self - Straight Satans (archive footage)

David Felton

Self - Journalist

Al Wiman

Self - KABC Reporter

Sandi Gibbons

Self - Journalist

Virginia Graham

Self - Prosecution Witness

Steve Oney

Self - Journalist, Author

Bill McBride

Self - Juror #3

Kay Hinman Martley

Self - Cousin of Gary Hinman (voice)

John Catlett

Self - Benwood-McMechen, WV Resident

Virginia Brautigan

Self - Benwood-McMechen, WV Resident

George Sidiropolis

Self - Benwood-McMechen, WV Resident

David Smith

Self - Haight Ashbury Clinic Founder

Allan Swerdloff

Self - Artist

David Williams

Self - Author

Bernard Crowe

Self (archive footage)

Louise LaBianca

Self - Daughter of Leno LaBianca (voice)

Paul Crockett

Self (voice) (archive sound)

Directing

Lesley Chilcott

Directing | Director