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40 years later poll: did you read the book Helter Skelter? how young??

Posted by 500 dugs of summer (aka chris) Aug 2 '09, 18:32

i don't think i read it till i was 17 but that was plenty young. that book will fuck you up at any age

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12 -- nm - Spawn Aug 2, 19:35
(do you guys know that ann is afraid that charlie manson is coming after her because of that book? she read it in like grade nine. poor child.) -- nm - solitary confinement loves mandy lane Aug 2, 19:13 3
- My sister had a boyfriend who looked just like Manson. It was freaky. - Callisto Aug 2, 19:19
- i think no matter where or when you read it, you will start hearing family members outside your door that night -- nm - 500 dugs of summer Aug 2, 19:15 1
  - (but she's right, charlie is coming after her) -- nm - 500 dugs of summer Aug 2, 19:16
yeah, probably at about 16 or 17 or thereabouts. - Callisto Aug 2, 19:03
15 or 16, yeah. nm - Dignan Aug 2, 18:46
never read it (m) - howie Aug 2, 18:46
Nope, I don't think I ever did. -- nm - JaxSean Aug 2, 18:43
I read it at about that age too. First "true crime" book I ever read. -- nm - mara Aug 2, 18:41 2
- semi-related, I didn't read In Cold Blood until after seeing Capote, but I think it may be my favorite book ever. -- nm - Dano Aug 2, 18:44 1
  - OMG. I read "Sybil" at about that age, too. *That* one freaked me out. -- nm - mara Aug 2, 19:25
Yes. 14 or 15. Have you ever seen Live Freaky, Die Freaky? NC 17, claymation, stop motion take on the Manson murders It's pretty bad. Good to - jnine Aug 2, 18:40
never read it -- nm - CQ Aug 2, 18:39
I was 19 and read it for inspiration in a fiction-writing class I was taking in college. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Aug 2, 18:39
Yes. I was in my early 20s. -- nm - Dano Aug 2, 18:38
No, not after reading the original story in the newspapers :/ -- nm - MojaveMeg Aug 2, 18:38
no, but McCartney did the song last night and it killed. -- nm - loosilu Aug 2, 18:33

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