Helter Skelter: An American Myth

Charles Manson

Self (archive footage)

Dianne Lake

Self - Former Family Member

Catherine Share

Self - Former Family Member

Ivor Davis

Self - Author, Journalist

Jeff Guinn

Self - Author

Bobby Beausoleil

Self - Former Family Member (voice)

Gregg Jakobson

Self - Music Producer

Brooks Poston

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

Stephanie Schram

Self - Former Family Member

David Dalton

Self - Photographer & Journalist

Sharon Tate

Self (archive footage)

Danny DeCarlo

Self - Straight Satans (archive footage)

Linda Kasabian

Self - Former Family Member (archive footage)

Susan Atkins

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

Roman Polanski

Self - Widower of Sharon Tate (archive footage)

Dennis Wilson

Self (archive footage)

Johnny Echols

Self - Lead Guitarist, Love

Phil Kaufman

Self - Fellow Manson Inmate

David Felton

Self - Journalist

Barbara Hoyt

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

Terry Melcher

Self - Music Producer (voice) (archive sound) / Self - Music Producer (archive footage)

Tex Watson

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

Jay Sebring

Self (archive footage)

Al Wiman

Self - KABC Reporter

Steve Oney

Self - Journalist / Self - Journalist, Author

Sandi Gibbons

Self - Journalist

Virginia Graham

Self - Prosecution Witness

Lynette Fromme

Self - Former Family Member (archive footage)

Patricia Krenwinkel

Self - Former Family Member (archive footage)

Linda Deutsch

Self - AP Journalist

Bill McBride

Self - Juror #3

Vincent Bugliosi

Self - Deputy District Attorney (archive footage)

Martin Luther King Jr.

Self (archive footage)

Lyndon B. Johnson

Self (archive footage)

Michael Caine

Self (archive footage)

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

Ronald Reagan

Self (archive footage)

Peter Coyote

Self - Actor, Diggers Early Core Member

Timothy Leary

Self (archive footage)

Domenic Priore

Self - Author

Allan Swerdloff

Self - Artist

Kimberlé Crenshaw

Self - Civil Rights Expert

Kwame Ture

Self (archive footage)

Leslie Van Houten

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

David Williams

Self - Author

Bernard Crowe

Self (archive footage)

Leno LaBianca

Self (archive footage)

Louise LaBianca

Self - Daughter of Leno LaBianca (voice)

Voytek Frykowski

Self (archive footage)

Abigail Folger

Self (archive footage)

Paul Crockett

Self (voice) (archive sound)

Deborah Herman

Self - Author

Sandra Good

Self - Former Family Member (archive footage)

Bill Robles

Self - Courtroom Illustrator

Gary Brucato

Self - Clinical Psychologist, Author

Stephen Kay

Self - Deputy District Attorney