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Charles Manson & Boston Strangler [VHS]

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THE MAIN PROBLEM WITH THIS VIDEO IS.......IT'S TOO SHORT!REALLY,30 MINUTES WITH 15 MINUTES DEVOTED TO EACH CASE IS JUST NOT ENOUGH TO DO MORE THAN PROVIDE SOMEONE TOTALLY UNFAMILIAR WITH THESE CASES AN INTRODUCTION. THERE WERE A FEW FACTUAL ERRORS AS WELL[FOR EXAMPLE, THE NARRATOR SAYS THAT THE KILLERS CLIMBED THE FENCE AT 10050 CIELO DRIVE. ACTUALLY,THEY CLIMBED THE EMBANKMENT AROUND IT].ON THE PLUS SIDE, THE VIDEO CONTAINS EXCERPTS FROM A JAILHOUSE INTERVIEW WITH LESLIE VAN HOUTEN,A PAROLE APPEARANCE BY TEX WATSON,AND A PORTION OF THE TOM SNYDER INTERVIEW WITH MANSON FROM THE EARLY EIGHTIES.THE BOSTON STRANGLER SEGMENT ADDRESSES THE CURRENT CONTROVERSY AS TO WHETHER DESALVO IS THE KILLER OR NOT.TO SOMEONE WHO KNOWS THE BASICS ABOUT THESE TWO CASES,YOU WONT LEARN ANYTHING NEW HERE,FOR ANYONE UNFAMILIAR,ITS DEFINITELY WORTH A LOOK.

I bought this tape and was disapointed cause it's just too short, why release it , i don't get it,

They did have some rare footage of the Manson family, the girls with shaven heads and with short hair smiling and smirking to the cameras, there is a small video clips from an old interview with Van Houten from when she was a free woman (during her second trial) and Tex's parole hearing, b&w crime csene fotos and Sandra Good making threats "Los Angeles will burn to the ground"

Each show is 15 minutes, don't waste your time.