HILF: History I'd Like to F**k

HILF 84 - The Manson Family Murders with Lisa and Ellie Dehner

HILF: History I'd Like to F**k

Show Notes

The Manson Family, a group of hippies living communally outside of Los Angeles, committed a gruesome series of murders in the summer of 1969. The brutality of the crimes, the fame of the victims, and the oddity of the perpetrators touched all of media’s erogenous zones.

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