what exactly is helter skelter?

[luckydragon]

i have no idea what this phrase means ... can anyone enlightening me? heh

there's so many references to it but where is helter skelter directly related to? and what does it have to do with the charles manson murders?

 

[datalink7]

I always took it to be "randomly" or "jumping from thing to thing quickly"

 

[Evadman]

you guys are not very old are ya?

 

[etech]

Part of the answer.

Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders

 

[datalink7]

Originally posted by: Evadman
you guys are not very old are ya?

20

 

[Tates]

Main Entry: 1hel·ter-skel·ter
Pronunciation: "hel-t&r-'skel-t&r"
Function: adverb
Etymology: perhaps from Middle English skelten to come, go
Date: 1593
1 : in undue haste, confusion, or disorder <ran helter-skelter, getting in each other's way -- F. V. W. Mason>
2 : in a haphazard manner

 

[luckydragon]

i'm 19.... what happened in the charles manson murders? and why is the title helter skelter for the prosecutors book?

 

[Tates]

Read the book?

 

[dejacky]

i am charles manson! ruuuun!

 

[luckydragon]

its not that i'm trying to be lazy but it would be nice if someone that already knows what happened can help me out by just writing a few lines with why its related...