Editor’s Note: The Richland County Sheriff’s Office, Richland County, North Dakota, turned 150 on Nov. 25, 2023. In our coverage of this event, we mentioned the sesquicentennial celebration would continue
With Manson Family killer Leslie Van Houten freshly released, we hear again how singularly bizarre Charlie and his hippie savages were in their quest to unleash a race war. However, if you lift your eyes from Charlie’s razzle-dazzle and see the bigger picture, the killer cult-leader’s chemical-fueled, mind-controlling, Helter Skelter race-war trip looks like . history as usual.