sentences:  According only to Bugliosi’s theory, Charles Manson often spoke to the members of his "family" about "Helter Skelter" in the months leading up to the murders of Sharon Tate and Leno and Rosemary LaBianca in August 1969, an apocalyptic war arising from racial tensions between blacks and whites.This "chimerical vision involved reference to music of the Beatles, particularly songs from their 1968 double album "The Beatles" (commonly known as "the White Album"), and to the New Testament's Book of Revelation.Manson and his followers were convicted of the murders based on the prosecution's theory that they were part of a plan to trigger the Helter Skelter scenario.