who wrote the song helter skelter
Helter Skelter  is a song written by Paul McCartney, credited to LennonâMcCartney, and recorded by the Beatles on their eponymous LP The Beatles, better known as The White Album.os Angeles Deputy District Attorney Vincent Bugliosi, who led the prosecution of Manson and four of his followers who acted on Manson's instruction in the Tate-LaBianca murders, named his best-selling book about the murders Helter Skelter.