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Four members of the Clutter family are murdered near Holcomb, Kansas, by Perry Smith and Richard Hickock, a crime later detailed by Truman Capote in his 1966 non-fiction novel In Cold Blood.
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Clutter family murders
1959 killings in Kansas, United States
In the early morning of November 15, 1959, four members of the Clutter family – Herb Clutter, his wife, Bonnie, and their teenage children Nancy and Kenyon – were murdered in their rural home just outside the small farming community of Holcomb, Kansas. Two ex-convicts, Perry…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Holcomb, Kansas
City in Finney County, Kansas
Holcomb is a city in Finney County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 2,245. It is located south of Highway 50.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Perry Edward Smith
Executed American mass murderer
Perry Edward Smith was one of two career criminals convicted of murdering the four members of the Clutter family in Holcomb, Kansas, on November 15, 1959, a crime that was made famous by Truman Capote in his 1966 non-fiction novel In Cold Blood. Along with Richard Hickock, Smith…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Richard Hickock
Executed American mass murderer
Richard Eugene Hickock was one of two ex-convicts convicted of murdering four members of the Clutter family in Holcomb, Kansas on November 15, 1959, a crime made famous by Truman Capote in his 1966 non-fiction novel In Cold Blood. Along with Perry Edward Smith, Hickock took part…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
November 15
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Truman Capote
American author (1924–1984)
Truman Garcia Capote was an American novelist, screenwriter, playwright, and actor. Several of his short stories, novels, and plays have been praised as literary classics, and he is regarded as one of the founders of New Journalism, along with Gay Talese, Hunter S. Thompson,…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Non-fiction novel
Literary genre
The non-fiction novel is a literary genre that, broadly speaking, depicts non-fictional elements, such as real historical figures and actual events, and uses the storytelling techniques of fiction. Sometimes they incorporate fictitious conversations. The non-fiction novel is an…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
In Cold Blood
1966 novel by Truman Capote
In Cold Blood is a non-fiction novel by the American author Truman Capote, first published in 1966. It details the 1959 Clutter family murders in the small farming community of Holcomb, Kansas.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)