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Bookmark or Share- Perry Smith, The Clutter Family Killer Behind 'In Cold Blood'On November 15, 1959, Perry Smith and Richard Hickock brutally murdered the Clutter family of Holcomb, Kansas, which inspired Truman Capote's "In Cold Blood."
- CrimeArchives: The Clutter Family MurdersPerry Smith Richard Eugene "Dick" Hickock (June 6, 1931 - April 14, 1965) and Perry Edward Smith (October 27, 1928 - April 14, 1965) were two ex-convicts who murdered four members of the Herbert Clutter family in Holcomb, Kansas on November 15, 1959.
- ‘In Cold Blood’ Killers Exhumed | SmithsonianRichard Hickock and Perry Smith’s bodies were exhumed yesterday, as part of an investigation into four murders committed in Florida in 1959
- The Real Story Behind ‘In Cold Blood’: Truman Capote’s True Crime ...Hickock and Smith. Richard “Dick” Hickock and Perry Smith were in Kansas State Penitentiary when a fellow prisoner, Floyd Wells, who had previously been a farmhand for Herb Clutter, told Hickock that Herb was wealthy and kept around $10,000 (around $90,000 today) in a safe in his house.
- Clutter Family Murders – In Cold Blood – Legends of KansasPerry Edward Smith was 31 years old when he murdered the Clutter family. He was born to a Native American mother and a Caucasian father who sought fame on the rodeo circuit. Both parents were alcoholics, and Smith and his siblings were frequent victims of physical violence and mental abuse.
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