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- On Nov. 15, 1959, the Clutter family home was the scene of an unforgettable tragedy. Herbert Clutter, his wife Bonnie, and their two youngest children, Nancy and Kenyon, were at home and brutally murdered during a robbery on that fateful night. The killings led author Truman Capote to write the influential true crime novel 'In Cold Blood.'
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In the early morning hours 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.
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Nov 15, 2019 · On Nov. 15, 1959, four members of the Clutter family of Holcomb, Kansas, were found murdered in their home. The brutal farmhouse slayings in which the victims were bound and shot, gripped the nation and shattered its sense of security.
Nov 17, 2017 · Several relatives will speak for the first time in SundanceTV’s Cold Blooded: The Clutter Family Murders, a two-part documentary airing Saturday and Sunday as part of the network’s “True...
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Jul 7, 2023 · On 15 November 1959, the peaceful town of Holcomb, Kansas, was shattered by news of the brutal and senseless murder of the Clutter family. This heinous crime and the subsequent investigation, capture, trial, and execution of the two killers became the inspiration for Truman Capote’s groundbreaking true crime masterpiece, In Cold Blood.
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Jun 23, 2021 · The Clutter Family Murders. The real story behind Truman Capote’s “In Cold Blood”. In April last year, the home with a dark history went back on the market. What was once home to the Clutter family was said to fetch between $150,000 and $200,000 in price. The house via people.com.
It details the 1959 murders of four members of the Clutter family in the small farming community of Holcomb, Kansas. Capote learned of the quadruple murder before the killers were captured, and he traveled to Kansas to write about the crime.
When officers arrived, Herb Clutter, 48, lay sprawled on a mattress in the basement, stabbed, his throat slashed and a shotgun charge fired to his head. He wore paja mas. His hands were bound and his mouth was taped shut.
