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Two ex-convicts, Perry Smith and Richard Hickock, were found guilty of the murders and sentenced to death. They were both executed on April 14, 1965. The murders were detailed by Truman Capote in his 1966 non-fiction novel In Cold Blood.
Nov 17, 2017 · Capote’s 1966 book was a bestseller, garnering acclaim for its author and shining a spotlight on killers Perry Smith and Richard Hickock, who bound and shot four members of the Clutter family...
Perry 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.
Perry Edward Smith (October 27, 1928 - April 14, 1965) was one of two ex-convicts who murdered four members of the Clutter family in Holcomb, Kansas, United States on November 15, 1959, a crime made infamous by Truman Capote in his 1966 non-fiction novel In Cold Blood.
Apr 13, 2015 · Fifty years ago tomorrow, Richard Hickock and Perry Smith, the two murderers made famous by Truman Capote’s "In Cold Blood," were hanged at the Kansas State Penitentiary.
Perry Smith is a complex figure in In Cold Blood, at once a heartless killer and a broken, childlike man who elicits both empathy and fear in those around him.
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Character List and Analysis Perry Smith. One of the two murderers of the Clutter family, Perry grew up under difficult circumstances. He was abandoned by his family and severely abused by nuns (who he develops a life-long aversion to) and other caregivers.
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