Transcript In Cold Blood

•A work of creative
non-fiction
•Written like a novel,
but true.
•Not necessarily
chronological
•Told from alternating
points of view
 Born 1925
 Childhood friend of
Nell Harper Lee
 Novel first serialized
in The New Yorker in
1965
 Novel launched his
career to the high
society circles
 Died 1984
Capote first learned of the
murders through an article in
the New York Times
Law
and
Order
Setting
The road to the Clutter home
The village of Holcomb stands on the
high wheat plains of western Kansas, a
lonesome area that other Kansans call
“out there.”
Clutter Family Home (as it stands today)
The Victims
The Criminals
The Witnesses
The Investigators
The Victims
• Head of the Clutter
household
• Well-liked,
respected member of
the Holcomb
community
• Fairly prosperous
 Wife of Herb
Clutter
 Mother of four
 A recluse
 Daughter of Herb
and Bonnie
Clutter
 Well-liked and
popular
 Bright, energetic,
responsible
 Dating Bobby Rupp
 Son of Herb and
Bonnie Clutter
 Quiet and
reserved
 Enjoys working
with his hands
 Fifteen years old
•Convicted
thief
•Sentenced to
Kansas State
Penitentiary
•Met Dick
Hickock in jail
•Inmate in Kansas
State Penitentiary
•Friend of Perry
Smith
•Learned of
Clutter family from
fellow inmate
Floyd Wells
 Past employee of
Herb Clutter
 Tells Hickcock
that the Clutters
are wealthy
 Connects Hickcock
and Smith to the
deaths of the
Clutters
KBI
•Main detective
in the Clutter
investigation
•Acquaintance
of Herb Clutter
KBI Supervisor Al Dewey, County Attorney Duane West, Sheriff
Earl Robinson, and KBI Agent Clarence Duntz. (left to right)
To our “human” brothers who
live after us,
Do not harden your hearts
against us,
Because, the more you have pity
on us poor ones,
The more mercy God will show
you.