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BACK IN 1959,

BEFORE TRUMAN CAPOTE AND THAT BOOK OF HIS, "IN COLD BLOOD",

NO ONE FROM THE BIG CITIES

KNEW ANYTHING ABOUT OUR VILLAGE OF HOLCOMB, KANSAS.

NANCY?

AND WE LIKED IT THAT WAY.

MR. CLUTTER?

OURS WAS THE SIMPLE, GRACIOUS LIFE.

BUT AFTER THAT DAY, WHEN OUR NEIGHBOR, SUSAN,

WENT TO PICK UP NANCY CLUTTER FOR CHURCH...

NANCY?

MR. CLUTTER?

NANCY?

WE'RE GONNA BE LATE.

...OUR LITTLE TOWN -- THE WHOLE COUNTRY --

WE ALL LOST OUR INNOCENCE... FOREVER.

AT AROUND 9:30 IN THE MORNING,

SHERIFF EARL ROBINSON AND MR. HENDRICKS,

WHO'S A NEIGHBOR, ARRIVE AT THE HOME

AND SEE 16-YEAR-OLD NANCY CLUTTER'S BODY.

SHERIFF, OVER HERE.

THE SHERIFF GOES DOWN THE HALL, AND HE SEES THE MOTHER, BONNIE.

BONNIE HAS ALSO RECEIVED A FATAL GUNSHOT WOUND TO THE HEAD.

SHERIFF ROBINSON CONTINUES TO CLEAR THE RESIDENCE

LOOKING FOR THE REST OF THE CLUTTER FAMILY

BECAUSE HE KNOWS THAT THERE'S TWO MORE UNACCOUNTED FOR.

IN THE BASEMENT, THEY FIND THE FATHER, HERB CLUTTER,

LYING ON A MATTRESS BOX...

...AND HIS SON, KENYON, ON THE COUCH.

THE SHERIFF'S NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS BEFORE.

THE FAMILY'S BEEN WIPED OUT.

THEY'RE HORRIFIED.

THIS IS THE KIND OF THING YOU READ ABOUT IN NEWSPAPERS

THAT HAPPEN ELSEWHERE

BUT DOESN'T HAPPEN HERE IN HOLCOMB, KANSAS.

THANK YOU, HONEY.

WONDERFUL. HERE IS THE CORN!

THE CLUTTERS WERE PROBABLY THE MOST PROMINENT FAMILY

IN FINNEY COUNTY.

THEY WERE WELL-RESPECTED, WELL-LIKED, CHURCHGOING PEOPLE.

THE FATHER, HERB CLUTTER, WAS A SELF-MADE MAN.

HERB WAS A VERY SUCCESSFUL FARMER, RANCHER,

RESPECTED BY ALL.

IT WAS THE AMERICAN DREAM.

BONNIE CLUTTER WAS THE MOTHER OF THE FAMILY.

SHE WAS A GREAT HOMEMAKER.

KENYON WAS 15 YEARS OLD.

HE'S 6 FOOT TALL, LITTLE AWKWARD FOR HIS AGE.

NANCY CLUTTER -- 16 YEARS OLD.

SHE WAS OFTEN ON THE HONOR ROLL,

SHE WAS CLASS PRESIDENT,

SHE HAD A LOT OF FRIENDS,

SO WHAT HAPPENED TO THE CLUTTERS JUST IS UNIMAGINABLE

TO THIS SMALL COMMUNITY.

AL. SHERIFF.

THE SHERIFF IMMEDIATELY SUMMONS ONE OF HIS BEST FRIENDS,

AL DEWEY OF THE KANSAS BUREAU OF INVESTIGATIONS,

CERTAINLY ONE OF THE BEST INVESTIGATORS I'VE EVER MET.

AGENT DEWEY IMMEDIATELY STARTS GOING THROUGH THE HOUSE

SURVEYING THE SCENE.

SHOTGUN?

CLOSE RANGE.

NANCY IS COVERED IN BLOOD.

HALF OF HER HEAD HAS BEEN BLOWN AWAY.

HOG-TIED.

NANCY IS CLOTHED IN HER PAJAMAS AND HER ROBE AND SLIPPERS,

SUGGESTING THAT SHE WAS STILL AWAKE

WHEN THE KILLER ENTERED THE HOUSE.

WHEN THEY ENTER BONNIE'S ROOM,

THEY ENCOUNTER ANOTHER HORRIBLE SCENE.

SAME KNOTS AS THE GIRL.

THE KNOTS THAT WERE USED WERE VERY UNUSUAL.

IT WAS A HALF-HITCH KNOT.

JEWELRY'S STILL HERE.

AND THEY FIND THAT BONNIE IS WEARING TWO VALUABLE RINGS,

AND THIS IS CONTRADICTORY TO A ROBBERY.

LOOK AT THIS.

THEY CUT THE LINE.

HERB CLUTTER'S THROAT HAS BEEN SLASHED,

AND HE'S BEEN SHOT IN THE HEAD.

WATTLE.

WHEN AL DEWEY IS IN THE BASEMENT,

HE SEES A BOOT PRINT IN THE BLOOD.

THE CORONER DETERMINES THAT THEY WERE SHOT IN THE FACE

AT POINT-BLANK RANGE WITH A 12-GAUGE SHOTGUN.

TIME OF DEATH?

I'D SAY ABOUT 9 TO 12 HOURS AGO.

AND THAT THE CRIMES TOOK PLACE BETWEEN 11:00 P.M. AND 2:00 A.M.

PILLOWS, CARDBOARD...

SOMEBODY TRIED TO MAKE THEM COMFORTABLE.

AND THEN BLEW 'EM AWAY?

THE PILLOW PLACED UNDER KENYON'S HEAD

AND THE BOX FOR HERB

ARE STRANGE AND CONFUSING DETAILS FOR THE INVESTIGATORS.

SHOWS THAT SOMEBODY HAD SOME EMPATHY

TOWARDS THOSE INDIVIDUALS

AND YET WAS STILL ABLE TO BRUTALLY MURDER

ALL FOUR PEOPLE IN THAT HOUSE.

OTHER THAN THE BOOT PRINT,

THERE'S NOT MUCH EVIDENCE TO GO ON.

THERE'S NO SHOTGUN SHELLS.

THERE'S NO FINGERPRINTS.

FOR THE LAW-ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS,

THIS WOULD BE INCREDIBLY FRUSTRATING.

YOU HAVE FOUR LIVES TAKEN

AND VERY, VERY LITTLE EVIDENCE TO GO ON.

WHAT'S THAT?

YEAH, A MAN'S LEATHER BILLFOLD.

THE INVESTIGATORS FIND MR. CLUTTER'S BILLFOLD...

EMPTY.

...BUT NO MONEY.

CHECK LEDGER...

HOLCOMB CAFE, $1.45,

MAIN HARDWARE, $3.17.

EVERYBODY IN THE WORLD KNEW THAT MR. CLUTTER

NEVER HAD CASH AROUND.

HE WROTE CHECKS FOR EVERYTHING.

WHO ROBS A MAN OF CASH WHO WRITES CHECKS FOR THAT AMOUNT?

IT WAS THE JOKE OF THE TOWN

THAT HE WOULD WRITE A CHECK FOR $2 FOR A HAIRCUT.

THE MOTIVE IS VERY DIFFICULT TO FIGURE OUT.

IT SEEMS TO BE A VERY SENSELESS CRIME.

HOLCOMB IS A SMALL TOWN, AND WORD SPREAD LIKE WILDFIRE.

WHEN I HEARD, I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT.

I'D BEEN BABYSITTING FOR THE CLUTTERS

SINCE NANCY WAS LITTLE.

IT JUST DIDN'T MAKE ANY SENSE.

IN RURAL AMERICA ESPECIALLY, THERE'S A FEELING OF,

IT'S SAFER, PEOPLE ARE NICER,

AND THINGS LIKE THIS DON'T HAPPEN.

AL DEWEY IS BEFUDDLED.

HE ALWAYS LOOKED, "WHAT'S THE MOTIVE HERE?"

MOTIVE IS SO IMPORTANT IN THE SOLUTION OF ANY HOMICIDE.

WHO COULD'VE HATED THESE PEOPLE THAT MUCH TO DO THAT TO THEM?

THE INVESTIGATORS START CANVASSING THE AREA,

AND THEY FIND ALFRED STOECKLEIN, A HIRED HAND THAT LIVES

LESS THAN A THOUSAND FEET AWAY FROM THE CLUTTERS.

DID YOU HEAR ANY GUNSHOT LAST NIGHT?

THE MISSUS AND I WERE UP AND DOWN ALL NIGHT WITH OUR LITTLE ONE,

BUT, WE DIDN'T HEAR ANYTHING,

BUT THERE WAS A CAR IN THE DRIVEWAY.

A CAR?

WHEN?

PIECE BEFORE MIDNIGHT, I GUESS.

ALFRED REMEMBERS, AT AROUND 10:30 P.M.,

HE HEARD A CAR DOOR CLOSE.

CAN YOU DESCRIBE THE CAR?

I CAN DO YOU ONE BETTER.

I COULD TELL YOU WHOSE CAR IT WAS.

NANCY'S BOYFRIEND.

YOU'RE CERTAIN?

YES, SIR.

THE NEIGHBOR, ALFRED STOECKLEIN, REMEMBERS THERE WAS A CAR,

AND HE KNEW EXACTLY WHO IT BELONGED TO.

HE USED TO COME AROUND HERE ALL THE TIME,

TOO MUCH, IF YOU ASK ME.

CAN YOU GIVE US A NAME?

HE TELLS DEWEY THAT HE REMEMBERS TURNING TO HIS WIFE AND SAYING,

"THAT MUST BE NANCY'S BOYFRIEND, BOBBY RUPP."

THANKS FOR YOUR TIME.

IF YOU HAD ASKED ME IF I COULD EVER IMAGINE

BOBBY WOULD WANT TO HURT NANCY,

I WOULD'VE SAID, "YOU'RE CRAZY."

THE BOY ADORED HER.

BUT IF ANYONE WOULD KNOW

WHAT WAS REALLY GOING ON BETWEEN BOBBY AND NANCY...

IT WAS NANCY'S BEST FRIEND, SUSAN KIDWELL,

THE POOR GIRL WHO FOUND THE BODIES.

HAVE A SEAT.

THANK YOU FOR COMING IN, SUSAN.

WE WERE WONDERING IF YOU COULD TELL US

ABOUT NANCY AND BOBBY'S RELATIONSHIP.

THEY'VE BEEN GOING TOGETHER FOR A FEW YEARS NOW.

SUSAN KIDWELL TELLS THE INVESTIGATORS

THAT BOBBY RUPP AND NANCY CLUTTER

WERE IN LOVE WITH EACH OTHER.

DID THEY EVER FIGHT?

EVERY COUPLE HAS THEIR PROBLEMS, DON'T THEY?

WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

DID NANCY HAVE TROUBLE WITH BOBBY?

THERE WERE SOME DISAGREEMENTS THAT SHE MENTIONED.

WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT THAT WAS ABOUT.

I GOT THIS FOR YOU.

I'M SORRY. I CAN'T.

SUSAN TELLS THE INVESTIGATORS ABOUT A FIGHT

THAT BOBBY AND NANCY HAD HAD

A COUPLE OF WEEKS PREVIOUS TO THE MURDERS.

I DON'T KNOW WHERE THIS IS GOING.

WE BOTH KNOW --

THAT'S YOUR FATHER TALKING.

BOBBY'S FAMILY IS CATHOLIC

AND THE -- THE CLUTTERS METHODIST.

MR. CLUTTER, HE -- HE THOUGHT THAT THAT MEANT

THAT THERE WASN'T REALLY A FUTURE FOR NANCY AND BOBBY.

I HAVE TO GO.

NO. WAIT!

MR. CLUTTER REALLY WANTED HIS DAUGHTER

TO END THIS RELATIONSHIP,

AND THAT CAUSED A LOT OF CONFLICT BETWEEN THE TWO.

AND NANCY WAS WILLING TO BREAK IT OFF?

SHE WAS VERY LOYAL TO HER FATHER.

CAN'T IMAGINE BOBBY WAS TOO HAPPY ABOUT THAT.

THANK YOU FOR COMING IN, SUSAN.

YOU CAN GO NOW.

THE INVESTIGATORS REALIZE THAT THERE IS A CONFLICT

BETWEEN BOBBY AND MR. CLUTTER,

AND BY THE ACCOUNT OF AN EYEWITNESS,

HE WAS THE LAST TO LEAVE THE HOUSE THAT NIGHT.

HELLO, BOBBY.

I'M AGENT NYE...

...WITH THE KBI INVESTIGATING THE MURDERS.

I KNOW YOU WERE AT THE CLUTTERS' HOUSE LAST NIGHT.

I NEED YOU TO TELL ME WHAT HAPPENED.

I WAS CALLING ON NANCY.

WE WATCHED TV...

ME AND MR. CLUTTER AND KENYON AND NANCY.

I LEFT AT 10:30...

...AND THAT'S THE LAST I SAW OF THEM.

MR. CLUTTER DIDN'T SEEM TO THINK THERE WAS MUCH OF A FUTURE

BETWEEN YOU AND HIS DAUGHTER, DID HE?

THEY SUGGEST THAT NANCY TRIED TO BREAK IT OFF

WITH BOBBY THAT NIGHT AND THAT IT MADE HIM SO ANGRY,

THAT WAS HIS REASON TO ATTACK THE FAMILY.

WHO TOLD YOU THAT?

BOBBY, I'M BEGINNING TO BELIEVE

THAT YOU'RE NOT TELLING ME THE WHOLE TRUTH.

WELL, YOU'RE WRONG.

YOU WILLING TO TAKE A LITTLE TEST TO PROVE THAT?

WERE YOU ROMANTICALLY INVOLVED WITH NANCY CLUTTER?

YES.

DID YOU SEE HER AND HER FAMILY

ON THE EVENING OF NOVEMBER 14th?

YES, I DID.

HE DOES NOT WAVER FROM HIS STORY

THAT HE WAS WATCHING TV WITH THEM,

HE LEFT THE HOUSE AT 10:30,

AND THAT WAS THE LAST HE SAW OF THE FAMILY.

WHILE BOBBY RUPP IS TAKING THE POLYGRAPH TEST,

THE INVESTIGATORS SEARCH HIS HOME.

DID YOU HAVE ANY BAD FEELINGS

FOR NANCY OR MR. CLUTTER?

NO.

THE SEARCH DOESN'T REVEAL ANYTHING.

THERE'S NO WEAPONS, BLOOD, OR SHOEPRINTS

THAT MATCH THE CRIME SCENE.

THE PARENTS SWEAR THAT HE CAME HOME RIGHT AFTER 10:30

AND WENT TO BED.

WERE YOU INVOLVED IN ANY FASHION

WITH THE MURDER OF KENYON, BONNIE,

HERB, AND NANCY CLUTTER?

NO! I--

I LEFT, AND THEY WENT TO BED!

THAT'S ALL I KNOW!

BOBBY TAKES THE POLYGRAPH TEST, AND HE PASSES.

NOTHING TIES HIM TO THIS CRIME.

Al. Al.

Anything?

Nothin'.

You?

No. Now what?

We need fresh eyes on the case,

someone who knows the place.

WE'RE LOOKING FOR ANYTHING UNUSUAL.

IF ANYTHING SEEMS OUT OF SORTS, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.

THE KBI TAKES THE FAMILY'S MAID TO THE HOME

TO SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING MISSING.

NANCY WOULDN'T LEAVE HER SHOES OUT LIKE THAT.

SHE ALWAYS PUT THEM BACK.

WHAT THEY FIND IN NANCY'S ROOM

IS THAT SHE HAD TUCKED HER GOLD WATCH

INTO THE TOE OF ONE OF HER SHOES.

DETECTIVES?

IT MIGHT NOT BE ANYTHING, BUT KENYON'S RADIO IS MISSING.

CAN YOU DESCRIBE THE RADIO?

SMALL, ROUND TRANSISTOR RADIO.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU.

AL DEWEY WAS OBSESSED WITH SOLVING THIS CRIME.

IT REALLY WEIGHED ON HIM.

ALRIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THERE'S A LOT OF FRUSTRATION.

THERE WAS VERY LITTLE EVIDENCE TO BE GATHERED

AT THE CRIME SCENE.

THE MOTIVE IS VERY DIFFICULT TO FIGURE OUT,

AND THEY HAVE VERY FEW LEADS.

WE TRIED TO PICK UP THE PIECES, PRAY FOR ANSWERS,

BUT IN A COMMUNITY LIKE HOLCOMB,

IT FOLLOWED US EVERYWHERE WE WENT.

EVEN CHURCH FELT DIFFERENT WITHOUT THE CLUTTERS THERE.

AFTERNOON, AL.

ANY CLOSER TO GETTING THIS BUSINESS PUT TO BED?

WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN.

THE PRESSURE ON THE AGENTS HAS INTENSIFIED.

ANYTIME THEY GO INTO TOWN, THEY'RE CORNERED AND QUESTIONED

BY ALL THE TOWNSFOLK.

PEOPLE BEGIN TO LOCK THEIR DOORS,

THEY BEGIN TO FEAR EACH OTHER.

WHAT WAS TAKEN FOR GRANTED -- PEACE, SECURITY,

A SENSE OF THE FAIRNESS OF THE WORLD --

IS NOW RIPPED TO SHREDS BY THIS CRIME.

IN COORDINATION WITH THE POLICE,

THE LOCAL NEWSPAPER OFFERS A $1,000 REWARD

FOR ANY INFORMATION LEADING TO THE APPREHENSION OF THE SUSPECT.

KANSAS BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION.

KBI.

CALLS AND TIPS

COME FLOODING IN FROM EVERYONE IN THE TOWN.

THEY WANT THIS PERSON CAUGHT.

AND OVER THE COURSE OF A WEEK, THEY RULE OUT OVER 700 TIPS.

KBI.

OKAY, SLOW DOWN. SLOW DOWN.

AGENT DEWEY,

SOMEONE JUST SAW AN INTRUDER AT THE CLUTTER HOUSE.

FINALLY, DECEMBER 10th, 1959, 3 WEEKS SINCE THE MURDERS,

KBI AGENTS ARE CALLED TO THE CLUTTERS' HOUSEHOLD

BECAUSE THERE'S A STRANGE MAN LURKING AROUND INSIDE.

ALRIGHT. ALRIGHT.

- STEP OUT SLOWLY. - DROP YOUR WEAPON.

PUT THE GUN DOWN. ON YOUR KNEES.

DROP YOUR WEAPON.

DROP YOUR WEAPON. PUT THE WEAPON DOWN.

GET ON YOUR KNEES!

GO ON.

GET ON YOUR KNEES.

DROP THE WEAPON.

THE KBI AGENTS ARE CALLED TO THE CLUTTER HOUSEHOLD,

WHERE A STRANGE MAN IS LURKING.

DO YOU WANT TO TELL ME WHAT YOU'RE DOING

SNEAKING AROUND THIS HOUSE?

I HEARD WHAT HAPPENED TO THEM FOLKS.

I JUST WANTED TO SEE FOR MYSELF.

HE TELLS THEM THAT HE WAS AT THE CRIME SCENE

OUT OF A SENSE OF CURIOSITY.

DO YOU EXPECT ME TO BELIEVE YOU'RE JUST SOME LOOKY-LOO

WALKING AROUND THIS HOUSE WITH THAT GUN?

I'M NOT ALLOWED TO CARRY MY GUN?

HE HAS A SHOTGUN AND A KNIFE --

THE TWO TYPES OF WEAPONS THAT WERE USED IN THIS CRIME.

AND THE AGENTS SEND THESE THINGS OFF TO BE ANALYZED BY FORENSICS.

TAKE HIM IN.

YOU GOT THE WRONG GUY!

INVESTIGATORS QUESTION

IF HE HADN'T SHOWN UP TO HIDE EVIDENCE.

YOU GOT THE WRONG GUY!

JONATHAN DANIEL ADRIAN IS FINGERPRINTED.

THEY GET A MUG SHOT, AND HE'S CHARGED FOR CARRYING A WEAPON.

NYE HERE.

OKAY. ALRIGHT. JUST A MINUTE.

RECENTLY DISCHARGED FROM A LOONY BIN.

THE INVESTIGATORS LEARN

THAT HE HAD SPENT A PERIOD OF CONFINEMENT

AS A MENTAL PATIENT AT THE STATE HOSPITAL.

NO WONDER HE SEEMED OFF.

ALRIGHT, THANKS.

THEY KEEP ADRIAN IN CUSTODY

WHILE THEY WAIT FOR THE FORENSICS

TO GET BACK ON THE WEAPONS.

AGENT DEWEY, YOU SHOULD SEE THIS.

INMATE, KANSAS STATE PENITENTIARY,

SAYS HE KNOWS SOMETHING.

LET'S GO.

THEY GO TO THE KANSAS STATE PENITENTIARY

TO SEE IF THIS INMATE HAS ANY USEFUL INFORMATION.

WHAT'S UP?

WE HEAR YOU'VE GOT SOMETHING TO SAY

ABOUT THE CLUTTER MURDERS?

YEAH, WELL, I HEAR SOMETHING ABOUT A THOUSAND DOLLARS.

THE INMATE'S NAME IS FLOYD WELLS,

AND HE'S INTERESTED IN THE $1,000 REWARD.

WE'LL TALK ABOUT MONEY IF WHAT YOU TELL US IS ANY GOOD.

ALRIGHT.

YEARS BACK, I SPENT A FEW SUMMERS

HARVESTING AWAY AT THE CLUTTER FAMILY FARM.

OKAY. SO?

SO I KNOW IT WAS A PRIME SPOT FOR A GOOD SCORE,

AND I HAD A CELLMATE

WHO WAS VERY INTERESTED IN HEARING ABOUT IT.

WHAT WAS THE NAME OF YOUR CELLMATE?

FLOYD WELLS TELLS THE KBI AGENTS HE HAD A CELLMATE,

RICHARD HICKOCK.

TELL US ABOUT HIM.

HE'S ARROGANT...

...FANCIES HIMSELF AS A REAL TOUGH GUY.

YOU THINK A FARMER MAKES THAT KIND OF MONEY?

I KNOW FOR A FACT IT COST HIM $10,000 A WEEK

JUST TO KEEP HIS WHOLE OPERATION RUNNING.

DO YOU THINK HE KEEPS THE CASH IN THE HOUSE?

FLOYD TELLS HICKOCK

THAT THERE'S A SAFE WITH $10,000 IN THEIR HOME

AND THAT IT WOULD BE AN EASY SCORE FOR ANY CRIMINAL.

$10,000...

JUST SITTIN' THERE?

WHO ELSE IS IN THE HOUSE?

HE STARTS QUESTIONING WELLS VERY CLOSELY, ASKING HIM THINGS LIKE,

"WHERE EXACTLY IS THE HOUSE?

HOW MANY PEOPLE LIVE IN THIS HOUSE?"

WAIT 'TIL PERRY HEARS ABOUT THIS.

HE JUST GOT SPRUNG ON PAROLE.

THIS IS JUST HIS KIND OF SCORE.

WHO IS THIS PERRY HE TALKED ABOUT?

PERRY SMITH.

HICKOCK GOES ON TO TELL WELLS ABOUT A FRIEND OF HIS NAMED

NAMED PERRY SMITH,

WHO HE DESCRIBES AS A HARDENED KILLER.

HEY, WHAT ABOUT THAT REWARD MONEY?

WE'LL SEE.

HE DID WORK ON THAT FARM.

COULD BE SOMETHING.

OR IT'S THE REWARD MONEY TALKING.

AL DEWEY IS RIGHT TO BE SUSPICIOUS OF INFORMATION

FROM A SNITCH IN THE PENITENTIARY.

IN MY EXPERIENCE, A SNITCH WILL SOMETIMES TELL YOU

WHAT YOU WANT TO HEAR.

MEANWHILE, THEY HAVE CONCLUDED THAT JONATHAN DANIEL ADRIAN,

HIS ALIBI CHECKS OUT.

THE WEAPONS WERE NOT USED IN THE MURDER OF THE CLUTTER FAMILY,

AND HE IS SUBSEQUENTLY RELEASED.

BASED ON THIS INFORMATION

THEY'VE JUST BEEN GIVEN BY WELLS,

THE DETECTIVES REALIZE

THAT THEY SHOULD BE SEARCHING FOR MULTIPLE ASSAILANTS.

THE ASSISTANT CHIEF OF POLICE

UNDEREXPOSED SEVERAL SHOTS OF THE CRIME SCENE,

AND IT REVEALED A SECOND BOOT SOLE IN THE BASEMENT.

THE SECOND FOOTPRINT CONFIRMS

THAT MORE THAN ONE PERSON WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS CRIME.

THIS IS HICKOCK.

AGENTS LOOK THROUGH RICHARD HICKOCK'S FILES,

AND THEY DISCOVER THAT HE HAD BEEN ARRESTED

FOR PETTY THEFT AND FRAUD.

AND HE WAS OUT ON PAROLE AT THE TIME OF THE MURDERS.

LET'S GET HIM.

MR. HICKOCK.

MA'AM.

THEY FIND OUT THAT HICKOCK IS LIVING WITH HIS PARENTS

IN OLATHE, KANSAS.

WE'RE LOOKING FOR YOUR SON, RICHARD.

JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE HE'S COMPLYING

WITH THE TERMS OF HIS PAROLE.

HE'S WITH THAT FRIEND OF HIS.

WHO IS THAT?

HICKOCK'S PARENTS SAY

THAT RICHARD HAS HAD A NEW FRIEND SHOW UP,

A MAN BY THE NAME OF PERRY SMITH.

HE'S A DRIFTER. HE STARTS FIGHTS,

AND I DON'T LIKE PEOPLE LIKE THAT AROUND THE HOUSE.

WHEN WAS THIS?

NOVEMBER SOMETIME?

THAT SOUNDS RIGHT.

SO WHEN AGENT NYE ASKS MR. HICKOCK

WHERE HIS SON WAS DURING THE WEEKEND OF NOVEMBER 15th...

HE TELLS HIM THAT THEY BOTH WERE IN FORT SCOTT, KANSAS,

TRYING TO FIND PERRY SMITH'S SISTER.

THAT YOUR SHOTGUN, MR. HICKOCK?

NO, THAT'S DICK'S.

HE'S PARTIAL TO HUNTIN'.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

AGENT NYE RESEARCHES PERRY SMITH'S FILES,

AND THEY DISCOVER THAT PERRY DOES INDEED HAVE A SISTER.

HEY.

WE REACHED PERRY'S SISTER.

SAYS SHE HASN'T SEEN HIM IN YEARS.

THEY FIND OUT THAT PERRY SMITH'S SISTER

DOES NOT LIVE IN FORT SCOTT.

SHE IS LIVING IN SAN FRANCISCO,

AND SHE TELLS THEM THAT SHE'S AFRAID OF HER BROTHER.

STAFF SERGEANT, LET'S GET THIS OUT IMMEDIATELY.

NOW WITH THIS HOT LEAD, ALVIN DEWEY SETS OUT AN ALERT

TO 17 DIFFERENT STATES, FROM ARKANSAS TO OREGON,

TO BE ON LOOKOUT FOR RICHARD HICKOCK AND PERRY SMITH.

DEWEY HERE.

OKAY.

HE I.D.'d HIM AS HICKOCK?

GOOD.

We got a license plate.

SO AL DEWEY GETS A CALL ABOUT SOME BAD CHECKS

THAT HAD BEEN WRITTEN BY RICHARD HICKOCK IN KANSAS CITY.

AND A SUIT SALESMAN WROTE DOWN

THE LICENSE PLATE NUMBER TO THE VEHICLE

HICKOCK WAS DRIVING.

THIS IS AN INCREDIBLE BREAK.

NOW DEWEY CAN SEND TO STATE POLICE AGENCIES

THE LICENSE PLATE NUMBER, WHICH ALLOW OFFICERS

TO MORE READILY LOCATE THESE SUSPECTS.

GREAT. THANKS.

ON DECEMBER 30th, 1959,

SIX WEEKS SINCE THE CLUTTERS WERE MURDERED...

...POLICE OFFICERS IN LAS VEGAS FIND TWO SUSPECTS

THAT ARE TRYING TO SQUEEZE IN A LARGE BOX INTO THEIR CAR.

THE OFFICERS CHECK THE PLATE ON THIS CAR,

AND THEY REALIZE THAT IT'S A PERFECT MATCH

FOR THE CAR LICENSE PLATE

FROM THE SUIT SALESMAN BACK IN KANSAS.

IT HAD BEEN 6 WEEKS SINCE THE CLUTTERS WERE TAKEN FROM US,

BUT FOR ALL OF US IN HOLCOMB, IT FELT LIKE AN ETERNITY.

AND FINALLY, WE HEARD THEY GOT A LEAD, LIKE A LIGHTNING BOLT,

HUNDREDS OF MILES AWAY IN LAS VEGAS.

KBI AGENTS GET A PHONE CALL FROM LAS VEGAS POLICE DEPARTMENT.

THEY HAVE HICKOCK AND SMITH IN CUSTODY.

KBI AGENTS THEN TELL LAS VEGAS POLICE

NOT TO TELL SMITH AND HICKOCK

WHY THE REAL REASON THEY'RE BEING ARRESTED.

THEY WANT TO HAVE THE ELEMENT OF SURPRISE ON THEIR SIDE.

WHEN THE KBI AGENTS ARRIVE IN LAS VEGAS,

THEY LOOK AT THE BOX THAT HICKOCK AND SMITH

HAD PICKED UP FROM THE POST OFFICE.

SAME KNOTS. CUT IT OPEN.

PRESERVE THE KNOTS.

IT'S OUR MISSING RADIO.

IN THAT BOX ARE BOTH HICKOCK'S AND SMITH'S SHOES.

ONE OF THE ONLY CLUES LEFT AT THE SCENE OF THE CRIME

ARE FOOTPRINTS.

WE GOT 'EM.

AND WHEN THEY LOOK AT THE SHOE PATTERN ON THE BOTTOM,

IT'S A PERFECT MATCH.

THERE'S THOUSANDS OF THESE ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.

RADIO'S GENERIC, TOO.

WE NEED THIS CASE TO BE AIRTIGHT.

THE BOOTS ARE COMMON.

THEY'RE USED IN CONSTRUCTION WORKERS,

THEY'RE USED BY MOTORCYCLE ENTHUSIASTS.

THERE IS A CHANCE THAT, WITHOUT A CONFESSION,

THESE TWO CRIMINALS WILL NOT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE

FOR THE CLUTTER HOMICIDES.

SO LET'S GO TALK TO 'EM.

OKAY, DICK.

NOW, YOU'RE VIOLATING YOUR PAROLE TWO WAYS.

YOU LEFT THE STATE,

AND YOU'RE ASSOCIATING WITH ANOTHER KNOWN FELON.

WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO ABOUT THAT?

I'M PERRY'S ONLY FRIEND.

SOMEBODY HAD TO TAKE HIM TO HIS SISTER'S,

AND WHAT WAS I SUPPOSED TO DO?

TURN HIM AWAY?

HICKOCK IS WILLING TO TALK. IN FACT, HE WON'T SHUT UP.

A SISTER?

SHE'S THE ONE THAT LIVES WHERE?

FORT SCOTT.

YEAH.

AT LEAST THAT'S WHAT WE THOUGHT UNTIL WE GOT THERE.

SHE DONE CLEAN MOVED OUT -- NOT A WORD TO PERRY.

HICKOCK GAVE THE SAME STORY

THAT HIS PARENTS HAD GIVEN THE AGENT --

THAT HE AND PERRY SMITH HAD GONE DOWN TO FORT SCOTT

TO PICK UP SOME MONEY

THAT PERRY'S SISTER WAS HOLDING FOR HIM.

MY SISTER WASN'T THERE ANYWAY.

SHE WASN'T THERE?

SO WHAT YOU'D DO THEN?

NOTHIN'.

THEN YOU, WHAT, TURN AROUND AND HEAD HOME?

WELL, WE HAD TO CONSOLE OURSELVES,

DIDN'T WE, GENTLEMEN?

AND WHAT'S THE EASIEST WAY TO DO THAT

BUT IN THE COMPANY OF... SOME BLOND CHICKENS?

YEAH.

DICK WANTED TO GET SOME WHORES, SO...

THAT'S WHAT WE DID.

WHAT WERE THEIR NAMES?

I DON'T KNOW.

YOU REMEMBER THE NAMES OF YOURS?

PERRY SMITH TRIES TO GIVE THE SAME ANSWER,

BUT HE'S NOT LINING UP THE DETAILS

WITH THE STORY THAT HICKOCK GAVE.

LOOK, I HOPE YOU GUYS CAN CUT ME SOME SLACK HERE.

MY, UM... MY OLD MAN'S NOT DOING SO GOOD.

THIS WHOLE AGGRAVATION WOULD --

WELL, IF WE COULD AVOID IT...

YEAH.

I DON'T THINK YOUR FATHER'S

GONNA HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THAT.

I'LL BE DAMNED!

I'M -- I'M -- I'M GLAD WE COULD... BE REASONABLE.

NO, YOUR FATHER'S GONNA HAVE MUCH...

MUCH BIGGER THINGS TO WORRY ABOUT, DICK...

LIKE HAVING A MURDERER FOR A SON.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE HELL YOU MEAN BY THAT.

WHAT I MEAN IS, YOU AND YOUR BUDDY, SMITH,

NEVER WERE IN FORT SCOTT.

YOU COULDN'T HAVE BEEN 'CAUSE YOU WERE IN HOLCOMB, KANSAS...

I'VE NEVER BEEN TO HOLCOMB.

...IN A FARMHOUSE OWNED BY THE CLUTTER FAMILY.

THEY MENTION THE CLUTTER FAMILY TO HICKOCK,

AND IT CAUSES HIM TO FLINCH A LITTLE BIT,

BUT HE CONTINUES DENYING KNOWING THIS FAMILY

OR KNOWING ANYTHING ABOUT THE MURDERS.

YOU WERE LOOKING FOR A SAFE

THAT YOU HEARD ABOUT FROM SOME PRISON BUDDY OF YOURS.

NO.

AND WHEN YOU COULDN'T FIND IT,

YOU AND SMITH EXECUTED THE ENTIRE CLUTTER FAMILY.

LOOK, I DON'T KNOW WHERE

YOU'VE COME UP WITH THIS PACK OF LIES,

BUT IF --

THAT WAS TAKEN FROM THE SCENE OF THE CRIME.

THAT'S A PERFECT MATCH TO A PAIR OF BOOTS

THAT YOU BOTH HAD IN YOUR CAR.

I SUGGEST YOU START TALKING.

IT'S ALL PERRY.

HE KILLED 'EM ALL.

AFTER SEVEN WEEKS OF INVESTIGATING,

THE KBI AGENTS FINALLY HAVE THE SUSPECTS

IN THE QUADRUPLE HOMICIDE OF THE CLUTTER RESIDENCE.

DICK SAYS YOU'RE THE GUILTY ONE.

SMITH AND HICKOCK ARE APPREHENDED IN LAS VEGAS,

AND THEY WAIVE EXTRADITION BACK TO KANSAS.

ON THE WAY BACK, ALVIN DEWEY IS TRAVELING WITH PERRY SMITH.

I ALWAYS KNEW HE'D SPILL HIS GUTS OUT ON THE TABLE

WHEN IT CAME DOWN TO IT.

AL DEWEY IS TELLING PERRY SMITH THAT,

"HICKOCK'S PUTTING ALL THE MURDERS ON YOU,

THAT YOU'RE THIS NATURAL-BORN KILLER."

THAT NOT TRUE, PERRY?

IS THAT NOT HOW IT HAPPENED?

I'LL TELL YOU HOW IT HAPPENED.

I don't know, Dick.

Something doesn't feel right to me.

I think we should get out of here.

You're not gonna chicken out on me now, are you?

No. I just have a bad feeling, and I think we should go.

No.

We've come way too far.

Let's go.

PERRY SMITH TELLS DEWEY THAT, ON THE NIGHT OF THE CRIMES,

HE WAS MORE APPREHENSIVE, MORE ANXIOUS THAN HICKOCK.

HE HAS BEEN ALL ALONG.

HE'S NOT SURE HE WANTS TO GO THROUGH WITH IT.

He's not here.

He's gone.

Okay.

HICKOCK IMMEDIATELY TRIES TO LOOK FOR THE SAFE

THAT WELLS HAD TOLD HIM ABOUT.

Okay.

Man, I'm not seeing any safe.

Well, keep looking.

I've got nothin'.

Dick, we're gonna have to wake up the old man.

Let's go.

HICKOCK GOES INTO HERB CLUTTER'S BEDROOM,

SHINES A FLASHLIGHT IN HIS FACE, AND WAKES HIM UP.

EASY, EASY, EASY.

WHAT? EASY.

TURN AROUND. BACK TO US.

NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO.

PLEASE, PLEASE.

PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE.

TELL US WHERE THE SAFE IS, AND NOBODY GETS HURT.

THERE'S NO SAFE.

HE'S LYING.

HICKOCK'S ANGRY BECAUSE HE THINKS

THAT HERB CLUTTER'S LYING TO HIM,

THAT HE'S TRYING TO PROTECT THE MONEY.

LET'S GO. NO. PLEASE!

I'LL GIVE YOU ANYTHING YOU WANT.

MEANWHILE, PERRY SMITH CUTS THE PHONE CORD...

...AND HE NOTICES A SHADOW AT THE TOP OF THE STAIRS.

PERRY REALIZES THAT SOMEBODY IS AWAKE UPSTAIRS.

WHILE THERE'S NO WAY TO KNOW FOR SURE,

IT DOES APPEAR THAT IT WAS NANCY CLUTTER.

SHE HEARD SOMETHING, CAME TO THE FOOT OF THE STAIRS,

AND THEN SHE RAN BACK TO HER ROOM

TO HIDE THE GOLD WATCH HER FATHER GAVE HER.

WE HAD TO WAKE UP MR. CLUTTER,

AND HE SAID THERE NEVER WAS ANY SAFE,

AND DICK WAS GETTING IMPATIENT.

SO WE TOOK MR. CLUTTER UPSTAIRS,

AND WE WOKE UP THE REST OF 'EM,

AND I TIED 'EM UP.

YOU'RE GONNA BE ALRIGHT.

AND THEN I TOOK MR. CLUTTER DOWN IN THE BASEMENT.

JUST WAIT ONE SECOND.

PERRY SMITH TAKES HERB INTO THE BOILER ROOM.

HE FLIPS THE MATTRESS BOX ONTO THE FLOOR

AND PUTS HERB ON THE BOX.

JUST LIE DOWN.

LIE DOWN ON YOUR SIDE RIGHT HERE, OKAY?

- YOU ALRIGHT? - LET ME -- LET ME GO!

PERRY SMITH TIES KENYON TO THE SOFA.

HE COMES BACK OUT, PUTS THE PILLOW UNDER KENYON'S HEAD.

DICK!

IT'S OKAY, PRETTY BIRD.

DICK WAS TRYING TO HAVE HIS WAY WITH THAT GIRL.

I BET HE DIDN'T TELL YOU THAT.

GET OUT.

WHY SHOULDN'T WE BE ABLE TO DO --

I SAID, "GET OUT."

OKAY.

SMITH ALSO RELATES A SALIENT DETAIL

THAT HICKOCK WANTED TO RAPE NANCY CLUTTER

AND THAT SMITH PREVENTED HIM FROM DOING SO.

WHAT NOW?

WE'RE GONNA FIND THE SAFE, MAN!

THERE IS NO SAFE, DICK!

COME ON. WHAT DO WE DO NOW?

I THINK IT'S --

I THINK IT'S CLEAR!

DON'T PUSH ME.

DON'T PUSH ME.

WE SAID NO WITNESSES, RIGHT?

THAT'S THE PLAN.

AND, SO, THE TENSION BUILDS BETWEEN THE TWO MEN

AS THEY FEEL FOOLISH AND TRICKED AND RIDICULOUS.

YOU GO FIRST.

THEY HAVE JUST BROKEN INTO SOME MAN'S HOME AT GUNPOINT.

WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR, DICK?

JUST GIVE ME A SECOND.

THIS WAS YOUR BRIGHT IDEA.

THEY HAVE WITNESSES NOW, AND SO THEY'RE DESPERATE,

AND THAT MAKES THEM DANGEROUS.

HERE YOU GO, BIG MAN.

FINISH IT UP.

ALRIGHT.

YOU'LL FEEL BETTER.

HICKOCK NEEDED A PARTNER TO DO THIS CAPER WITH.

HE CHOSE SMITH BECAUSE SMITH IS UNSTABLE,

AND HE KNEW THAT, IF THEY HAD TO KILL,

HE WAS GONNA BE VERY CAPABLE OF IT.

YOU DIDN'T EVEN KILL HIM.

NO! NO! NO! NO!

PERRY SMITH BLASTS AWAY WITH THE SHOTGUN

AND KILLS HERB CLUTTER.

WHAT ABOUT THE KID?

NO! NO! NO!

NO! NO! NO!

HE GOES OUT AND KILLS KENYON AT POINT-BLANK RANGE.

LET'S GO.

LET'S GO.

DON'T, PLEASE...

PLEASE.

DEWEY, WHAT BROKE THE CASE?

ULTIMATELY, THEY HAVE NO REGARD FOR HUMAN LIFE.

THEY CALLOUSLY MURDER THESE PEOPLE FOR JUST SO LITTLE GAIN,

YOU KNOW, $40 AND A RADIO.

IT'S DESPICABLE.

CAPOTE'S BOOK, "IN COLD BLOOD",

IMMORTALIZED THIS STORY FOR THE WORLD.

THIS BOOK WAS REALLY THE CATALYST

FOR A GROWING SENSE OF FEAR OF CRIME

IN THE AMERICAN PUBLIC.

PERRY SMITH IS A PSYCHOPATH.

HE ARTICULATES HIS ACTIONS IN A WAY THAT'S VERY EMOTIONLESS

AS IF HE HAD BEEN KILLING A CHICKEN OR A RABBIT.

MY DEAR FRIENDS WOULD BE ALIVE TODAY

IF ONE MAN HADN'T TOLD A LIE...

...AND YET THAT MAN...

...IS THE ONE WHO WENT FREE.

AS I RECALL, AL DEWEY WAS OF THE OPINION

THAT FLOYD WELLS SHOULD HAVE BEEN PROSECUTED IN THIS CASE

FOR HIS INVOLVEMENT IN GETTING THIS THING STARTED.

FLOYD TOLD INVESTIGATORS

THAT HICKOCK WAS A CON MAN AND A BRAGGER

AND ALWAYS TALKED ABOUT HIS BIG SCORES,

AND JUST TO SHUT HIM UP,

HE LIED ABOUT THIS SAFE WITH $10,000.

IF IT WERE NOT FOR THE STORY THAT HE TOLD HICKOCK,

THEN I FIRMLY BELIEVE

MR. CLUTTER WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN KILLED.

THE CLUTTERS WERE GOOD, GOD-FEARING FOLK.

THEY WERE KIND TO ANYONE WHO CROSSED THEIR PATH.

THE CLUTTER MURDERS CREATED A SENSE OF

THINGS AREN'T FAIR IN THE WORLD.

PEOPLE THOUGHT, "IF THIS COULD HAPPEN TO THE CLUTTERS,

IT COULD HAPPEN TO ME."

THOSE TWO MEN, STRANGERS TO OUR INNOCENT, LITTLE TOWN,

KILLED NANCY AND HER FAMILY,

AND THERE WAS NO GOOD REASON WHY.

AND WHEN MR. CAPOTE WROTE "IN COLD BLOOD" ABOUT THE EVIL

THAT CAME FOR THE CLUTTERS,

FOLKS FROM FAR-OFF PLACES WERE SUDDENLY OBSESSING OVER

WHAT HAPPENED IN OUR LITTLE TOWN.

MAYBE THERE'S SOME PART OF US THAT CAN'T HELP

BUT BE FASCINATED BY BAD PEOPLE

AND THE TERRIBLE THINGS THEY DO,

AS LONG AS WE CAN TELL OURSELVES

THOSE THINGS ONLY HAPPEN TO SOMEONE ELSE.