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In Cold Blood – Part 2 | True Crime Drama Mini-Series

February 02, 2023 / 59:32

This episode covers the tragic murder of the Clutter family, the investigation that follows, and the events leading up to the crime. Key discussions include the roles of Richard Hickock and Perry Smith, the victims' backgrounds, and the community's response.

The Clutter family, consisting of Herb, Bonnie, Nancy, and Kenyon, were found murdered in their home near Holcomb, Kansas. The episode highlights the brutal nature of the crime and the shock it brought to the local community.

Investigators, including KBI Special Agents, discuss the lack of evidence and potential suspects. The episode captures the emotional turmoil of the community as they grapple with the loss of such a well-respected family.

Richard Hickock and Perry Smith are identified as the killers, and their motivations are explored. The episode portrays their interactions leading up to the crime and the aftermath of their actions.

The episode concludes with the ongoing investigation and the impact of the murders on the Clutter family's friends and neighbors, emphasizing the need for justice.

TL;DR

The episode recounts the brutal murder of the Clutter family and the ensuing investigation into their deaths.

Episode

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>> Back to pass, big rush
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by the Wildcats, and Mercer
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is thrown for a loss
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back at the 45.
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Great defensive play
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by Kansas State's big tackle
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Darren Wilson.
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That makes it fourth and 17
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for the Tigers.
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Johnson back to punt
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for Missouri.
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There's the snap.
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Johnson boots it,
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a long high spiral.
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Rose signals for a fair catch
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at the 21 yard line,
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and the Kansas State Wildcats
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take over.
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Still no score early in this--
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>> No!
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>> It's the first quarter.
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>> No!
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>> You've seen ball games
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before.
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>> Okay, he's calling signals,
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fakes a hand-off, drops back,
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pass is complete to Tommy Rose.
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>> Yeah! Make-out, make-out.
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>> Shut up.
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>> Kansas State runs up
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in a power T formation.
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Second and two.
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>> [ groaning ]
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>> Oil's fine, sir.
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So's the water.
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That'll be 4 bucks.
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>> Keep the change, kid.
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>> Thank you, sir.
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You here to hunt?
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>> No. We're heading to Arizona.
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We got construction work
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waiting for us there.
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That reminds me.
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Do you know the mileage between
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here and Tumcumcari, New Mexico?
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>> Can't say I do.
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Well, excuse me, sir.
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I'm doing a job working
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on a truck over there.
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>> [ groaning ]
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>> Yeah?
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>> Want some candy?
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They got a machine out here.
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>> No. Oh!
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>> You okay?
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>> I'm fine.
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>> Don't be all night.
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Come on, baby.
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We don't wanna be late
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for the party, now, do we?
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What's the matter, Perry?
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You sick or something?
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A natural killer.
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That's what you are.
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You should see yourself.
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No ordinary punk
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like they all said.
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A natural killer,
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like I always knowed.
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>> Known.
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>> ♪ To be by your side ♪
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♪ Your best friend ♪
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♪ Wrote and told me ♪
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♪ Rat-a-tat ♪
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♪ You have teardrops ♪
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♪ In your eyes ♪
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♪ Daddy's home ♪
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♪ Daddy's home to stay ♪
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♪ Daddy's home to stay ♪
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♪ I'm not ♪
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♪ A thousand miles away ♪
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>> So you better cozy up
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to that special Saturday night
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someone now
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before it's too late.
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>> Bobby came to the house
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this evening and we listened
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to the K State game.
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I love him.
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I do and I don't care
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what Daddy thinks.
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This is forever between me
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and Bobby.
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>> [ gasp ]
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>> Let's get out of here, Dick.
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Let's just turn this car around
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and get out of here before it's
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too late, huh?
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>> It's gonna be perfect, honey.
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[ baby cries ]
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>> Look.
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I thought you said
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there weren't any neighbors.
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>> Will you look at this spread?
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Don't tell me this guy
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ain't loaded.
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He's one of the richest farmers
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in Kansas is what he is.
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Mr. Herbert W. Cutter.
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>> I don't like it.
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>> It's the hired man's house,
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baby. It's on the diagram.
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Guy wouldn't never come
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snooping around the big boss's
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house in the middle of the damn
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night, and if'n he does...
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>> No, no. Count me out.
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Count--no, Dick.
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I don't want any.
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>> What's putting the bubbles
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in your blood, honey?
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Or have I been wrong about you?
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What'd you steal this big knife
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for if you wasn't ready to come
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here and do what we've come
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here to do?
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You just showing off?
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You think maybe I don't got
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the guts to do it alone, Perry?
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Is that what you're thinking?
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Well, I'll show you who's
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got the guts and who don't.
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>> I wish I'd had that drink.
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>> Quiet.
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That must be where the safe is.
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>> Hey, Dick, give me the knife.
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Hey, where's the other phone,
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Dick?
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>> It's in the kitchen.
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>> No safe, huh?
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>> It's here.
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It's here somewheres.
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I know it. It's gotta be.
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>> Quiet, man.
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Dick, Dick, Dick, Dick.
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Let's get outta here.
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There's no safe,
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there's no money.
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I don't like it.
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Come on, Dick.
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>> There's a safe in here
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and it's full of money
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and I'm gonna find it.
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And when I do, I knows who's
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gonna open the damn thing.
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>> Honey?
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Honey, is that you?
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>> Are you Mr. Clutter?
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>> Who are you?
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What do you want?
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>> We'd like to talk with you,
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sir.
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Could you step with us
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into your office, please?
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Have a seat.
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Now, Mr. Clutter, sir, all we
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want is for you to tell us
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where you keep that safe.
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Where is it?
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>> Safe? I have no safe.
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Whoever told you that is a--
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>> You're lying, you rich
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son of a bitch!
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Don't you lie to me!
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I know damn well you got a safe
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in here.
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>> Son, I'm sorry to disappoint
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you, but I don't have no safe.
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I've never had a safe.
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I don't need one.
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>> Look, mister, you tell me
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where that damn safe is
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or you're gonna be a whole lot
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sorrier.
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>> As God is my witness,
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I am telling you the truth.
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I don't need a safe.
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Look, whoever told you boys
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that there were money here,
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if you're thinking you're gonna
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find some, I'm afraid you come
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to the wrong place.
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>> No, sir! We heard you was
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a rich man, Mr. Clutter,
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a generous man, successful man.
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We hear you keep a lot of cash
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in that safe that you say
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you don't have.
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Now that's what we come here
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for.
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>> Whoever told you that
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is a darn fool.
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I don't keep any cash
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in this house.
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I don't keep any extra cash
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in this house is the truth!
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>> Where's your wallet?
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Where's your damn wallet?
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>> It's in my bedroom.
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>> Keep moving.
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>> Whatever money that I have
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here is yours.
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Here's my wallet.
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>> 12 bucks?
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You gotta have more than that.
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What's upstairs?
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>> Well, there's no one
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upstairs but my family.
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They don't have any money.
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>> Yeah? Well, you gotta have
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more than this. Come on.
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>> Look, you tell me what you
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need and I'll give it to you.
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>> Let's go. Go!
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>> You boys wanna be on your
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way, I won't say a word
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to anybody, I promise you.
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>> What about your wife?
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>> You don't wanna bother
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my wife.
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She's an invalid.
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She's been sick
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for a very long time.
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>> Yeah? Well, let's go pay
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the little lady a visit.
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Maybe she's the rich one.
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>> I don't know why you boys
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want to do this.
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I've never seen you before.
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>> Shut up!
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When we want you to talk,
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we'll tell you.
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>> It's all right, sweetheart.
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There's no need to be afraid.
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There's no need to be afraid.
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These men, they just want
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some money, that's all.
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>> But, Herb, dear, I don't have
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any money.
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You know that.
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>> I know.
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Don't cry, sweetheart.
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Everything's gonna be all right.
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They're not gonna hurt us.
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I gave them all the money
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I had, but they want some more.
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They think there's a safe
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somewhere.
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>> I thought I told you
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to shut up, huh?
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>> My husband's telling
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the truth.
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There isn't any safe.
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>> I know damn well that you
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got a safe in here, all right?
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Now I ain't leaving
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until I find it.
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Where's your money, huh?
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Where's your money?
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>> There's some over here.
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>> Well, get it. Get it.
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Gimme that!
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3 bucks.
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>> Dick. Dick.
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These people are telling
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the truth, man. Can't you tell?
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The only one who lied
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is your pal Floyd.
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>> They're gonna see that
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there isn't any money.
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They're gonna see that there
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isn't a safe, and when they see
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that there's nothing that we're
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hiding, they'll go away.
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>> They'll go?
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>> Well, what about them
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and the kids?
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>> In the bathroom.
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We'll put 'em in the bathroom
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right there.
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After that, we'll tie 'em up
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one by one and in different
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parts of the house,
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and we'll look for the safe
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and when we find it,
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we'll just, uh...
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we'll cut their throats.
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Can't shoot 'em.
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That'd make too much damn noise.
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>> Sit down.
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You comfortable?
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>> Get up.
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Get up.
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Get up, punk!
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What's the matter?
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You deaf, boy? Is that it?
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>> Dick, you don't have
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to hit the kid.
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Now leave him alone.
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All right, kid. Sit down.
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Here you go.
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You better put some pants on,
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kid.
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>> What is this?
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Some kind of joke?
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>> My, my. You must be Nancy.
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We need you to step
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in the bathroom.
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Get in. Go on.
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Go on. Go on!
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>> Now you stand guard.
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I'll do some reconnoitering.
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Ow.
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Ow.
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>> Get down.
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>> Nancy, come with me.
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Hey, come on.
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>> You leave her alone, mister.
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You hear me?
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>> Nothing bad's gonna happen
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to your little girl, ma'am.
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As a matter of fact, I can
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assure you that she's gonna be
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very well taken care of, ma'am.
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I can certainly assure you
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of that.
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It's all right.
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>> Oh, Lord, give us strength.
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Protect our family.
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Protect our Nancy.
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See us through this crisis.
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We ask in Your name.
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Amen.
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>> [ crying ]
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>> See you later, Dad.
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>> Bye, hon.
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[ doorbell rings ]
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[ ding dong ]
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>> Maybe they're around back.
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>> Maybe they're still asleep.
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>> That's not possible.
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Can you imagine Mr. Clutter
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being late for church
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just for sleeping?
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>> Let's drive over
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to Kidwell's.
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Susie will know where
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they went to.
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>> [ coughing ]
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>> Over to Martin in the
00:30:42
frontcourt.
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Martin to Baxter.
00:30:44
Baxter breaks open at the free
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throw line, driving past.
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Baxter takes the jump shot.
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Scores. Kansas State takes
00:30:49
a one point lead in their
00:30:50
home opener.
00:30:51
>> [ snoring ]
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>> Max Saulters with the ball
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for the Boilermakers.
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Saulters fakes left,
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drives, shoots, misses.
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Rebound to Stanley Wright,
00:30:58
K State's pick six sophomore
00:30:59
center.
00:31:00
Outside pass to Martin.
00:31:01
The team captain dribbles
00:31:02
upcourt...
00:31:03
>> Lord, I never thought I'd
00:31:05
see the day when he'd fall
00:31:06
dead asleep and miss a game.
00:31:08
>> Maxwell with the ball
00:31:09
at the top of the key.
00:31:11
>> Shoots. No good.
00:31:12
Rebound to Kansas State.
00:31:14
Dryden bringing the ball
00:31:15
up the floor for the Wildcats.
00:31:16
Pass ahead, Hawkins scores--
00:31:18
>> [ muttering ]
00:31:27
>> Boy, this Wildcat team
00:31:28
is ranked number one
00:31:29
in the country, and today
00:31:30
they're showing why.
00:31:32
Maxwell to Morris, swings it
00:31:34
over to English in the low post
00:31:35
for Purdue.
00:31:36
Fakes right, shoots...
00:31:38
Blocked! Maxwell picks up
00:31:40
the loose ball, guarded closely
00:31:41
by Dryden.
00:31:47
[ ding dong ]
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>> Hello?
00:32:11
Nancy?
00:32:13
Hello?
00:32:15
Anybody here?
00:32:19
Nancy? Are you awake?
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>> I guess they are
00:32:25
still asleep.
00:32:29
>> Anybody down there?
00:32:35
>> Well, I'm gonna look around
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outside.
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Y'all check upstairs.
00:32:48
>> Hello?
00:32:51
Nancy, it's Kathy and Susan.
00:32:54
Nancy?
00:32:59
[ screams ]
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[ siren ]
00:33:19
>> Stay here. You stay here.
00:33:50
>> Jesus.
00:34:12
>> Earl?
00:34:18
I want to let you know
00:34:19
that Agent Dewey's here.
00:34:38
>> Al? Good to see you.
00:34:40
>> Earl.
00:34:41
>> This is Undersheriff
00:34:42
Wendell Meyer.
00:34:43
>> Who's the sightseer?
00:34:49
>> Alfred Stocklein.
00:34:50
Works the place.
00:35:00
>> Bess, there is something
00:35:03
radically wrong over at
00:35:05
the Clutter place.
00:35:07
>> You mean the ambulance?
00:35:08
You saw the ambulance going up
00:35:09
there again?
00:35:10
Oh, hell, Sadie, it's only
00:35:12
Bonnie having one of those
00:35:13
bad spells she gets.
00:35:14
You know that.
00:35:16
>> I saw two ambulances
00:35:18
and two police cars,
00:35:19
a steady stream of officialdom,
00:35:22
Bess, and it was all headed
00:35:23
straight to the Clutter farm.
00:35:25
[ telephone rings ]
00:36:49
>> Bess, for heaven's sakes,
00:36:51
who was that?
00:36:52
>> Mabel over at the paper.
00:36:56
Herb Clutter used to be rushing
00:36:58
around like a chicken without
00:36:59
his head, trying to make
00:37:01
everything run as good as that
00:37:02
outfit of his.
00:37:05
Won't be rushing around anymore.
00:37:07
>> What do you mean, he won't
00:37:08
be rushing around anymore?
00:37:10
>> Because he's dead!
00:37:12
>> Oh!
00:37:13
>> So's Bonnie and Nancy
00:37:15
and the boy.
00:37:17
>> Kenyon?
00:37:18
>> Somebody shot 'em.
00:37:20
>> Oh, Good Lord.
00:37:24
Do they know--
00:37:25
>> Who? Who did it?
00:37:28
Who the hell knows?
00:37:31
Somebody up that street, down
00:37:33
that road, their neighbors,
00:37:35
more than likely.
00:37:36
Neighbors are varmints anyway.
00:37:39
Always trying to slam
00:37:41
their door in your face.
00:37:42
>> Oh, Bess Hartmann, I am
00:37:44
truly ashamed to hear you talk
00:37:46
that way.
00:37:48
I'm scared.
00:37:50
>> Why? When your time comes,
00:37:53
it comes.
00:37:54
It's all the same in eternity.
00:37:59
Besides, we got nothing
00:38:00
to worry about.
00:38:01
Mabel said the Feds
00:38:02
is on the case.
00:38:04
It's Alvin Dewey from Garden
00:38:05
City and the big shot Bureau
00:38:07
boys from Topeka
00:38:08
riding to the rescue.
00:38:34
>> Sheriff? Here it is, sir.
00:38:39
>> Bernie.
00:38:47
>> All right, I'll talk facts,
00:38:48
but not theories.
00:38:49
Now the big fact here is we're
00:38:51
not dealing with one murder,
00:38:53
but four.
00:38:54
We don't know which of the four
00:38:55
was the primary victim.
00:38:57
>> Wasn't the father the only
00:38:58
one with his throat cut?
00:38:59
>> He was the most abused, yes,
00:39:01
but it doesn't necessarily
00:39:02
follow that Herb Clutter
00:39:03
was the main target.
00:39:04
>> Who was killed first?
00:39:06
>> It would help if we knew
00:39:08
in which order the family died,
00:39:09
but the coroner can't tell us
00:39:10
that.
00:39:11
>> How many killers?
00:39:12
>> Don't know yet.
00:39:13
>> Was the women molested?
00:39:14
Was there any signs
00:39:15
of sexual assault?
00:39:16
>> No, ma'am, they were not.
00:39:17
>> Any fingerprints?
00:39:19
>> I can't answer that.
00:39:21
>> Can't or won't?
00:39:22
>> Both.
00:39:23
>> What about shell casings?
00:39:24
How many cartridges?
00:39:25
>> Now, look, I'll be honest
00:39:26
with you, we don't have
00:39:27
a lot to go on here.
00:39:28
No obvious suspect, not much
00:39:30
in the way of clues.
00:39:31
There's no evident motive
00:39:32
'cause of all the people in the
00:39:34
world, the Clutters were the
00:39:35
least likely to be murdered.
00:39:37
Now, I think KBI has assembled
00:39:40
a strong team here headed by
00:39:42
three of our ablest
00:39:43
investigators, Special Agents
00:39:45
Harold Nye on loan from
00:39:47
Philadelphia, Roy Church
00:39:50
and Carl Duntz
00:39:51
from our Topeka office.
00:39:55
I'd like to make a personal
00:39:58
statement at this time,
00:39:59
if I may.
00:40:01
And then if it's okay,
00:40:02
we'll get back to work.
00:40:06
This is something of a personal
00:40:09
proposition for me.
00:40:11
My wife and I were real fond
00:40:13
of Herb and Bonnie.
00:40:14
We saw 'em at church.
00:40:15
We visited with them
00:40:16
back and forth.
00:40:18
But even if I hadn't known 'em
00:40:20
and liked the family so well,
00:40:22
I would not feel any different
00:40:24
because I've seen some
00:40:27
bad things,
00:40:28
I sure as hell have,
00:40:29
but nothing so vicious
00:40:31
and brutal as this.
00:40:33
However long it takes, maybe
00:40:35
the rest of my life,
00:40:37
I'm gonna know what happened
00:40:39
in that house.
00:40:47
>> If you ain't gonna eat
00:40:48
that burger, I'll take it.
00:40:50
>> All right, go ahead,
00:40:51
but shut up. I'm reading.
00:40:56
>> You don't have to read it
00:40:57
50 times.
00:40:58
>> It says here,
00:40:59
"This killer or killers."
00:41:01
That's bad English.
00:41:03
It should say "This killer
00:41:06
or these killers."
00:41:08
But, anyway, I don't believe it,
00:41:11
this no-clue stuff.
00:41:14
>> I told you, if them prairie
00:41:18
bellies would have made
00:41:19
the slightest connection,
00:41:20
we would have heard 'em
00:41:21
100 miles off by now.
00:41:22
>> You know Willy J
00:41:23
back at the walls, huh?
00:41:24
He told me I was a natural born
00:41:26
medium.
00:41:27
He knew about stuff like this
00:41:28
and he was interested.
00:41:29
He said I had a high degree
00:41:30
of extrasensory perception.
00:41:32
Take for example right before
00:41:35
my motorcycle accident,
00:41:37
I saw the whole thing happen
00:41:39
in my mind.
00:41:40
I saw the rain, I saw the skid
00:41:43
marks, I saw me lying there all
00:41:44
bloody and my legs all broken.
00:41:46
Anyway, it was a premonition.
00:41:48
Well, that's what I got now.
00:41:50
Something tells me
00:41:52
that this is a trap.
00:41:55
>> [ laughs ]
00:41:57
>> What?
00:41:59
>> Your problem is all you
00:42:01
ever do is eat aspirins
00:42:02
and drink root beer.
00:42:04
Get them bubbles
00:42:06
out of your blood, honey.
00:42:07
We scored. It was perfect.
00:42:09
>> Perfect.
00:42:17
>> Okay, I had some
00:42:20
wrong information.
00:42:22
>> Hallelujah.
00:42:23
>> Except for that, we hit
00:42:26
the ball right out of the park,
00:42:28
baby, and it's lost.
00:42:29
And it's gonna stay lost
00:42:31
on account of there ain't one
00:42:32
single connection.
00:42:34
>> One? I can think of one.
00:42:41
>> Floyd Wells?
00:42:43
That who you mean? Floyd Wells?
00:42:47
Hell, it might be worth it
00:42:49
if'n I get nabbed on
00:42:51
a check-bouncing charge
00:42:53
just to get back in there.
00:42:57
[ laughs ]
00:42:58
Right through the heart, honey.
00:43:00
[ both laugh ]
00:43:05
>> God offers us courage,
00:43:07
love and hope,
00:43:08
even though we walk through
00:43:10
the valley of the shadow
00:43:11
of death.
00:43:13
Herb, Bonnie, Nancy and Kenyon
00:43:17
Clutter, in life and in death,
00:43:20
walked in fellowship with Jesus.
00:43:23
And in fellowship with Jesus,
00:43:25
we mourn with the surviving
00:43:27
members of the Clutter family,
00:43:29
beloved Evana and Beverly
00:43:32
and their families.
00:43:34
And I know many of you here
00:43:36
today are asking why.
00:43:38
Why, oh, Lord, did you allow
00:43:41
Herb and Bonnie and dear Nancy
00:43:44
and Kenyon, such honest loving
00:43:47
people, to be taken
00:43:49
from our midst?
00:43:50
Jesus says you believe in God...
00:43:53
>> You seen Alfred Stocklein?
00:43:56
>> In my Father's house
00:43:57
are many mansions.
00:43:59
If it were not so,
00:44:00
I would have told you.
00:44:02
I go to prepare a place for you.
00:44:05
Let us pray.
00:44:08
Our father, Who art in heaven,
00:44:13
hallowed be thy name,
00:44:15
thy kingdom come,
00:44:18
thy will be done,
00:44:20
on earth as it is in heaven.
00:44:25
Give us this day our daily
00:44:26
bread and forgive us our
00:44:29
trespasses as we forgive those
00:44:33
who trespass against us.
00:44:35
And lead us not into
00:44:37
temptation,
00:44:39
but deliver us from evil,
00:44:42
for thine is the kingdom
00:44:45
and the power and the glory
00:44:48
forever. Amen.
00:45:23
>> We're going to Mexico, baby,
00:45:25
and I got me a list of places
00:45:27
we're gonna hit.
00:45:28
All you gotta do is just stand
00:45:31
there and don't laugh.
00:45:36
And don't act like you're
00:45:37
surprised at nothing, okay?
00:46:02
I know what you're thinking.
00:46:04
What an unlikely pair
00:46:05
of friends.
00:46:06
Well, you're right, but that's
00:46:07
what we are, friends.
00:46:08
We've been friends
00:46:09
since we was boys.
00:46:10
You may not believe this.
00:46:11
I can't hardly believe it
00:46:13
myself.
00:46:14
He's getting married next week.
00:46:17
As his best man, I'm helping
00:46:20
him shop around for what he'll
00:46:21
need.
00:46:22
We don't want him going to the
00:46:23
altar looking like that,
00:46:24
now, do we? [ laughs ]
00:46:27
What he requires, and I'm gonna
00:46:29
give it to him as a wedding
00:46:30
present, is what you might call
00:46:32
his trousseau.
00:46:34
>> Well, I'm sure
00:46:38
I can help you.
00:46:39
>> Well, that'll be fine.
00:46:40
That'll be fine, just fine.
00:46:41
>> Well, let's have a look.
00:46:50
>> You know the Eden Roc
00:46:52
in Miami Beach?
00:46:54
>> Oh, sure do.
00:46:56
>> That's where they got
00:46:57
reservations.
00:46:58
>> Well!
00:46:59
>> Yeah, it's a gift
00:47:00
from her folks.
00:47:01
Two weeks at 40 bucks a day.
00:47:03
How about that?
00:47:05
Ugly runt like that
00:47:06
making it with a honey.
00:47:07
>> [ laughs ]
00:47:08
>> And you should see her.
00:47:10
Not only is she built,
00:47:12
but she's loaded, too.
00:47:13
[ laughs ] Yeah.
00:47:28
Okay, okay. Go change.
00:47:33
Cigarette?
00:47:35
>> No, thanks.
00:47:36
I don't smoke in the shop.
00:47:37
>> Got a light?
00:47:39
>> Sure.
00:47:41
Here you go.
00:47:45
>> Oh, that's a nice lighter.
00:47:46
Can I see it?
00:47:47
>> Yes, of course.
00:47:48
>> Yeah, that's pretty.
00:47:49
Oh, look at this.
00:47:56
No, I don't like that at all.
00:47:59
>> You don't?
00:48:00
>> No, I don't like that.
00:48:05
>> You can get married
00:48:06
in something like that.
00:48:07
>> I don't think it'll stay on
00:48:08
very long, if you know
00:48:09
what I mean.
00:48:15
Damn it! Excuse me.
00:48:18
I forgot my cash.
00:48:20
Sorry, boy. Looks like we're
00:48:22
gonna have to return all this
00:48:23
unless...no, forget it.
00:48:26
Thank you for your time, sir.
00:48:27
I'm so terribly sorry.
00:48:32
I don't suppose you'd take
00:48:34
a check.
00:48:37
No, of course not.
00:48:39
You don't even know me.
00:48:40
Terribly sorry
00:48:41
for your trouble, sir.
00:48:43
>> No, no. It's no trouble.
00:48:46
Do you have any identification,
00:48:48
Mister...
00:48:49
>> Hickock, Richard Hickock.
00:48:53
Just like Wild Bill,
00:48:54
my distant cousin.
00:49:01
Be okay if I round out to 200?
00:49:07
>> Yeah, that'd be just fine,
00:49:09
Mr. Hickock.
00:49:10
>> [ laughs ]
00:49:13
I mean it, man.
00:49:14
You are amazing.
00:49:15
It got to where I believed
00:49:16
every word you were saying.
00:49:18
>> Yeah, well, we'll get us
00:49:19
enough radios and cameras
00:49:21
and TVs.
00:49:22
It's the best investment
00:49:24
a man can make, honey.
00:49:26
Easy to hock anyway.
00:49:27
>> And then there's Mexico.
00:49:29
Cozumel, here we come! Yeah!
00:49:35
>> This is your place here,
00:49:36
Mr. Stocklein, right?
00:49:37
>> That's right, sir.
00:49:38
>> See, I'm not from around
00:49:39
here, so perhaps I'm missing
00:49:40
something.
00:49:41
But it's a little hard for me
00:49:42
to believe, with your place
00:49:44
here, you didn't hear a car
00:49:46
driving here or four blasts
00:49:48
from a shotgun here?
00:49:49
I don't know.
00:49:50
You wanna explain that to me?
00:49:51
>> You're not the only one
00:49:52
who's suspicious of us, sir.
00:49:55
The missus and me, we didn't
00:49:57
get two hours sleep that night
00:49:58
'cause of the baby.
00:50:01
Alls we heard about quarter
00:50:04
to eleven, I heard a car drive
00:50:06
away and I made the remark
00:50:07
to the missus "There goes
00:50:09
Bob Rupp."
00:50:11
>> Alfred, why do you think
00:50:13
you heard only Bob Ruff's car
00:50:15
and nothing else?
00:50:16
>> I truly don't know, sir.
00:50:19
>> Mr. Stocklein, do you wanna
00:50:21
tell me why you burned all the
00:50:22
furniture and the bedclothes
00:50:23
from the crime scene?
00:50:24
>> That's my job, mister.
00:50:26
Everything Mr. Clutter gave me,
00:50:29
I earned.
00:50:30
I ain't gonna up and leave
00:50:32
without first putting his house
00:50:33
right the way he'd want me to.
00:50:36
>> What do you mean, leave?
00:50:37
>> We've slept our last night
00:50:39
in that place.
00:50:40
We're moving to a house
00:50:41
along the highway.
00:50:42
>> Oh, so you'll still be here
00:50:44
and you won't be afraid to take
00:50:45
a lie detector test?
00:50:48
>> Alfred, see, we're thinking
00:50:53
about giving polygraphs to
00:50:54
everybody with anything at all
00:50:56
to contribute.
00:50:57
Now, it's for investigative
00:50:58
purposes only and, of course,
00:51:00
it's you're right to decline
00:51:02
if you so wish.
00:51:03
>> No, sir. I'm ready.
00:51:06
Whenever you wanna schedule
00:51:07
that deal, Mr. Dewey,
00:51:08
I'm here to help.
00:51:09
>> Well, I'm much obliged.
00:51:24
>> [ speaking Spanish ]
00:51:46
>> [ speaking Spanish ]
00:51:48
>> We're salesmen.
00:51:49
>> [ speaking Spanish ]
00:51:51
Okay.
00:52:03
>> Shoot.
00:52:05
The hell with premonitions.
00:52:06
We're in Mexico, baby.
00:52:08
Cozumel, where the senoritas
00:52:11
go for 50 bucks a month.
00:52:12
[ laughs ]
00:52:14
[ singing in Spanish ]
00:52:20
>> Nancy loved Bobby
00:52:21
very, very much, that's all.
00:52:23
>> And she wasn't really upset
00:52:25
on the phone?
00:52:26
>> Not really upset.
00:52:29
Did my mom say that?
00:52:30
>> Well, I sure don't wanna get
00:52:32
crossways with you and your
00:52:33
mama, but she did kind of get
00:52:35
the impression from you that
00:52:36
there was trouble brewing
00:52:38
between Herb Clutter
00:52:39
and Bobby Rupp.
00:52:40
>> Trouble brewing?
00:52:41
That is just an overstated way
00:52:43
of talking about the problem.
00:52:44
>> What was the problem, Susan?
00:52:46
>> Well, Mr. Clutter was very
00:52:47
opposed to them continuing
00:52:48
to get more serious
00:52:49
with each other.
00:52:50
>> Did Bobby know about
00:52:51
Mr. Clutter's feelings?
00:52:52
>> Oh, sure. Everyone did.
00:52:54
>> Everyone?
00:52:56
>> Sure.
00:52:57
>> How?
00:52:59
>> Nancy. She told everyone
00:53:01
how her father said because the
00:53:02
Rupps was Catholic, they could
00:53:03
never get married, so they
00:53:04
should break it off now
00:53:05
and save all the pain later.
00:53:08
>> Excuse me, Miss Ewalt.
00:53:10
I'm not from around here.
00:53:11
>> I know.
00:53:13
>> Well, so could you explain
00:53:14
to me why Bobby Rupp being
00:53:16
Catholic would mean that he
00:53:17
and Nancy Clutter couldn't get
00:53:18
married?
00:53:20
>> The Clutters are Methodist.
00:53:24
>> I see.
00:53:43
>> Bob Rupp?
00:53:45
>> That's me.
00:53:46
>> I'm Carl Duntz, KBI.
00:53:50
Do I have to show you my badge
00:53:51
like they do on TV?
00:53:53
>> I don't care what you do,
00:53:54
sir.
00:53:55
>> That why you haven't
00:53:56
returned any of my calls?
00:53:58
>> Maybe.
00:54:18
>> Hi. I'm Carl Duntz, Special
00:54:20
Agent with the Kansas Bureau
00:54:22
of Investigation.
00:54:23
There's my badge.
00:54:25
>> I sure wanna thank you for
00:54:26
coming in to talk to us today,
00:54:28
and I want you to know how
00:54:31
sorry we all are for your loss.
00:54:33
>> Thank you, sir.
00:54:35
>> Of course, this is a great
00:54:36
loss for all of us around here.
00:54:38
Much as we might not like it,
00:54:40
we have to do our jobs.
00:54:42
So I'm gonna ask you to do us
00:54:44
a big favor, Bobby, and agree
00:54:47
to take a polygraph examination.
00:54:48
>> Am I a suspect?
00:54:54
>> I have to rule out
00:54:55
all the possibilities.
00:54:56
>> Do you think I did it?
00:54:58
>> No, son, but you were the
00:54:59
last person we know of
00:55:01
who saw them alive.
00:55:02
>> You think I don't know that?
00:55:05
I told the sheriff everything
00:55:06
I know about that night.
00:55:07
I'm just trying to forget it.
00:55:13
>> It's all right, Bobby.
00:55:14
We know.
00:55:16
>> I loved Nancy Clutter more
00:55:17
than anyone in this whole
00:55:18
world, sir.
00:55:19
And whoever has the idea that I
00:55:21
could have done anything like
00:55:22
what was done to her and her
00:55:23
family, well, that person
00:55:24
is just sick, sir.
00:55:27
So I will be here next Tuesday
00:55:30
to take your damn test and we
00:55:31
can get all this crap over with.
00:55:40
>> The kid's no killer.
00:55:48
[ singing in Spanish ]
00:55:52
>> You know what I think?
00:55:54
I think there's something wrong
00:55:56
with us to do what we did.
00:55:58
>> Did what?
00:55:59
>> Gotta be something wrong
00:56:00
with somebody to do a thing
00:56:01
like that.
00:56:02
>> You can count me out of
00:56:04
that crap, baby.
00:56:05
I'm normal.
00:56:09
You was lying, wasn't you?
00:56:11
About that nigger in Vegas?
00:56:14
>> I killed him.
00:56:24
You know what bugs me
00:56:26
about the other thing?
00:56:28
I just can't believe that
00:56:30
somebody can get away with
00:56:31
that, that somebody can do
00:56:33
what we did and just 100%
00:56:35
get away with it.
00:56:37
>> Just shut up about it,
00:56:38
Perry, huh?
00:56:39
Just shut up.
00:56:40
>> You don't gotta yell at me,
00:56:42
Dick.
00:56:47
>> Well, I didn't believe it
00:56:48
when I heard the news
00:56:49
on the radio.
00:56:50
I couldn't afford to.
00:56:52
Lord, I had Herb Clutter's
00:56:54
check right here in my pocket
00:56:55
and the policy, a piece of paper
00:56:56
worth tens of thousands
00:56:57
of dollars if what they were
00:56:58
saying were true.
00:57:01
But I thought, you know,
00:57:03
things like that don't happen.
00:57:04
You don't sell a man a big
00:57:05
policy one minute and he's dead
00:57:07
the next, murdered,
00:57:08
being a double indemnity.
00:57:09
>> Surviving daughters?
00:57:11
>> Yes, sir. 80 thou each.
00:57:14
>> You arrested anybody yet?
00:57:17
>> No, sir, not yet.
00:57:19
>> Well, why don't you boys
00:57:21
arrest somebody and quit
00:57:22
bothering my daughter?
00:57:24
>> All right, y'all, you gonna
00:57:25
eat that pie or flap your lip?
00:57:27
>> Hell, Bess, ain't that
00:57:29
what we're paying 'em for?
00:57:30
To catch 'em?
00:57:31
>> No. We're paying to find out
00:57:32
the truth about what went on
00:57:33
out there, not throw people
00:57:34
in jail to keep idiots like you
00:57:36
happy.
00:57:37
And I'll tell you
00:57:38
something else.
00:57:39
From what I seen of these KBI
00:57:40
boys, they're over there in the
00:57:41
office before I open up in the
00:57:42
morning and most nights they're
00:57:43
still there when I go home.
00:57:45
So I would say we are getting
00:57:46
our money's worth out of 'em.
00:57:48
>> And you make a darn good
00:57:50
cup of coffee, Bess Hartmann.
00:57:51
>> You bet your butt I do.
00:58:01
>> Officers investigating
00:58:03
the tragic slaying of four
00:58:05
members of the Herbert W.
00:58:06
Clutter family have appealed to
00:58:08
the public for any information
00:58:10
which might aid in solving
00:58:11
this baffling crime.
00:58:12
Clutter, his wife and their two
00:58:14
teenage children were found
00:58:15
murdered in their farm
00:58:17
near Holcomb.

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    Most heartbreaking
  • 80
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  • 80
    Best performance
  • 80
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Episode Highlights

  • The Investigation Begins
    Authorities are puzzled by the brutal murder of the Clutter family, with no clear suspects.
    “We’re not dealing with one murder, but four.”
    @ 38m 51s
    February 02, 2023
  • A Family's Tragedy
    The Clutter family, known for their honesty and love, faces a brutal fate.
    “Why, oh Lord, did you allow Herb and Bonnie and dear Nancy and Kenyon to be taken from our midst?”
    @ 43m 41s
    February 02, 2023
  • Wedding Preparations
    As the best man, he's helping his friend shop for wedding essentials.
    “We don't want him going to the altar looking like that, now, do we?”
    @ 46m 23s
    February 02, 2023
  • Suspicion and Investigation
    Bobby Rupp is questioned about the Clutter family murders, revealing his deep love for Nancy.
    “I loved Nancy Clutter more than anyone in this whole world, sir.”
    @ 55m 17s
    February 02, 2023
  • The Aftermath of a Crime
    The investigation into the Clutter family murders begins, seeking public assistance.
    “Officers investigating the tragic slaying of four members of the Herbert W. Clutter family have appealed to the public.”
    @ 58m 03s
    February 02, 2023

Episode Quotes

  • A natural killer. That’s what you are.
    In Cold Blood – Part 2 | True Crime Drama Mini-Series
  • I love him. I do and I don’t care what Daddy thinks.
    In Cold Blood – Part 2 | True Crime Drama Mini-Series
  • I can't hardly believe it myself.
    In Cold Blood – Part 2 | True Crime Drama Mini-Series
  • Cozumel, here we come! Yeah!
    In Cold Blood – Part 2 | True Crime Drama Mini-Series
  • I loved Nancy Clutter more than anyone in this whole world, sir.
    In Cold Blood – Part 2 | True Crime Drama Mini-Series
  • You can count me out of that crap, baby. I'm normal.
    In Cold Blood – Part 2 | True Crime Drama Mini-Series

Key Moments

  • Great Defensive Play00:15
  • First Quarter Drama00:33
  • A Prayer for Strength27:24
  • Family Tragedy37:12
  • The Investigation40:01
  • Plans for Mexico45:23
  • Wedding Planning46:17
  • Suspicion Arises54:54

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