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

February 02, 2023 / 59:32

This episode covers the tragic events surrounding the Clutter family murders, the investigation led by the Kansas Bureau of Investigation, and the suspects involved, Richard Hickock and Perry Smith.

The episode begins with a detailed account of the Clutter family's last moments before they were brutally murdered in their home in Holcomb, Kansas. The narrative highlights the family's characteristics and their community ties.

Investigators, including Special Agents Harold Nye, Roy Church, and Carl Duntz, discuss the lack of evidence and the challenges they face in solving the case. The emotional toll on the community and the families of the victims is also emphasized.

The episode features conversations between the suspects, Hickock and Smith, revealing their motivations and the psychological aspects of their actions. Their interactions provide insight into their characters and the dynamics of their relationship.

As the investigation unfolds, the episode captures the community's response to the murders and the impact on the Clutter family's friends and neighbors, illustrating the broader implications of such a violent crime.

TLDR

The episode details the Clutter family murders and the ensuing investigation by the Kansas Bureau of Investigation.

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

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  • 90
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  • 85
    Most shocking
  • 85
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Episode Highlights

  • A Natural Killer
    The character reveals a chilling self-awareness, calling himself a 'natural killer.'
    “A natural killer, like I always knowed.”
    @ 04m 01s
    February 02, 2023
  • Family Love
    A character expresses unwavering love for Bobby, despite familial disapproval.
    “I love him. I do and I don’t care what Daddy thinks.”
    @ 08m 08s
    February 02, 2023
  • Desperate Truth
    A man insists on his honesty about not having a safe, despite threats.
    “As God is my witness, I am telling you the truth.”
    @ 16m 33s
    February 02, 2023
  • A Chilling Plan
    The intruders plot a horrifying plan for the family, revealing their intentions.
    “We’ll put ’em in the bathroom right there.”
    @ 19m 36s
    February 02, 2023
  • Determined Investigation
    An investigator vows to uncover the truth behind a brutal crime.
    “I’m gonna know what happened in that house.”
    @ 40m 37s
    February 02, 2023
  • Wedding Preparations
    As the best man, he's helping his friend prepare for his wedding next week.
    “He's getting married next week.”
    @ 46m 14s
    February 02, 2023
  • Suspicious Circumstances
    Questions arise about the lack of noise during a crime scene investigation.
    “But it’s a little hard for me to believe...”
    @ 49m 41s
    February 02, 2023
  • Polygraph Examination
    Bobby Rupp is asked to take a polygraph test as part of the investigation.
    “I’m here to help.”
    @ 51m 09s
    February 02, 2023
  • Murder Investigation
    Officers appeal to the public for information on the Clutter family murders.
    “Officers investigating the tragic slaying...”
    @ 58m 03s
    February 02, 2023

Episode Quotes

  • A natural killer, like I always knowed.
    In Cold Blood – Part 2 | True Crime Drama Mini-Series
  • As God is my witness, I am telling you the truth.
    In Cold Blood – Part 2 | True Crime Drama Mini-Series
  • We’ll put ’em in the bathroom right there.
    In Cold Blood – Part 2 | True Crime Drama Mini-Series
  • I’m gonna know what happened in that house.
    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
  • I loved Nancy Clutter more than anyone in this whole world, sir.
    In Cold Blood – Part 2 | True Crime Drama Mini-Series

Key Moments

  • Fourth and 1700:19
  • No Score00:33
  • Power T Formation00:51
  • Family Love08:08
  • Desperate Truth16:33
  • Determined Investigation40:37
  • Wedding Plans46:10
  • Murder Appeal58:03

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