This week Scott takes us to Holcomb, Kansas in 1959 to begin the tale of the gruesome murders that inspired the second-best-selling true crime book in history, Truman Capote's "In Cold Blood." This is part 1 of a 2 part series.

This episode is sponsored by:

The Cherokee County Chamber of Commerce

The Post Herald weekly newspaper

Easy Street, Restaurant, Bar, and Performance Hall

Theme song is The Legend of Hannah Brady by the Shane Givens Band

https://music.apple.com/us/album/the-legend-of-hannah-brady/1013006958?i=1013006965

Sources:

“In Cold Blood”, book by Truman Capote (1966)

“Truman Capote and the Legend of ‘In Cold Blood’”, book by Ralph F. Voss (2011)

“And Every Word is True”, book by Gary McAvoy (2019)

“Cold Blooded: The Clutter Family Murders”, Sundance documentary series (2017)

“In Cold Blood”, 1967 film (Richard Brooks, director)

“The Capote Tapes”, Hulu documentary (2019)

“Infamous”, 2006 film (Toby Jones as Capote)

“Capote”, 2005 film (Philip Seymour Hoffman as Capote)

“Holcomb: The Death of Innocence”, documentary by Smoky Hills Public Television (1997)