In Cold Blood – Part 3 | True Crime Drama Mini-Series | Forensic Files

>> Gentlemen. >> Sit down. >> Hey, Munoz, any chance we can do without the jewelry, huh?
Oh, come on, man. So. >> So? >> Hey, anybody got a cigarette? >> No. He don't smoke either.
>> All right, cool. >> We've driven seven hours to talk with you today, Mr. Wells.
>> Floyd. Please call me Floyd, man. >> So let's just slide on past the cool talk, Floyd.
Now, your warden tells us you might have something for us. We don't believe you,
so it's your job to convince us that we're wrong. >> Right to it, huh? [ laughs ]
Whoo! I like that. But first we gotta talk about my deal. I mean-- >> Guard! Goodbye, Floyd.
>> All right, all right, all right! [ sigh ] First I talk, then we deal. I was feeling kind of cooped up,
you know, just wanting to head out. And it wasn't on account of no bad deal with Mr. Clutter.
Nothing like that, no, sir. He always treated me straight, same as he treated any man
who ever worked for him. Fact is, I liked Mr. Clutter. I did. His whole family. Nice people.
Anyway, it was about 10 years after, I pulled three to five in here, petty stuff.
I mean, come on, man. I took a lawnmower-- >> How'd you meet Hickock? >> They put us in the same cell
together for maybe a month. I don't remember how it first come up. Must have been we was
discussing jobs, you know, different kinds of work we'd done. >> That was when you told him
what a nice man Clutter was? What a nice family he had? >> That's right. So he asked me if Clutter
was rich and I said sure. After that, man, Dick wouldn't let up. How big was his farm?
How old were his daughters, right? Did Clutter keep a safe? And I told him, yeah.
Well, something like a safe around his desk somewhere. Next thing I know, man, Dick's talking about killing
Mr. Clutter, right? >> All by himself? Hickock was going to go down there and kill Clutter
all by himself? >> Nah, nah, man, with Perry. Perry Smith, a real quiet guy, says he's part Indian.
But Dick always said, man, if ever a chance for a big score come up, he could count on
Perry to go partners with. >> [ speaking German ] >> ♪ In this world today ♪ ♪ That we are living ♪
♪ Some folks say ♪ ♪ The worst of us they can ♪ >> [ speaking German ] >> ♪ When we're dead ♪
♪ And in our caskets ♪ ♪ They'll always put ♪ ♪ Some lilies in our hand ♪ ♪ Won't you give me flowers ♪
♪ While I'm living? ♪ ♪ Give me flowers ♪ ♪ While I'm still alive ♪ ♪ Won't you please ♪
♪ Give me some flowers ♪ ♪ While I'm living ♪ ♪ Don't save all the flowers ♪ ♪ Till I've died ♪
>> Ya, ya, that's good. >> ♪ Don't save all ♪ ♪ The flowers till I've died ♪ >> Whoo!
>> Bravo, bravo, bravo! >> This is it, ain't it, baby? The way it ought to be. >> Hey, Perry.
Why don't you go fishing? Catch us some dinner, ya? >> Ya. >> I'm paying enough for this damn boat.
At least we can have free dinner. That is good. Ya, ya. [ speaking German ] Ya. [ laughs ]
[ reel spins ] >> Oh, shit! Oh, shit! >> He's got a fish! [ all talking at once ]
[ applause ] >> Ya, good. Now shake hands. >> Well, I hope you find him, for his own sake.
He wouldn't have run unless he was in trouble again. >> How many bad checks this time, sir?
>> Seven. I can't pay any of 'em. Wish the Lord could tell me what happened. >> Ma'am, have you ever met
this man? His name is Perry, Perry Smith. >> That's the one. That's what happened to
Richard, that friend of his. >> When did you meet him? >> Oh, Richard brought him home
one time. He said he was a friend and wanted to know could Perry sleep here. >> I said no.
One look, and I saw what he was. Clear as water where Dick had met that one. [ coughing ]
>> They went off on a weekend trip and I know that that Perry Smith put him up to writing all
them bad checks after they got back from that trip. >> Your son tell you where they were going, ma'am?
>> Ft. Scott. Perry's got a sister down there. She was holding money for him. >> $1,500.
>> They were gone overnight. >> When was that? >> It was a Saturday, Saturday, November 14.
>> And then they came back on Sunday, November 15? What time? >> Noon. It was noon.
Dick ate him a late breakfast and then he fell asleep. Guess you could say that was unusual.
>> It was 'cause of a hunting rifle that Richard was first sent to prison. >> That's his gun.
Him and his brother go out once in a while after rabbits mostly. >> All he done was borrow
a hunting rifle from a neighbor's house. He had no idea of stealing it and it was the ruination of him.
That penitentiary in Lansing, when he came outta there, he was a plain stranger to us.
>> You have any idea where your son might have gone? >> Open a map, point your finger.
I don't know. >> Where are the keys? >> Huh? >> Dick, where are the keys to the car?
>> What car? >> No! [ speaking Spanish ] >> You're gone. >> No. [ speaking Spanish ]
>> Not now. So where's the money, Dick? Where's the money, Dick? >> What money? >> The money we were gonna get
for selling that car was gonna buy us a boat, Dick. It was gonna get us to Cocos Island.
You already sold everything we came down here with, Dick! I let you get stolen my guitar,
and you spent it all. You don't feel a thing about anything, do you? You don't know what it's like,
Dick, to have a guitar as long as I had mine and get it stolen. Wax it, shine it and put it to
your voice, you know. You'd feel like it was a girl you really had some use for instead of one of those whores
you're promising on marrying. >> Here. You wanna buy a boat, huh? Go ahead. Buy your damn boat.
Sail across the Pacific Ocean if that's what you wanna do. I'm going home, back to the old U.S. of A.
That's right, baby, with or without you 'cause there just ain't no way I can make
decent money here. >> What about Cocos Island, Dick? >> Peruvian treasure? You can have it, the whole
enchilada, all $6 million. The way I figure it, by the time you dug it up, it might even
be worth 10 million. Only you'd be 100 years old! You still got that 40 from Kansas, right?
>> Yeah, I have it. Yeah, but that was supposed to be our insurance money, Dick,
a bus ticket, though, right? The entire Clutter fortune... $40. Well, if we're going, let's get
out of here so we don't have to pay for another day in this flea pit. >> What are you doing?
>> I'm gonna go to the post office to send my stuff back to Vegas. Why don't you go pawn
that stuff with Jesus across the street? Hell, he's got everything else we came here with.
I mean, if we're going north, we don't wanna be carrying any evidence, do we, Dick?
And if we get caught, we get caught together. Isn't that what you said, Dick? >> Yeah.
[ telephone rings ] [ ring ] [ ring ] >> Al Dewey. >> Yeah, this is Nye. I'm sorry to call you so late.
>> What's up, Hal? >> Just got off the line with a buddy of mine from Vegas. Had him showing our boys'
pictures around, checking pawn shops. >> They're in Vegas? >> Might be. He got an ID on Smith and the
address of his rooming house from a pawn ticket. >> I'm on my way. >> See you there.
>> It's so cold, I wouldn't care if this whole place caught fire and burned me alive.
It's a crazy man's stunt, Dick, going back to Kansas City like this. You know, they're gonna get us
for parole violation if nothing else. >> It's the only place I'm sure I can hang a lot of paper.
I know we gotta be careful on account of they got a warrant out for what we hung before.
So we'll move fast. What is it, honey? That other deal? Why the hell can't you just forget it?
They never made any connection. They never will. >> You could be wrong, Dick. And if you are, it means
the coroner for both of us. >> [ laughs ] Comedian. You kill me. Take a ride on the big swing?
Both of us? No way. >> Dick, look. >> [ laughs ] >> Good morning, ma'am. >> Morning.
>> I'm Special Agent Nye and that's Special Agent Dewey. >> Ma'am. >> Could we ask you
a few questions? >> Sure. >> Thank you, ma'am. You know him? >> Nope. Never seen him.
Yeah, he's stayed here a couple of times. He's not here now, though. He left weeks ago.
Wanna check the register? There. He pulled out November 11. >> He say where he was headed?
>> Nope. What do you got against him anyway? A nice punk like that. You oughta heard him talk.
All these big long words coming out of this whispery, lispery voice. >> He's wanted on a warrant
for parole violation in Kansas. >> Y'all came all the way from Kansas on a parole case?
Well, I'm just a dizzy blonde and I believe you, but I wouldn't tell that tale to a dark-haired woman.
>> So what did he do with himself while he was here? >> He tinkered with his car,
was looking to sell it. Just before he left, I heard some colored man bought it.
>> But he never said where he was going? >> You think I keep an eye on every crawly that comes in here?
I'm not interested. I got a daughter married big, big. >> Nancy Clutter was my best friend.
I can't believe it's been three months since she died. We planned to go to college
together. We were going to be roommates. Nancy loved the river. Summer nights, we used to ride
double on her horse Babe. Rode straight to the river and right in the water. I keep wondering what will ever
become of Babe. I suppose they'll sell her, and I think wouldn't Nancy have just hated that.
>> [ yawning ] >> Tex Smith? >> Over yonder. >> You're here about Perry. >> Yes, sir.
We spoke on the phone day before yesterday. >> Mm-hmm. You are Church. Huh. Funny name for a cop.
I remember. And you are, sir? >> Duntz, Carl Duntz, sir. >> Good name for a cop.
>> I appreciate you taking the time-- >> Yeah, yeah, yeah. Well, just sit yourself down.
No need to be so formal up here. Barkeep! Could we have some fresh coffee for my friends
here? >> As I told you, we found a letter from you among your son's possessions in Las Vegas.
>> That's how we traced you here, sir. >> Mm-hmm. Where is he now? >> That's what we were hoping
you could tell us, Mr. Smith. >> Uh, nope. Last address I have on him is Vegas. What's he supposed to have done
this time? >> Your son is wanted as a material witness in connection with a multiple homicide
in Kansas. >> You gotta be kidding. You're thinking Perry's a killer? >> Sir, the fact is, we're not
really interested in your boy for these murders, but we would like it if you could help us with a little
information. >> So he ain't a suspect is what you're telling me. >> Not at this moment per se.
>> Well, per se, did you know my boy ain't even allowed to set foot in the glorious state
of Kansas or else he's gonna be incarcerated immediately? >> We're aware of the conditions of your son's parole.
>> Are you also aware, sir, that I personally wrote a 13-page letter entitled "The History of My Boy's Life,"
which was read into the official record of the Kansas State Parole Board? Are you aware of that, sir?
>> There's no need to raise your voice to us, old man. We're just doing our job.
Now, your boy is no angel, that's for damn sure, but that don't make him no killer
neither. >> Your son's best chance would be to come forward and help himself, sir.
>> And you are the one that has to tell him that, Tex. You need to impress that on him
as strongly as you possibly can. >> I do, huh? >> Tex, John Smith married a Cherokee girl,
Florence Buckskin. They had a rodeo act and the kid together. Did okay until Perry
was about six, and then, quote, she took to whiskey and took the kid and left. Perry told me later his mother
had soured her soul with liquor and men. End quote. >> A poet. >> She puts the kid
in a Catholic orphanage in San Francisco where he almost dies, but the Lone Wolf comes to the
rescue, takes the kid to Alaska, where, quote, I taught him to hunt for gold in the sandy beds
of snow water streams. Taught him how to use a gun and hunt. >> Oh, he taught him how to put
a 12-gauge shotgun three inches from a 16-year-old girl's head and blow her brains against
the wall. Good. Now we know. >> The kid joins the Merchant Marines, signs up for Korea,
wins the Bronze Star. >> God bless America. >> All right, Brother Nye, let's just settle down.
>> No, no. This, if you excuse the expression, is one big circle-- >> Now wait a minute. There's
some interesting stuff here. >> Like what? We built us a hunting lodge, just me and my son.
And when we finished, we danced on the roof. 'Course, nobody never came. It was a big failure.
Well, that's it. You boys cracked the case. Congratulations. >> I don't have to stay here
and listen to the king of the crime busters! >> Hold on, Carl, hold on. Now I know we're all
frustrated, so let's just think about what we got here. Two boot prints, a shotgun of the same caliber
as the one used on the Clutters, fancy knots and the word of a convicted thief and perjurer.
Now, we could nab these fellows tomorrow and never be able to prove spit. Without a confession,
we'll never get a conviction. That's my opinion. >> What, are you sick, Perry? Why you hiding out here?
>> You son of a bitch. Where you been, Dick? Where you been, Dick? >> Come on, honey.
You hungry? We're eating again. Lunch is served. I'm sorry. I knowed if I didn't show up
when I said, you'd get the bends. But I was having such a run of luck, I figured I oughta
let it ride. Come on, join the picnic. >> Hey, what happened to the old plates? >> It's at the bottom
of the K.C. reservoir. I got some new ones courtesy of my former employer, Markl Motors.
Nobody saw me coming or going. >> Isn't that stealing? >> Well, that's the national
pastime, honey, stealing and cheating. [ laughs ] >> Hey, let's go to Vegas. >> Why, you wanna get that
stuff we sent up from Mexico? >> Uh-huh. >> Okay, let's go to Vegas. Sunshine is sunshine.
>> Ah-ha! >> And, uh, let's just keep this between us. >> So they're broke, right?
They figure a quick trip to Hickock's back yard. They steal some plates, they hang some paper.
>> Hey, not necessarily. >> Hal, I don't care if Hickock was the only one ID'd. These animals stick together.
>> Why? >> Creatures of habit. >> Okay. Means one of two things. They're still here or they
headed back to Smith's home turf. >> Which means? >> You're on your way to Vegas.
>> Hey, fellas-- >> Hold it right there! >> Hands behind your back. >> Okay, we're driving you
to the station. Come on. >> Brother Nye. >> Good to see you, Hal. >> You, too, my friend.
>> This is Detective John Pike. He helped me apprehend our friends. >> Pleasure to meet you,
Mr. Dewey. >> Well, thank you, sir. >> Okay, this way. Smith's in the room on the right, Hickock on the left.
>> Now, the name Clutter has to hit 'em like a hammer. >> Right between the eyes.
>> Nice and easy, Brother Nye. Carl? >> Richard, I'm Special Agent Nye. >> Dick. And you are...
>> Agent Church. >> Sit down. I know the form. I've been questioned before. >> Good. Now, Richard, you been
on at least two big check sprees in the Kansas City area since your parole. >> Uh-huh. Hung quite a few.
>> You think you could give me a list? >> Sure I could. First we hit the clothing shop
in Olathe. >> Olathe? >> Yeah, and a camera shop in Kansas City. >> A couple of jewelry stores,
but mostly cameras, radios and TVs. Easy pickings. I mean, easy for Dick, that is.
People just like him. I could never do that on my own. >> Folks don't trust you, Perry?
>> No. >> So you got out in August and you were doing swell until November. Then all of a sudden
you start to hang paper. You wanna tell me what happened in November, Richard? >> That'd be a book, sir.
Look, it's all on account of Perry, if you wanna know the truth. He got out before I did.
He wrote me this letter reminding me about this deal we used to talk about, about Mexico.
Perry wrote me that he's got this sister that lives in Ft. Scott and she was holding
some heavy change for him. The idea was to buy us a boat and take tourists deep sea fishing.
>> As far as I knew, she was living in Ft. Scott. You know, my dad left me the money which, as I told you, she
was holding for me in Ft. Scott. My plan was to go there and collect, but, you know, things
didn't work out like I was hoping. >> And when did you leave for Ft. Scott? >> Saturday.
>> November 14. >> And that was on Saturday, the 14th of November? >> Well, that's when I found out
she'd moved. >> Must have been quite a blow after counting on a big piece of money.
>> Yeah, because, you know, we were counting on that money to go to Mexico. >> Now when you found out that
Perry's sister didn't live there anymore, what'd you do right then? >> Drove back.
>> [ laughs ] >> You just went home? >> Nah, K.C. We stopped at this little drive-in, ate burgers,
and then tried Cherry Row. >> Cherry Row? >> You don't know Cherry Row? [ laughs ]
Every cop in Kansas knows Cherry Row. It's this stretch of park where you pick up, you know, mostly
hustlers, but that's not all. There's plenty of amateurs, nurses, secretaries. We ended up with
a pair of rollers. They were sisters, I think. >> Do you remember their names, by any chance?
>> Thank you. I never asked. >> You spend the night with two girls and you never
asked their names? >> They were just whores. >> Name of the motel, then. Do you remember the name
of the motel? >> Uh... Ask Dick. He'll know. I never remember junk like that. >> So we took 'em to Fun Haven.
It's on Blue Ridge Road. It's 10 bucks for the keys to one of them cabins. Next morning, we woke up
and they rolled us and beat it. Perry lost his wallet, 40, 50 bucks. >> You notify the police?
>> [ laughs ] Notify the police. Both of us on parole, not allowed to drink or associate
with another grad or prostitutes? We had some breakfast and then I drove him back to his hotel
in Olathe. >> Perry, how far is Ft. Scott from Kansas City? >> Oh, I couldn't say.
>> Well, how long did it take you to drive there then? >> Can't remember. >> Of course you can't,
'cause you've never in your life been to Ft. Scott, have you? Now the fact is, nothing you've
told us is true, is it, Perry? >> How much did you haul in? I mean, what would you say,
before you went to Mexico? >> A couple of Gs. [ all laugh ] >> You know what I don't
understand, Dick? Why do these people accept your checks? What's the secret? >> The secret is people
are dumb. That's the secret. [ laughs ] >> Guess you know why we're here. >> Oh, sure, he knows
why we're here. He realized that we wouldn't come all the way to Nevada just to have a chat with a couple of
two-bit check chiselers. >> What? >> Who'd come all this way just to talk about a bunch of hung paper,
a bunch of bounced checks? >> Can't think of any other reason. >> I think it's time
we straighten Perry out, don't you, Mr. Duntz? >> Yes, sir. It's about time. >> Now you listen good, Perry,
'cause Mr. Duntz is gonna tell you where you really were that Saturday, November 14,
where you were and what you were doing. >> You ever heard of the Clutter murder case?
>> Whoa. Now hold on here. I ain't no damn killer. >> You were out there in Holcomb, Kansas in the home
of Mr. Herbert Clutter. And before you left that house, you killed all the people in it.
>> Never. I never. >> Never what? >> I never knew anybody by that name, Clutter.
>> We have a living witness, Perry, someone you overlooked. >> Living witness? Can't be!
>> Why? Because you thought you got rid of everyone? >> There ain't nobody can connect me to any damn murder.
Bad checks, little petty thievery. I ain't no damn killer. >> Would you take off
your boot for me, Richard? Now, this is a one-to-one reproduction of certain footprints found on the dusty
floor near Mr. Clutter's body. Perfect match. Now, your buddy Smith, he was even more careless.
We got his boots, too, and they exactly fit another set of prints in blood. Bloody boot prints,
just like a signature. You boys signed your work. Look at me, Hickock. Look at me.
Now I'm gonna tell you what's gonna happen to you. You'll be taken back to Kansas
and you'll be charged with four counts of first degree murder. Count one, that on or about
the 15th day of November, you did knowingly and willingly-- >> Perry Smith killed the Clutters.
It was Perry. I tried to stop him. He killed 'em all. >> You got any aspirin? They took away my aspirin.
>> Is he okay? >> Yeah, she just fainted. Come on, Hickock. Come on, come on. >> Where am I?
>> Thanks. >> Your friend Hickock, he wouldn't harm the fleas on a dog, he says.
But he says you're a natural killer. Says you whipped a colored man to death in Vegas just for fun.
>> Ha. The tough boy. Thought you guys were pulling a stunt, you know. I didn't believe you that Dick
would spill his guts like that. Okay. I'll tell you what happened. >> I'm sorry.
I need you to lie down. Okay, would you turn over for me, please? Okay, put your hands
behind your back, please. So you like horses? >> Yes. Do you like horses? >> Oh, yeah.
My mother was a champ rodeo rider. >> Where did she ride? >> All over. Wyoming, Idaho, Nevada, Utah.
She was part Cherokee. So you play the clarinet? >> Yeah. Not very well, I'm afraid.
>> That's all right. That's all right. You just keep playing. I play the guitar.
Taught myself. Doing that, I just got kind of good, you know. Yeah, you will, too.
Don't worry. We'll be gone soon. >> Let's go! Come on! Basement. Go on. Sit down. Sit down here.
Lie down. Get him in there. >> Come on. >> Let's go. >> Don't move. >> Sit down. Sit down.
>> I'm gonna ask you to please leave my wife alone, young man. She's been sick for years.
She's just now beginning to improve. >> Well, Dick? Any qualms? Give me the knife.
All right. Here goes. >> My wife. Is she all right? >> She's fine. She ready to go to sleep.
Pretty soon, it'll be morning. Somebody'll find you all and all of this, me and Dick,
will seem like something you dreamed. Oh! Here. You finish him, tough boy. You'll feel better.
[ gunshot ] >> No! Oh, please, no! [ screaming ] [ gunshot ] [ footsteps ] >> He said it over and over.
He drummed it into me. No witnesses. Well, I said you gotta shoot the daughter and Mrs. Clutter,
'cause I don't kill any women. So he did. I thought I could make him argue me out of it, you know,
make him admit he was a phony, a coward. See, it was something between him and me.
That's what you meant by a living witness. Dick. >> Hickock? >> Yeah? >> How's it feel, Hickock?
>> Floyd, is that you, you lying son of a bitch? >> Hey, what you think they gonna do to you now?
>> Nothing. I'm gonna bust out of here. I'm gonna grab a car and raise some dust.
>> Uh-huh. After your mama testifies or before? >> They took my boy Richard when he was a pup and they
threw him in a cage with these wild animals and they tormented him until he became
as mean as they were. Then they just threw him in the world. But it seems like people
are looking at me and thinking, well, she must be to blame somehow, and maybe I did
something wrong. Only I don't know what it could have been. We're plain people, just
country people, getting along the same as everybody, and I can't make excuses for what he did.
I'm not forgetting that family. I pray for them every night, but I pray for Richard, too,
and that boy Perry. I got nothing but pity for him now. >> Hello, Perry. >> Mr. Dewey.
Hey, thanks for coming. There's something I needed to tell you. See... I lied to you about
a couple details and I'd like to correct 'em. >> All right. >> You know, I wanted to fix
Dick for being such a coward and dropping his guts all over the floor, but I don't have
anything against his family. And his mother, she's a real sweet person, and, well, I think it might be some
comfort to her to know that Dick did not pull the trigger. I'm the one who killed all
of 'em, but they never hurt me like some people, like people have all my life. I guess the Clutters had to be
the one to pay for it. >> Well, I'll make sure I talk to Mr. and Mrs. Hickock and tell them what you say.
>> Mr. Dewey... I'm not scared. You know, I died once already in Alaska. >> How do you mean?
>> Well, you know, when our lodge went bust, my dad pulled a gun on me. It was just the two of us
living this big failure and he blamed me. He said I was a greedy, selfish bastard and I should
just get the hell out. >> He pulled a gun on you? >> Oh, yeah. My hands, they grabbed
his throat and they just wanted to choke him to death. But, you know, Dad, he's a slippery one, and
he tore loose and he grabbed his gun and he pointed it at me and he said, "Look at me.
"I'm the last living soul you're ever gonna see." Well, I stood my ground and he pulled the trigger.
See, he was so messed up, he forgot to load it. So I just left. I walked till it was night
and when I got back, everything I owned was lying out there in the snow. Mr. Dewey...
are you gonna be there? >> Yeah. >> Mr. Dewey... I'm so ashamed. >> Any kin of the Clutters
present? >> No. You have heard the order of execution, Richard Eugene Hickock. Do you have any last statement
to make? >> Yes, sir. >> Okay. >> Just wanna say that I don't have any hard feelings.
You're sending me to a better place than this ever was. Mr. Nye. Mr. Church. Mr. Duntz.
Nice to see you, Mr. Dewey. >> Okay. >> Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name.
Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily
bread and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us.
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil, for thine is the kingdom
and the power and the glory forever and ever. Amen. The Lord giveth and the Lord
taketh away. Blessed be the name of the Lord. May the Lord have mercy on your soul.
>> Not necessarily capable of murder individually, together the two men formed a third homicidal personality.
The crime was a psychological accident, a twist of fate, virtually an impersonal act.
The victims might as well have been killed by lightning. [ sigh ] This is just junk.
I'm just so glad it's over. >> Yeah. >> I think it's a hell of a thing to take a life
in this manner. Maybe I had something to contribute, something. It would be meaningless for me
to apologize, even inappropriate, but I do. I apologize. >> Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name.
Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily
bread, forgive us our trespasses as we forgive them who trespass against us. And lead us not into
temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory
forever and ever. Amen. The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away. Blessed be the name of the Lord.
May the Lord have mercy on your soul. >> ♪ There's a race of men ♪ ♪ Who don't fit in ♪
♪ Their spirits ♪ ♪ Can't sit still ♪ ♪ They break the hearts ♪ ♪ Of all they can ♪
♪ And roam the world at will ♪ ♪ They range the field ♪ ♪ They row the flood ♪ ♪ And climb ♪
♪ The mountain's crest ♪ ♪ 'Cause they got the curse ♪ ♪ Of the gypsy's blood ♪ ♪ And don't know how to rest ♪

Based on Truman Capote's true-crime classic and nominated for two Primetime Emmys, "In Cold Blood" follows a pair of ex-cons who brutally murdered a rancher and his family. With Sam Neill.

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Brief Summary

Floyd Wells reveals details about the Clutter murders, leading to confessions from Richard Hickock and Perry Smith during police investigations.

Key points

The Deal with Floyd. A tense negotiation unfolds as Floyd is pressured to reveal information.
Perry and Dick's Plan. Dick reveals his intentions to partner with Perry for a big score.
The Search for Perry. Agents investigate Perry's whereabouts, uncovering his connections to a murder case.
The History of Perry's Life. A deep dive into Perry's troubled past reveals his complex upbringing.
The Confession Dilemma. Agents realize they need a confession to secure a conviction against the suspects.
Perry's Denial. Perry insists he doesn't know the Clutters, claiming innocence.

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