Nov. 15. It was 53 years ago today that the Clutter family was murdered.

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2. CAPOTE was a good movie.

how much creative latitude did Capote make as well?

IMO, a lot. I read a book by Ralph Voss "Truman Capote and the Legacy of 'In Cold Blood'" and he goes into this a lot. Voss said that Perry's statement to the police showed grammatical errors that you wouldn't expect if Perry had been a grammar stickler as Capote presented him.


Did Perry really utter those famous words?


I take it you refer to, "I didn’t want to harm the man. I thought he was a very nice gentleman. Soft spoken. I thought so right up to the moment I cut his throat."

I don't believe he did. Perhaps something vaguely similar. I recall in the movie Capote playing around with the words until he came up with the above.


Did Perry really kill them all???


I believe he did.