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Fresh Hell Podcast

E218: The Clutter Family Murders (part I)

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True Crime

4.81.2K Ratings

🗓️ 8 December 2023

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

In the quiet town of Holcomb, Kansas, the Clutter family's idyllic life was shattered on the fateful night of November 15, 1959. The brutal and senseless murders of Herb and Bonnie Clutter, alongside their two teenage children, shocked the nation. The killers, Perry Smith and Richard "Dick" Hickock, left behind a gruesome crime scene that would become the focal point of Truman Capote's groundbreaking true crime novel, "In Cold Blood." As the investigation unfolded, the small community grappled with the haunting question: What could drive two strangers to commit such a heinous act in the heartland of America?

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You're listening to the Fresh Hell Podcast. Fresh Hell contains stories of a disturbing

0:16.8

and often graphic nature and is intended for a mature audience.

0:20.5

Please don't let your kids listen to this or they might turn out like us.

0:24.0

Hi, I'm Annie from the U.S.

0:30.0

And I'm Joh from the US.

0:38.6

And I'm Johanna from Austria, and you're listening to your favorite international podcast. The podcast of two friends who never met in real life and now meet every week to talk about murder, mystery, and the

0:45.8

macabre throughout history.

0:48.6

Thank you everyone for joining us for yet another episode and before we get into today's topic please allow us to

0:56.0

take two minutes for some quick organizational talk.

1:00.2

We reached the last month of the year and if you're a long time listener, then you know that we usually take some time off over the holidays.

1:08.0

Of course, we're going to do so this year as well. Like everyone else, we really want to just focus on spending time with our families,

1:15.7

but we're going to do something different with the podcast this year.

1:20.3

Usually we take a three-week break and during that time we don't drop anything new.

1:25.4

But this year we wanted to actually provide content for those of you who said you needed

1:30.8

something to listen to during the holidays so we heard you we're going to do

1:35.9

something it's going to be a couple of special episodes not like our traditional episodes and

1:41.2

we really hope you will enjoy them so keep an eye and

1:44.8

ear out on your podcast app after Christmas because we will be releasing some

1:50.1

interesting topics. Okay.

1:53.0

I think that's everything we needed to tell them up front, right?

1:57.0

Yeah, I think so too.

1:58.0

Okay.

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