In Cold Blood Author:Capote, Truman A true account of a Multiple Murder and Its Consequences. On November 15, 1959, in the small town of Holcomb, Kansas, four members of the Clutter family were savagely murdered by blasts from a shotgun held a few inches from their faces. There was no apparent motive for the crime, and there were almost no clues. Five years later, two men were ... more »hanged for the crime on a gallows in a warehouse in the Kansas State Penitentiary in Lansing, Kansas.« less