The Clutter Family: Who Murdered Them In Their Own Home? Pt. 1
6/2/202632 min
On the night of November 14th, 1959, four members of the Clutter family were bound and shot dead in their farmhouse in Holcomb, Kansas. Nothing of value had been stolen. The doors, as always, had been unlocked.
In the first of three episodes on the Clutter family murders, Katie Ring traces who the Clutters really were, and the morning when friends and neighbors arrived for church and found them gone. This is the case that changed how America thinks about small-town safety, and inspired one of the most famous books ever written.
This episode contains descriptions of murder and violence. Please listen with care.
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First 90 secondsKatie Ring· Host0:00
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Katie Ring· Host0:50
Some crimes devastate a community, some reach the entire country, and others reshape how we think about crime itself. The murder of the Clutter family is one of those cases. What happened that night didn't just destroy one family, it shattered an entire community's sense of safety. People in Holcomb, Kansas had never locked their doors, but after November 15th, 1959, they never left a door unlocked again, and people all over the country followed their lead. Today, I'm going back to the beginning, who the Clutters really were, the peaceful life they built in western Kansas, and the morning everything fell apart.