In Cold Blood
Novel by Truman CapoteWikipedia
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Nov 4, 2026
Bill MulliganHOST
thousand percent.
Gregory CrosbyGUEST
I wasn't even going to mention how sad it was that the man who wrote In Cold Blood,
Bill MulliganHOST
one of the
Gregory CrosbyGUEST
great works of narrative nonfiction who kind of invented the true crime novel, just 10 years after that, is doing this.
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Gregory CrosbyGUEST
And he is on the downhill slide of pill addiction and many other things by the time we're in the mid-70s.
Gregory CrosbyGUEST
But in the 60s, Truman Capote, and if you have any doubt about this, enjoy Philip Seymour Hoffman's Oscar-winning performance in one of the few really great writer biopics, which is Capote.
Gregory CrosbyGUEST
which focuses on his, when Capote is writing, is working on In Cold Blood, which is a great book.
Gregory CrosbyGUEST
And if you are a true crime person and you've never read In Cold Blood, you, sir or madam, do not know what you're talking about.
David SmithGUEST
And it is on the liberal side, but there's a very powerful Methodist tradition in Kansas.
David SmithGUEST
I remember Truman Capote's classic, In Cold Blood, towards the end of the book, he notices that the whole community that had been affected by these horrific murders were opposed to the death penalty, including the families, because of their strong Methodism.
Andrew WestHOST
So he's got a very strong spiritual foundation to work with in Kansas.
Andrew WestHOST
Yeah.
David SmithGUEST
And it is on the liberal side, but there's a very powerful Methodist tradition in Kansas.
David SmithGUEST
I remember Truman Capote's classic, In Cold Blood, towards the end of the book, he notices that the whole community that had been affected by these horrific murders were opposed to the death penalty, including the families, because of their strong Methodism.
Andrew WestHOST
So he's got a very strong spiritual foundation to work with in Kansas.
Andrew WestHOST
Let's talk about Michigan.
David Hiroshi JagerGUEST
And I think he just wanted...
David Hiroshi JagerGUEST
Every serial killer after Capote wrote In Cold Blood wanted to be vindicated in some way or at least famous.
Lou PerezHOST
And I wonder...
Lou PerezHOST
Yeah, now we're moving into different territory, but it's sort of like with all the true crime series, podcasts and documentaries and stuff.
Caleb JHOST
I only know about him because Philip Seymour Hoffman.
Caleb JHOST
Truman Capote's In Cold Blood came out in 1966.
Caleb JHOST
I
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didn't know he talked like this.
Caleb JHOST
That's just what Seymour Hoffman did.
Caleb JHOST
If you listen to any of the hundreds, thousands, even true crime podcasts out there, this is the book to be thankful for.
Caleb JHOST
Truman Capote does not begin in cold blood with blood, but with geography.
Caleb JHOST
The village of Holcomb stands on the high wheat plains of western Kansas, a lonesome area that other Kansans call out there.
Andrew Stevens PurdyGUEST
you know, Harper Lee and Truman Capote remained friends.
Andrew Stevens PurdyGUEST
And I believe that Harper Lee helped Truman Capote with his research for In Cold Blood.
Andrew Stevens PurdyGUEST
And like, so they were friends in adulthood.
Andrew Stevens PurdyGUEST
So there's like part of me that really wants to hold on to that, even though that's not what the script says.
Frank McKinneyGUEST
Most people don't even know what that is.
Frank McKinneyGUEST
I mean, if you've read Truman Capote's In Cold Blood, even The Shack to a certain extent was somewhat of a nonfiction novel.
Frank McKinneyGUEST
You're...
Frank McKinneyGUEST
You're immediately drawn in in those first four chapters because of the truth, because of the truth that is there, the undeniable truth.
Jesse Tyler FergusonGUEST
I mean, he was a brilliant writer.
Jesse Tyler FergusonGUEST
He wrote In Cold Blood, Breakfast at Tiffany's.
Jesse Tyler FergusonGUEST
He was sort of the creative, the true crime genre.
Jesse Tyler FergusonGUEST
And then privately, he also had a very fascinating life.
Holly WilloughbyHOST
And it's dark.
Holly WilloughbyHOST
I mean, this eventually led to his downfall, didn't it?
Jesse Tyler FergusonGUEST
Yeah, I mean, he really never recovered from the success of In Cold Blood.
Jesse Tyler FergusonGUEST
The height of his success was really a bad thing for him.
Erica SageGUEST
But that book... was so scary I loved it I think I haven't read it in decades so I don't know how it holds up in terms of horror because you know how writers just get better and better and filmmakers are just getting better and better and we're just learning from the people before us so when I think of Truman Capote's what's that famous true crime novel that he wrote
Sabrina ThatcherHOST
in cold blood yes in cold
Erica SageGUEST
blood I think about that often because what a great book but you know we have learned that craft even like we've learned that genre even he kicked us off and we're even doing it better now so now I'd have to go back and read The Shining and go are we doing it better yet
Sabrina ThatcherHOST
yeah
Frank McKinneyGUEST
It's a very rare esoteric form of writing.
Frank McKinneyGUEST
Truman Capote's In Cold Blood would be a more common example of a non-fiction novel.
Frank McKinneyGUEST
And I got to tell you something really cool.
Frank McKinneyGUEST
I don't know when this is going to air, but we just cracked the top 10 for new releases on Amazon, trailing the sequel to The Shack, the book The Shack.
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