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    There is evil that made its mark in 1959 when the Clutter family was murdered in their own estate. Truman Capote the author of In Cold Blood tells the story of how a loving family who did no wrong could perish so easily by men who were possessive and vicious. He wrote this book shortly after the incident and a movie was later made in 1967 to show the tragedy of the Clutter family’s death. The movie is in the perspective of the murders and has on and off scenes of the Clutter family. Though,…

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