After meeting writer Nicolas Tredell in 2018, I found him to have a keen understanding of true crime, writing, and history. He has edited a new book focusing on the Truman Capote novel, In Cold Blood. We discuss the infamous Clutter family murder as written about in Capote’s world-famous work, as well as in multiple film and television adaptations, as well as the influence of such a style of writing.
Show Highlights:
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The Clutter family murder in Holcomb, Kansas in 1959. The shocking nature of such a crime in its time as compared to today.
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The psychology of the perpetrators, Smith and Hickock. The “folie à deux” (“madness for two”) element in this murder. The social-psychological factors involved.
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The very pertinent issues in this case, impacting us to this day, including insanity as a defense, the death penalty, and so forth.
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What is appealing regarding this case and Truman Capote’s book, In Cold Blood.
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The cross-cutting technique in Capote’s writing and other prescient features that are hallmarks of modern true crime and fiction stories.
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What is special about the true crime novel as literature and why true crime remains so popular.
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The accuracy of these kinds of based-on-a-true-story type novels and movies. Can such a genre ever be completely accurate, or is some embellishment necessary to truly convey the ideas?
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Capote’s possible insight into how our changing world was relevant to the Kansas murders. Crimes motivated for self-esteem.
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How our modern life, highway travel, technology, and other factors all contribute to crimes manifested in new ways.
Critical Insights: In Cold Blood, Edited by Nicolas Tredell (2020):
https://salempress.com/book/critical-insights-in-cold-blood
The Clutter Family Murder:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clutter_family_murders
In Cold Blood (1967):
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061809/
In Cold Blood (1996):
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116619/
Capote (2005):
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0379725/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
Infamous (2006):
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0420609/?ref_=fn_al_tt_2
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Episode # 60
Title: Artificial Law: AI Legal Cases and Crimes of the Future
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Two articles on the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) now being used in the legal system. How this new technology is impacting our laws, and our rights. In addition, a reading from the book Future Crimes, and how we can prepare ourselves for these new technological realities.
Show Highlights:
Instances of AI creeping into legal decisions in multiple countries.
How AI ‘hallucinates’ to create cases that never existed.
The “Post Office” scandal.
What can be done avoid the dangers of this new technology.
Providing an ethical groundwork for attorneys to use AI.
The Future of Crime: a book by Marc ...
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Episode # 59
Title: Remembering Phil Zimbardo: Obedience and Authority in the Stanford Prison Study
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In October of this year (2024) Philip Zimbardo passed at the age 91. After a legendary career in psychology, he is known for a very innovative study at Stanford University. A group of students, who were about to get quite a surprise, were randomly assigned be either guards or prisoners. In this episode we look back at Zimbardo’s life and the surprising outcomes of some of his most controversial research on the dynamics of incarceration.
Show Highlights:
The life and career of one Philip Zimbardo.
The BBC special on the Stanford Prison Study. Zimbardo’s inspiration from the Attica Prison uprising.
Students ...
Criminal Behaviorology
Episode # 57
Title: Halloween Candy Poisoned? Reality and Urban Legend in Halloween Fears
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A reading of two articles on the alleged poisoning of candy. The reality our favorite holiday ritual and fear in the community. Another on a dramatic case of poisoning as extortion out of Japan. Finally, a third article reviews the motivations for urban legends.
Show Highlights:
Fears of poisoned candy
The Tylenol poisonings
The ‘Mystery Man with 21 Faces’ case out of Japan
Motivations for urban tales
https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/criminalbehaviorology/episodes/2018-05-06T14_35_56-07_00
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