Talk:Perry Edward Smith

Relationship with Truman Capote

Surely there's more to be said here. A great deal of Capote's legacy revolves around his close relationship with Smith, and his inability to grapple with the fact that his book would never be complete until Smith and his accomplice (Hickock) were executed for their crime.

In a recent article in Medium titled, "The Destructive Bond Between Capote and Smith," the author reminds us that Capote used his connections to gain legal assistance for Smith and Hickock, and managed to postpone their eventual execution for 5 years, long enough for him to get close to the men and extract enough information from them to write his book.

This, combined with the many folks who have inferred a sexual relationship may have existed between Capote and Smith, would seem to warrant expanding this section to far more than a single sentence as it is now.

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Perry Smith had no reason to slaughter the Clutter family like he did, I mean as portrayed in the film Capote he spoke about how he thought the father was nice and then somehow ended up cutting his throat, that's just cruel he deserved the punishment of hanging.I don't know about that Dick hickock, he was a partner to the crime but technically did practically nothing.

Interestingly enough, if you read In Cold Blood you'll find the roles exactly reversed; it was allegedly Hickock who orchestrated the murder and persuaded Smith to go through with it-- Smith had previously made plans to meet up with an old prison buddy, but upon arriving to visit him found that his friend had left five hours prior-- thus leaving Perry feeling that it was Dick's "score" (what Hickock enthusiastically dubbed the murder) or nothing. I do agree though that the film portrayals of the two killers were suspiciously black-and-white, with one being the cold-hearted tough guy and the other the sensitive, misunderstood genius in the wrong place at the wrong time. Don't forget to sign your comments with four tildes (~) and please don't vandalise pages, discussion or otherwise, with nonsense. Eiffelle 05:57, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

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mugshot is fake!

Does anybody noticed that the alleged "mugshot" of Perry Smith is absolutely fake?! I removed it. --Alexhubner 04:07, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

When reading In Cold Blood I noticed a lot of ...'s in Smith's psychiatric report. Is the full version floating around on the internet?--68.12.87.201 02:07, 22 September 2007 (UTC)

The article says Perry was born in 1928. Then it says he entered the Merchant Marine at age 16 which would make the year 1944. Then the the article says he joined the army two years later which would be 1946. The article states that he spent 15 months in the army which would make his discharge year 1948. But the article also mentions that Perry fought in the Korean War which was waged from 1950-1953. If he was discharged in 1948 how could he have fought in a war which began in 1950?Tishbite37 (talk) 14:35, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

reference 9 is not avalid link if anone wants to sort it out —Preceding unsigned comment added by 189.145.125.122 (talk) 23:17, 24 January 2009 (UTC)

incorrect information

the whole article needs to be looked over for factual inaccuracies: for example it says that perry's motorcycle accident was a result of a race. the reference does not support this however, neither does his personal account as told by Capote in "In Cold Blood" —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.247.142.63 (talk) 18:33, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

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Original crime

The article completely omits any info about how the guy landed in Kansas State Pen to begin with, what he had been sentenced for and for how long. Neither, by the way, is there anything about how he and Hickock got hold of guns as soon as they left jail on parole. 188.150.64.57 (talk) 10:05, 29 July 2021 (UTC)