Ep#6: The Clutter Murders & 1959 Zodiac Back

1/3/2024: On today's episode, Valerie details the tragic story of the Clutter Murders, the lives of the people involved, and the event's cultural legacy in Kansas and beyond. Then Amy Jo's 1959 Zodiac Back covers the Pluto in Virgo generation and feminism and astrology in the 1950s.

Cover Photo: Herb, Bonnie, Nancy, and Kenyon Clutter

1. Clutter Farmhouse

2. Clutter Family Farm

3. Clutter Family

4. Police Arrive

5. Bloody Boot Print

6. The Suspects are Arrested

7. Perry Smith

8. Richard Hickock

9. 1959 Outer Planets

10. 1959 Chart

11. Tombaugh Regio (aka “Pluto’s Heart)

12. Brontosaurus Excelsus

13. Linda Goodman’s Sun Signs

Sources/Photo Sources

The Clutter Murder Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clutter_family_murders

https://www.ranker.com/list/clutter-family-facts/berlin-sylvestre

https://www.truecrimeedition.com/post/the-clutter-family-murders

https://www.thepitchkc.com/my-own-cold-blood-how-the-clutter-murders-still-haunt-kansas/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perry_Edward_Smith#:~:text=9%20External%20links-,Early%20life%20and%20family,%22%20Smith%2C%20were%20rodeo%20performers

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Hickock

https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/books/97/12/28/home/capote-headline.html?action=click&module=ConversationPieces&pgtype=article&region=Body#:~:text=richest%20wheat%20areas.-,Mr.,Susan%20Kidwell%20and%20Nancy%20Ewalt

https://communitylawfirm.com/prison-slang-guide

The Capote Tapes Documentary, 2019

The Clutter Murder Photo Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clutter_family_murders#/media/File:Clutter_home_Holcomb,_KS_March_2009.jpg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perry_Edward_Smith#/media/File:Perry_Edward_Smith.jpg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Hickock#/media/File:Richard_%22Dick%22_Hickock.jpg

https://www.crimearchives.net/1959_clutter/html/images.html

https://www.travelks.com/blog/stories/post/good-day-kansas-explores-true-crime-exhibit-garden-city/

1959 Zodiac Back Sources:

https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/1959

https://chaninicholas.com/pluto-and-the-power-of-generations/

https://www.astro.com/astrology/tma_article230726_e.htm

https://www.fairobserver.com/culture/book/birth-of-horoscopes-whats-your-sun-sign/

https://www.russh.com/feminism-and-astrology/

1959 Zodiac Back Photo Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brontosaurus#/media/File:Brontosaurus_Yale_Peabody_cropped.jpg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tombaugh_Regio#/media/File:PIA19945-Pluto-SputnikPlanum-Detail-20150917.jpg

https://poshmark.com/listing/Sun-Signs-by-Linda-Goodman-1974-Paperback-63492d21c9a2289bf000e561