Talk:Richard Hickock

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I realize the man is dead, and was a criminal and by all accounts a reprehensible human being, but there are inaccuracies in the article that are slanderous, based on elements of Capote's book that people who would know later claimed to be fabricated. Capote's book, we must remember, while not altogether fictional, was not pure journalism, or even close to that. According to people who would know (see the links on the Wiki page for the novel), Capote fabricated Hickock's pedophilia, and he did not intend to rape, or try to seduce, Nancy Clutter on the night of the murders. Also, Hickock's supposed penchant for running down stray dogs with his car has been called into question. Capote was far from an unbiased observer of the pair, Hickock and Smith. He was much closer to Smith (how close I leave to others to debate), and there is good reason to believe he slanted the book in Smith's favor intentionally, sprinkling the story with made-up negative characteristics about Hickock, when Smith was the actual murderer, and the actual driving force behind the killings.

I hope someone can correct this oversight or at least add a section informing readers of the controversy and debate that's taken place on the subject since the book's release, and of the statements given regarding Hickock by people who knew him that conflict with how Capote presented him in the novel.


Scott Wilson mentioned in this article has no its own article and it he is concatenated with article about some other Scott Wilson.

[edit] Wrong Scott Wilson

The Scott Wilson link in this article is wrong; it links to a Supreme Court Justice and not the actor.

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First of all, didn't the psychiatrist include mention of pedophilia in Hickock's report before the trial, or was the report in the book ficticious too? Second, does anyone have a picture of his mugshot like on Smith's page? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.12.87.201 (talk) 01:54, 22 September 2007 (UTC)