And Every Word Is True by Gary McAvoy

Author:Gary McAvoy
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: In Cold Blood, Clutter murders, Truman Capote
Publisher: Literati Editions
Published: 2019-03-03T16:00:00+00:00

Dr. W. Mitchell Jones, the court-appointed psychiatrist who evaluated both Hickock and Smith in person, had asked each of them for biographical sketches in writing. In Hickock’s, he confesses to a variety of crimes and misdemeanors, but one paragraph stands out: “There were other things I should have told you, but I'm afraid of my people finding them out. Because I am more ashamed of them (these things I did) than hanging....”[101]

Dr. Katherine Ramsland, a professor of forensic psychology and distinguished author of several books on the science of crime scene investigation and serial killers (including another Kansas notable, Dennis Rader, the "BTK Killer"),[102] offered another perspective on both men:

Both Smith and Hickock were antisocial small-time offenders. Either might have resorted to killing if they had been seen or cornered, although I think that Hickock (an apparent narcissist), would more easily have killed a number of witnesses or pursuers than Smith would have.

From how they present themselves (though not from a professional assessment), Hickock would probably have shown less remorse over taking a life than Smith. Neither demonstrated the collection of traits we usually see in extreme offenders—such as rampage mass murderers and predatory serial killers—so for these two to have committed such a crime, we must also include the circumstances in the calculation. Personality disorders alone would not explain what motivated them, individually or working together.[103]

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