Talk:Richard Hickock

Plagiarised
The pre=June 11, 2006 version was plagiarised from this site, or the "authors" at Find A Grave took this entry. This version http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=23006 and the pre-June 11 version are identical, including many writing and style errors. Spoonkymonkey (talk) 01:17, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

As well, Hickock was a mass-murderer (possibly), not a serial killer. Spoonkymonkey (talk) 01:19, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

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


 * Fixed by another editor, with this link: Scott Wilson (actor). Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 16:42, 17 November 2013 (UTC)

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


 * Fixed by another editor, with this link: Scott Wilson (actor). Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 16:42, 17 November 2013 (UTC)

WikiProject class rating
This article was automatically assessed because at least one article was rated and this bot brought all the other ratings up to at least that level. BetacommandBot 03:39, 28 August 2007 (UTC)

Two questions
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)

Plagiarised again
The pre June 11, 2006 version was plagiarised from this site, or the "authors" at Find A Grave took this entry. This version http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=23006 and the pre-June 11 version are identical, including many writing and style errors.

Discrepancy
Under the section of the Clutter murders, the article states: " Hickock later testified  that he and Smith had gotten the idea to rob the Clutters ..." (in the first sentence of the paragraph). Then, the paragraph closes with: "Both [Hickock and Perry]  refused to testify " (in the last sentence). So, Hickock did or did not testify ... which is it? Can someone with more knowledge of this case fix the apparent discrepancy? Maybe, in the first sentence, the correct word should be that Hickock "stated" (at some point in time), rather than that he "testified" (at some official court proceeding)? But, I have no idea. Does anyone know about this? Thanks. Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 04:38, 17 November 2013 (UTC)