Hickock was executed by hanging, at the Lansing Correctional Facility, Lansing, Kansas. Smith and Hickock were eventually arrested in Las Vegas.

Gallows built to exactly replicate the original are now part of what visitors can see at the former Kansas State Penitentiary.

Similarly, Capote erased the five-day delay from “In Cold Blood” because it didn’t fit with his characterization of Dewey as a brilliant, tireless and obsessive detective.

A limited TV series is planned after new evidence emerged in the murders of In Cold Blood's Clutter family.