The senseless murders of innocent people. Two males. Marginalized. Mentally ill. Paranoid schizophrenics. The death of the Clutter family in Holcomb, Kansas, on November 15, 1959, as described by Truman Capote in his classic work "In Cold Blood?" Or the violent massacre of classmates at Columbine High School nearly half a century later? Two boys? Check.Marginalized? Check. Mentally ill? Check. Paranoid schizophrenics? Check. If Richard Hickok and Perry Smith had somehow time traveled to Columbine High School as teenagers as the century was about to change, they could easily have transformed into Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris, killing innocent lives in a society that breeds contempt - if looking for it . However, if Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris were to somehow travel back in time to Holcomb, Kansas in November 1959, would the outcome for the Clutter family have been the same? Would Midwestern agricultural life, without the Internet, have spawned two killers as it did at the end of the 21st century? Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris were bullied at Columbine. This, combined with their unlimited access...
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