Seems no one wants to buy a house where four people were murdered. First, the details... then my personal story:
An auction of the Holcomb, KS home where the Clutter family murders occurred has been called off after the owners did not receive a high enough bid. The highest bid on the home and seven-acre property made infamous by Truman Capote's book, "In Cold Blood," was $100,000. The Finney County Appraiser's office said the home itself has an appraised value of $136,530; with the acreage, the appraised value is $160,390.
The home is where Herbert Clutter and his wife and two children were found dead on Nov. 15, 1959, a crime immortalized in Capote's book.
The killers, Richard Hickock and Perry Smith, believed the Clutters kept a safe full of money in their home. But after killing the family, Hickock and Smith left the home with only $50. They were convicted and hanged in 1965.
**I actually met the current owners, Leonard Mader and his wife, when I went to Holcomb to do a story on the Clutter house a few years back. Let me just say, I would never buy a home from Leonard Mader. He tells you one thing on the phone, then another thing in person. We had pre-arranged for a tour of the house over the phone... but when we drove 4 hours to Holcomb, Mader refused to answer the door... and then denied us access to the house. We still did the story... with no thanks to Mr. Mader.
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