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Talk Murder To Me

142 // Murdered by Town // The Murder of Ken Rex McElroy

Talk Murder To Me

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🗓️ 3 March 2020

⏱️ 90 minutes

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Summary

Ken Rex McElroy was a resident of Skidmore, Nodaway County, Missouri. Known as "the town bully", his unsolved killing became the focus of international attention.

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0:00.0

Hey guys, have you ever kept a secret?

0:04.5

As your wife or husband now looks at you to judge your reaction?

0:08.1

We all have, but in many cases, those secrets seem to slip out.

0:13.2

Maybe after the third glass of red wine, perhaps ladies?

0:16.6

Benjamin Franklin once said,

0:18.5

Three may keep a secret if two of them are dead.

0:22.4

Also, not a big fan of keeping secrets, was the Buddha, as he once remarked,

0:27.4

Three things cannot long stay hidden, the sun, the moon, and the truth.

0:33.2

But these gentlemen have obviously not been to little oats,

0:37.2

Gidmore, Missouri.

0:38.5

Because in this isolated farm town, population 250, there is a secret.

0:45.2

And for the last 40 years, the entire town has been hiding the identity of a killer.

0:54.0

So strap up your overalls, mount those John Deers, and high hoe here we go

1:00.4

to the town that committed the ultimate murder.

1:12.1

But that's called the Hello Friday, which is deceiving because it's not Friday.

1:16.9

The hint was not Friday.

1:18.5

The hint was Dibo.

1:20.0

All right.

1:20.5

From the movie Friday.

1:22.8

Neither of us have seen that movie.

1:26.0

And there was no Dibo cocktail.

1:28.9

So I found a Hello Friday cocktail.

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