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Criminal

Bully

Criminal

Vox Media Podcast Network

Society & Culture, True Crime

4.739.4K Ratings

🗓️ 5 May 2017

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Skidmore, Missouri is a very small town. In the '70s, there was only one bar, one grocery store, and one bully. Ken McElroy was so ruthless and intimidating that even police officers looked the other way. He terrorized the town for decades, until they finally fought back. We spoke with Harry MacLean, author of In Broad Daylight. Special thanks to Chelsea Korynta. Say hello on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Sign up for our occasional newsletter, The Accomplice. Follow the show and review us on Apple Podcasts: iTunes.com/CriminalShow. We also make This is Love and Phoebe Reads a Mystery. Artwork by Julienne Alexander. Check out our online shop.  Episode transcripts are posted on our website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

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1:00.0

He grew up in a small town in Skidmore, Missouri on a hog farm about two and a half miles outside of town.

1:09.0

He was the 12th of 12 children.

1:12.0

I mean, he always had a chip on his shoulder.

1:15.0

His family was not part of the successful farming community of Northwest Missouri. They were poor, they had come from Kansas.

1:26.2

He kind of grew up resenting those he considered to be more successful.

1:34.0

And a lot of the farmers that were doing well,

1:38.0

the kids of the farmers that were doing well in school,

1:41.0

he was bullying them by fourth and fifth grade.

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