S2 Ep9: Ken McElroy: Murder in the Town Square

Crimes of the Centuries

Amber Hunt and Audioboom

History, Documentary, Society & Culture, True Crime

4.7 • 4K Ratings

🗓️ 7 March 2022

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Ken McElroy was killed outside, in broad daylight, with some 60 witnesses watching -- and yet no one copped to having seen a thing. McElroy, who'd long been known as a town bully in Skidmore, Missouri, was shot dead in 1981 after terrorizing his neighbors, two of whom he shot. When the system seemed to fail at holding McElroy accountable, townsfolk took matters into their own hands.

"Crimes of the Centuries" is a podcast from Grab Bag Collab exploring forgotten crimes from times past that made a mark and helped change history.

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0:18.2	built by Vorboss for London.
0:20.2	Some crimes are so heartbreaking or shocking
0:30.6	that they earn the label crime of the century.
0:34.7	But the stories that made headlines in decades past
0:38.2	aren't necessarily remembered today.
0:42.6	I'm Amber Hunt, a journalist and author.
0:46.3	And in each episode of this show,
0:48.1	I'll examine a case that's maybe lesser known today,
0:52.2	but was huge when it happened.
0:55.2	This is crimes of the centuries.
1:10.0	Something was brewing in the town of Skidmore, Missouri.
1:13.9	Everyone could feel it.
1:15.4	It went far beyond the usual small town frustrations
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