Ken McElroy: Skidmore's Town Bully
This episode marks our first listener submission of 2026, and it comes from listener Barbara! Who suggested one of the most infamous and unsettling cases in small town history.
We are heading to Skidmore, Missouri, to tell the story of Ken Rex McElroy, a man many locals described as the town bully. For years, McElroy was accused of violent crimes, intimidation, and terrorizing his neighbors, yet time and time again, he avoided prison. Witnesses backed out. Cases collapsed. Fear took over.
On July 10, 1981, in broad daylight, Ken McElroy was shot and killed in front of dozens of people. No one…
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