The Unsolved Murder of an Infamous Town Menace | Ken Rex McElroy

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🗓️ 12 August 2024

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Today we discuss how a town took justice into its own hands with the unsolved murder of Ken Rex McElroy. Support us directly on Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/redweb With Patreon, you get access to ad-free content, our exclusive bonus show Movie Club, the Red Web Discord, and more! In the quiet town of Skidmore, Missouri, one man’s reign of terror went unchallenged until his shocking murder in 1981. This was the culmination of years of fear and frustration, but the identity of the killer remains a mystery. Today we analyze the background and theories behind who killed Ken McElroy. Sensitive topics: Sexual assault, sexual misconduct with a minor, animal death, murder Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	In the quiet town of Skidmore, Missouri, one man's reign of terror went unchallenged until his shocking murder in 1981.
0:16.0	This was the culmination of years of fear and frustration,
0:19.0	but the identity of the killer remains a mystery.
0:22.0	Today, we analyze the background and theories behind who killed
0:25.8	Ken McElroy. episode of Red Web, the podcast all about unsolved mysteries, true crime, and the
0:45.6	supernatural. I'm your resident mystery enthusiast Trevor Collins and joining me
0:49.3	hearing this case for the very first time, Alfredo Diaz.
0:53.0	So is this some kind of serial killer of some kind?
0:57.0	Hmm?
0:58.0	He's got a toad on him.
0:59.0	That's what I think that's what the kids call it.
1:01.0	He's not a serial killer, but he has done some, he's a ne'er do well, and we'll get into all of it.
1:07.6	So he's done a handful of heinous things and then eventually was confirmed to be murdered?
1:12.8	Yes, so he's definitely been killed.
1:15.7	It's a story about town justice, but who did it?
1:19.2	It's not so much why, but who did it becomes a very interesting kind of conversation and will unfold the whole thing but I feel like this town is so small
1:30.4	it's very much a story of a small town justice I don't know how else to put it you know
1:36.2	three things here one I've always wondered what it would be like to live in a such a small town like that
1:42.3	mhm two to
1:43.4	obviously,
1:47.4	how and why, but if this person was a small town like that.
1:43.4	Mm-hmm.
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