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McElroy was born on June 1, 1934, the 15th of 16 children born to a poor, migrant tenant-farming couple named Tony and Mabel (née Lister) McElroy, who had moved between Kansas and the Ozarks before settling outside of Skidmore. He dropped out of school at age 15 in the eighth grade and quickly established a local reputation as a cattle rustler ...
In Broad Daylight is a 1991 American made-for-television thriller drama film about the life of Ken McElroy, the town bully of Skidmore, Missouri who became known for his unsolved murder. [1] McElroy was fictionalized as the character Len Rowan, portrayed by Brian Dennehy. [2] The film is based on Harry N. MacLean's nonfiction book of the same ...
No One Saw a Thing examines "an unsolved and mysterious death in the American Heartland and the effects of vigilantism in small town America. The case garnered international attention in the early 1980s after a resident, Ken Rex McElroy, was shot dead in front of almost 60 townspeople.
In Broad Daylight is a 1988 true crime book by award-winning writer Harry N. MacLean, [1] detailing the killing of town bully Ken Rex McElroy in 1981 in Skidmore, Missouri.The book won an Edgar Award for best true crime writing in 1989, was a New York Times bestseller for 12 weeks (charting at number 2) and was adapted into a television movie of the same name.
The Ken McElroy shooting was also the focus of the A&E Network program City Confidential, season 2, episode 22 entitled, "Skidmore: Frontier Justice". On October 16, 2000, Greg N. Dragoo beat and dragged his girlfriend, Wendy Gillenwater, down several country roads outside of Skidmore, causing her to die.
John McElroy (author) (1846–1929), American soldier, journalist and author; Joseph McElroy (born 1930), American novelist; Kathleen McElroy American academic and journalist; Ken McElroy (1934–1981), American murder victim and criminal; Leeland McElroy (born 1974), All-American college football player, professional football player, kick returner
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City Confidential is a documentary television series where a different city is featured in a high-profile criminal case. The shows were narrated by Paul Winfield and then Keith David. 11 seasons have been broadcast from 1998-2005 on the A&E Network.