Includes . . .

• Lee Shelton's murder of Billy Lyons in St. Louis, which inspired the popular song "Stagger Lee"
• The vigilante killing of the "town bully" of Skidmore, Ken McElroy
• The kidnapping of millionaire Robert Greenlease's son in Kansas City
• The Kirkwood City Council massacre
• Serial killings of 13 young women in Kansas City by Lorenzo J. Gilyard