The Town That Won’t Talk : How Code of Silence Policies Fakes The Anatomy of Impurity

What does it take for an entire town to watch a man be shot to death in broad daylight and then, in unison, say they saw nothing? In 1981, in the small farming town of Skidmore, Missouri, a man named Ken Rex McElroy was shot and killed on the main street. He was a bully, a thief, and a terror who had tormented the community for years, always evading justice—until the day justice, or something like it, found him.There were up to 60 witnesses, but when the FBI arrived to investigate, they were met with a wall of silence. In this episode, we unpack the story of the town that got away with murder. We'll explore the decades of fear McElroy inflicted, the final confrontation that led to his death, and the unwritten code of silence that has protected the shooters for over 40 years. Is this a story of cold-blooded murder, or is it a story of justified vigilantism?Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/that-s-so-zen--6743499/support.