Notorious Missouri

Notorious Missouri
Author: James W. Erwin
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Total Pages: 144
Release: 2021-04-12
Genre: History
ISBN: 1439672326
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From the duel on Bloody Island to the "Missouri Miracle" kidnapping and recovery of Shawn Hornbeck, Missouri has seen its share of notorious crimes. It was home to the first western gunfight on the town square between Wild Bill Hickok and Dave Tutt. The three trials of the alleged murderer of Colonel Thomas Swope, the founder of Kansas City's Swope Park, enveloped the state. Residents also saw the killings within a few blocks of each other that inspired the songs "Stagger Lee" and "Frankie and Johnny." Vicki Berger Erwin and James W. Erwin explore crimes, criminals and victims from the violent history of the last two hundred years in the Show Me State.

True Crime: Missouri

True Crime: Missouri
Author: David J. Krajicek
Publisher: Stackpole Books
Total Pages: 146
Release: 2011-08-04
Genre: True Crime
ISBN: 0811745112
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Includes Lee Shelton's murder of Billy Lyons, the kidnapping of millionaire Robert Greenlease's son, and many more.

Missouri

Missouri
Author: David J. Krajicek
Publisher: Stackpole Books
Total Pages: 146
Release: 2011
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0811707083
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Includes Lee Shelton's murder of Billy Lyons, the kidnapping of millionaire Robert Greenlease's son, and many more.

Notorious!

Notorious!
Author: Barry Duncan
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2015-10-06
Genre: Carthage (Mo.)
ISBN: 9781514263389
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Notorious is a look back at the gangster era in Southwest Missouri, particularly Jasper County and the City of Carthage. Many outlaws roamed through this area due to routes 66 & 71. Bonnie & Clyde; Pretty Boy Floyd, The Irish O'Malley Gang; The Ozark Mountain Boys and others flourished. It was up to the local sheriffs to try to maintain law and order. Yes, the 1930s was a wild time with the Great Depression and Prohibition fueling this era.

The Missouri Connection

The Missouri Connection
Author: Phyllis Appel
Publisher: Graystone Enterprises LLC
Total Pages: 217
Release: 2010-05-21
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0984538100
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The Missouri Connection: Profiles of the Famous and Infamous, contains over fifty multi-cultural biographies of men and women who have lived in the state at one time or another. Learn history of Missouri and our country through their contributions.

Gangsters, Outlaws and Mobsters: A Missouri History of Twentieth Century Crimes and Criminals

Gangsters, Outlaws and Mobsters: A Missouri History of Twentieth Century Crimes and Criminals
Author: David True
Publisher: Acclaim Press
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2021-09-27
Genre: True Crime
ISBN: 9781948901871
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When people think of organized crime, the cities of Chicago, Las Vegas, and New York come to mind, but the state of Missouri has produced a long list of high profile criminals known across the nation. In fact, Pretty Boy Floyd, Bonnie and Clyde, Machine Gun Kelly, and Fred "Killer" Burke--all high on the FBI's most wanted list--had ties to the state. In Gangsters, Outlaws and Mobsters - A Missouri History of Twentieth Century Crimes and Criminals, retired ATF agent and author David True details the true stories of the state's most notorious criminals. Missouri native David True, who grew up in the shadow of the St. Louis underworld, has compiled an exhaustive list of Missouri's most notorious criminals based upon three decades of research and insider knowledge from investigating gangland crimes and criminals. Read Gangsters, Outlaws and Mobsters and see the dark side of Missouri too disturbing to be discussed in travel guides!

Five Famous Missourians

Five Famous Missourians
Author: Wilfred R. Hollister
Publisher:
Total Pages: 404
Release: 1900
Genre: Missouri
ISBN:
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Murder & Mayhem in Missouri

Murder & Mayhem in Missouri
Author: Larry Wood
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Total Pages: 142
Release: 2009-07-30
Genre: History
ISBN: 1625842198
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Desperadoes like Frank and Jesse James earned Missouri the nickname of the "Outlaw State" after the Civil War, and that reputation followed the region into the Prohibition era through the feverish criminal activity of Bonnie and Clyde, the Barkers and Charles "Pretty Boy" Floyd. Duck into the Slicker War of the 1840s, a vigilante movement that devolved into a lingering feud in which the two sides sometimes meted out whippings, called slickings, on each other. Or witness the Kansas City Massacre of 1933, a shootout between law enforcement officers and criminal gang members who were trying to free Frank Nash, a notorious gang leader being escorted to federal prison. Follow Larry Wood through the most shameful and savage portion of the Show-Me State's history.

Missouri Legends: Famous People from the Show-Me State, 2nd Edition

Missouri Legends: Famous People from the Show-Me State, 2nd Edition
Author: John W. Brown
Publisher: Reedy Press LLC
Total Pages: 511
Release: 2021-10-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 1681062380
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Walt Disney, Brad Pitt, Jack Dorsey, Payne Stewart. Josephine Baker. Samuel Clemens. George Washington Carver. What do these icons have in common? They were all raised in the Show-Me State. This second edition of Missouri Legends brings renowned politicians, authors, artists, athletes, performers, and historical figures to life. The book profiles more than 200 famous Missourians with dozens of new entries. Each profile includes a brief account of their formative years in Missouri and how they became legendary. With the second edition, readers will learn even more about the historically significant (Jesse James, Gen. John J. Pershing, Laura Ingalls Wilder), major politicians (Harry S Truman, Jack Danforth, Bill Bradley), groundbreaking artists (Scott Joplin, Thomas Hart Benton, T.S. Eliot), business innovators (Dale Carnegie, Sam Walton, J.C. Penney), sports legends (Yogi Berra, Albert Pujols, Grant Wistrom), iconic entertainers (Redd Foxx, Steve McQueen, Sheryl Crow) and world-famous leaders in science, technology, broadcasting, and other fields. From the smallest towns to the big cities, there are legends all around us. This book is a celebration of our Show-Me State heroes who have made an impact on the world... and it all started in Missouri.

Show-Me Atrocities

Show-Me Atrocities
Author: Larry E. Wood
Publisher:
Total Pages: 226
Release: 2018-05-21
Genre:
ISBN: 9780970282996
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The guerrilla conflict in Missouri during the Civil War gave rise to an atmosphere of rancor that carried over into the post-war years and often led to violent incidents in the latter nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Many other notorious episodes in the state grew not out of gigantic social upheaval like civil war but out of everyday passions like greed, envy, lust, and racial hatred. Most of the incidents chronicled in Show-Me Atrocities are of the latter type. They happened in Missouri, but they could have happened almost anywhere, because the ugly aspects of human nature know no boundaries. Many of the incidents detailed here are not particularly well known, but that makes them no less interesting. Sometimes the obscure stories are the most curious.