I remember hearing a story about a child molester who had already raped and maybe even killed some kids in a small-ish town and everyone knew it was him but there was no evidence, one morning he was found in a crop tied to a pole with his hands behind his back, a 10 feet trail of blood leading up to it, and his throat sliced (or something like that), the sheriff said "well, it's clearly a suicide. On an unrelated note, please make sure to throw the trash in the garbage and not leave it in the crops" and that's how he kept getting elected for like 25 years lol, I'm not usually pro-vigilante because that can become a slippery slope real fast, but in cases like these, hell yeah.
Malia Malora off topic, but i’m absolutely DYING because in middle school, my class was released too early so no one was in the cafeteria at the time we arrived, and instead of waiting for a teacher to open the door, someone yelled “they can’t expel all of us” and we all ran in
"McElroy was shot and killed in broad daylight Infront of 60 people and it's unsolved" Man how does something like that happen?! "McElroy dated 12-13 year olds" Nevermind figured it out
In 2016 a local guy who was a convicted pedophile disappeared where I live, the cops did NOT try very hard lol assuming that their police force also lived there I bet they didn't either.
Ken: DONT TESTIFY IN ANY CASE WITH ME IN IT Ken: *gets shot* Townsperson: We’re not allowed to testify in cases with him guys, remember? Rest of those 60 people: Obviously. *dramatic sigh* guess this’ll never be solved.
My absolute favorite part of this case that they didn't cover was: at the meeting the Sheriff urged everyone not to take matters into their own hands, and then immediately got in his car and left town.
He basically went "well, the guy is making threats right now at the tavern. I urge people to not do anything about it, but if you do, I won't be there to see it" and dipped😂
Well Trina his wife also is angry that the police just drove away. And nobody called an ambulance nobody tried to help him and so she was pissed she sued the town she won not as much as she wanted but she won. But she never got an apology and she never got a yes I did it. So I imagine Trina was pretty pissed off but what you got to remember is that that guy stole her when she was 12 years old and pretty much raped and her mind control her until she was whatever he wanted her to be.
@George Gebhard yeah I guess so. Still annoying the shooter hasn't been identified. And I dont know if theres a statue of limitations on a murder case so they'll likely never come forward
I mean, the dude bullied the whole town. I'd say his unsolved murder is one that doesn't need to be solved. I think that whole town would back me up on that. 😂
My wife once told me the story of how, before she was born, her grandfather had been abusing her grandmother, Nyda. Nyda took him on a fishing trip, and wouldn't you know it, darn guy drowned. Professional competitve swimmer, and the guy drowns on a fishing trip. Strange things happen sometimes. Shrug.
As far as the girls' statements about their late husband, he got his claws in them at a young age, they defended him because he groomed them. Its a horrible combination of stolkholme syndrome && a sociopathic narcissistic husband.
Thank you, Shane, for saying those victims were children. I don't fault Ryan for saying they were young women because news sources always say "young women" when they mean girls, so I don't doubt he got that phrasing from them. However, they were children.
I think he said women because they at the time of the event, were then adults, since Ryan later made a distinction when he said that McElroy was known to prefer "girls"
@@theneoenigma2094 that’s what I believe too. One of them is 12 so you can’t say “women”, but the other is 24 so you can’t say “children”. So as to not make the phrasing too long and complicated, he just used the phrase “young women.” Everyone in the comments is freaking out like Ryan was purposefully trying to justify the crime or something haha
In almost every episode of Unsolved, you're left feeling frustrated and unsatisfied because they're all, of course, unsolved. However, in this particular episode, I've never been more satisfied about the ending.
There’s a documentary called No One Saw Anything, and there’s a part where they are showing an old interview with Trena, the third wife that was in the truck when this happened, and she’s talking about how they were in the D&G bar right before the shooting and that all the townsfolk were drinking for free and how weird that was.
this kind of thing isn't actually all that uncommon in small towns. a friend of mine was sexually assaulted by a very well-known guy in a small town and I remember a group of people from that town telling her, "he might not go to jail, but trust me...he'll be sleeping with one eye open". vigilante justice is very common in smaller jurisdictions like this and I can't say I disagree with it.
My family on my mother's side grew up near Skidmore and everyone knew this guy. If he thought you'd slighted him, it was nothing for him to shoot your dog or burn your house down. He shot a guy's pet goat once for crossing him and laughed about it. Another time he took a deputy's gun away from him at the bar and called the Sheriff to tell him his boys shouldn't play with guns. Everyone was just too afraid to do anything because the guy wasn't right in the head, and there's basically no law in a tiny town in the middle of rural nowhere. Oddly enough though, if the meathead liked you, he'd bend over backward to help you. On one occasion he brought my Grandma three gallons of goat milk that was more than he could drink from his goats. Said most people had turned him down because it was too sweet. Damnedest thing.
@@marymargaretblumhorst5359 Saying everything has two sides feels disingenuous, like theres a possibility he didnt terrorize all those people. A coin has two sides, but its still a coin. The dude was a monster.
McElroy: Shot down Town People: He tripped getting in his truck, and his gun went off and shot him in the back. Quite a tragedy. Who's up for golden Corral?
"yeah have you heard that endless pasta bowls are back at olive garden?" "a man was murdered-" "Tragic. I'm definitely going to get drunk and eat breadsticks, too"
After the murder, apparently a local resident was interviewed by the DA’s office and apparently, they said “he needed a killin’ “ He sure did, unidentified townsperson. He sure did.
It wierd how that tends to happen,just the other day someone tripped and landed on my knife and somehow got caught on a bungee cord and bounced up and down on it
"McElroy sexually assaults minors(girls)" Law: yeah ok he would escape in a short while... "McElroy was shot in a broad daylight" Law: WHO IS THE HELL SHOT THIS DUDE!! ARREST HIM
@@adambump5297 Other documentaries go into far more detail, but in short the lawyer knew how to get charges divided up to separate court jurisdictions and delay legal proceedings for long periods of time to let McElroy have enough time to intimidate witnesses into not testifying against him. It wasn't so much that the lawyer was talented, but that he had absolutely no hesitation in maliciously abusing every mechanism of the system to get McElroy out.
This is the only time I’ve watched buzzfeed unsolved and been okay with not knowing who did it. The guy was clearly a terrible person, and action needed to be taken. It gives me joy that nobody told the police who killed him. It’s actually pretty cool.
Kiquan Ringo Never, the person should never come forward and no.one should give them up. That bastard deserved the death he earned and the system merely wants to arrest someone to save face at their own idiocy and incompetence.
It made me happy knowing they found peace after the deed was done. Bunch of decent people there took care of business and moved on with their lives for each other.
I think it's quite interesting how Shane speculated the potential impact a brain injury could have on a person's behavior. I watched a TED talk called "The most important lesson from 83,000 brain scans" by Daniel Amen and he pretty much confirms this. I'm pretty sure the injury is responsible for, but certainly doesn't justify, McElroy's behavior.
I don’t like it when people use their mental illness or whatever else as an excuse for their terrible behavior. Sometimes your terrible behavior is terrible because your a terrible person
@@daydream5120explanations not excuses, it’s your responsibility to take care of you mental health etc and if you actively choose to be bad person because you have the “excuse” you’re a bad person.
So I fired off two warning shots, into his head. He had it coming, he had it coming, He only had himself to blame. If you had been there,if you had seen it, I bet you you would have done the same. He had it coming, he had it coming He had it coming all along, He used us, and he abused us, How could you tell us that we were wrong. It was a murder, but not a crime
Cops: So this man was killed Town: Yup Cops: And nearly all of you were there when he was killed Town: Yup Cops: Then clearly someone must have seen who drew the gun and shot him Town: That makes sense to me Cops: Who killed McElroy? Town: Lol idk
I think this is one of those cases where "the community" pulled the trigger, doesn't matter who had the gun. That's what happens if you wrong people too many times. I wonder what happened to his lawyer though... Not that the guy was guilty too, but I can imagine the people didn't really like him either.
The mental image of 60 people silently and unanimously deciding they would no longer put up with such an evil force and carrying something else like that is equally chilling and uplifting. I'm surprised a really good movie wasn't made out of this.
It's satisfying that he was killed but it still makes me very mad that his "wife" kept defending him. To clarify, I'm not mad at her. I'm mad that his actions continued to ruin her life for such a long time. He was a true monster.
It happens with abused people they always defend gulity ones because they believe that the abuse never happened it is very scary viticm psychology is very complex you can't just pack up and leave
As a Buddhist, I'm supposed to have compassion for every living creature, this one is tough. It reminds me of what I heard a monk say at a talk: "Why hold a grudge when karma will get the bastard in the end anyways" It seems like it didn't take long for karma to catch up.
Buddha talks about two things as core teachings, middle path, and using your own judgment rather than what other people, traditions, books say. In that way, it's justified completely.
The great lesson in tolerance is that you cannot allow the intolerant control. The intolerant will destroy tolerance and it’s essence. So as paradoxical as it may seem, protecting tolerance requires for you to not tolerate the intolerant.
I'm not a Buddhist, but I think there's a difference between having compassion for someone because they are another human being and being okay with what they do because the latter means compassion for the person who has done wrong is overriding the compassion for people who have been hurt. I think you can have compassion for him for all the things that may have motivated him to do such violent things. if he experienced something awful when he was young and all this was a violent and terrible way of coping with it, you can have compassion for that and wish it hadn't happened -- stuff like that. I do think compassion can be separate from accepting someone's actions as okay. it has to be. and a crucial part of compassion is the willingness to hold someone accountable for what they do to others because that willingness implicitly acknowledges that person as part of your community and thus partially your responsibility because we are all responsible for caring for our communities. I think that's very compassionate.
Back in my mother's hometown a guy who'd only lived there a few months started harassing children (the youngest was 7, oldest was 13 iirc) in a sexual manner, and long story short he went on a fishing trip with one of my mum's cousins, the cousin's friend and the friend's brother, and nobody ever really acknowledged that the harasser didn't come back after. Rural places always seem to go to extremes when it comes to crime, gotta say
@@theequalizer694 exactly! In my mother's hometown the inhabitants may all be vicious rivals with each other who _might_ punch people over fishing ponds, but they have _standards_
My grandmother told a story about when she was young, there was a bad person who sounds like this guy in her small town. After he beat his wife almost to death, all of the men in town got together and beat him and drug him out of town. I guess he never went back because the townsmen promised him that they would kill him if he did.
@@cliffsidetony8222I have heard, though, that Alaska, being the biggest state, has the biggest of everything, including mosquitoes. There's a story I read--maybe apocryphal--about a fighter plane crew at Ladd AFB that had pumped a number of pounds of jet fuel into a fighter before they realized that they were fueling a mosquito. . .
I actually don't want this solve. The man was clearly immoral, violent, egotistical, and extremely apathic to the neighborhood he lived in to the point that law enforcement had a hard time pinning a conviction on him because of the situation and whatever influence he had to disway the jury and local town justice system. If the town felt that they've been abandoned by Lady Justice herself, I can't blame them for finally putting matters into their own hands. The young lawyer being crafty with his testimony was the spark that would have finally pushed the town to end the guy. Heck, they even went as far as making sure the wife was safe. This was a social intervention that was long coming. Just....quoting Shane, "F*** that guy."
Certainly a different 'feeling' from this episode. Normally when an episode finishes I feel kinda creeped out by what has transpired. With this episode, I feel uplifted. Great show as always :)
He was an Icarus but like what Ryan and Shane said, instead of flying to close to the sun and crashing into the sea, he to a sharp left turn, flew straight into the sun and burned harder than the Isdal Woman.
You know, I was discussing this with someone and they raised a good question. Why... and how... did McElroy have this fancy (and presumably expensive) big-city lawyer on retainer to help get him off over and over? Even if all his thieving made a decent wage, how did a bully in a town of a few hundred people even show up on McFadin's radar, let alone as someone he wanted to take the time and resources to defend?
I'm assuming part of it was the fact that the police in the area McElroy lived were notoriously bad about ever documenting anything to do with McElroys run ins with the law. They often wouldn't even file reports when they'd arrest him and that made it absurdly easy for McFadin to shoot down the prosecutions case.
Can I just add, props to the guy who took the time to get Trina to safety. That guy’s a freaking hero to take the time to make sure the innocent girl was out of the way of the potential mob.
@@benpool4953 that was a judge, a judge, a judge, a judge, a judge, a judge, a judge, a judge, a judge, a judge, a judge, a judge,a judge, a judge, a judge, a judge, a judge, a judge,a judge, a judge, a judge, a judge, a judge, a judge, a judge, a judge, a judge, a judge, a judge, two and a half jury’s, and two executioners.
I grew up in Skidmore and was just a toddler when these events took place. I do remember the townsfolk talking about it behind closed doors especially after Trena filed her lawsuit and it was settled. This was talked about in certain circles of the old timers (usually while drinking) but NEVER in the presence of anyone the townsfolk considered an outsider even if those said outsiders had moved to town and became local. As the years pass no one talks about it anymore and 90% of the towns folks who lived there at the time have either moved away or passed on. Those who remain or are in the know will always keep a tight lip on who the actual shooter was. To all who read this please try to understand, this was something that HAD to happen, because if Rex would have went down for those 2 years when he got out, he would have taken his vengeance out on the entire town and everyone knew it.
Police: Mr. Clement, did you kill Mcelroy Clement: No, I didn’t. Police: Ok! Thank you for your time. Have a nice day. Well, there are no more suspects. Guess we gotta call this a cold case.
_He had it coming, he had it coming_ _He only had himself to blame!_ _If you'd have been there, if you'd have seen it_ _I betcha you would have done the same!_
To me, a good lawyer is one who understands that the law is meant to defend justice, that they are meant to defend justice. Knowing legal loopholes doesn’t make you a good lawyer, it makes you a sleazy white collar criminal. The truth is, the law and everyone involved in it failed the community. Instead of protecting them and serving justice to an outright violent and intimidating man, it did the exact opposite. I hope his lawyer gets a special place in hell for his part in mocking justice. As far as vigilantism goes, it’s honestly what happens when the law fails to protect the right people. It’s not ideal, I certainly don’t condone it, but if those involved in law mock or impede real justice, it’s only a matter of time. I’m glad that community finally got to feel and enjoy the safety they were robbed of while the law protected the perpetrator.
The justice system in general can be unfair but I don’t think the lawyer rigged the system at all. I think the lawyer was simply good at his job and probably had more clients besides violent criminals.
I disagree. Using those loopholes to free a guilty man makes you a sleezy criminal. Using those loopholes to protect an innocent man makes you a damn good lawyer. Sometimes you need those holes to, say, force a corp to repay a old woman for damaging her pourch while digging new phone lines.
@@Crashj7f67h Imo? I have read about this guy and the town and from my understanding it was mostly ppl in their late 40'-60s who went into town during that time of day and this was over 40 yrs ago so they are either up there in years or deceased
Lemme get this straight. FOR YEARS this man did crazy amounts of crime, and GOT AWAY with it because his lawyer was good AND notably because he was able to intimidate the local law enforcement..andt he FBI did NOT get involved. Someone kills him and all of a sudden this is an FBI issue? Like, ONE man terrozring a whole town is the PERFECT situation for state and federal law enforcement.
the FBI cannot investigate a case without official request, so its most likely that sheriff liked Ken or whatever, and then after he died he was butthurt and requested them in.
@@madiconti777 that's it they let it go cause of everything he did folks there is a lot that people don't know about Ken his 2 wife's everything was not put in the book or movie a lot was left out like when he came to st Joseph Missouri .. I know little Ken real well .and everyone is just reading and seeing half of what he did
@@CakefoxDots i just feel that even though probably a lot bad happened with her while she was minor, she probably started enjoying the power and money her husband had... Since she denied the harassment, plus went ahead to be a witness for his murder and lie that he was all clear, filed a 6million$ lawsuit..... I just feel like she was someone who just cared about money
@@xplosivevirus2502 That or such continued trauma and abuse from such a young age kind of stunted her mental growth. It's not uncommon for abuse victims to side with their abusers and deny any of their wrongdoings.
This just made me more depressed. All of this could of been prevented. He didn't have to do these things. A lot of people have been theorizing that it may have been due to his brain injury, which just makes this whole situation worst.
@@NihilisticBallman That brain injury, if there was one, was never going to be fixed anyway. Short of him getting locked up for everyone's good (including his), the end result was but a question of time. He didn't want anyone on the witness stand, well, he got his wish.
@@electricarc6377 nah, its unsolved coz it's not official. Based on your logic, you might as well say that for almond every unsolved bcoz every killer will know what happened
im sooo glad none of the people spoke up like you know usually in some cases there'd be that One (1) noisy person who'd snitch but the fact that there was not a single one here?? out of 60 people?? like they wouldnt even give like a tiny description or a little hint???? that man must have terrorized that town so much lmao
The police were at that meeting lol who would they tell? The wife of the man they just murdered? I feel like even if someone wanted to the town would have made sure no one did
I mean I think this is actually pretty common in small towns, especially in “ye olden days”. I used to volunteer in a retirement home and I had a few residents tell me about abusive husbands or fathers that would “commit suicide” or had rather nasty “accidents” and there was a case in a village not too far away from the one I grew up in where the local vicar “tied himself to a post in the middle of a field, beat him self with a stick and slit his own throat” after being exposed as a pedophile. It wasn’t something ever really talked about but behind closed doors when the older folks had a few too many drinks it would sometimes come up. The guy who did it was actually a pretty nice bloke too so it was always hard to imagine him doing something like that
Yush Kumar Well you can see with what Ryan said, that everything was blown off like it was nothing. The FBI don't know in rural areas like that if they don't get a tip. And the people of the town nor police probably didn't think about trying to see if the FBI is interested to get involved.
Yeah but then why did it all of a sudden become interesting after his death? Seems like McElroy's mafia connections were real powerful ones. And how did McElroy even get such a lawyer??
The FBI also only deal with crime on a federal level - I think that's what they call it. Unless the police asks for their help in some specific case. I'm guessing the police wanted the help of the FBI to solve McElroy's murder. Before he died the police might have been corrupt and had no interest in contacting the FBI - or maybe they were just to stubborn and wanted to handle things by themselves :S
Because in this world, in the end, nobody with power cares about ethics or morals. Law precedes it, even though law is just a man-made rule by humans pretending to be gods.
It's interesting how when Ken did all the crime, no one in the justice system can touch him but when he is the one getting killed, even the FBI comes to investigate the case. Smh
Tyler CK so a murder of a terrible human doesn’t equal what was it like 50 something felonies and crimes(that we know of) by a single terrible human ? wouldn’t the fbi want to see wtf is wrong with this dude he’s obviously a insane threat to society
I’ve been rewatching lots of buzzfeed unsolved recently, and this has to be one of my favorite cases they’ve covered, especially because of how the town was just like “oh, no, we have no idea who killed him”
I feel like this will be a mystery that will never be solved. Someone out of the 60 people saw an opportunity to free themselves of a terror, killed the man, and everyone quietly agreed it was the right thing to do. They may even have sworn secrecy. I do applaud the townspeople here; working together to fight one common enemy. And such "teamwork" that not a single person told anyone who really killed the man. It's quite touching in a really weird way.
There is a part of the brain where that could actually be the case. The right supramarginal gyrus controls to a large degree our empathy and damage to it does lead to drastically reduced empathy. Changes in that area of the brain are also linked with psychopathy.
The only reason anyone should ever want this case solved is so they can send the shooters a damn gift basket. Seriously, it was basically self defense at that point.
Bryn Jackson I would love to see what kind of gift basket and card someone chooses for the occasion. Hallmark doesn't exactly have a "Thanks... for shooting a guy who completely earned it" section
M Tamimi Oh y'know, maybe some nice soaps, muffins, artisinal jams and stuff, fancy chocolates, a nice picnic style basket with a big bow on it.. That kind of thing. Maybe a 'Thanks for all your hard work!' card from the 'best wishes - retirement' section... Just send him something nice 😂 I bet the townspeople really did take care of the guy and give him ongoing silent respect forever after he put down that rotten bloke.
It sucks that these comments where deleted because i saw one that was particularly interesting. One comment talked about his/her grandma who grew up in that town and was there when the murder happened. They said that the grandma told them that she knew who the killer was, but she would never tell, the secret died with her. Pretty cool comment wish i could see it again.
I agree. A big, bad bad man was oppressing and intimidating an entire town. The law and Justice systems failed them consistently and the people by that point had enough. There were 60 people at that town hall, their oppressor wasn’t and went to the bar for some drinks with his wife. Suddenly the meeting abruptly ended. Leaving, they all went to intimidate McElroy and his wife, this time flanking their truck from behind. But a few, maybe 2 or even 6 (as the Boys depict in the vid), decided to enact an attempt at small-town justice; they took the law into their own hands, readied their arms, fired at Ken in an attempt to wound, scare, or even just hurt him. But their shots were true and they hit, killing him. The rest of their fellow townsfolk stood there, silent, in solidarity. Justice, that they deserved for decades and for their home of Skidmore, Missouri had finally: been Served.
I could see this being a good true story movie where a detective comes in from the city to this small town, thinking a man has been murdered for no apparent reason and as he digs deeper he finds out who this man really was
By far my favorite story so far. The glee i felt when they talked about the whole town just not saying anything, and the settlement going for a fraction of what the wife wanted is amazing
Sheriff: What happened?
Townsfolk: Worst case of suicide we’ve ever seen
Don't you mean, "we've never seen"?
😭😭😭
I remember hearing a story about a child molester who had already raped and maybe even killed some kids in a small-ish town and everyone knew it was him but there was no evidence, one morning he was found in a crop tied to a pole with his hands behind his back, a 10 feet trail of blood leading up to it, and his throat sliced (or something like that), the sheriff said "well, it's clearly a suicide. On an unrelated note, please make sure to throw the trash in the garbage and not leave it in the crops" and that's how he kept getting elected for like 25 years lol, I'm not usually pro-vigilante because that can become a slippery slope real fast, but in cases like these, hell yeah.
@@maestromouse2578 I'm dead literally 🤣🤣🤣
@@0Onyx13 yeah, heard of that as well. the sheriff says like he tied himself up and slit himself not sure tho
"They can't arrest all of us" - the entire town
Malia Malora off topic, but i’m absolutely DYING because in middle school, my class was released too early so no one was in the cafeteria at the time we arrived, and instead of waiting for a teacher to open the door, someone yelled “they can’t expel all of us” and we all ran in
That being said=1945 Post War Germany.
That's so true
They Naruto ran to his burial
@@novaistired6974 Too late his ashes were scattered over the moon.
"McElroy was shot and killed in broad daylight Infront of 60 people and it's unsolved"
Man how does something like that happen?!
"McElroy dated 12-13 year olds"
Nevermind figured it out
In 2016 a local guy who was a convicted pedophile disappeared where I live, the cops did NOT try very hard lol assuming that their police force also lived there I bet they didn't either.
One hundredth like.
He didn't "date" them, he raped them.
I believe the term might be either ‘raped’ or ‘groomed’. Or both.
I belive the term was "WTF shoot that guy" which is the actual correct term.
This story is the definition of “it was a murder, but not a crime”
he had it comin
@@snifferrr he only had himself to blame.
@@HollyAnneThePaganChaosWitch If you'd have been there. If you'd have seen it.
@@cainyourkidsI betcha you would have done the same
@@BethKing-z1dpop six squish uh uh ciscero lishiptz
this town has the strongest "yall see sumn? cause i didnt" vibes ive ever seen
This town has the strongest be yall see sumn? Case I didn't verbes live every where
Live very seen
LMFAAOO
*gunshots*
cops:what was that?
entire town: probably just the wind.
rahaf aljbouri 😂
Ken: DONT TESTIFY IN ANY CASE WITH ME IN IT
Ken: *gets shot*
Townsperson: We’re not allowed to testify in cases with him guys, remember?
Rest of those 60 people: Obviously. *dramatic sigh* guess this’ll never be solved.
He literally got what he wanted
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“This is Icarus turning 90 degrees, looking at the sun, and playing chicken with it” is one of Shane’s most underrated quotes
It is an amazing quote I'm gonna use it in the Future if I can find situation for it to use it.
timestamp?
I might put that as my senior quote
@@lilhinata_02 *dew it!*
@@adambump5297 The snow white movie is a good one probably
My absolute favorite part of this case that they didn't cover was: at the meeting the Sheriff urged everyone not to take matters into their own hands, and then immediately got in his car and left town.
He basically went "well, the guy is making threats right now at the tavern. I urge people to not do anything about it, but if you do, I won't be there to see it" and dipped😂
Props to the sheriff for ensuring that he had deniability and making sure he had a reason for not intervening.
@@sourdrop "I was never there" LOL
"Do NOT use vigilante justice. Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to look at the wall for several hours, and whatever happens, happens."
Well Trina his wife also is angry that the police just drove away. And nobody called an ambulance nobody tried to help him and so she was pissed she sued the town she won not as much as she wanted but she won. But she never got an apology and she never got a yes I did it. So I imagine Trina was pretty pissed off but what you got to remember is that that guy stole her when she was 12 years old and pretty much raped and her mind control her until she was whatever he wanted her to be.
Usually, the fact that these cases still aren’t solved yet drives me crazy.
I think I’ll let it slide this time.
@George Gebhard yeah I guess so. Still annoying the shooter hasn't been identified. And I dont know if theres a statue of limitations on a murder case so they'll likely never come forward
I mean, the dude bullied the whole town. I'd say his unsolved murder is one that doesn't need to be solved. I think that whole town would back me up on that. 😂
@@toogaytolift9176 have you ever watched Hot Fuzz? That reminds me of this lol
Master Builder Dragon this is a case...i would say it doesn’t need justice. What happened was justice itself.
I hear ya
the sheriff suggesting a neighborhood watch has the same energy as the school nurse putting ice on a broken arm
Words of wisdom
He actually suggested it then immediately left town in his squad car when they were told during the meeting he was at the bar.
Worse because the school nurse legally can’t do much else. The sherif can and should.
You wouldn’t even get ice... she’d give you a wet paper towel and send you back to class
yes she can 😂
Oh they formed a neighborhood watch alright. Neighborhood watched him get shot.
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Yup YUP LETS GOOOOOOOOII
@@emmachenski4152 seriously
BOOST
Damn thats based.
My wife once told me the story of how, before she was born, her grandfather had been abusing her grandmother, Nyda. Nyda took him on a fishing trip, and wouldn't you know it, darn guy drowned. Professional competitve swimmer, and the guy drowns on a fishing trip. Strange things happen sometimes. Shrug.
sounds like a completely accidental death to me
Some people just deserve it fully
Good accidents
Sounds like one of Alfred Hitchcock Presents stories. But in real life.
@@tamamshud5879 deserve what... it was obviously an accident...
McElroy: **gets shot**
The entire town: Musta been the wind
You mean the town literally pulled a shane!?!?
ZABOO what happens in Missouri, stays in Missouri
@@kamimikuta4929 yep •-•
All hail the watcher
@@Shirohige4yonko
All hail the Watcher
Townspeople: " he didn't like it when we testified in court in his cases, so we won't. You know, out of respect."
That’s hilarious
Fax
Period
Viveka Gupta or fear of retaliation those poor folks
He got what he asked for. Witnesses 100% unwilling to testify in court. Karma
As far as the girls' statements about their late husband, he got his claws in them at a young age, they defended him because he groomed them. Its a horrible combination of stolkholme syndrome && a sociopathic narcissistic husband.
Just as I thought
Yeah
it's exactly what onision does to his victims
I don't think anyone would deny this at all. I think most people would recognize it's an innocent young girl who was forced to become a "wife".
What is that syndrome plz explain? Thx
Thank you, Shane, for saying those victims were children. I don't fault Ryan for saying they were young women because news sources always say "young women" when they mean girls, so I don't doubt he got that phrasing from them. However, they were children.
I noticed that too. Hats off, Shane.
I think he said women because they at the time of the event, were then adults, since Ryan later made a distinction when he said that McElroy was known to prefer "girls"
I imagine he said young women because one of them was 24 and it's more of a blanket term for the sake of the video
@@theneoenigma2094 that’s what I believe too. One of them is 12 so you can’t say “women”, but the other is 24 so you can’t say “children”. So as to not make the phrasing too long and complicated, he just used the phrase “young women.” Everyone in the comments is freaking out like Ryan was purposefully trying to justify the crime or something haha
@@saskatiZ The 24 year old was also a child when the "relationship" started.
cop: "why didn't you call an ambulance?"
townsperson: "my hand hurt"
cop: why didn't you call 911
shane's great grandpa: idk it thought it was some whack wind today man
Townsperson: my mom said no
Wal hail they sent a request by FedEx next day delivery.
Anne Dell I was playing flappy bird 😂😂
townsperson: “oh yeah it just, slipped my mind i guess. how unfortunate”
Cops: we wanna know who shot this guy
Town: Damn bro that’s crazy. Good luck tho.
@The running man fax
I didn’t see anything officer.
Me:officer! He is an evil man who deserves death, so he got what he deserved
In almost every episode of Unsolved, you're left feeling frustrated and unsatisfied because they're all, of course, unsolved. However, in this particular episode, I've never been more satisfied about the ending.
Kenzie Fox Same. I personally hope this case is never solved.
It really was satisfying, that this monster was defeated by the town he claimed to own. I love it.
True haha
Kenzie Fox i feel satisfied w every episode bc it was still good content and entertaining, only reason For being unsatisfied is bc you need more!
Churian xX I'd agree except the shooters are dead now so I'd like to hear the inside story of what exactly happened even if they don't say who it was
My uncle once told me "sometimes things just need to be solved with a funeral" this was one of those times
that statement is so cold i love your uncle
I like to think after the shooting the owner of the bar just shouted “drinks are on the house” and then 60 people shuffled together into the bar lol
There’s a documentary called No One Saw Anything, and there’s a part where they are showing an old interview with Trena, the third wife that was in the truck when this happened, and she’s talking about how they were in the D&G bar right before the shooting and that all the townsfolk were drinking for free and how weird that was.
The owner of the bar might have been the shooter as well
Lol even better...the true story...they all just went home...left him lay in dead in the truck and went home lol
this kind of thing isn't actually all that uncommon in small towns. a friend of mine was sexually assaulted by a very well-known guy in a small town and I remember a group of people from that town telling her, "he might not go to jail, but trust me...he'll be sleeping with one eye open". vigilante justice is very common in smaller jurisdictions like this and I can't say I disagree with it.
Wow, I hope he's behind bars now.
Yeah I won't lie, small-town style vigilante justice is generally fair in my book.
Especially when r*pe and assult cases barely make it to court and even a fraction of those give any consequences to the assaulter.
Wow the nerve of some people
The town of skidmore really said “that’s so sad, Alexa, play cell block tango”
The townspeople being like "You don't want us to testify in court? alright, we won't"
to be fair most people dont want to testify in court
@@oooh19 he shot somebodys dog nobody wants him to get justice
“I’m not an overly religious man...” carries holy water in underwear
JUST BECAUSE THAT LADY TOLD HIS DAUGHTER TO RETURN THE CANDY ON THE SHELF. That is insane!
Lol
1,6k like lol
My family on my mother's side grew up near Skidmore and everyone knew this guy. If he thought you'd slighted him, it was nothing for him to shoot your dog or burn your house down. He shot a guy's pet goat once for crossing him and laughed about it. Another time he took a deputy's gun away from him at the bar and called the Sheriff to tell him his boys shouldn't play with guns. Everyone was just too afraid to do anything because the guy wasn't right in the head, and there's basically no law in a tiny town in the middle of rural nowhere. Oddly enough though, if the meathead liked you, he'd bend over backward to help you. On one occasion he brought my Grandma three gallons of goat milk that was more than he could drink from his goats. Said most people had turned him down because it was too sweet. Damnedest thing.
Great history! Thanks for sharing! Pretty much everything has two sides. MMB
@@marymargaretblumhorst5359 Saying everything has two sides feels disingenuous, like theres a possibility he didnt terrorize all those people. A coin has two sides, but its still a coin. The dude was a monster.
@@Leafeon56 You put that better than I could. My thoughts exactly.
@@Leafeon56 that’s like a really cool quote man, good job
Most sociopaths can be very very charming and go outta their way to help others with things like that….I’ve seen it many times.
Can we just applaud the prosecutor David Baird for literally pulling a Phoenix Wright on this guy? Only 3 years out of law school and he did it.
Next Phoenix Wright
Maybe an AAI Edgeworth?
Ikr I thought the same thing 👌👌
Oh definitely.
I mean, Phoenix did get that untouchable bluecorp guy in the first game and that’s what this reminded me of
McElroy: *gets shot*
The Whole Town : i sleep
@@tayloranderson7547 I've seen you copy a bunch of peoples comments
@ғuňţċѧsє ţuċҡғѧяԀ dudes got 682 comments and I think they're all just copy's of other people's comments
McElroy: Shot down
Town People: He tripped getting in his truck, and his gun went off and shot him in the back. Quite a tragedy. Who's up for golden Corral?
He tripped on his own trigger
Golden Corral lmao
Me: I’m in besides golden coral has the best fries there
"yeah have you heard that endless pasta bowls are back at olive garden?"
"a man was murdered-"
"Tragic. I'm definitely going to get drunk and eat breadsticks, too"
Yea I have but I prefer Golden Corral
After the murder, apparently a local resident was interviewed by the DA’s office and apparently, they said
“he needed a killin’ “
He sure did, unidentified townsperson.
He sure did.
😂😂😂😂😂he sure did
@@farimhindurwa2112 He deserved a torture experiment by the CIA, every potion used on him
* Ken gets shot *
The entire town: oh noooooo. Ah well, back to work. Next rounds on me.
*ken gets shot*
*entire town gets shots*
prince I’d like to think I’m funny.
The entire town: "OHHH NOOOOOOO!!! Anyway......"
Town: Weird he fell onto those bullets. Ah well. It happens.
"Bullets can be funny like that"
When the reply is better than the comment
He fell onto those bullets.
He fell onto those bullets two times.
“He fell onto the bullets. He fell onto the bullets _two times._
It wierd how that tends to happen,just the other day someone tripped and landed on my knife and somehow got caught on a bungee cord and bounced up and down on it
Cop: “why didn’t you do something to help Ken?”
Townsperson: “well you see... I was over there on the bench...”
Madison Kimack how are you better than a nazi? #johnmulaney
r/unexpectedmulaney 😂
Hell yes , there's always time for John Mulaney
I SCREAMED
Cops: ...but you saw what they were doing to Ken and you did nothing!
Town: Because I was *over on* the *Bench!!*
"McElroy sexually assaults minors(girls)"
Law: yeah ok he would escape in a short while...
"McElroy was shot in a broad daylight"
Law: WHO IS THE HELL SHOT THIS DUDE!! ARREST HIM
That lawyer must've been damn good.
More like Law: who shot him? No one’s gonna say, well at this point I couldnt care less
@@adambump5297 Other documentaries go into far more detail, but in short the lawyer knew how to get charges divided up to separate court jurisdictions and delay legal proceedings for long periods of time to let McElroy have enough time to intimidate witnesses into not testifying against him. It wasn't so much that the lawyer was talented, but that he had absolutely no hesitation in maliciously abusing every mechanism of the system to get McElroy out.
This is the only time I’ve watched buzzfeed unsolved and been okay with not knowing who did it. The guy was clearly a terrible person, and action needed to be taken. It gives me joy that nobody told the police who killed him. It’s actually pretty cool.
Chelsea Dalbora I feel the same way
Feeling somewhat satisfied
Kiquan Ringo Never, the person should never come forward and no.one should give them up. That bastard deserved the death he earned and the system merely wants to arrest someone to save face at their own idiocy and incompetence.
I agree. When the state fails to protect its people, the people have to find the other way out.
It made me happy knowing they found peace after the deed was done. Bunch of decent people there took care of business and moved on with their lives for each other.
The town of skidmore really said “that’s so sad, Alexa, play cell block tango”
he had it cOMING
Oh if you had been there...
If you had seen it!
I bet you'd do the same thing
Pop!
Six!
Squish!
Uh uh!
Cicero!
Lipschitz!
Alexa play megolavania
One case I’m okay with it being unsolved.
True this one deserves the title.
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Absolutely, he had it coming
The real nightmares on elm st
I think it's quite interesting how Shane speculated the potential impact a brain injury could have on a person's behavior. I watched a TED talk called "The most important lesson from 83,000 brain scans" by Daniel Amen and he pretty much confirms this. I'm pretty sure the injury is responsible for, but certainly doesn't justify, McElroy's behavior.
I don’t like it when people use their mental illness or whatever else as an excuse for their terrible behavior. Sometimes your terrible behavior is terrible because your a terrible person
@@daydream5120explanations not excuses, it’s your responsibility to take care of you mental health etc and if you actively choose to be bad person because you have the “excuse” you’re a bad person.
I'm loving the vibe this town is giving off.
Hahaha_ hahaaaa
Amanda Linton hey my grandma lived there I would appreciate if you showed some respect
Jason Ruelas Who asked?
Jason Ruelas how is she disrespecting the town? she literally gave it a compliment
maddy l The adults are talking go watch mincraft
the cops: ay who shot this dude
the town: *seen at 3:08pm*
Oh worm great comment 😂😂
lmfaoooo
the cops: welp guess we'll never know
Haha 308. Was that the caliber of bullet he was shot with?
lmaooo
The saddest thing is that Trena obviously never recovered from the abuse she was under from him.
the grooming is pretty prominent 😔
Welll she was pretty awful person afterwards it seems, trying to get millionaire knowing all the things he did to the town
@@LikanMX stockholm syndrome has been known to affect people long after the death of their abuser
Good
@@LikanMX she's probably been manipulated to thinking he's a good person, and thought she was doing something right
Number one rule of this town: If you saw who shot Ken McElroy, no you didn't.
a rule that all can follow
So I fired off two warning shots,
into his head.
He had it coming, he had it coming,
He only had himself to blame.
If you had been there,if you had seen it,
I bet you you would have done the same.
He had it coming, he had it coming
He had it coming all along,
He used us, and he abused us,
How could you tell us that we were wrong.
It was a murder, but not a crime
POP SIX SQUISH UH UH CICERO LIPCHITZ
*adjusts garter
I was going to comment this right b4 I read yours. Glad I'm not the only one who thought of this
i was waiting for this comment lol
Hell yeah
Cops: So this man was killed
Town: Yup
Cops: And nearly all of you were there when he was killed
Town: Yup
Cops: Then clearly someone must have seen who drew the gun and shot him
Town: That makes sense to me
Cops: Who killed McElroy?
Town: Lol idk
They all blinked at the same time
@@ShrimpInACoffin that's what I said
Fox Draws the town we don’t care HES DEAD HE WAS A HORRIBLE MAN WE WONT TELL who killed him bro
I think I am the only one who got the reference
Cubeminx | nah you ain’t alone 👀 patrick star right ?
"the case will offically remain...unsolved" good. rot.
ashleigh (wheeze)
😂😂😂
Also, kinda random but i was the 3 thousandth like and it was really satisfiying
Exactly the most satisfying "unsolved "case ever 😜
@@rd-yr6ww what are you talking about? also try not using insults based off of ableist slurs lmao.
@@elle.9839 it was a joke, slap yourself for taking life serious 😂
I think this is one of those cases where "the community" pulled the trigger, doesn't matter who had the gun. That's what happens if you wrong people too many times. I wonder what happened to his lawyer though... Not that the guy was guilty too, but I can imagine the people didn't really like him either.
Doesn't matter who killed him. It was something that was gonna happen some time anyway.
I imagine the lawyer just went on with his life. It sounds like the guy was from out of town, so the people probably never saw him again.
@@pattierotondo1108 He was a lawyer for the mafia as well.
I call it self defense. They were doing what would save them from being murdered by him.
@@pattierotondo1108 He was from KC and might have been a mob lawyer.
The mental image of 60 people silently and unanimously deciding they would no longer put up with such an evil force and carrying something else like that is equally chilling and uplifting. I'm surprised a really good movie wasn't made out of this.
There's an old Spanish play that has a similar concept of a town turning against a criminal
There's is a movie. It's called In Broad Daylight.
Melody McElroy, I thought that was a book. Also, a McElroy knowing about this? 🤨 Suspicious.
@@DrAgon-nf1xt It is both. The movie was based off the true events and the books. And why is it suspicious, it's family history 😂😂😂
@@TeensyCleverpaw There is it's called In Broad Daylight
This will probably be the only case,where I am happy to know that it's unsolved.
Oh my gosh lol I agree
💯💯💯
Yes
true!
agrre
It's satisfying that he was killed but it still makes me very mad that his "wife" kept defending him. To clarify, I'm not mad at her. I'm mad that his actions continued to ruin her life for such a long time. He was a true monster.
Stockholm syndrome aint just in Europe
@@justinriley938 did you reply to the wrong person?
It happens with abused people they always defend gulity ones because they believe that the abuse never happened it is very scary viticm psychology is very complex you can't just pack up and leave
@@User_1976_Dodge I know that. I just didn't get why that person brought up Europe when I didn't mention it.
@@toontrooper4103 he was probably making a joke, as stockholm is also the name of the capital of sweden
As a Buddhist, I'm supposed to have compassion for every living creature, this one is tough.
It reminds me of what I heard a monk say at a talk: "Why hold a grudge when karma will get the bastard in the end anyways"
It seems like it didn't take long for karma to catch up.
Buddha talks about two things as core teachings, middle path, and using your own judgment rather than what other people, traditions, books say. In that way, it's justified completely.
The great lesson in tolerance is that you cannot allow the intolerant control. The intolerant will destroy tolerance and it’s essence. So as paradoxical as it may seem, protecting tolerance requires for you to not tolerate the intolerant.
I'm not a Buddhist, but I think there's a difference between having compassion for someone because they are another human being and being okay with what they do because the latter means compassion for the person who has done wrong is overriding the compassion for people who have been hurt.
I think you can have compassion for him for all the things that may have motivated him to do such violent things. if he experienced something awful when he was young and all this was a violent and terrible way of coping with it, you can have compassion for that and wish it hadn't happened -- stuff like that.
I do think compassion can be separate from accepting someone's actions as okay. it has to be. and a crucial part of compassion is the willingness to hold someone accountable for what they do to others because that willingness implicitly acknowledges that person as part of your community and thus partially your responsibility because we are all responsible for caring for our communities. I think that's very compassionate.
Karma doesn't exist
@@Killer-ee7uy thank you for your immeasurably meaningful contribution to the conversation
Back in my mother's hometown a guy who'd only lived there a few months started harassing children (the youngest was 7, oldest was 13 iirc) in a sexual manner, and long story short he went on a fishing trip with one of my mum's cousins, the cousin's friend and the friend's brother, and nobody ever really acknowledged that the harasser didn't come back after. Rural places always seem to go to extremes when it comes to crime, gotta say
Only a fool would stomp all over and bully a rural town. “Justice” can’t save you in places like there
@@theequalizer694 exactly! In my mother's hometown the inhabitants may all be vicious rivals with each other who _might_ punch people over fishing ponds, but they have _standards_
Did they make him squeal like a pig?
@@mysterymac38 Pig, no. Fish, maybe. Just the normal sounds of the lake though, I'm sure
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My grandmother told a story about when she was young, there was a bad person who sounds like this guy in her small town. After he beat his wife almost to death, all of the men in town got together and beat him and drug him out of town. I guess he never went back because the townsmen promised him that they would kill him if he did.
boss
one of the few times i have respect for men is when i hear stories like this, bc damn.
P R E A C H
@@leilanyx ah yes selective sexism
@Jordynne Gonzalez is that tommyinnit in your prp?
There WAS a neighborhood watch. They watched. They did their duty.
woah dude. you have the same name as my mom and you look just like her. that's a little odd.
"So you, as a sworn member of neighborhood watch, allowed this man to be shot and did nothing"
"No, I watched the neighborhood shoot him."
@@barneymiller7894 case closed.
@@TheMCNinjas Pretty much, how's that coverage on the Mint 400 coming?
He was evil. My family knew him well.
I'm pretty sure the "big mosquito" Shane saw was just a crane fly/mayfly. Which actually eat mosquitoes.
Crane flies and mayflies are two very different things, only some species of crane flies eat mosquitos, mayflies don’t eat at all almost
This information does not make me feel better. Thanks!
u mean a skeeter-eater or a mosquito hawk?
to quote a book “there’s a difference between a murder and a killing,”
McElroy: has 53 felonies
Townsfolk: You've yee'd your last haw
He mama'd his last amia
The number of time a single man can nut within one sitting is 53.. 🤔 this number is beginning to have meaning
🤣🤣🤣
McElroy: **exists**
Town: THATS ILLEGAL
Ken: Bullies an entire town relentlessly
*Whole town Gets together to shoot him*
Ken: *Surprised Pikachu face*
Dat DAO Tien but what about fenton
U guys clearly don’t kno TACITUS KILGORE 🤠
As a missourian who lives 20 minutes from Ozark, it’s an honor to have Shane give such compliments to us and our mosquitoes
I think he was talking about mosquito eaters.
Lol I also live in Missouri, currently in St. Louis. And no he was talking about regular mosquitos 😂, they’re ignorantly big.
damn now i wanna rewatch the ozark show
@@cliffsidetony8222I have heard, though, that Alaska, being the biggest state, has the biggest of everything, including mosquitoes. There's a story I read--maybe apocryphal--about a fighter plane crew at Ladd AFB that had pumped a number of pounds of jet fuel into a fighter before they realized that they were fueling a mosquito. . .
whole town had airpods in while he got murdered
no this is jodi lmao
ken the gun is aiming... OH GOD HE HAS AIRPODS IN! HE CANT HEAR US OH GOD!!
We all know what was going through his mind..... the bullets.
Here a quote from the movie, shershank redemption
“I wonder what went through his head other than that bullet, like how Andy got the best of him”
*Takes airpods out* whuh?
I actually don't want this solve. The man was clearly immoral, violent, egotistical, and extremely apathic to the neighborhood he lived in to the point that law enforcement had a hard time pinning a conviction on him because of the situation and whatever influence he had to disway the jury and local town justice system.
If the town felt that they've been abandoned by Lady Justice herself, I can't blame them for finally putting matters into their own hands.
The young lawyer being crafty with his testimony was the spark that would have finally pushed the town to end the guy. Heck, they even went as far as making sure the wife was safe.
This was a social intervention that was long coming. Just....quoting Shane, "F*** that guy."
It's been said that Lady Justice exerts her authority not only in court rooms.
Fandom Cake I agree. Except the law didn't have trouble "pinning him down" it was just because lazy and corrupt as it always is in these cases
Certainly a different 'feeling' from this episode. Normally when an episode finishes I feel kinda creeped out by what has transpired. With this episode, I feel uplifted. Great show as always :)
Carnivorous Corner yeah it's messed up that he got away with it for so long, can't imagine how helpless those people felt.
Carnivorous Corner Karma got to him eventually
Carnivorous Corner yeah,a whole town came together to create some good,through muurrdaah
He was an Icarus but like what Ryan and Shane said, instead of flying to close to the sun and crashing into the sea, he to a sharp left turn, flew straight into the sun and burned harder than the Isdal Woman.
“Finally, the fucker’s dead” - everyone
You know, I was discussing this with someone and they raised a good question.
Why... and how... did McElroy have this fancy (and presumably expensive) big-city lawyer on retainer to help get him off over and over? Even if all his thieving made a decent wage, how did a bully in a town of a few hundred people even show up on McFadin's radar, let alone as someone he wanted to take the time and resources to defend?
I'm assuming part of it was the fact that the police in the area McElroy lived were notoriously bad about ever documenting anything to do with McElroys run ins with the law. They often wouldn't even file reports when they'd arrest him and that made it absurdly easy for McFadin to shoot down the prosecutions case.
He always paid his lawyer with a paper bag full of cash
@@missourirebel9669 "Under the table" as the saying goes.
Trena: “He was shot and killed!”
Autopsy: He died from an allergic reaction to bullets
🤣🤣🤣
Lead poisoning
lmfao
😂😂
🤣😂😂😂🤣
“Aye It is what it is”-Whole Town
I am not changing it to “It Izzzz what It Izzzzz”.
He really took a well deserved L
It izzzzz what it izzzzzzzz
It izzzzz what it izzzz
it izz what it izzz
it izz wat it izzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.
Literally the entire town @ McElroy: Then Perish.
I snorted
Christi B 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Town: Hm. He must’ve had a pre-existing condition.
Sheriff: To gunshot wounds...?
Town: Yup.
Sheriff: Okie-dokie then.
He had it comin'
He had it comin'
He took a flower in its prime
And then he used it
And he abused it
*It was a murder, but not a crime*
Chicago was an amazing play and that song is a bop. Fight me lol
Beautify
He fell onto those bullets.
He fell onto those bullets two times.
CELL BLOCK TANGOOOO
They shot a warning shot right into his head!
I'm so fond of this though? The whole town just having their back? Amazing.
neither of those were questions
@@darkability1393 and?
Noiz He was saying no reason to add a ? after a simple statement
@@darkability1393 Eh, man I'm just tryna convey my tone, here.
mcelory: *gets shot*
the dude who shot him: it is what it is
the whole town: it eeeezz what it eeeeeezzz hahahaha
LMAOO
I understood that reference
@@spark1400 I don’t. Help!
@@jeannecastillo4379 ua-cam.com/video/KpXsfimrkFo/v-deo.html
I love that the whole town was actually on the same side of this issue. They all agreed he needed to go and that the killing should be kept hidden.
Can I just add, props to the guy who took the time to get Trina to safety. That guy’s a freaking hero to take the time to make sure the innocent girl was out of the way of the potential mob.
that wasn't a mob, that was a judge and jury
@@benpool4953 and executioner
@@leonidas0242 And martyr, should the murder ever be solved.
It's just sad she was obviously suffering from abuse (Stockholm Syndrome) because she genuinely believed that her "husband" was a good guy.
@@benpool4953 that was a judge, a judge, a judge, a judge, a judge, a judge, a judge, a judge, a judge, a judge, a judge, a judge,a judge, a judge, a judge, a judge, a judge, a judge,a judge, a judge, a judge, a judge, a judge, a judge, a judge, a judge, a judge, a judge, a judge, two and a half jury’s, and two executioners.
I grew up in Skidmore and was just a toddler when these events took place. I do remember the townsfolk talking about it behind closed doors especially after Trena filed her lawsuit and it was settled. This was talked about in certain circles of the old timers (usually while drinking) but NEVER in the presence of anyone the townsfolk considered an outsider even if those said outsiders had moved to town and became local. As the years pass no one talks about it anymore and 90% of the towns folks who lived there at the time have either moved away or passed on. Those who remain or are in the know will always keep a tight lip on who the actual shooter was. To all who read this please try to understand, this was something that HAD to happen, because if Rex would have went down for those 2 years when he got out, he would have taken his vengeance out on the entire town and everyone knew it.
We know exactly who did it, some stones are best left unturned. If you havnt been told by now you probably never will.
@@Ooooyerr EXACTLY.
@@falkwulf3842 I'm not asking who it was but I just wanna say, if you personally know, that's both very eerie and amazing at the same time.
@@Potato-yd3hv Everyone alive in Skidmore at the time knows who did it. But its best to let sleeping dogs lay.
Should have got better sheriff
Police: Mr. Clement, did you kill Mcelroy
Clement: No, I didn’t.
Police: Ok! Thank you for your time. Have a nice day. Well, there are no more suspects. Guess we gotta call this a cold case.
hahaha
Lmao Clement: *holding the gun*
@@therainbowwillow4453 : scratching his face with the gun while the cop questions him.
😉😉😉😉😉
My last name is Clement. Ugh
The way the townspeople came together against that monster and loyally held their secret even after all these years feels oddly wholesome.
To quote a long-lost comment, "It was a murder, but not a crime"
Edit: Thanks for the reacts, you are all amazing!
I wanted to like it but it's at 111 likes so just so you know
@@ineffabledolphin9139 Haha thanks, have a nice day :)
Haha I’m literally wearing a shirt right now that says that
@@glindasquires4856 Where can I get one?!
@Sotos Annis it was a gift so I’m not sure I think it was custom made from an Etsy shop
cop: why didn't you call an ambulance when ken got shot?
townsperson: i was...busy
Townsperson: I had AirPods in
Cause I was over on the bench.
@That One Dude that took place at in the 80's keep that in mind
i was busy... farming the air
gretchen day notice the first shot was in the head
_He had it coming, he had it coming_
_He only had himself to blame!_
_If you'd have been there, if you'd have seen it_
_I betcha you would have done the same!_
Pop! Six! squish! nu uh! cicero! Lipshitz!
Good ol' Chicago
It was a murder, but not a crime!
ccobuu is crofters the only jelly you'll put in your belly?
Tinka Dureya Y E S
To me, a good lawyer is one who understands that the law is meant to defend justice, that they are meant to defend justice. Knowing legal loopholes doesn’t make you a good lawyer, it makes you a sleazy white collar criminal.
The truth is, the law and everyone involved in it failed the community. Instead of protecting them and serving justice to an outright violent and intimidating man, it did the exact opposite. I hope his lawyer gets a special place in hell for his part in mocking justice.
As far as vigilantism goes, it’s honestly what happens when the law fails to protect the right people. It’s not ideal, I certainly don’t condone it, but if those involved in law mock or impede real justice, it’s only a matter of time. I’m glad that community finally got to feel and enjoy the safety they were robbed of while the law protected the perpetrator.
The justice system in general can be unfair but I don’t think the lawyer rigged the system at all. I think the lawyer was simply good at his job and probably had more clients besides violent criminals.
don't blame a lawyer for being good at their job - blame law enforcement for being bad at theirs
I disagree. Using those loopholes to free a guilty man makes you a sleezy criminal. Using those loopholes to protect an innocent man makes you a damn good lawyer. Sometimes you need those holes to, say, force a corp to repay a old woman for damaging her pourch while digging new phone lines.
i hope it stays unsolved.
My.personal theory is that the killer(s) are on the other side of the dirt themselves
@@ohwell94 Why
@@Crashj7f67h Imo?
I have read about this guy and the town and from my understanding it was mostly ppl in their late 40'-60s who went into town during that time of day and this was over 40 yrs ago so they are either up there in years or deceased
If the shooter is still alive (i doubt it but you never know) we should all send flowers and gifts to their house
I hope we find out so we can have a national holiday for them.
Lemme get this straight. FOR YEARS this man did crazy amounts of crime, and GOT AWAY with it because his lawyer was good AND notably because he was able to intimidate the local law enforcement..andt he FBI did NOT get involved. Someone kills him and all of a sudden this is an FBI issue? Like, ONE man terrozring a whole town is the PERFECT situation for state and federal law enforcement.
Yes he always got off all his crimes
Watch the movie in broad day light
the FBI cannot investigate a case without official request, so its most likely that sheriff liked Ken or whatever, and then after he died he was butthurt and requested them in.
@@madiconti777 that's it they let it go cause of everything he did folks there is a lot that people don't know about Ken his 2 wife's everything was not put in the book or movie a lot was left out like when he came to st Joseph Missouri .. I know little Ken real well .and everyone is just reading and seeing half of what he did
The system eh?
Clarification: McElroy didn't enter a relationship with Trena when she was 14.
He started being attracted to her *when she was 12.*
Whoever shot him is a hero. No matter how you slice it.
that poor fucking girl jesus
@@CakefoxDots i just feel that even though probably a lot bad happened with her while she was minor, she probably started enjoying the power and money her husband had... Since she denied the harassment, plus went ahead to be a witness for his murder and lie that he was all clear, filed a 6million$ lawsuit..... I just feel like she was someone who just cared about money
@@xplosivevirus2502 That or such continued trauma and abuse from such a young age kind of stunted her mental growth. It's not uncommon for abuse victims to side with their abusers and deny any of their wrongdoings.
Xplosive Virus maybe you should rethink how you “feel” and educate yourself on what years of abuse does to a person, especially before puberty
Antidepressants not cutting it? Listen to this story about an absolute bastard dying
This just made me more depressed. All of this could of been prevented. He didn't have to do these things. A lot of people have been theorizing that it may have been due to his brain injury, which just makes this whole situation worst.
i can't afford them anymore but i personally think this is better
True depressed for 7 years still this one gave me a month worth of serotonin 🔥🤌
@@NihilisticBallman That brain injury, if there was one, was never going to be fixed anyway.
Short of him getting locked up for everyone's good (including his), the end result was but a question of time.
He didn't want anyone on the witness stand, well, he got his wish.
That town is loyal af
Ashley F I’m so weak
Ashley F
Yep!
This town is wifey material
I'm moving to Skidmark, Missouri
Get you someone like that this town
this is the ONLY case I've ever seen where im glad it was unsolved
Ironically its not even a mystery :)
Town had enough, agreed to sort it out themselves and stay quiet.
TECHNICALLY It’s not Unsolved. It’s known who did it within the town. So they know who did it, and that’s that.
@@electricarc6377 nah, its unsolved coz it's not official. Based on your logic, you might as well say that for almond every unsolved bcoz every killer will know what happened
im sooo glad none of the people spoke up like you know usually in some cases there'd be that One (1) noisy person who'd snitch but the fact that there was not a single one here?? out of 60 people?? like they wouldnt even give like a tiny description or a little hint???? that man must have terrorized that town so much lmao
ikr thats what i thought he was a nasty man
The police were at that meeting lol who would they tell? The wife of the man they just murdered? I feel like even if someone wanted to the town would have made sure no one did
Watch the Sundance documentary on the case. Goes into much more detail. It's called "No One Saw a Thing."
The person who shot him was probably seen as a hero
I mean I think this is actually pretty common in small towns, especially in “ye olden days”. I used to volunteer in a retirement home and I had a few residents tell me about abusive husbands or fathers that would “commit suicide” or had rather nasty “accidents” and there was a case in a village not too far away from the one I grew up in where the local vicar “tied himself to a post in the middle of a field, beat him self with a stick and slit his own throat” after being exposed as a pedophile. It wasn’t something ever really talked about but behind closed doors when the older folks had a few too many drinks it would sometimes come up. The guy who did it was actually a pretty nice bloke too so it was always hard to imagine him doing something like that
Even if they did find the shooters. Good luck getting a jury that would convict them.
My main issue is why was the FBI involved AFTER his death and not before when he was a complete monster getting away with horrific things...
Yush Kumar Well you can see with what Ryan said, that everything was blown off like it was nothing. The FBI don't know in rural areas like that if they don't get a tip. And the people of the town nor police probably didn't think about trying to see if the FBI is interested to get involved.
Yeah but then why did it all of a sudden become interesting after his death? Seems like McElroy's mafia connections were real powerful ones. And how did McElroy even get such a lawyer??
The FBI also only deal with crime on a federal level - I think that's what they call it. Unless the police asks for their help in some specific case. I'm guessing the police wanted the help of the FBI to solve McElroy's murder. Before he died the police might have been corrupt and had no interest in contacting the FBI - or maybe they were just to stubborn and wanted to handle things by themselves :S
Because in this world, in the end, nobody with power cares about ethics or morals. Law precedes it, even though law is just a man-made rule by humans pretending to be gods.
Zirikazuto Ranmaru even though we do get ethics classes in law school but sure, no one cares
Police: I’ll do everything in my power to find the shooter
Police: Who did it?
Town: lmao idk
*town just walks away*
Town: Yall hear something?
*Town: I ain't see shit*
Police: Eh, yknow what, fair enough, case's unsolved, lets go home everybody
💀y’all are funny
It's interesting how when Ken did all the crime, no one in the justice system can touch him but when he is the one getting killed, even the FBI comes to investigate the case. Smh
Ikr!!
Well it was a murder lol the FBI doesn’t just come investigate any case it has to be a capital crime
Tyler CK he had multiple felonies and almost killed someone twice
WetRee almost that’s the thing it takes more for the fbi to get involved
Tyler CK so a murder of a terrible human doesn’t equal what was it like 50 something felonies and crimes(that we know of) by a single terrible human ? wouldn’t the fbi want to see wtf is wrong with this dude he’s obviously a insane threat to society
I’ve been rewatching lots of buzzfeed unsolved recently, and this has to be one of my favorite cases they’ve covered, especially because of how the town was just like “oh, no, we have no idea who killed him”
I feel like this will be a mystery that will never be solved. Someone out of the 60 people saw an opportunity to free themselves of a terror, killed the man, and everyone quietly agreed it was the right thing to do. They may even have sworn secrecy.
I do applaud the townspeople here; working together to fight one common enemy. And such "teamwork" that not a single person told anyone who really killed the man. It's quite touching in a really weird way.
Whats unsolved on this? Everyone in the town killed him because they are all sick of his bullshit. They were all in that together. Good for them.
Anyone: *falls on head*
Shane: oh no he broke his empathy
PuppyDragon Nerd 🤣🤣🤣🤣
There is a part of the brain where that could actually be the case. The right supramarginal gyrus controls to a large degree our empathy and damage to it does lead to drastically reduced empathy. Changes in that area of the brain are also linked with psychopathy.
Brain damage is a real thing you fucktard lmaoooo
Didn't Ryan fall on his head?
@@ghosttimer it gave him his eyes
*meme of Sandra Bullock wearing a blindfold* “The entire town of Skidmore when Ken got shot”
Modern Problems Require Modern Solutions
salvador de leon love
hahahahahaha!
Ray Charles: I'm gonna pretend I didn't see that...
salvador de leon 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Ryan: “He was probably enjoying a nice glass of sweet tea.”
Shane: *horrified imagining dying while drinking sweet tea*
The only reason anyone should ever want this case solved is so they can send the shooters a damn gift basket. Seriously, it was basically self defense at that point.
Bryn Jackson I would love to see what kind of gift basket and card someone chooses for the occasion. Hallmark doesn't exactly have a "Thanks... for shooting a guy who completely earned it" section
If that happened he will get a lot of gifts
I bet the townsfolk took good care of the shooter after it all happened. I'd give the guy free beer every time he walked in my bar lol
Erika M Dude probably did
M Tamimi Oh y'know, maybe some nice soaps, muffins, artisinal jams and stuff, fancy chocolates, a nice picnic style basket with a big bow on it..
That kind of thing. Maybe a 'Thanks for all your hard work!' card from the 'best wishes - retirement' section... Just send him something nice 😂 I bet the townspeople really did take care of the guy and give him ongoing silent respect forever after he put down that rotten bloke.
It sucks that these comments where deleted because i saw one that was particularly interesting. One comment talked about his/her grandma who grew up in that town and was there when the murder happened. They said that the grandma told them that she knew who the killer was, but she would never tell, the secret died with her. Pretty cool comment wish i could see it again.
Why were the comments deleted?
DaVadReviewer the comments where more “reset” than deleted, this is because they moved the video to a different channel
Yep. No one is going to know who killed Ken. I live in the area. It's going to go to everyone's graves.
Gramma did it.
I used to live in Missouri and the town barely talks about the death anymore, but assault cases there are suspiciously low.
Justified. No loss. Case closed.
I love that the entire town just collectively agreed to never reveal who pulled the trigger.
this is the most satisfying "unsolved" case
I agree. A big, bad bad man was oppressing and intimidating an entire town. The law and Justice systems failed them consistently and the people by that point had enough. There were 60 people at that town hall, their oppressor wasn’t and went to the bar for some drinks with his wife. Suddenly the meeting abruptly ended. Leaving, they all went to intimidate McElroy and his wife, this time flanking their truck from behind. But a few, maybe 2 or even 6 (as the Boys depict in the vid), decided to enact an attempt at small-town justice; they took the law into their own hands, readied their arms, fired at Ken in an attempt to wound, scare, or even just hurt him. But their shots were true and they hit, killing him. The rest of their fellow townsfolk stood there, silent, in solidarity. Justice, that they deserved for decades and for their home of Skidmore, Missouri had finally: been Served.
@@finstrike7 any homes for sale in this town where can I sign up
Mike Cash maybe? Go on listings and see!
Ray Aiello yep. He was evil and had to be put down. Regardless if he even allowed it to happen to him. He’s gone now. So there.
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I could see this being a good true story movie where a detective comes in from the city to this small town, thinking a man has been murdered for no apparent reason and as he digs deeper he finds out who this man really was
Murder on the Orient Express:
@@Hanakin-Sidewalker thx for reminding me of that one. ^^
And the ending line is like 'Somethings are just better left *unsolved* '
@@Hanakin-Sidewalker
Such a good story
At the end, he finally has the identity of the shooter on a piece of paper, thinks for a minute, then crumples it up and throws it away
Ryan: "I don't consider myself an overly religious man..."
Also Ryan: brings a squirt gun full of holy water to a demon hunt.
How interesting. I was the demonic 666th like to your comment. Hmmmmmm...
Hey! *At least he's safe than sorry..*
Thats why it didnt help🤣🤣🤣🤣
Derek Connors 😂😂😂😂😂
I drank some holy water last time I went to a church. Tasted like shit. Maybe the imaginary sky fairy will spite me.
By far my favorite story so far. The glee i felt when they talked about the whole town just not saying anything, and the settlement going for a fraction of what the wife wanted is amazing