Murder and Mayhem in Missouri

Desperadoeslike Frank and Jesse James earned Missouri the nickname of the "Outlaw State"after the Civil War, and that reputation followed the region into theProhibition era through the feverish criminal activity of Bonnie and Clyde, theBarkers and Charles "Pretty Boy" Floyd.

Duck into the SlickerWar of the 1840s, a vigilante movement that devolved into a lingering feud inwhich the two sides sometimes meted out whippings, called slickings, on eachother. Or witness the Kansas City Massacre of 1933, a shootout between lawenforcement officers and criminal gang members who were trying to free FrankNash, a notorious gang leader being escorted to federal prison.

Follow LarryWood through the most shameful and savage portion of the Show-Me State'shistory.