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Crime & Murders

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Raymond Gunn Lynching

Doc Talbott

Ken Rex McElroy

Learn about the complicated 19th century murder of Doc Talbott, the suspicion of his family, and the execution of his sons. This case also involves domestic violence.

Learn about the 1937 lynching of local Black man Raymond Gunn. Examine the crimes he was accused of and the presentation of the arrest and lynching in regional newspapers.

Learn about a story of vigilantism with the history of Skidmore local Ken Rex McElroy, the impact he had on the community, and his still unsolved murder in the 1980s.

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