The Strange Killing of Ken Rex McElroy
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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
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!!*
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.
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
@@user-gt8ft6vy5jpop six squish uh uh ciscero lishiptz
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
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
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...
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.
"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.
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”
Town: *plots to kill him* One guy: *kills him* Sheriff: “Who killed him?” Town: “I must be John because I ain’t Cena thing”
That’s the best joke ever
Got to admit, that's pretty good
underrated comment right here
Niiiice!
Nice one!
The fact that his wife kept defending him, even tho she was raped and assaulted and had to bear his child when she was a child herself, even after his death shows what kind of manipulative person he was that even after his death, she denies to speak ill of him...
Stockholm Syndrome
I feel so bad for her. She didn’t deserve that, no one deserve to go through anything resembling that
And then she tries to sue for millions? Even though he was financially supposedly doing well? Gee, wonder what she thought of that poor old man getting shot in the neck. She was an adult by then and should have been aware what a menace her “husband” was.
@@kamwickw933 🤦♀️ you don't know how Stockholm syndrome works. Manipulation can last forever.
@kamwickw933 she was manipulated as a child dumass. SHUT UP
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
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.
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.
My uncle once told me "sometimes things just need to be solved with a funeral" this was one of those times
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 😂
Oh they formed a neighborhood watch alright. Neighborhood watched him get shot.
underrated comment
Yup YUP LETS GOOOOOOOOII
@@emmachenski4152 seriously
BOOST
Damn thats based.
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
Number one rule of this town: If you saw who shot Ken McElroy, no you didn't.
a rule that all can follow
"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.
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
"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.
When Ryan gives the warning about violence against women, if you want to skip past the specifics go to 6:20
thanks for the warning, kind stranger :)
you are doing the lord's work, friend. thank you.
Thanks :)
May both sides of your pillow always be the perfect temperature :)
thats the best part tho lol
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
r/maliciouscompliance
🤣🤣🤣🤣
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
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.
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
McElroy: gets shot *everyone liked that*
De worst part is when he shot de dog
Kevin Palmer i agree that’s horrible but I’m pretty sure him raping women and attempting murder of an innocent man is worse
Nah, I think you dont use people to do your own homework. Leave it to the police.
Cate Freeborn rappin' women is horrible especially if there 12
Islay Hayward Whoever shot him just received top corner of the screen [ you’ve gained Karma! ] McElroy just received [ you’ve lost Karma]
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
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.
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.
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
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'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?
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 🔥🤌
* 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.
“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
Town: Hm. He must’ve had a pre-existing condition. Sheriff: To gunshot wounds...? Town: Yup. Sheriff: Okie-dokie then.
This is possibly the most satisfying unsolved mystery. You don't really want to know who did it, it's just nice to know that this town banded together to get rid of someone who was terrorizing them for years.
Yeah i know what you mean, Police: who killed him? Everyone: we're not sure >:)
@@ecksdee1637 It kind of reminds me of the "Burning Bed" case. This woman named Francine Hughes doused her sleeping husband in gasoline and set his bed on fire. But she was found not guilty because the husband was insanely violent and had subjected her to years of horrific domestic abuse. Even in 1977, when people were only just starting to come to terms with the prevalence of domestic violence, no one wanted to convict her.
@@etanaedelman9011 Even thought the law is against you, you have the will and acceptance of the people
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!
Trena: “He was shot and killed!” Autopsy: He died from an allergic reaction to bullets
🤣🤣🤣
Lead poisoning
lmfao
😂😂
🤣😂😂😂🤣
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.
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
Shane: F this guy Ryan: That train arrived at the station rather quickly for me as well
I think this was all of us
I like that in most of this video Shane and Ryan agree the entire time when most of the time they argue about everything 😂
That train arrived at the station at the speed of a rocket for me
Get out of here bill this ain’t weirdmageddeon
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
Ryan: “He was probably enjoying a nice glass of sweet tea.” Shane: *horrified imagining dying while drinking sweet tea*
The way the townspeople came together against that monster and loyally held their secret even after all these years feels oddly wholesome.
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
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
McElroy: *gets shot* Entire town of Skidmore: Oh no! Anyways…
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.
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
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
The sheriff: so, what happened? The entire town: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Even if they did find the shooters. Good luck getting a jury that would convict them.
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”
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
I love that the entire town just collectively agreed to never reveal who pulled the trigger.
As someone from the Ozarks I'll forgive Shane for confusing a crane fly with a big mosquito. Crane flies are harmless and actually eat pests.
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 🤠
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
2:14 ok the thing with CTE (Chronic Traumatic Encepolapathy, I hope I spelled that right) is that it basically is like a permanent concussion that damages your brain. you can hear things, hallucinate, act irrationally and without visible cause or triggers, there's this great documentary called 'League of Denial' that talks all about how the majority of football players in the NFL who went wack (think Junior Seau, Mike Webster, Ken Stabler, Ollie Matson, and more) were also players that got hit in the head a bunch. It's actually pretty fascinating and would explain a lot of the mental side that McElroy displayed.
here's the link to the documentary if anyone wants it, knock yourself out (pun intended, but plz don't actually) kzhead.info/sun/hsmdc9CjeKCZn6M/bejne.html
Sheriff: So, what happened? Townsfolk: He slipped backward and fell a shotgun and then it fired.
*Ken McElroy is bleeding and dying on the concrete, screaming bloody murder* the town: "Y'all heard sumn?"
Clarke Horton actually tho
My phone must be ringing or my radio is too loud. Im so sorry
Mcelroy: *gets shot* Town: *swears they all were blinking when it happened*
Ken McElroy never singled anyone out though.
The Town: I'm Helen Keller in this bitch
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
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
Excellent presentation. You guys brought out some very interesting thoughts. With a population of around 260 people, those 60 people represent the majority of adults in Skidmore. It's easy to believe they had no problem keeping silent. Somebody never paid for a drink again.
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.
“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.
I can say without a doubt, I’d cover it up too. I don’t think I’d even hide that I was. “We know you saw something, tell us what happened.” “I didn’t see nothing.” “Sir, you’re obstructing a police investigation.” “YEP. I DIDN’T SEE NOTHING.”
I have to respect Shane. He is constantly making jokes and not taking things seriously, until abuse is involved. Whenever he hears that abuse is involved, especially that on kids, his face falls and he clearly pays attention. You can even notice that the rate that he makes jokes decreases
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
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
I don't need to know who the shooter was. I'll just have an iced coke. The law failed to do their jobs and forced the town's people to do it for them. Shame on the Law for that! And congratulations 👏👏👏 to the town for cleaning up the pest problem. The wife should have gotten a $200 check for the damage to the trucks back window and windshield. 17k was too much!
This is my favorite episode of Buzzfeed unsolved, something is so satisfying about hearing about his death after terrorizing the town, it sounds like something that would happen in a novel or something
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
mcelory: *gets shot* the dude who shot him: it is what it is the whole town: it eeeezz what it eeeeeezzz hahahaha
LMAOO
it eeeeeezzzz what it eeeeeeeeeeszzzzzz
I understood that reference
@@spark1400 I don’t. Help!
@@jeannecastillo4379 kzhead.info/sun/ftSRo8qhpKSheac/bejne.html
One thing I learned from all of these stories. The justice system is so fucked and only hurts innocents/small crimes
The guy was absolutely crazy to think he could terrorize an entire town and live a full life.
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
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
Vigilante justice is sometimes needed, especially when it's known the law is useless. You hear rumors of it all the time, usually beating people up and that's the end of it (in the UK from my experience) Also with regards to the head injuries, one of the most famous examples I can think of is Henry VIII, who fell of his horse in a jousting accident and supposedly that's when his reign of tyranny began
"The small town stood by them in solidarity with their complicit silence" 👏👏
McElroy: *getting shot* Town: is it the fourth of July?
“Do I hear fireworks?”
It happen 6 days after funnily enough
No, it was my birthday. 10 years before I was born.
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
in a strange way this got kind of heartwarming
The town really said “we dont snitch.” As they should
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
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
This is and always will be my favorite case covered by Unsolved
I come back to this video for a breather from the creepier episodes cause honestly this is the closest to a “feel-good” story
"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 😂
*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 😂😂😂😂😂😂
I definitely think head injuries can mess with your empathy. There's also cases of people gaining hyper empathic traits after a head injury, including myself!
I've never been so happy a murder went unsolved
Ken gets murdered Cops: why didn’t you call the ambulance? Whole Town: I was sitting over by the bench
jennifer tapia i hope this is a john mulaney reference because it fits so perfect
I see what you did there :')
How are you b e t t e r than a nazi
Well you see I was occupied with something else even when I heard the gunshot
Cops: so you saw what they did to Rex, and you did nothing. Town: yeah, cause I was sitting over on the bench.
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
Most unsolved cases and crime usually leaves me pissed off but this one this one put a smile on my face
Hi! I've actually done a study on head trauma and personality changes/aggression and I found that there is definitely a correlation between traumatic brain injury and aggressive personality traits (also risk taking, anxiety, depression, selfishness, etc.)