I grew up about sixty miles from Centralia, MO, where Bloody Bill Anderson and his crew, including Jesse James, killed a bunch of unarmed Federal troops going home on leave. Murdered them in ways most foul. A good bit before my time....................

Chariton County, MO, where I grew up, seldom has anything resembling a murder, ever. Other than despondent farmers suiciding themselves or a drunk killing himself in an auto accident, most folks die of natural causes.

You can roll a turd in peanuts, dip it in chocolate, and it still ain't no damn Baby Ruth.