Summer Series 2023: The Intersection of Highway 40/Highway 63 (Crime Spree of 1933, Part 2)

Episode Description

On June 14, 1933, Missouri State Highway Patrolman Ben Booth and Boone County Sheriff Roger Wilson were called to the intersection of Highway 40/Highway 63 in Columbia to set up a roadblock due to a bank robbery. In Part 2, co-hosts Sean Rost and Kathleen Seale discuss how the roadblock altered the lives of all involved and left Missouri law enforcement agencies scrambling to find the occupants of a mysterious car.

Episode Image: Missouri State Highway Patrolman on a Harley Davidson motorcycle, ca. 1935 [Charles Trefts Photographs (P0034), SHSMO]

Banner Image: Audrain County Court House in Mexico, Missouri, ca. 1930s [Missouri Postcard Collection (P0032), SHSMO]