70 Years Later: The September 1954 Missouri State Penitentiary Riot

Name: 70 Years Later: The September 1954 Missouri State Penitentiary Riot
Start: 2024-10-10T19:00:00-05:00
Location: 600 W Main St, Jefferson City, MO, United States, Missouri 65101

Schedule

Thu Oct 10 2024 at 07:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

600 W Main St, Jefferson City, MO, United States, Missouri 65101 | Jefferson City, MO

Long time Missouri State Penitentiary tour guide and Show Me Murder podcast host Michael Lear presents an off-the-cuff discussion of the September, 1954 riot at Missouri State Penitentiary; its causes, its lasting effects, and who really killed Walter Lee Donnell.
Show Me Murder presents detailed, meticulously researched accounts of true crimes from the State of Missouri. The program seeks to relate stories of interesting crimes from the state's history based on historic accounts, books, newspaper articles, interviews and court documents – often found at the Missouri State Archives.