Don't Ask Why: The Murder of Victor Block

Schedule

Wed, 22 Apr, 2026 at 06:30 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

N.H. Scheppers Distributing Co | Jefferson City, MO

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Doug Reece tells the true crime story of the 1942 murder of Victor Block, a Jefferson City, MO native and the ensuing struggles of his wife and children after he was gone. Interspersed in this tale is the story of his murderer, Warren McConville, a career criminal and Gordon Lee Cooper, the man who murdered McConville in a knife fight at the Missouri State Penitentiary.

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N.H. Scheppers Distributing Co, 2300 St Marys Blvd,Jefferson City, Missouri, United States

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Don't Ask Why: The Murder of Victor Block

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