Interview Talk Points for Harry MacLean

1. What got you interested in this story?

2. How did you get the townspeople to open up to you?

3. Tell us about McElroy's reign of terror? Who were some of his victims?

4. Why was he really able to get away with breaking the law for twenty years?

5. Tell us what happened on the morning of July 10, 1981.

6. How many witnesses were there? Who were they? What did they say happened? Didn't McElroy's wife identify the killers?

7. Why were people so scared of Ken Rex McElroy? Did he kill any one?

8. Do you agree with the citizens of Skidmore? Do you feel they had a choice?

9. Why has no one ever been charged with McElroy's killing?

10. What became of the FBI investigation?

11. Why couldn't the law handle Ken McElroy? Is it true that cops were scared of him?

12. What sort of a man was Ken Rex McElroy?

13. How many wives and kids did he have?

14. How do the townspeople feel about the killing now?

15. Will anyone ever be charged with the killing?

16. Tell us about the people in Skidmore. What sort of town is it?

17. Have you met the killers? Do you know who they are?

18. What's happened to McElroy's wife and children?

19. I understand the book was a bestseller, won an Edgar, was made into a movie. Tell us about the movie.

20. How do you feel about the killing now, after all these years?

21. How do the townspeople feel about the book? The movie?

22. I understand there was another murder there not too long ago. Tell us about that.