Summer Series 2023: Platte City & The Red Crown Tavern (Part 4)

With law enforcement still investigating the Union Station Massacre, the Barrow Gang quietly pulled into Platte City’s Red Crown Tavern. By the time they left, in a hail of gunfire, they were arguably one of the most wanted gangs in the United States. In Part 4, co-hosts Sean Rost and Kathleen Seale conclude the Summer Series by recounting the events that unfolded at the Red Crown Tavern, and how its aftermath set the Barrow Gang on a path towards the end of the road.

Episode Image: Highway leading to Tipton, Missouri, 1945 [Charles van Ravenswaay Photograph Collection (P0014), SHSMO]