Includes bibliographical references and index.

Wild Bill Hickok's Springfield shootout -- The rule of regulators -- Murdered for preaching the Gospel? -- Troublous times in the Cherokee neutral lands -- The killin' Killians -- The bloody Benders of southeast Kansas -- The Younger brothers' Roscoe gun battle -- Hobbs Kerry and the Otterville train robbery -- Red hot rivals -- The day George Shepherd "killed" Jesse James -- Ozark Mountain justice -- Emma Molloy and the most sensational murder case in Greene County history -- Barry County's most shocking crime -- The Blalock-Fry gang of Southeast Kansas -- The Dalton gang's waterloo at Coffeyville -- Bill Doolin wasn't foolin' -- House of sport, house of murder -- Cora Hubbard and the Pineville bank robbery -- Henry Starr's Bentonville and Harrison bank robberies -- The Eureka Springs bank robbery -- Arkansas Tom -- When the Ma Barker gang terrorized the Ozarks -- Bloody day in Brookline -- The dark day Bonnie and Clyde terrorized Joplin -- Badman Bill Cook.