Wake Up With Jim

Our walk on the dark side of Route 66 continues with the tale of William Cook and his murder spree through Oklahoma, Texas and California. It is the tragic story of a young man who never had a chance. 

From infancy he had been driven to rage and violence, and turned to crime at an early age. Then he headed west from Joplin along US 66 and left a trail of death in his wake. 

On today's program America's storyteller shares another story of Murder and Mayhem On The Main Street of America: Tales From Bloody 66. 

This program is sponsored in part by the Wagon Wheel Motel in Cuba, Missouri. No mere motel, this is a living time capsule and the very essence of Route 66 made manifest.