Sept. 28, 1953: A tale of evil and stupidity becomes Missouri’s crime of the 20th century
BY TIM O'NEIL St. Louis Post-Dispatch KANSAS CITY • On the night of Oct. 4, 1953, Carl Austin Hall drove his rented Ford along a wooded stretch of U.S. Highway 40 east of Kansas City. He turned down a quiet county road toward a bridge but didn't …