Without a doubt Jesse James was the most popular person in the Old South especially after a sympathetic press wrote about him as a modern Robin Hood taking from the rich & giving to the poor. But against widespread popular belief did several powerful businessmen & politicians including the Governor of Missouri conspire to kill the outlaw to prevent his rise to elected political prominence? This remarkable docu-drama employs a team of experts with modern day forensic tools to re-examine the murder of Jesse James & in doing so dramatically recreates some of his most infamous crimes.