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 and giving to the poor". But against widespread popular belief, did several powerful businessmen and 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 and in doing so dramatically recreates some of his most infamous crimes.