Jesse James Wax Museum

I had been wanting to go here for some time. I first saw the ads while traveling old Route 66. But if anyone has driven on a Missouri highway before, you’ve seen ads for Meramac Caverns, which is just up the road from the Wax Museum.
Unfortunately, they operate with tourist season and open after Memorial Day. But this is a diamond in the rough, I swear. The museum is based on the testimony of Rudy Turilli, who says that Jesse James was not shot by Robert Ford. In fact it was all a ruse, and Jesse lived to be 102.
There is a video you watch when you first enter the exhibit, with live video of Jesse James. Yes, I was skeptical too of the idea of «live video», but there is footage of the 102 year old James. Along with a WAX figure of the 102 y/​o!!!
I KNOW. TOO COOL!
It even turned out the nice man playing banjo tending the museum was related to James.
This place totally trumps the Caverns. And right next door, is the Toy Museum, which we skipped this time around.