47: The Ballad of Cowboy Bob
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In the early 1990s, a stoic man pulled off a string of bank robberies in the Dallas suburbs. He was dubbed “Cowboy Bob” by the FBI agents who were left scratching their heads trying to find him. When they finally found him, Cowboy Bob turned out to be quite the surprise.
The first bank robbery occurred in May 1991 at the American Federal Bank in Irving Texas. Cowboy Bob walked into the bank and up to a young female teller. He was about 5’10” tall, a large imposing man with a bit of a paunch. He was white with greying hair, looked to be in his mid-forties, and had a big bushy mustache and beard. He wore a brown leather jacket, leather gloves, oversized aviator sunglasses, and a large white 10-gallon cowboy hat, backwards.
The teller said: “Hello, sir. How may I help you?”
But Cowboy Bob remained silent. He simply handed her a note that read: “This is a bank robbery. Give me your money. No marked bills or dye packs.”
The teller was stunned but did what the note said and handed over a large stack of money from her drawer. Bob nodded and shoved the money into a bag and calmly walked out of the bank. He got into an orange 1975 Pontiac Grand Prix and drove away.
Over the next year Cowboy Bob struck again and again, always robbing banks calmly and making a clean getaway. Listen in to hear how the FBI tracked down this sneaky outlaw!
FURTHER READING:
The Last Ride of Cowboy Bob – Texas Monthly
Bank robber shot dead in Texas
The Last Ride of Cowboy Bob Audiobook | Skip Hollandsworth
10 Unbelievable Facts About Cowboy Bob
Cowboy Bob: The Mysterious Middle-Aged Bank Robber Who Fooled the FBI
The Twisted Life Of Cowboy Bob, The Robber Who Fooled The FBI
Michael Showalter to Direct ‘The Last Ride of Cowboy Bob’ for Fox Searchlight (EXCLUSIVE)
Cowboy Bob The Texas Bank Robber (Peggy Jo Tallas)
Lily James to Star in Phillip Noyce’s True Crime Love Story ‘Peggy Jo’
Peggy Jo Tallas (1944-2005) - Find a Grave
Tom Brown's Body - Skip Hollandsworth's podcast
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In the early 1990s, a stoic man pulled off a string of bank robberies in the Dallas suburbs. He was dubbed “Cowboy Bob” by the FBI agents who were left scratching their heads trying to find him. When they finally found him, Cowboy Bob turned out to be quite the surprise.
The first bank robbery occurred in May 1991 at the American Federal Bank in Irving Texas. Cowboy Bob walked into the bank and up to a young female teller. He was about 5’10” tall, a large imposing man with a bit of a paunch. He was white with greying hair, looked to be in his mid-forties, and had a big bushy mustache and beard. He wore a brown leather jacket, leather gloves, oversized aviator sunglasses, and a large white 10-gallon cowboy hat, backwards.
The teller said: “Hello, sir. How may I help you?”
But Cowboy Bob remained silent. He simply handed her a note that read: “This is a bank robbery. Give me your money. No marked bills or dye packs.”
The teller was stunned but did what the note said and handed over a large stack of money from her drawer. Bob nodded and shoved the money into a bag and calmly walked out of the bank. He got into an orange 1975 Pontiac Grand Prix and drove away.
Over the next year Cowboy Bob struck again and again, always robbing banks calmly and making a clean getaway. Listen in to hear how the FBI tracked down this sneaky outlaw!
FURTHER READING:
The Last Ride of Cowboy Bob – Texas Monthly
Bank robber shot dead in Texas
The Last Ride of Cowboy Bob Audiobook | Skip Hollandsworth
10 Unbelievable Facts About Cowboy Bob
Cowboy Bob: The Mysterious Middle-Aged Bank Robber Who Fooled the FBI
The Twisted Life Of Cowboy Bob, The Robber Who Fooled The FBI
Michael Showalter to Direct ‘The Last Ride of Cowboy Bob’ for Fox Searchlight (EXCLUSIVE)
Cowboy Bob The Texas Bank Robber (Peggy Jo Tallas)
Lily James to Star in Phillip Noyce’s True Crime Love Story ‘Peggy Jo’
Peggy Jo Tallas (1944-2005) - Find a Grave
Tom Brown's Body - Skip Hollandsworth's podcast
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