Episode 41: The Day Santa Stole Christmas

This year for our holiday episode we cover one of the bloodiest Christmases in Texas history as we discuss the Santa Claus Bank Robbery of 1927. Join us on this time-traveling trip back to a terrifying holiday. 

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Sources:

1. Abrahamsen, E. (2017, December 5). The Time Santa and His Gang Robbed a Bank in Texas. Wide Open Country. Retrieved from https://www.wideopencountry.com/the-great-santa-claus-bank-robbery/

2. Cisco - History. (2010, October 19). Retrieved from https://web.archive.org/web/20101019062112/http://ciscotx.com/index.cfm?cid=3&page=13

3. Greene, A. C. (1999). The Santa Claus Bank Robbery (Revised, Subsequent edition). Denton, Tex: University of North Texas Press.

4. Hollister, S. (2002, June 30). Texas History 101. Texas Monthly. Retrieved from https://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/texas-history-101-50/

5. Kendall, J. (2013, December 25). Guns used in Santa Claus Robbery on display in Cisco. KTXS 12 ABC. Retrieved from https://ktxs.com/news/abilene/guns-used-in-santa-claus-robbery-on-display-in-cisco_20160517081318510

6. Kreuz, C. (2017, December 23). 90th anniversary: The Great Santa Claus Bank Robbery. Big Country. Retrieved from https://www.bigcountryhomepage.com/news/main-news/90th-anniversary-the-great-santa-claus-bank-robbery/

7. Pilcher, W.F.  (2010, June 15). SANTA CLAUS BANK ROBBERY. Retrieved from https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/jbs02

8. Santa Bank Robbery. (1997). KTAB TV Abilene. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ej6LmPrHJq0&t=2s

9. Stowers, C. (2007). Santa Got a Gun — and a Rope. Fort Worth Weekly. Retrieved from http://archive.fwweekly.com/index-new.asp?article=6543

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Good News:
  
Bever, L. (2018, December 3). A passerby called 911 about a man dangling from a roof. It was a Clark Griswold dummy. The Washington Post. Retrieved from https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2018/12/03/passerby-called-about-man-dangling-roof-it-was-clark-griswold-dummy/

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