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Criminal

Cowboy Bob

Criminal

Vox Media Podcast Network

Society & Culture, True Crime

4.739.4K Ratings

🗓️ 15 May 2020

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

In May 1991, a bank robber walked into a bank in Irving, Texas, and without speaking handed the teller a note that read, “This is a bank robbery. Give me your money. No marked bills or dye packs.” Witnesses reported that the robber was wearing a cowboy hat and a brown leather jacket. And then it happened again. And again. But when FBI agents finally got a lead, they discovered that robber wasn’t who they expected at all. We speak with writer Skip Hollandsworth and former FBI agent Steve Powell about Peggy Jo Tallas. To learn more, check out Skip Hollandsworth’s Texas Monthly article, “The Last Ride of Cowboy Bob.” Say hello on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Sign up for our occasional newsletter, The Accomplice. Follow the show and review us on Apple Podcasts: iTunes.com/CriminalShow. We also make This is Love and Phoebe Reads a Mystery. Artwork by Julienne Alexander. Check out our online shop.  Episode transcripts are posted on our website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:21.3

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0:25.0

This is a high risk investment and you should not expect to be protected if something goes wrong.

0:31.2

Well I can remember reading the newspaper and back then the newspapers would print the

0:36.4

grainy black and white photos of bank robbers or suspects and crimes and there was this photo of a man dressed in a cowboy hat and

0:46.4

boots and leather coat. It was like May 1991.

0:50.1

Skip Hollinsworth is a writer for Texas Monthly. A man with a beard wearing a cowboy hat and a brown

0:57.5

leather jacket walked into a bank in Irving, Texas, in May of 1991.

1:03.0

Without speaking, he handed the teller a note that read,

1:07.0

This is a bank robbery,

1:09.0

Give me your money, no marked bills or die packs.

1:12.0

And I don't know, most bank robbers do not. no marked bills or die packs.

1:13.0

And I don't know, most bank robbers do not interest me.

1:15.8

I mean, they're impulsive, they scream when they cut into a bank,

1:19.4

they shout, they wave their guns, they screech away, they don't take any precautions he was this

1:24.7

polite gentleman tipped his hat at the at the teller as he walked away with the

1:30.6

money he was very calm, very measured,

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