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The Last Ride of Cowboy Bob (2005)
- nickthemagicman 8y agoThat's a really sad story. Capitalism killed her. If we had UBI shed still be alive.
- zackbloom 8y agoIt's exceptionally clear that she liked robbing banks. It literally says in the article "Surely Peggy Jo had to know that if she was in some kind of financial jam again, we would have helped her out."
- chiph 8y agoTexas Monthly has such good writing. Excellent story.
- idiotlogical 8y agoGave me chills. That's storytelling!
- wallflower 8y agoI’ve always been frightened with “The Talented Mr. Khater”. Just reposted it since it is a story that really opens your eyes about psychopaths. https://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/the-talented-mr-khater/ https://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/the-talented-mr-khater...
- dang 8y agoIf you want another, I ran across https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6492781 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6492781 last night. A U.S. Marine encounters a serial killer who specializes in killing Marines. Unexpected twist: the author himself posted the story and commented in the thread. Pretty sure I never saw that submission at the time. I am tempted to add it to the next HN 'highlights' list, but I suppose it's too morbid.
- twic 8y agoI note without comment that this was posted on International Transgender Day of Visibility.
- exelius 8y agoI had the same thought, but I’d be careful about assigning an identity to a person. It's no better than misgendering a trans person in that you’re disrespecting their self-identity. It’s entirely possible the thrill of being Cowboy Bob was simply “being someone else for a little while” rather than deep gender issues; and we can’t speak for Peggy Jo.
- atomical 8y agoThere aren't many female bank robbers. She was taking advantage of that fact to evade authorities.
- mcguire 8y agoI remember hearing about the Cowboy Bob robberies, and seeing the security camera photo. Never heard how it ended, though.
- js2 8y agoProbably make a better movie than The Old Man and The Gun (2003). https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2003/01/27/the-old-man-and-the-gun https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2003/01/27/the-old-man-an...