The Great Santa Claus Bank Robbery
I imagine you've all heard of the Jesse James gang, the Dalton gang, Bonnie and Clyde, and their many bank robberies, but have you ever heard of the infamous Santa Claus Bank Robbery? I hadn't until I started hunting for a topic for today's post. I wanted it to be related to Christmas in some way and thought of looking online for the first Texas Santa Claus. Imagine my surprise when several articles popped up about the Santa Claus Bank Robbery. What??? I had to investigate that. Turns out the robbery occurred on December 23, 1927, in the central Texas town of Cisco. The perpetrator... more »
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