Episode 124: The Santa Claus Bank Robbery
You better watch out, you better not cry, you better hold your hands up high because Santa has a gun and is robbing the place. In 1927, a Texas town was shaken up at Christmas when St. Nick pulled a heist on the local bank. A manhunt ensued, and in true Texas fashion, the citizens ensured some form of justice was finally served, no matter the cost. This week’s episode is The Santa Clause Bank Robbery.
SOURCES
Santa Claus Bank Robbery: A True Crime Saga in Texas by Tui Snider (book): https://amzn.to/3n2w31N
"The Day Santa Went Bad in Cisco," Fort Worth Star Telegram, Sunday, December 23, 1984 (Archive copy available on Newspapers.com - Subscription required)
The Santa Who Tried to Steal Christmas: A Story of A Failed Texas Bank Robbery, The Texan News: https://thetexan.news/the-santa-who-tried-to-steal-christmas-a-story-of-a-failed-texas-bank-robbery/
Bank Robbed By Santa Claus, Roadside America: http://roadsideamerica.com/story/19762
Criminal Kringle: The Santa Claus Bank Heist of 1927, Mental Floss: https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/609749/santa-claus-bank-robbery-1927
The Santa Claus Bank Robbery: This Texas Town’s Bloodiest Crime, Texas Hill Country Online: https://texashillcountry.com/santa-claus-bank-robbery-past/
Site of the Santa Claus Bank Robbery in Cisco, Texas, Where Santa Claus held up a Texas bank and started a statewide manhunt. Atlas Obscura: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/site-of-the-santa-claus-bank-robbery
Santa Claus Bank Robbery, The Texas State Historical Association: https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/santa-claus-bank-robbery
Santa Claus Bank Robbery on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Claus_Bank_Robbery
The Night the Posse Chased Santa by Maggie Van Ostrand on Texas Escapes: http://www.texasescapes.com/MaggieVanOstrand/The-Night-the-Posse-Chased-Santa.htm
Texas History 101 — Twas two days before Christmas, when all through the town, not a creature expected St. Nick to come round. To Cisco Santa strolled, more naughty than nice, and stirred quite a story, filled with robbery and vice. Texas Monthly: https://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/texas-history-101-50/
Miriam A. “Ma” Ferguson, the first female governor of Texas and one of the first two women to be governor of any U.S. state on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miriam_A._Ferguson
