True Crime
May 9, 2014
“I Would Only Rob Banks for My Family”
Scott Catt was a single dad who held up banks to make ends meet. As his greed intensified, he knew just whom to enlist as accomplices: his kids.
Bank Robber
True Crime
November 1, 2005
The Last Ride of Cowboy Bob
The feds knew him as a prolific bank robber. But the bearded man who eluded them for so long was not who they imagined him to be. And absolutely no one expected the story to end the way it did.
True Crime
January 1, 2001
Outlaw Country
Rick Sikes and the Rhythm Rebels could have been bigger than Willie Nelson—if only bank robbery hadn't been on the playlist.
Being Texan
April 30, 1998
The Newton Boys
UNTIL A STAR-STUDDED FILM SHOT THEM BACK into the spotlight, the Newton Boys had faded from public memory. Famous during the twenties, the four brothers—Jess, Willis (below left), Doc, and Joe (right)—were part Western desperadoes, part newfangled gangsters. They pulled off dozens of bank and train robberies but, unlike more-notorious
True Crime
March 1, 1997
The Last Ride of the Polo Shirt Bandit
William Guess seemed to be an ordinary man: He had a wife and three children and owned his own business. So why did he become the most prolific bank robber in Texas history?
True Crime
November 1, 1992
The Almost Great Bank Robbery
It seemed like the perfect inside job: A respected cop conspires with his teller girlfriend to pull the biggest bank heist in San Antonio history. If they hadn’t been so careless, they might have gotten away with it.
True Crime
August 31, 1989
“I Loved the Dapper Bandit”
She was a hooker. He was a race car driver. They fell in love. She moved in. He put on his three-piece suit and went to work. She was always on call. They fought. She moved out. Then she found out that his real job was bank jobs.
True Crime
July 1, 1989
How Not to Rob a Bank
Two nice guys with financial troubles thought they found the perfect solution to the bust. Well, it seemed like a good idea at the time.