The Last Ride of Cowboy Bob (2005)

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Probably make a better movie than The Old Man and The Gun (2003).

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2003/01/27/the-old-man-an...

Texas Monthly has such good writing. Excellent story.

Gave me chills. That's storytelling!

I’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...

If you want another, I ran across 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.

I remember hearing about the Cowboy Bob robberies, and seeing the security camera photo. Never heard how it ended, though.

I note without comment that this was posted on International Transgender Day of Visibility.

I 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.

There aren't many female bank robbers. She was taking advantage of that fact to evade authorities.

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