Old Timey Crimey #93: The Santa Claus Bank Robbery – “Santa’s Sack”

Scott, Amber, and Kristy get festive and talk about a holiday-themed crime. Merry Crime-mas, everybody!

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Sources:

 

Walter F. Pilcher. Texas State Hist Assoc. https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/santa-claus-bank-robbery

Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_E._Ferguson

Stacy Hollister. Texas Monthly. https://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/texas-history-101-50/

Find a grave.

Daniel Friend. The Texan. https://thetexan.news/the-santa-who-tried-to-steal-christmas-a-story-of-a-failed-texas-bank-robbery/

Brownsville herald via LOC. https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86063730/1928-01-01/ed-1/seq-1/#date1=1920&sort=date&date2=1929&searchType=advanced&language=&sequence=0&index=1&words=Marshall+Ratliff&proxdistance=5&state=&rows=20&ortext=&proxtext=&phrasetext=marshall+ratliff&andtext=&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1

Texas State Library. https://www.tsl.texas.gov/exhibits/prisons/inquiry/pardons.html

Startling Detective Adventures Magazine. Boyce House. https://archive.org/details/StartlingDetectiveMar1930/page/n13/mode/2up

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/609749/santa-claus-bank-robbery-1927

https://thetexan.news/the-santa-who-tried-to-steal-christmas-a-story-of-a-failed-texas-bank-robbery/

https://www.newspapers.com/clip/4387210/santa-claus-bank-robber-marshal-ratliff/

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15565349/marshall-fields-ratliff

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https://allthatsinteresting.com/tamam-shud-somerton-man