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Bank Robber

Business Crime

Death of a (Really Good) Salesman

He was a powerful executive at some of the best-known companies in the world. Then he started robbing banks. The meteoric rise and dramatic fall of Steve Carroll, the high-flying corporate executive who wanted it all.

Jeff Gottlieb Truly*Adventurous Mar 2021 Permalink

Crime History

The Secret Story of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid’s Last Tango

According to the movie version, they died side by side, guns blazing, in the crosshairs of half a Bolivian regiment. It’s a great Hollywood ending that happens to be true, mostly: they left America… then died in Bolivia. What Hollywood didn’t know is that Butch and Sundance escaped.

Patrick Symmes The Daily Beast Sep 2019 Permalink