In postwar California, the Red Light Bandit pricked a governor’s conscience
By the time 38-year-old Caryl Chessman was executed on the morning of May 2, 1960, he had been on California's death row for 12 years. His dark, rough features were recognized around the world, and his name became a rallying cry from South America to the Vatican. He was mid-century America's toughest hooligan intellectual, a […]
FBI Seeking ‘Sticky Note Bandit’ After Three Bank Robberies
A special investigative team of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is chasing the whereabouts of a suspect called the “sticky note robbery” in a series of robberies at three banks in Texas. Within 10 days, a male suspect dressed as a woman entered three separate banks in Texas, handing tellers threatening sticky notes and […]
