Bank Robber Dresses as Santa, Has Terrible Experience | Tales From the Bottle
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- Опубликовано: 21 дек 2023
- This bank robber thought disguising himself as Santa would be a smart idea, and maybe it was, but it didn't stop the heist from becoming spectacularly catastrophic.
"The Santa Claus Bank Robbery occurred on December 23, 1927, in the Central Texas town of Cisco. Marshall Ratliff, dressed as Santa Claus, along with Henry Helms and Robert Hill, all ex-cons, and Louis Davis, a relative of Helms, held up the First National Bank in Cisco. The robbery is one of Texas' most infamous crimes, having invoked the largest manhunt ever seen in the state. Boyce House, editor of the Ranger Times, a newspaper in the county at the time, wrote that this was "the most spectacular crime in the history of the Southwest ... surpassing any in which Billy the Kid or the James boys had ever figured.""
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Merry Christmas, Qxir!
Robert Hill AKA Bobby Hill & Texas. Hank Hill: "That boy ain't right"
"This is a Ho Ho Holdup!" 😂😂 that tickled the hell out of me and still is lol that was excellent
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!
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robbing a bank thats ONE block away from the police station AND IN AN AREA WHERE PEOPLE ARE GETTING MONEY FOR KILLING ROBBERS is crazy
in Texas
Texas.
In one of the most gun happy states in the most armed country on earth. Real geniuses these guys were.
Depression era, people did some desperate things. Also this was the days when the FBI was just getting started so a lot of times if you just got over state lines it was harder to arrest and charge you.
happened a few years ago in my small town the guys plan was to run across town and jump into the great miami river and swim across to escape. the problem was he was a terrible swimmer and by the time he got across the cops had already drove to the other side and were waiting
This story needs to be made into a movie. It'd be the craziest Christmas film of all time.
What would it be called ?? Hanging Santa ?? Santa Kills ?? Ho Ho Holdup ??
@@petermontoya1796 Texas Xmas
Sounds like a job for the Coen brothers!
I'm liking Ho Ho Holdup@@petermontoya1796
@@petermontoya1796Well, Bad Santa is already taken, sooo...
"Look they're taking cover behind CHILDREN. No match for the penetrative power of my rifle". Had me rolling😂.
Literally almost choked on my food when he said that😂😭
@@R8wdy dawg same
Jesus Christ, I did not expect this video to end with an actual army of people breaking INTO a prison to hang a man.
Good old Texas
Back when Texas was based
Since I live in Cisco Texas. There is one thing you don’t want to do, and that is piss people off. They will come after you here and get justice. Most people here are peaceful and easy going. Nice little lake to fish in and a lot of antique shops. Great place to go hunting too. Plus a beer brewery called “Red Gap.” Good beer if you ever find some you should try it.
We used to be a proper nation!
@@UnwaryThunder9 Yeah, properly insane.... No wait, you still are. Could you keep the murder and vigilantism inside your own borders from now on, please?
Holy moly. That went from a wacky bank robbery to a tale of fugitives vigilantism and executions.
Everything's bigger in Texas.
I did always wonder where santa gets all those presents from
he robbed the naughty kids
and how he keeps all those elves on salary.
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@@sometimesleela5947 does he?
I mean it’s not surprising he only gives away presents one day a year... cause every other day he’s in prison for an unbelievable amount of counts of breaking and entering 😂
Honestly I feel bad for Davis. He only took part in the robbery for his family, and he was the first to die while the other gang members were able to run.
“Oh my god, they’re using women and children as human shields.”
“What? Don’t they know women and children make terrible shields? FIRE AT WILL!”
The disguise cannot be worse than the ‘lemon juice on the face makes me invisible’ guy.
His mistake was he failed to cover his eyes
What about the guy who paid a 'Wizard' $500 to cast an Invisibility spell on him?
@@hawker7488I was just about to bring that up
@@hawker7488 This can not be real.
Imagine being willing to risk the kind of strain people are put through during an active police chase, up to 20 years in prison, _and_ actual death, but throwing in the towel when you catch a case of the flu.
to be fair, it's a lot harder to endure all of that while sick with the flu
To be fair if I was going to rob a bank I would want to be in the best shape possible going in.
To be fair, you're just wrong.
But it wasn't just flu, it was Man Flu! 😂
@@Deltexterity to be fair, they could have waited an extra day or two.
This is a cattle stampede away from being the most Texas story ever.
"This is a ho-ho-holdup." Legendary LMAO
Love your vids btw qxir!!!
True dat
fr@@JTA1961
Saying what had to be said.
Your illustrations make these stories 100x better.
Facts when he went to ai and then went back it was huge to his continually success prolly
@@yogithebear7493what do you mean when he went to A.I?
@@joshuasuggs2379the illustrations in the video are hand-drawn but the thumbnails do seem to be AI-generated
@@joshuasuggs2379 one of his recent videos was made entirely with ai art
@@joshuasuggs2379 he used ai illustrations for his mafia video
He didn't just rob a bank, he stole Christmas, that makes it personal.
A direct quote from the sheriff regarding one of the suspects… “That boy ain’t right…”
This story is insanity from start to finish, loved it
The vigilantes at the bank opening fire on the group of hostages to get to the robbers behind them is the most Texas thing I've ever heard.
I live in Cisco Texas!
Thank you for doing a small documentary on this quite little town. Cisco was also one of Bonnie and Clyde’s hideouts.
I heard of a kid from there...
I thought I heard the name Cisco somewhere before.
Howdy from Humble, TX
@@emilyadams3228 the will smith song?
The Cisco Kid also came here a lot back in the old days.
Wow, props to Meiriam Ferguson, pardoning a bank robber that went right back to robbing banks. The more you know. 😂
Lady was probably a 21st century Democrat time travelled back to the past.
@hrr597 Apparently it's suspected that bribery was involved in a lot of the pardons that were granted.
@@hrr597she was as crooked as the River Raisin (very much bent) and indeed a (D) whose husband Jim was impeached. She was basically an openly puppet figurehead, after her husband was convicted on 10 charges and barred from public office ever again. She was a despicable, deceiving witch who took countless bribes, committed numerous felonies and disbanded the Texas Rangers because she didn’t like how much influence they had and couldn’t be bought. The infamous idiots, Bonnie and Clyde were finally brought down by two former Rangers, Frank Hamer and Maney Gault, and Ma tried to take credit for organizing the entire thing. She was a right evil bitch.
I wonder if she did this to satiate some desire of hers to see what these criminals would do if given another chance like a social experiment.
Instead of pardon, now we just set bail to 0. Not even a need to hold them overnight
This was absolutely insane from beginning to end with so many coincidences, close calls and sheer incompetence. That Santa parade was the full circle being completed.
“This is a ho-ho-hold up” is genuinely a line that needs to be in a tv show
I don't care what anybody says, this is the Greatest American Christmas Story of All Time.
Watching this video ought to be a treasured Christmas event, at least a full Hollywood feature is released.
@10:04 I think in Texas it's less of a pardon and more a "catch and release" type deal. They're just restocking the pond.
This is nuts. So I use First National Bank for my business payroll and the branch near my shop was in fact robbed in December back in 2019, but he wasnt dressed up like Santa. Instead, he did his best impression of a character from Trainspotting because the cops found him nodding off at a bus stop the next day a few townships over. He was wearing the same clothes... because of course he was. Its a crazy story. If i can find the link ill post it.
[Scottish Accent] At's shite bein a bank rrobbairrr!
You know you messed up when Santa is dead and a biplane is looking for you
“This is a ho-ho-hold up”
😂😂😂 never change Qxir
This is probably the most Texas story of all time.
Your animation technique gets better and better with each video, merry Christmas
"This is a ho-ho-hold up" is one of the best lines I have ever heard.
ive lived in texas my whole life, yet this is still the most texan story ive ever heard
PS to clarify on one point, having 6 revolvers on ones person is not considered out of the ordinary here
For Texans they sure seem quite interested in reloading New York.
this was also in a time when reloading a revolver wasn't so simple
I just want to say, I appreciate that you always have subtitles on your videos. Hardly any RUclipsrs add them anymore including higher-effort ones.
Does make me wish Community Contributions were back, I really don't get why they got rid of it.
Because it's YT, and YT sucks... But yeah, very few youtubers bother and the ones who do should be commended. Even people with good hearing need them sometimes, like if we're in a loud place, for example.
@@WatanabeNoTsuna.I disagree that you can fully blame youtube. They did implement community sourced way. But it was often manipulated and unprofessional. Ofc youtube could have handled it better. But it's not just a "they suck lmao" to me. Tom Scott made a good argument that a content creator has some moral obligation to put in the effort to make subtitles. And the obligation only grows with the size of your channel. Considering you can pay people to transcribe your content.
@@jeltje50 Well I never recall seeing terrible subtitles, but even then they had to be approved by the creator before they could be shown last time I checked.
True that, probably doesn't make a lot of difference for many people but it's something I love to see
@@jeltje50 95% of subtitles were fun and games. Were there bad eggs? I'm sure, but that's a given everywhere. Is it right to take away all the community because of a few bad folks? Nothing is perfect, not even youtube right now, there's still content on this platform that should probably be banned and is a lot worse than some silly subtitles. And as another user mentioned, subtitles had to be approved by the creator, who could have helpers go through that as well. It can even be further filtered by youtube preventing a lot of shenanigans using many available methods.
Nice video. I'm from around that area. One of the telephone poles they hung him from is still there and there is a plaque in front of it telling the history.
Good lord 🤣 that was wild. Hilarious commentary as usual
Man, with names like these fellows I am not surprised they turned to crime. They sound like old school bank robbers lol
This needs to be made into a film.
It's called Reservoir Dogs.
7:24 This is definitely something my dad would do if I got my car stolen, but on purpose
I just imagine a kid "OMG look!! It's Santa"
And then seconds later "PUT YOUR HANDS UP. GIMME ALL THE MONE-"
"Because, Texas."
As a Texan, I can indeed confirm this to be true. 😂
Crazy how the largest manhunt in texas history up until the point, and one of the largest in US history up until the point, was done over ol' santie claus
Gonna call this dude old faithful. Every friday like clockwork.
I live in Cisco lol. There is a painting on the side of a building and on that painting is Santa with a little stockman pistol and a sack of cash. Right square in the center of the painting. Edit: I believe that this was also the last case of a public lynching in Texas, but I could be wrong and that could be just for Eastland County Tx.
I live in Cisco way out in the woods
“this is a ho-ho-holdup” is such a hard line
Somebody dressing as Santa for a bank heist sounds like the most Payday thing ever
Brings a whole new meaning to Saint Nick.
Seriously one of the best bank robbery stories out there. If there's not already a film adaptation of this by now, there better be one coming sometime next holiday season!
Been a Texan my whole life and never heard of this story. I love all the little details you added in stills, as you done the research on Texas culture. Great video man!
"This is a Ho-Ho-Hold up" said dead seriously, absolutely killed me 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂
The levels of incompetence among these thieves is actually astounding. I guess it’s not a line of work you get into if you have a lot of useful life skills though.
The thieves were incompetent, but it seems like everyone was kinda stupid back then. The mob opening fire through civilians, the man hunters shooting themselves, the farmer shooting at a car with his son in it, the prison guards letting the cell door open, and the people breaking into prison and lynching a man.
Oh and the department pardoning everyone
@@foximacentauri7891lol things really were different back in the day
If you looked back decades later at the dumbest things people do today, you'd definitely find more idiocy.
Disguising oneself as Santa and attracting massive amounts of attention from America’s most Santa-loving generation had me in stitches. The guy actually got into character.
This was the weird ending. The story would have been less weird if they actually went on the magic sleigh with magic reindeer. At least then it was self-explanatory that they did shrooms.
"I knew we should have brought the Magic Sleigh!"!!!🙏👌🤣🤣🤣🤣❣️
It's like _It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World_ except everyone was racing to kill someone...
"3-4 banks were being robbed every day." Now, that's a garden-path sentence if ever I heard one.
The court room scenes had me giggling to myself, waiting for a "TON-DA".
Okay this NEEDS its own movie!!!
Well that was a plot twist at the end. Definitely didn't see that one coming.
Santa Claus leading a Christmas parade. What an ending. 😅😂🤣
That was your most entertaining story yet! And you had to draw your ass off!
At least he did not use a joker costume from party city.
is he stupid?
This story went so many places, I expected it to settle down and it just kept escalating
Qxir, this is by far your best episode ever. Utter insanity and keystone cops! LMAO.
3:56 its pretty cool that you actually drew in the rifling on the pistol lol you put in a lot of work into this. Gotta respect that
I probably shouldn't find this funny, but couldn't help but laugh! Awards were needed, indeed!
This is probably the most insane episode yet
As a Cisco native this is literally the only interesting thing to happen to our town.
My grandma still tells the story of it every Christmas.
This sounds like it should be movie directed by the Coen Brothers, Wes Anderson, or Taika Waititi.
Naturally it should also be a Christmas movie.
I propose "Ho Ho Hold up" for the title.
I would like to put Tarantino's name into the hat for this one too.
@@finleyrosebud5791 Perhaps the first ever collaboration between Tarantino and the Coen brothers? That would be BEAUTIFUL. I know they have a mutual respect for each other's work, and have spoken highly of each other.
TW has to make that film, it would be so much fun! He could throw in some sort of council of elves, brought in to deal with the santa impersonation.😂
@@mysticallymerry5523 Was thinking more like play it by the facts. Perhaps have it be a collaboration between all of them and let each director have an act and let the tone of the movie change with their styles.
Santa has to fund his toy workshop in one way or another, does not the happiness of uncounted children excuse a little armed robbery?
Holy shit man, I've been watching your channel for a loooong time and it's amazing how you keep getting better and better at storytelling. Probably my favorite video of yours so far. Wish you even more success in the future my man
“This is a ho-ho-hold up” is probably the funniest thing I’ve heard all week.
Texas here ..... yall gotta love this !!!
Your animation skills make us so riveted to the story that before you know it, the video is over. 😢 Now that’s some good story tellin’ 👍
One of the best early Christmas gifts I’ve ever had!
0:46 ok, the pic of the stabbed snowman and elf looks a lot like Calvin & Hobbes, when Calvin makes a lot of....ah....creatively gruesome snowmen. 😂 0:46
This is the most batshit insane story I've ever heard and I love it
Your drawings had given me a good idea how come there's never been a short story about Rudolph going crazy attacking Santa and then Santa having to hunt him down and murder him?? That would be an awesome story
This is a very Texas story and probably why I love my State
Cy Bradford was such a badass he shot a double barrel shotgun twice without reloading.
Most double barrel shotguns shoot one shotgun shell each time you pull the trigger what do you mean
This story is better than 99% of hollywood movies
Shocks me this guy has only 1 mil subs his videos are insane quality
I used to live in Cisco, Texas 😁🤠
Durango Colorado 1973ish. My dad's boss Randy's construction biz is wiped out by the IRS. He forgot to pay taxes. Sad, mad, and drunk, Randy phone's in a bomb threat to the local Bank. "Put alot of money in the trash can in the park or ill blow up the Bank !" The Bank ACTUALLY puts ALOT of money in the trash can. The police went to the park to nab him getting the money. They went to the wrong park. Randy walks the the two blocks from the El Rancho Bar (where he'd called from) and gets his money. Back the Rancho, puts his sack on a stool and buys a round for the house. The bartender, tipped off by thousands of dollars in a paper sack, uses the same pay phone to call the police. Randy goes to prison. Years later he gets out and robs a supermarket payroll or something like that. The Lady prosecutor falls for Randy. A good lookin character. She maneuvers a light sentence. Randy gets out, marries the prosecutor, lives happily until a ripe old age.
Deadass, a few days ago here in my city a old man tried to rob a bank that was situated in a building with a FBI office a few floors above the bank. Best part, the old geezer used a knife, the agents easily disarmed him and took him into custody.
Excellent as usual. I love the drawings and the humour. Merry Christmas Qxir dude.
Dear Qxir..first off..MERRY CHIRSTMAS!! I’m a Texas Native so this video was so awesome to watch!Been watching your videos since Demon Core and you have made me laugh smile in my darkest times! I remember being in Detox after a bad binge and watching you the whole time❤. I love you as a creator and all your hard work and research to release a video every week as an animation channel does not go unnoticed by your audience! Your videos/animation DO NOT go unnoticed!! Your videos are so interesting yet so simple, I don’t even have to watch the videos, I can just listen and it’s just as good! You’ve made me laugh so hard and your content is just my cup of gin :). I’ll end with this, Qxir, thank you so much. You are among my favorite creators on RUclips, and I’ve been on this platform since 2009. Please, please! I would love to see the 1987 FBI Miami-Dade shoot out; told in the style of Qxir! Give it a look, it’s on Wikipedia. Just a suggestion, love you man, keep being you❤️
3:55 "Ho ho holdup" **Hand salute** Tactically administered pun sir, the enemy will never see it coming.
"This robber is already dead he just doesn't know it yet"
The drawings in your videos really improved, it shows that you give a great care in these, so thank you! :)
This is one, and quite possible, the best store/video you've ever done. I might be a bit bias as I grew up in Texas. P.S. I've noticed you stopped using the 'F' Bomb and it is appreciated as I can now share your recent great video with my family.
Literally spat on my screen in shock at the lynching. I didn’t know it could get any more crazy lmao
What a story!
this is by far the funniest bank robbery story i've ever heard
we all hate the incompitance of bad police officers, but this story is proof of why you don't want swafts of people taking justice into their own hands when there's no discipline or even consequence to stop them from shooting civilians, hostages, and each other in the pursuit of a goal, a simple bank heist turned into "It's a Mad mad mad mad world" with guns, frankly im shocked the money they found in the car didn't mysteriously disappear amongst the vigilante mob in all the chaos of this chase.
Holy spelling and grammar Batman!
@@sergiomartinez5946no one cares but you guy
@poindextertunes lmfao ikr? Those people are like leftovers from early internet days I think... As though like we type in our phones grammatically the same as we do on a computer but furthermore it's addressing the topic as a non answer like excuse me politician I'm dying because of bad healthcare and equivalency their witty reply would be like "Ya didn't ask it right, next question"
@@sergiomartinez5946no one cares
It’s really strange to hear about such a crazy story happening so close to my hometown. I lived about as close to Cisco as you possibly can without living in Eastland county, I’d drive there almost everyday to eat launch, I’ve even been to that First National Bank (although the actual building isn’t a bank anymore, I think it’s a mechanics shop now).
... This could be the most insane Christmas Movie in history.
Honestly one of your best. I've never heard this story but it's absolutely insane, with so much going on.
One naughty Santa that was...
His death was even worse tho. You know you were a true criminal if 1000+ people demand your death!
Did the two little left behind girls survive?
No they unfortunately were never found
Ho ho hold up. Wtf
This is one of the most Texan stories I've ever heard!
Dude took a sick day from a bank robbery 😂
This is the most Texas story possible
I think I strained my eyes from rolling them so hard at the stupid things these guys did.
Great story! You should check out the canadain story of the mad trapper, would be amazing to see it done in your style of animation! Hell yea!
Truth is stranger than fiction. If you wrote this as a film script, nobody would go near it as it’s just too bizarre. I’m glad you covered it, though, it’s definitely right in the zone for the Qxir treatment