A Wild West bank robber who was a peaceful guy? The real-life Butch Cassidy liked loot but didn’t want to hurt anyone, apparently.
Cassidy and the Sundance Kid were skilled at their “craft.” Averaging $35,000 per heist.
The biggest thing the 1969 movie could not predict?
DNA tests in 1990 proved two suspected bodies were not the two famous outlaws. See the rest of the story here (source: Biography)→ packed with tidbits you’re likely seeing for the first time, like…
Where did Butch Cassidy live until 1937 if he did indeed survive the Bolivia shootout?
The man who may’ve been a Cassidy imposter (possibly a cellmate of the outlaw).
The joke that made bounty hunters & lawmen aware of the Wild Bunch gang.
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