Meet the “Real-Life ‘Thelma and Louise.’” First, Rose Marie Turford and Joyce Carolyn Stevens robbed at least 10 men of $250,000. Then, after being arrested and bailed, they caused more chaos dressed as nuns and strippers.
Thelma and Louise, in the movie of the same name, didn’t plan to commit murder, robbery, and arson when they took off on a weekend road trip. One thing led to another and it just sort of happened.would become equally notorious for a crime spree that had such clear echoes of the iconic silver-screen duo that newspapers as far away as the U.K. would refer to them as the “Real-Life ‘Thelma and Louise.
. As their story began to spill across the headlines, there were tales of a mysterious man pulling the strings, of disguises ranging from nuns to strippers, of a new plot to kidnap and ransom prominent Canadians. When they were finally caught, they were“The reality is that these two ladies have been doing crazy things.
Turford was the older and more settled of the duo—when they were finally caught, she was 37 to Stevens’ 30. She lived in the suburbs of Houston, was married to a computer executive, and was portrayed by those who knew her as a stereotypical baseball mom to her three young sons. She was the picture of a respectable late-20th century woman. Stevens was single andas the “timid and mousey daughter of a Texas preacher.
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