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Bank Robber Who Inspired 'Stockholm Syndrome' Dies at 78

Bank Robber Who
Inspired 'Stockholm
Syndrome' Dead at 78

obituary

Oct 13, 2025 5:40 AM CDT

Bank Robber Who Inspired 'Stockholm Syndrome' Dead at 78

Clark Olofsson spent decades in prison after the infamous 1973 hostage crisis

(Newser) - Clark Olofsson, the notorious Swedish bank robber whose role in a 1973 Stockholm hostage crisis helped inspire the term "Stockholm syndrome," has died at 78, the New York Times reports. Olofsson's death, which occurred on June 24 in a hospital in Arvika, Sweden, was confirmed by his...

Famed P.I. Jack Palladino on Life Support After Robbery

Famed P.I. Was About to Retire,
Now He's on Life Support

Jan 31, 2021 5:20 AM CST

Famed P.I. Was About to Retire, Now He's on Life Support

Jack Palladino had taken on last case

(Newser) - Jack Palladino, the private investigator who worked on high-profile cases ranging from the Jonestown mass suicides to celebrity and political scandals, has been placed on life support after suffering a head injury during an attempted robbery. Palladino, 70, had just stepped outside his San Francisco home on Thursday to try...

Biopic Canned
After Patty Hearst
Lashes Out

Jan 12, 2018 9:01 AM CST

Biopic Canned After Patty Hearst Lashes Out

She accused Fox film of 'romanticizing my rape and torture'

(Newser) - Twentieth Century Fox has canned a movie about Patty Hearst's 1974 kidnapping after she accused it of "romanticizing my rape and torture." In a Thursday statement, Hearst said the film based on Jeffrey Toobin's 2016 biography of her, including details of her kidnapping and indoctrination into...

Patty Hearst's Dog Wins Group at Westminster

Feb 16, 2015 11:19 PM CST

Patty Hearst's Dog Wins Group at Westminster

'People move on,' infamous heiress says

(Newser) - Famed and infamous heiress Patty Hearst was back in the news yesterday after a dog she co-owns won its group at the Westminster Kennel Club show. The Shih Tzu called Rocket was picked as the top toy dog at Madison Square Garden in NYC. Hearst is the granddaughter of William...

Ex-SLA Leader Released
From Prison

Mar 17, 2009 1:18 PM CDT

Ex-SLA Leader Released From Prison

'70s radical Sara Jane Olson caught in '99; some say got off easy

(Newser) - The strange saga of Sara Jane Olson, from ‘70s agitator to bank robber to housewife, ended today when she was released from prison in California after serving seven years, CNN reports. Olson, a member of the Symbionese Liberation Army—best known for kidnapping Patty Hearst—fled in 1976 after...