A special live edition of The Moth at The Paramount Theater in Austin, Texas. A small town girl from Alabama attends charm school and gets ‘discovered’, a Texas romance is thwarted by religion, and a teenage hotel clerk comes of age--at gunpoint. Hosted by Ophira Eisenberg and Moth Radio Hour producer, Jay Allison. The Moth Radio Hour is produced by The Moth and Jay Allison of Atlantic Public Media. 

Tricia Coburn attends Miss Macy’s Charm School and eventually lands a modeling gig.

Sara Bird finds solace from heartbreak as a librarian at the LBJ LIbrary. 

John Lincoln is robbed twice while working the front desk of a hotel.

Beauty Queens, The LBJ Library and Holdups extras

Trisha Coburn

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Trisha and Miss Macy.

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Trisha as Miss Anniston Alabama 1971.

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Trisha and Giorgio Armani in Milan, 1972. All photos courtesy Trisha Coburn.

Sarah Bird

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Sarah Bird returns to the LBJ Library with the archived wedding cake.

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Sarah Bird at the LBJ Library.

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Sarah Bird at the LBJ Library.

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Sarah with LBJ's bust and a souvenir cake box from the wedding, which someone in attendance gifted to Sarah after this story aired!

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An article about Sarah's book

John Lincoln

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John at 15.

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The hotel John worked at during the story. All photos courtesy John Lincoln.

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A special live edition of The Moth at The Paramount Theater in Austin, Texas. A small town girl from Alabama attends charm school and gets ‘discovered’, a Texas romance is thwarted by religion, and a teenage hotel clerk comes of age--at gunpoint. Hosted by Ophira Eisenberg and Moth Radio Hour producer, Jay Allison. The Moth Radio Hour is produced by The Moth and Jay Allison of Atlantic Public Media. 

Tricia Coburn attends Miss Macy’s Charm School and eventually lands a modeling gig.

Sara Bird finds solace from heartbreak as a librarian at the LBJ LIbrary. 

John Lincoln is robbed twice while working the front desk of a hotel.

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