Maud's Muggers are a roving gang of elderly women in matching pink spring dresses who terrorize Freeside.
Interactions with the player character[]
When the Courier leaves Cerulean Robotics for the first time, the three women in the gang will attempt to kill them.
Notes[]
A fourth member of the gang, Catty Clara, is found in the game files but does not appear in game.
With Wild Wasteland, drunks and locals in Freeside will sometimes mention the group, talking about their crimes and warning the Courier to watch out for them.[1][2]
The gang of elderly women is a reference to a Monty Python skit about geriatric ladies who were terrorizing London and went by the title "Hell's Grannies," a play on words for the real-life Hell's Angels biker gang.
↑Freeside drunk: "Hey! Watch your back! There be a pack of ol' ladies runnin' round here somewhere! Don't let them catch you unawares!" (Freeside drunk's dialogue)
↑Local: "You hear about that band of crazy old ladies running around? I hear they're real vicious when they mug folks." (Freeside locals' dialogue)
Non-game
↑Tour of the Mojave Wasteland p. 335: "The Granny Gang" "Maud’s Muggers: This is a frightened city. Over these houses, over these streets hangs a pall of fear. Fear of a new kind of violence which is terrorizing the city. Yes, gangs of old ladies attacking defenseless fit young couriers. This occurs randomly, but there’s a high chance if it happening when you exit Cerulean Robotics." Fallout: New Vegas Official Game Guide Collector's Edition