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Bonnie Elizabeth Parker (October 1, 1910 – May 23, 1934) and Clyde Chestnut " Champion " Barrow (March 24, 1909 – May 23, 1934) were American bandits and serial killers who traveled the Central United States with their gang during the Great Depression.
Bonnie and Clyde, in full Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow, were an infamous American robbery team responsible for a 21-month crime spree from 1932 to 1934. They robbed gas stations, restaurants, and small-town banks, chiefly operating in Oklahoma Missouri.
- John Philip Jenkins
- Bonnie and Clyde met in Texas in 1930, when she was 19 and he was 21. Soon after their meeting, Clyde was arrested for robbery. Though he initially...
- Bonnie and Clyde were killed on May 23, 1934, when police opened fire on the pair as they attempted to escape an ambush along a highway in Bienvill...
- Several criminals operating during the Great Depression, including Bonnie and Clyde, became famous as “Robin Hood” figures who struck back against...
The Crime Spree Begins. Bonnie and Clyde met in Texas in January 1930. At the time, Bonnie was 19 and married to an imprisoned murderer; Clyde was 21 and unmarried. Soon after, he was...
- Early Life: Bonnie
- Early Life: Clyde
- Bonnie and Clyde Meet
- Bonnie Becomes A Criminal
- On The Lam
- Buck and Blanche
- Ambushes
- Last Days
- Final Shootout and Death
- Legacy
Bonnie Parker was born October 1, 1910, in Rowena, Texas, the second of three children to Henry and Emma Parker. The family lived comfortably off her father's job as a bricklayer, but when he died unexpectedly in 1914, Emma moved the family in with her mother in Cement City, Texas (now part of Dallas). Bonnie Parker was beautiful at 4-foot-11, 90 p...
Clyde Barrow was born March 24, 1909, in Telico, Texas, the sixth of eight children to Henry and Cummie Barrow. Clyde's parents were tenant farmers, often not making enough money to feed their children. When he was 12, his parents gave up tenant farming and moved to West Dallas, where his father opened a gas station. West Dallas was a rough neighbo...
In January 1930, Bonnie and Clyde met at a mutual friend's house. The attraction was instantaneous. A few weeks later, Clyde was sentenced to two years in prison for previous crimes. Bonnie was devastated. On March 11, 1930, Clyde escaped from jail using a gun Bonnie had smuggled in. A week later he was recaptured and sentenced to 14 years in the b...
Leaving prison during the Depression, with jobs as scarce as they were, made living in society difficult. Plus, Clyde had little experience holding a job. As soon as his foot healed, he was back to robbing. Bonnie went with him on one of these robberies. The plan was for the Barrow Gang—which included, at different times, Ray Hamilton, W.D. Jones, ...
For the next two years, Bonnie and Clyde robbed across Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Louisiana, and New Mexico. They stayed close to a state border because police then couldn't cross state boundaries to follow a criminal. Clyde changed cars frequently by stealing one and changed license plates even more frequently. He studied maps and had an uncanny k...
They had been on the run for a year when Clyde's brother Buck was released from prison in March 1933. Law enforcement wanted the two for murder, bank robbery, auto theft, and robbing dozens of grocery stores and gas stations, but they decided to rent an apartment in Joplin, Missouri for a reunion with Buck and his wife Blanche. After two weeks of c...
A month later, Bonnie, Clyde, Buck, Blanche, and Jones checked into two cabins at the Red Crown Tavern near Platte City, Missouri. On July 19, 1933, police, tipped by locals, surrounded the cabins. At 11 p.m., a policeman banged on a cabin door. Blanche replied, "Just a minute. Let me get dressed," giving Clyde time to pick up his Browning Automati...
After several months of recuperating, Bonnie and Clyde were back out robbing. They had to be careful, realizing that locals might recognize them and turn them in, as had happened in Missouri and Iowa. To avoid scrutiny, they slept in their car at night and drove during the day. In November 1933, Jones was captured and told his story to the police, ...
Realizing how tied to family Bonnie and Clyde were, the police guessed that Bonnie, Clyde, and Henry were on their way to visit Iverson Methvin, Henry Methvin's father, in May 1934. When police learned that Henry Methvin had become separated from Bonnie and Clyde on the evening of May 19, they realized this was their chance to set up an ambush. Pol...
Although they created a romantic image—two young lovers running from the big, bad cops, Clyde's driving skills, Bonnie's poetry, and her beauty—it was tarnished by the truth. Though they often captured police who caught up to them and let them off unharmed hours and hundreds of miles later, they killed 13 people, some bystanders slain during bungle...
- Jennifer Rosenberg
Jun 12, 2020 · Possibly the most famous and most romanticized criminals in American history, Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow were two young Texans whose early 1930s crime spree forever imprinted them upon the...
Apr 15, 2019 · Bonnie and Clyde's spree occurred against the backdrop of the Great Depression. Both Texas natives, Bonnie and Clyde were close in age - Clyde was born in 1909 and Bonnie in 1910 - and united in circumstance, since both came from families that often struggled to make ends meet.
Apr 15, 2014 · Made into legends through books, comics, movies, songs, and TV specials, Bonnie and Clyde have lived on nearly 80 years after their deaths as a Depression era Romeo and Juliet. Brandishing high...
