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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 Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Missouri.
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- 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...
Mar 11, 2023 · Learn how the infamous criminal couple Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow met their grisly end at the hands of a trigger-happy posse in Louisiana. See the gruesome photos from the scene and the newspaper coverage of their notorious crime spree.
Clyde Champion Barrow and Bonnie Parker were shot to death by officers in an ambush near Sailes, Bienville Parish, Louisiana on May 23, 1934, after one of the most extensive manhunts the nation...
- Bonnie and Clyde became famous, but not for what they had hoped. As a boy born into the family of a poor farmer, Clyde “Bud” Barrow’s great love was music.
- Bonnie and Clyde didn’t spend much time robbing banks. Movies and TV have tended to portray Bonnie and Clyde as habitual bank robbers who terrorized financial institutions throughout the Midwest and south.
- Bonnie didn’t smoke cigars. The most famous picture of Bonnie shows her holding a pistol, her foot up on the bumper of a Ford, a cigar clamped in her mouth like Edward G. Robinson in Little Caesar.
- Bonnie died a married woman – but not to Clyde. Not generally known is the fact that Bonnie got married when she was 16. Her husband's name was Roy Thornton, and he was a handsome classmate at her school in Dallas.
May 23, 2009 · Three quarters of a century ago Saturday, Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow took their final bullets. But their fame was just beginning. They'd be immortalized in books and movies, most notably in...
Browse a gallery of the infamous duo's life, death and legacy. See photos of their childhood, marriage, crimes, capture and final moments.
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