All I know for fact is what my grandma told me, " they were movie stars" . Apparently my grandmother was walking home (Alabama) on a long dirt road where Bonnie and Clyde picked her up and let her ride on the runners of their vehicle. My grandma was around 13yo. R.I.P. grandma
Thank you for telling the real story of Bonnie and Clyde. There was a lot of details you covered that the movies didn't. I don't know why they chose to use fiction, when their story was far more dramatic.
This was fantastic; I have read a lot about Bonnie & Clyde and I feel like I learned more from this than anything. The fact that you have gone back and shown us all these places (and faces) it really makes it come alive. I will always love the movie.....just because it's a great movie. But I have always appreciated knowing the REAL story. Ultimately, it's a tragedy: look at all those people they killed. The end of your video is the best part, reminding us of that. Amazing.
Admittedly, I was skeptical of this documentary about Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker at first, due to so much incorrect and fictional information out there, but about 5-10 minutes in, I was transfixed....I've done lots and lots of research on the lives and times of Bonnie and Clyde, and their so called gang, and I can corroborate and verify that this work is amazing! If one truly wants to dig in and learn a lot about them, past the somewhat fabricated and romanticized popular culture version of events, then sit down and watch and listen to this. The author has definitely put in the hard work and deep digging in this feature! My personal rating is 10/10🙂
Thank you for the enjoyable presentation. One thing that is very seldom mentioned about their life on the road is that for the longest time Bonnie is carrying around an abdominal wound. She must have been in a lot of pain and being jostled around at high speeds over the often unpaved and always a bumpy ride must have been terrible for her. On top of the injuries she sustained in the Wellington accident maybe that would account for her hitting the bottle on their journeys. You are one of the few that actually give us some details about this.
Thank you for sharing this presentation, it is by far the best documentary I have seen on this subject. One of the things I didn't know but found fascinating was that buck escaped from prison and blanche told him to turn himself back in. This is truly incredible.
As I understand it he didn’t so much “escape” as walk away. He spent the holiday (I think Christmas) with his family and then Blanche and his Mother talked him into going back. When he was in prison one of his jobs was to clean around the electric chair. Supposedly he always thought about his little brother at those times. So much irony.
Fantastic documentary . Utterly devoid of the sensationalism normally associated with this type of subject.I could not stop watching. I felt total empathy with the poloce and the families of the victims. Well done from an historical viewpoint.
I CAN NOT even watch the CRAP the way they SENSATIONALIZE and 'reenact' on these lowest common denominator 'history' channel shows. This is so refreshing and far more informative!
Bonnie dreamt of becoming a star and (ironically) she did. She became a legend whose memory will outlive most of the movie stars of that era. She'll never get old, decrepit and demented, either. She'll always be young, vivacious and beautiful.
In the picture of Bonnie Parker in her Cafe uniform behind the counter where she worked in Dallas and a gentleman standing in front of the counter is one of Bonnie and Clyde's 'Ambushers" or 'Murderers' some would say. The man standing there in that picture is Dallas Police Officer Ted Hinton. Hinton knew Bonnie and had asked her out several times. She always declined but they were still friends. This is why ret. Texas Ranger, Frank Hamer, got officer Ted Hinton to go with him to Gibsland La. for the ambush. Hinton could identify Bonnie on sight.
Did you know that Ted Hinton used to go to the cafe where Bonnie worked and knew her very well? It was a major reason he was with Bob Alcorn when they went to Louisiana. Very well done presentation!
@Peabody Institute Library, Danvers I thought I knew everything there was worth knowing about this duo after many different documenteries, movies, and my Pops who was a huge history buff but I was wrong. I am so glad I took a chance and watched this when it was recommended. It was incredibly informative, filling in a bunch of gaps with new information, and presented in a straight-forward and informal way. Thank you very much for sharing. I really loved it.
The earlier memories of my childhood my dad and myself watched the movie. I was in Dallas and I went to visit Clyde at his gravesite, I also went thru the fence. Thank you for this awesome documentary.
Sir, you provided so much more information on this, more than I have ever seen or heard before. So very interesting. Thank you for the very intriguing stories about Bonnie & Clyde & the cohorts.
This was brilliant. Well researched and presented. Without hype which is appreciated. The only thing I have uncertainty about is the bank robberies. Blanche stated that they were blamed for numerous bank robberies that they simply didn't do. She said they stuck with small gas stations and stores. She said they'd see stories in the newspapers about a bank they robbed and they were hundreds of miles from there at the time. But who knows what they did after she was captured. It was a murderous gang, they ultimately got what was coming, I'm uneasy about them being denied due process but I doubt Clyde would have been taken alive. Well done, Sir!!!
Well done obviously much research. I saw more information here than many other professional presentations. I do think there is a bias towards Bonnie, and her "never shooting" and so forth. My grandfather told me years ago while he was still alive that these two were a scourge. Nothing more than violent murderers. He also said the Beatty, Dunaway movie painted a very different picture than what was factual. But again, I enjoyed this presentation, it's amazing how this many years after the events unfolded it still holds many peoples fascination.
I really enjoyed watching the film you put together, you made it very interesting and informative. I really liked how you explained the differences between reality of the gang and movie hipe. This program showed how much time and background energy you put into making sure people who watched this movie knew the difference between fact and fiction, timeline and details on the specifics on the inter workings of the gang. I also what to thank you for the acknowledgement to the law enforcement officers who lost their lives in the line of duty. I look forward to watching another film from your production.
I've watched many videos on Bonnie and Clyde, and, in my opinion, your video was the most informative. Also, your drawing depicting locations of everything concerning the ambush, answered many questions I had about the death scenario. I was never sure if the monument was the marker of where the car came to rest or it was shooting location. Your drawing explained all questions I had about that. Great work! So glad I found your video! *****
If you visit the site, you will find both the old marker and the new one which looks much better and shows the posse. The one thing I did notice is that the car was driving East on that road and the area where the posse was has been pushed back about 20 yards as it is farther from the road now that what you will see in the video that Ted Hinton took that day. Also, the first shot hit Clyde in the back of the head and was done by Prentiss Oakley before the signal was given because he said he had a clear shot and didn't want Clyde to outrun them again. It is worth seeing if you get the chance. The Ambush Museum in Gibsland is a bit frumpy, but they still do have many artifacts like Bonnie's comb and hair berets along with other personal items. They even had a 1/2 square of Clyde's shirt for sale for $650, I'm a geek on this, but even I could not justify that! The 1930's were a very interesting time!
@@williamrooth I have never been to the monument but would love to go. I keep going over in my mind's eye just how the scenario might have played out. Wouldn't it be nice, if these spots had properly been mapped out for us? Not sure about you, but to me, just having a marker there is somewhat vague. I wish it were more detail oriented. Thanks for the info on the museum too. I would LOVE to see Bonnie and/or Clyde's personal effects. I'd be getting my geek on too. 🤩 Btw, I'm with you on a no go on Clyde's 1/2" shirt. Talk highway robbery. 🙃Anyway, thanks for your response. From one geek to another! 🤓
@@dianarenee2281 Always great to hear from a like-minded geek as well! I purchased an item off of Amazon which you may be interested in. it was a picture of B&C with reproductions of their signatures at the bottom of the picture. it didn't cost much and is an attention getter. Best wishes, fellow geek!!!
Honestly when I 1st heard u talking, I said ohh well ok, this guy sounds a lil nerdy but I'll sit through it..ohh my my myyy was I wrong. That was exactly the by far best piece I'd ever seen on this story, so much corrected details, I finally got the whole story and I got to say I owe u a debt my friend. I'd have paid 50$ if I had to make a choice of seeing it or not, what a treat.. tku so much an God bless, great job my lad!!!
This is probably the most accurate portrayal of the crime spree and death of Bonnie and Clyde.... it was done with respect, with facts and information that has nearly been forgotten .....
My grandmother was from near where Bonnie and Clyde got shot. She was a little girl at the time but she said she and her family went to see the car (crowds of gawkers were showing up, I guess) and that is was riddled with bullet holes. The more I read about them, the more sympathetic I feel. Bonnie,, in particular, never shot anybody, never robbed anybody and didn't smoke cigars. She also couldn't walk during incident where she was accused of killing the cop. Clyde - well Clyde didn't have to kill every single person he killed, but he wasn't a sadist or a psychopath. he didn't kill for thrills. He also tried for a long time to go straight but the police wouldn't let him. He was a product of desperate poverty as much as anything else.
Wonderful documentary ! Bonnie & Clyde did not eat at that diner before they were killed. Bonnie had a severe, permanent injury on her leg & normally stayed in the car. Clyde went in alone & got sandwiches to go on that day.
Having studied this for 50 years, it's nice to hear a reasonable account of this subject. Just adding a bit here regarding the ambush itself. The posse members all had either a Remington mod. 8 or mod. 11. Only Ted Hinton had the "military grade" weapon the BAR. His only task at the ambush was to disable the vehicle as the BAR was the only weapon available at the time to accomplish that. 5/6 of those guns are on display at the Texas Rangers museum. Prentiss Oakley borrowed his Remington from the local dentist. People also tend to forget or didn't know in the first place, 3 independent witnesses in a logging truck coming in the opposite direction witnessed the entire event. Without being told to do so, Oakley fired first killing Barrow instantly with a shot to the temple. He never knew what hit him.
Wow! This was very well done and I really appreciate your attention to detail as well as the compassion you showed to everyone, especially the forgotten victims. The pictures you provided were an added bonus as most documents about them do not include most of the ones you shared... I enjoyed the entire presentation and feel much more educated about the subjects. Thank you so much Sir!
I just recently watched the movie Highway men and then your film of Bonnie and Clyde. Very nice indeed to put the pieces together and telling what actually happened back then. Thank you.
Clyde had a cousin that lived in Conroe Texas. His grave is in a cemetery in Conroe also. Clyde would meet with his cousin under a bridge which part of the frame is still there in Conroe. Wd Jones a buddy of Clyde's is buried in the same cemetery where my husband is buried
This was a great listen and watch - the photos really help visualise Bonnies and Clydes world. I'm just reading Fugitives and may read Blanches book sometime. 🙋🏻♂️
Wow. Hard to believe I live in the middle of Bonnie and Clyde's stomping grounds. 20 minutes from Mabank and 30 minutes from Kemp. Kaufman is just eight miles from Kemp.
I think you did a great job on this thank you very much. I love history and have read all my life I have eight grandkids I have a library and I give them books to try to get them off the phones and in to the wonderful world of history!!!
That family gas station of Clyde's was razed. The same happened to the St. Valentine's Massacre garage in Chicago. It's a vacant lot today. Yet, people stop daily looking at it.
Brother i have watched many if these over the years, great job you have done good work here. I used to think Clyde got a bad rap from the horrible prison he had to endure. But horrible or not this guy was out of control. A lot of good cops were murdered. Great video, really came alive - thx for the hard work.
@@gregwatson8219 interestinug point., just self defense. But robbery was still wrong even in the depression years. Still if our prison system worked at reforming criminal mindset
This was EXCELLENT document of B and C .thanks for bringing the real story about there lives and others that joined them. hope u can give us some more documentary about other subjects .INTERESTING👍👍👍👍
Awesome video!!! Great pics and details. Thank you so much for sharing this. I have to say that I saw the movie with Warren Beatty and I was not impressed. I saw the Netflix film with Emile Hirsch and Holliday Grainger and I was very impressed. I appreciate you sharing the bodies in the coffins. Hopefully, soon, they will be reunited together again. Thanks again!!!
Ever since I was a little kid I have been interested in Bonnie and Clyde. It started when one of my older brothers gave me a paperback book entitled "Fugitives: The Story of Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker" by Jan I. Fortune. It had a yellow cover and had cost 95 cents. Even name my pair of gerbils Bonnie and Clyde lol. Not that I condone the crimes they actually committed (they were blamed for ones they didn't do because the law had to pin it on someone) but considering the times they lived in, it was tough to say the least. Anyway I could ramble on here but I'll just finish with this film was very well done. Oh, and I figured that movie from 1968 was mostly fiction. To make a more accurate movie they need someone who is around 4'11" and about 90 lbs to portray Bonnie.
Clyde was only 5'6". They were criminals. My relatives from back then didn't resort to robbing and killing, my dad was about the same age as they were and his family was terribly poor.
This is an excellent video. Thank you so much for putting this together. I have been wanting to go to Gibsland, LA to see the area where they were ambushed. I have seen lots of pictures of that area. Do you know if anyone recently has ever come across shot gun bullets anywhere in that area dating back to that day they were ambushed?
Angie, I went there about 3 years ago. The site's road is a bit wider than it was in 1934, but the road still exists. This is located out in a very rural area where farmers live, so there would be a lot of buckshot in the area which may or may not be of that era. Finding it would be hard as well since these would be lead pellets. A copper jacketed round would be more likely, if you could get permission to get into the field at the site. The bushes where the lawmen were was scraped away and paved over when they paved the road some time ago, so I doubt that you could get to any spent shell casings, either. The museum in Gibsland, LA had a few bricks from the Kansas City hideout for sale and had a piece of Clydes shirt, a .5 inch X.5 inch square for $1,000 for sale with COA and I would have done it but decided to keep my marriage instead! Ebay may have some artifacts from time to time, but beware as they also have a lot of fakes as well. Good Luck To You!
Angie, While hunting for artifacts please be mindful of venomous snakes, specifically copperheads and canebrake rattlesnakes. More than likely you won’t “meet” any but it is possible. Good luck and stay safe!
@@allen480 Yes, in that area during spring summer and fall, venomous snakes, and other creatures can readily be found. Be very mindful and careful of this!
The long steel-reinforced concrete structure bridging Oak Cliff to downtown Dallas is NOT called the Houston Street AQUEDUCT. This structure is called the Houston Street VIADUCT. A viaduct, according to my Funk'n Wagnall's, is "a long bridge-like structure, typically a series of arches, carrying a road or railroad across a valley or other low ground." Sure sounds like Houston Street's done got themselves a viaduct, y'all, yee-haw! When construction was completed in l9ll, the Houston Street Viaduct was the longest steel- reinforced concrete bridge anywhere in the world at that time.
I thought Bonnie and Clyde were there to get the mail/money ect their family would secretly put in a box in the woods and the cops had found out about it?..but I have heard the story about the truck put out there too
Bonnie had her name and Roy name tattooed on her thigh. Too Bonnie wanted a baby with Clyde but her mom told her she couldn't have kids. I think from a childhood illness. Clyde couldn't have kids either. Blanche couldn't either. Both Bonnie and Clyde had a bad limp. He had to carry her sometimes.
Hi. I just discovered this video. I know alot about Bonnie and Clyde. I'm from New Jersey. But I have been to Dallas checking Bonnie and Clyde places. . This video is very well done! Thanks
The prison system of those days was as criminal as the convicts themselves, in some cases way more (the guards were lowlifes in equal measure) - always generating more dangerous people when they were released. What they did to Clyde as an inmate was horrendous, and any of us would feel the same maddening hate he had once he got out.
My ex wife is Bonnie Parker 's Great Grandniece and looked so much like her when my ex was in her 20s & 30s. Little petite 5'0 and 100 lb Blonde hellraiser back then. But I haven't seen her in 10 years or so now thankfully, So no telling what she looks like now .
I can remember as a child in Dallas my grandmother talking about the funeral. That the crouds of people were unending. She didnt go but drove by and saw the people.
There’s no question there is evidence that they had committed crime. Hindsight is always 2020. However the descriptions of Bonnie and Clyde were way off in almost 2/3 of the robberies. It was proven to be impossible for them to have done some of the robberies but it was opportunity copycat robbers. They were by no means innocent believe me they weren’t perfect people but it was a lot of laziness to just blame them for everything
I can see why Bonnie & Clyde were so wanted by the police, & so feared by people in small towns. They were disorganized, unpredictable, and killed people to cover their own dumb mistakes. They drank too much & pulled off few successful robberies.
There is no evidence to Bonnie ever killed anyone but I think there are two instances at Joplin and at the ambush in Dallas where Bonnie did fire a gun
Would have been nice; if you had given the addresses of the places you posted. The gas station in West Dallas for example. No address for anyone to be able to find it on Google Maps, or if someone wished to actually take a trip to Dallas and locate it.
Someone mentioned that B & C traveled to Gibsland by way of Little Rock. It would be interesting to get more info about their routing through Arkansas.
I have a shot up curve ahead shot by 4 different guns from Bonnie and Clyde, the BAR, Machine gun, two other hand gun, Clyde used them for target practice and see if it would go though the steel.
Bonnie battery acid wound. On right leg. Was treated with baking soda. And something else. And wrapped. But without proper exercise her leg was bent . stuck that way. So she had bad limp . He carry her a lot. He limp too bc 2 toes he cut off.
Also, Clyde killed only when he felt confronted or threatened. So, he killed mainly law enforcement & others who thought they could get the jump on Clyde. Clyde did not got go about randomly killing people.
Bc Waters , my step Grandfather was in a little store in Louisiana and Bonnie & Clyde came in and gave my Grandpa a Quarter , that was a lot of money in 1930 or so .
Clyde was a product of the times and a corrupt criminal justice and prison system. Clyde tried several times to go straight but because of the constant harassment from law enforcement was unable to keep the few jobs he was able to find.
The sound in this video was skipping around. It would pause and jump forward. I would have loved to see this video without the sound problems. It was a nightmare trying to watch this video. Had it not been for the sound problems it would have been a great documentary.
I remember going to the old fair ground parking lot in my hometown Roanoke Rapids NC the death car was in the trailer of a Simi truck with a walk way and the car was striped of chrome and everything except the body it had hundreds of holes of different calibers I was about 6 years old I'm now 58
All I know for fact is what my grandma told me, " they were movie stars" . Apparently my grandmother was walking home (Alabama) on a long dirt road where Bonnie and Clyde picked her up and let her ride on the runners of their vehicle. My grandma was around 13yo. R.I.P. grandma
Thank you for telling the real story of Bonnie and Clyde. There was a lot of details you covered that the movies didn't. I don't know why they chose to use fiction, when their story was far more dramatic.
This was fantastic; I have read a lot about Bonnie & Clyde and I feel like I learned more from this than anything. The fact that you have gone back and shown us all these places (and faces) it really makes it come alive. I will always love the movie.....just because it's a great movie. But I have always appreciated knowing the REAL story. Ultimately, it's a tragedy: look at all those people they killed. The end of your video is the best part, reminding us of that. Amazing.
Facts isn't as glamorous as Hollywood's version 🙄
The Clyde "impotence" crap from the Beatty film was B.S.. Blanch said in a 1968 interview that she could "hear them at night" in the cabins.
Old Clyde was beaten up in them guts
Admittedly, I was skeptical of this documentary about Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker at first, due to so much incorrect and fictional information out there, but about 5-10 minutes in, I was transfixed....I've done lots and lots of research on the lives and times of Bonnie and Clyde, and their so called gang, and I can corroborate and verify that this work is amazing! If one truly wants to dig in and learn a lot about them, past the somewhat fabricated and romanticized popular culture version of events, then sit down and watch and listen to this. The author has definitely put in the hard work and deep digging in this feature! My personal rating is 10/10🙂
No documentary perfect
Ur story was the best
Thank u
@@CharlieHawkins-zw4qf I'm team B & C. Good research
Thank you for the enjoyable presentation. One thing that is very seldom mentioned about their life on the road is that for the longest time Bonnie is carrying around an abdominal wound. She must have been in a lot of pain and being jostled around at high speeds over the often unpaved and always a bumpy ride must have been terrible for her. On top of the injuries she sustained in the Wellington accident maybe that would account for her hitting the bottle on their journeys. You are one of the few that actually give us some details about this.
As a kid in East Texas I would hear stories from my parents and Grandparents about these Two. I enjoyed your Video, very well done . Thanks
Thank you for sharing this presentation, it is by far the best documentary I have seen on this subject. One of the things I didn't know but found fascinating was that buck escaped from prison and blanche told him to turn himself back in. This is truly incredible.
As I understand it he didn’t so much “escape” as walk away. He spent the holiday (I think Christmas) with his family and then Blanche and his Mother talked him into going back. When he was in prison one of his jobs was to clean around the electric chair. Supposedly he always thought about his little brother at those times. So much irony.
Fantastic documentary . Utterly devoid of the sensationalism normally associated with this type of subject.I could not stop watching. I felt total empathy with the poloce and the families of the victims. Well done from an historical viewpoint.
I feel empathy w B& C
I CAN NOT even watch the CRAP the way they SENSATIONALIZE and 'reenact' on these lowest common denominator 'history' channel shows.
This is so refreshing and far more informative!
Stringtown officers played it wrong. All they did was add to Clyde's murder count. I Don't blame Clyde.
I'm team Bonnie& Clyde folks.
Again Joplin police played it wrong. No reinforcement
Bonnie dreamt of becoming a star and (ironically) she did. She became a legend whose memory will outlive most of the movie stars of that era. She'll never get old, decrepit and demented, either. She'll always be young, vivacious and beautiful.
She's a selfish MURDER etc !!! A star !!!! She's a killer !!! Your comment is disturbing #!
I believe she had aspirations of becoming a writer, as well. She seemed to have some talent, as evidenced in her poetry.
..... And a murderer
@@jat6547 Not a shred of credible evidence she murdered anyone.
And she will always be a cold blooded murderer.
This is the best video I've seen on Bonnie and Clyde. Good Work!!!
He fucks up a bunch of facts of bonnie and clyde
So yes 👍
In the picture of Bonnie Parker in her Cafe uniform behind the counter where she worked in Dallas and a gentleman standing in front of the counter is one of Bonnie and Clyde's 'Ambushers" or 'Murderers' some would say. The man standing there in that picture is Dallas Police Officer Ted Hinton. Hinton knew Bonnie and had asked her out several times. She always declined but they were still friends. This is why ret. Texas Ranger, Frank Hamer, got officer Ted Hinton to go with him to Gibsland La. for the ambush. Hinton could identify Bonnie on sight.
Hinton’s son said his father became an alcoholic after the ambush.
Did you know that Ted Hinton used to go to the cafe where Bonnie worked and knew her very well? It was a major reason he was with Bob Alcorn when they went to Louisiana. Very well done presentation!
@Peabody Institute Library, Danvers I thought I knew everything there was worth knowing about this duo after many different documenteries, movies, and my Pops who was a huge history buff but I was wrong.
I am so glad I took a chance and watched this when it was recommended. It was incredibly informative, filling in a bunch of gaps with new information, and presented in a straight-forward and informal way. Thank you very much for sharing. I really loved it.
The earlier memories of my childhood my dad and myself watched the movie. I was in Dallas and I went to visit Clyde at his gravesite, I also went thru the fence. Thank you for this awesome documentary.
Sir, you provided so much more information on this, more than I have ever seen or heard before. So very interesting. Thank you for the very intriguing stories about Bonnie & Clyde & the cohorts.
This was brilliant.
Well researched and presented.
Without hype which is appreciated.
The only thing I have uncertainty about is the bank robberies.
Blanche stated that they were blamed for numerous bank robberies that they simply didn't do.
She said they stuck with small gas stations and stores.
She said they'd see stories in the newspapers about a bank they robbed and they were hundreds of miles from there at the time.
But who knows what they did after she was captured.
It was a murderous gang, they ultimately got what was coming, I'm uneasy about them being denied due process but I doubt Clyde would have been taken alive.
Well done, Sir!!!
Well done obviously much research. I saw more information here than many other professional presentations. I do think there is a bias towards Bonnie, and her "never shooting" and so forth. My grandfather told me years ago while he was still alive that these two were a scourge. Nothing more than violent murderers. He also said the Beatty, Dunaway movie painted a very different picture than what was factual.
But again, I enjoyed this presentation, it's amazing how this many years after the events unfolded it still holds many peoples fascination.
Warren Beatty didn't give rats ass's about Hammers legacy as bounty hunter
I really enjoyed watching the film you put together, you made it very interesting and informative. I really liked how you explained the differences between reality of the gang and movie hipe. This program showed how much time and background energy you put into making sure people who watched this movie knew the difference between fact and fiction, timeline and details on the specifics on the inter workings of the gang. I also what to thank you for the acknowledgement to the law enforcement officers who lost their lives in the line of duty. I look forward to watching another film from your production.
I've watched many videos on Bonnie and Clyde, and, in my opinion, your video was the most informative. Also, your drawing depicting locations of everything concerning the ambush, answered many questions I had about the death scenario. I was never sure if the monument was the marker of where the car came to rest or it was shooting location. Your drawing explained all questions I had about that. Great work! So glad I found your video! *****
If you visit the site, you will find both the old marker and the new one which looks much better and shows the posse. The one thing I did notice is that the car was driving East on that road and the area where the posse was has been pushed back about 20 yards as it is farther from the road now that what you will see in the video that Ted Hinton took that day. Also, the first shot hit Clyde in the back of the head and was done by Prentiss Oakley before the signal was given because he said he had a clear shot and didn't want Clyde to outrun them again. It is worth seeing if you get the chance. The Ambush Museum in Gibsland is a bit frumpy, but they still do have many artifacts like Bonnie's comb and hair berets along with other personal items. They even had a 1/2 square of Clyde's shirt for sale for $650, I'm a geek on this, but even I could not justify that! The 1930's were a very interesting time!
@@williamrooth I have never been to the monument but would love to go. I keep going over in my mind's eye just how the scenario might have played out. Wouldn't it be nice, if these spots had properly been mapped out for us? Not sure about you, but to me, just having a marker there is somewhat vague. I wish it were more detail oriented. Thanks for the info on the museum too. I would LOVE to see Bonnie and/or Clyde's personal effects. I'd be getting my geek on too. 🤩 Btw, I'm with you on a no go on Clyde's 1/2" shirt. Talk highway robbery. 🙃Anyway, thanks for your response. From one geek to another! 🤓
@@dianarenee2281 Always great to hear from a like-minded geek as well! I purchased an item off of Amazon which you may be interested in. it was a picture of B&C with reproductions of their signatures at the bottom of the picture. it didn't cost much and is an attention getter. Best wishes, fellow geek!!!
The Bonnie and Clyde accomplice, W. D. Jones, was called C. W. Moss in the movie "Bonnie and Clyde" He was played by Michael J. Pollard.
Yes and Pollard's acting was great in that movie 👍👍
Excellent work. Now I realize just how little I knew about the duo. The photographs are fabulous.
Honestly when I 1st heard u talking, I said ohh well ok, this guy sounds a lil nerdy but I'll sit through it..ohh my my myyy was I wrong. That was exactly the by far best piece I'd ever seen on this story, so much corrected details, I finally got the whole story and I got to say I owe u a debt my friend. I'd have paid 50$ if I had to make a choice of seeing it or not, what a treat.. tku so much an God bless, great job my lad!!!
This is probably the most accurate portrayal of the crime spree and death of Bonnie and Clyde.... it was done with respect, with facts and information that has nearly been forgotten .....
My grandmother was from near where Bonnie and Clyde got shot. She was a little girl at the time but she said she and her family went to see the car (crowds of gawkers were showing up, I guess) and that is was riddled with bullet holes. The more I read about them, the more sympathetic I feel. Bonnie,, in particular, never shot anybody, never robbed anybody and didn't smoke cigars. She also couldn't walk during incident where she was accused of killing the cop. Clyde - well Clyde didn't have to kill every single person he killed, but he wasn't a sadist or a psychopath. he didn't kill for thrills. He also tried for a long time to go straight but the police wouldn't let him. He was a product of desperate poverty as much as anything else.
Bunk. He was an evil deranged violent thuggish hoodlum and cowardly, psychopath.
Really good program. And I really like revisiting the original hideouts and crime scenes.Really enjoyed this.
Wonderful documentary !
Bonnie & Clyde did not eat at that diner before they were killed. Bonnie had a severe, permanent injury on her leg & normally stayed in the car. Clyde went in alone & got sandwiches to go on that day.
Having studied this for 50 years, it's nice to hear a reasonable account of this subject. Just adding a bit here regarding the ambush itself. The posse members all had either a Remington mod. 8 or mod. 11. Only Ted Hinton had the "military grade" weapon the BAR. His only task at the ambush was to disable the vehicle as the BAR was the only weapon available at the time to accomplish that. 5/6 of those guns are on display at the Texas Rangers museum. Prentiss Oakley borrowed his Remington from the local dentist. People also tend to forget or didn't know in the first place, 3 independent witnesses in a logging truck coming in the opposite direction witnessed the entire event. Without being told to do so, Oakley fired first killing Barrow instantly with a shot to the temple. He never knew what hit him.
The composite character in the movies you talk about at 29:24 was named C.W. Moss, (a nod to W.D. Jones) and was played by actor Michael J. Pollard.
Absolutely fantastic production. You are very good at what you do. Keep up the great work. Many Thanks.
Wow! This was very well done and I really appreciate your attention to detail as well as the compassion you showed to everyone, especially the forgotten victims. The pictures you provided were an added bonus as most documents about them do not include most of the ones you shared... I enjoyed the entire presentation and feel much more educated about the subjects. Thank you so much Sir!
This was very informative. The best documentary I have seen. Thanks for taking the time to make a complete storyline.
I just recently watched the movie Highway men and then your film of Bonnie and Clyde. Very nice indeed to put the pieces together and telling what actually happened back then. Thank you.
Clyde had a cousin that lived in Conroe Texas. His grave is in a cemetery in Conroe also. Clyde would meet with his cousin under a bridge which part of the frame is still there in Conroe. Wd Jones a buddy of Clyde's is buried in the same cemetery where my husband is buried
This was a great listen and watch - the photos really help visualise Bonnies and Clydes world.
I'm just reading Fugitives and may read Blanches book sometime.
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Where did you find the "Fugitives" book?
Fugitives is full of shit
Wow. Hard to believe I live in the middle of Bonnie and Clyde's stomping grounds. 20 minutes from Mabank and 30 minutes from Kemp. Kaufman is just eight miles from Kemp.
Is that still the meth capital of Texas- Kaufman Co.?
This presentation is a masterpiece of mid west lore.
Mostly south and Southwest .
Thus was great reminds me of my dad RIP he took me as a kid to see. The car when I was 10 loved it
Awesome stuff!!!! Excellent job my friend and absolutely the most informative doc/vid I've seen on the subject matter!!!!
Best video I’ve come across of Bonnie and Clyde!!!!! Thx!
I think you did a great job on this thank you very much. I love history and have read all my life I have eight grandkids I have a library and I give them books to try to get them off the phones and in to the wonderful world of history!!!
That family gas station of Clyde's was razed. The same happened to the St. Valentine's Massacre garage in Chicago. It's a vacant lot today. Yet, people stop daily looking at it.
Brother i have watched many if these over the years, great job you have done good work here. I used to think Clyde got a bad rap from the horrible prison he had to endure. But horrible or not this guy was out of control. A lot of good cops were murdered. Great video, really came alive - thx for the hard work.
Clyde killd when threatened. Not murder
@@gregwatson8219 interestinug point., just self defense. But robbery was still wrong even in the depression years. Still if our prison system worked at reforming criminal mindset
This was EXCELLENT document of B and C .thanks for bringing the real story about there lives and others that joined them. hope u can give us some more documentary about other subjects .INTERESTING👍👍👍👍
Awesome video!!! Great pics and details. Thank you so much for sharing this. I have to say that I saw the movie with Warren Beatty and I was not impressed. I saw the Netflix film with Emile Hirsch and Holliday Grainger and I was very impressed. I appreciate you sharing the bodies in the coffins. Hopefully, soon, they will be reunited together again. Thanks again!!!
U serious?? Warrens movie is his Masterpiece at 56 yrs old since film released!
I am truly amazed by this film,, yes they did wrong but ... I believe this is a Love Story of Loyalty and Love above no other ...
Love this seminar... that's how you talk about history ...before and after photos... then inject with personal anecdotes
The place in Joplin is available on Air BNB....
I am definitely going to rent it one day.
I absolutely love these two
Thank you what well done history of Bonnie and Clyde, good job!
Ever since I was a little kid I have been interested in Bonnie and Clyde. It started when one of my older brothers gave me a paperback book entitled "Fugitives: The Story of Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker" by Jan I. Fortune. It had a yellow cover and had cost 95 cents. Even name my pair of gerbils Bonnie and Clyde lol. Not that I condone the crimes they actually committed (they were blamed for ones they didn't do because the law had to pin it on someone) but considering the times they lived in, it was tough to say the least. Anyway I could ramble on here but I'll just finish with this film was very well done. Oh, and I figured that movie from 1968 was mostly fiction. To make a more accurate movie they need someone who is around 4'11" and about 90 lbs to portray Bonnie.
Clyde was only 5'6". They were criminals. My relatives from back then didn't resort to robbing and killing, my dad was about the same age as they were and his family was terribly poor.
The Bonnie and Clyde car has been on show all over Nevada seen it many time in different places in Nevada.
Excellent presentation.
Phenomenal research. Incredibly insightful.
Wow my friend you did an awesome job. I really enjoy historic things and sites, and all I can say is wow and thank you
This is an excellent video. Thank you so much for putting this together. I have been wanting to go to Gibsland, LA to see the area where they were ambushed. I have seen lots of pictures of that area. Do you know if anyone recently has ever come across shot gun bullets anywhere in that area dating back to that day they were ambushed?
Angie, I went there about 3 years ago. The site's road is a bit wider than it was in 1934, but the road still exists. This is located out in a very rural area where farmers live, so there would be a lot of buckshot in the area which may or may not be of that era. Finding it would be hard as well since these would be lead pellets. A copper jacketed round would be more likely, if you could get permission to get into the field at the site. The bushes where the lawmen were was scraped away and paved over when they paved the road some time ago, so I doubt that you could get to any spent shell casings, either. The museum in Gibsland, LA had a few bricks from the Kansas City hideout for sale and had a piece of Clydes shirt, a .5 inch X.5 inch square for $1,000 for sale with COA and I would have done it but decided to keep my marriage instead! Ebay may have some artifacts from time to time, but beware as they also have a lot of fakes as well. Good Luck To You!
Angie, While hunting for artifacts please be mindful of venomous snakes, specifically copperheads and canebrake rattlesnakes. More than likely you won’t “meet” any but it is possible. Good luck and stay safe!
@@allen480 Yes, in that area during spring summer and fall, venomous snakes, and other creatures can readily be found. Be very mindful and careful of this!
@@timchilders3535 Roger that!
The long steel-reinforced concrete structure bridging Oak Cliff to downtown Dallas is NOT called the Houston Street AQUEDUCT. This structure is called the Houston Street VIADUCT.
A viaduct, according to my Funk'n Wagnall's, is "a long bridge-like structure, typically a series of arches, carrying a road or railroad across a valley or other low ground."
Sure sounds like Houston Street's done got themselves a viaduct, y'all, yee-haw!
When construction was completed in l9ll, the Houston Street Viaduct was the longest steel- reinforced concrete bridge anywhere in the world at that time.
Really great job, enjoyed it immensely. Thanks.
Nowhere is a mention of the child carried by Bonnie in her tummy , this officers should have been held accountable !!
What a great-great video you did.Thank you for all the work
I thought Bonnie and Clyde were there to get the mail/money ect their family would secretly put in a box in the woods and the cops had found out about it?..but I have heard the story about the truck put out there too
I really enjoyed this it was so informative I couldn't even turn away. This is by far the best true crime lecture I've seen. Great job and thank you!
Excellent, really enjoyed that, thank you !!
Great video and research. This is a lot of work. the least we can do is hit the thumbs up for you. Thanks
Bonnie had her name and Roy name tattooed on her thigh. Too
Bonnie wanted a baby with Clyde but her mom told her she couldn't have kids. I think from a childhood illness.
Clyde couldn't have kids either.
Blanche couldn't either.
Both Bonnie and Clyde had a bad limp. He had to carry her sometimes.
Hello there. I enjoyed your documentary story of Bonnie and Clyde. You provided a full complete details. Well
done. Thanks for sharing your video.
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Hi. I just discovered this video. I know alot about Bonnie and Clyde. I'm from New Jersey. But I have been to Dallas checking Bonnie and Clyde places. . This video is very well done! Thanks
The prison system of those days was as criminal as the convicts themselves, in some cases way more (the guards were lowlifes in equal measure) - always generating more dangerous people when they were released. What they did to Clyde as an inmate was horrendous, and any of us would feel the same maddening hate he had once he got out.
Very interesting thank you
Yes I have subscribed to your channel.
You still in Danvers? Would love to meet you and chat about Bonnie and Clyde - interested in them for over 45 years!
My ex wife is Bonnie Parker 's Great Grandniece and looked so much like her when my ex was in her 20s & 30s. Little petite 5'0 and 100 lb Blonde hellraiser back then. But I haven't seen her in 10 years or so now thankfully, So no telling what she looks like now .
Great detail Sir!
Great Job! Throughly enjoyed!
It's such a tragedy to see love die. They both had a lust for adrenaline that they flew to close to the sun.
I can remember as a child in Dallas my grandmother talking about the funeral. That the crouds of people were unending. She didnt go but drove by and saw the people.
The Lady that lived across the street from us in Wichita Texas, Bonnie and their Mothers were sisters.
There’s no question there is evidence that they had committed crime. Hindsight is always 2020. However the descriptions of Bonnie and Clyde were way off in almost 2/3 of the robberies. It was proven to be impossible for them to have done some of the robberies but it was opportunity copycat robbers. They were by no means innocent believe me they weren’t perfect people but it was a lot of laziness to just blame them for everything
I can see why Bonnie & Clyde were so wanted by the police, & so feared by people in small towns. They were disorganized, unpredictable, and killed people to cover their own dumb mistakes. They drank too much & pulled off few successful robberies.
Well done documentary. I enjoyed it immensely and as the previous commenter said, you're an excellent storyteller!
There is no evidence to Bonnie ever killed anyone but I think there are two instances at Joplin and at the ambush in Dallas where Bonnie did fire a gun
I actually got to see their car all bullet riddled in my hometown as a child 🚸
Blanche had glass stuck in her eyes. One eye went blind. Very painful for yrs. She still was very gorgeous.
Would have been nice; if you had given the addresses of the places you posted. The gas station in West Dallas for example. No address for anyone to be able to find it on Google Maps, or if someone wished to actually take a trip to Dallas and locate it.
Someone mentioned that B & C traveled to Gibsland by way of Little Rock. It would be interesting to get more info about their routing through Arkansas.
Find 1933 era maps and there you go!
@@carywest9256 Many thanks!
I have a shot up curve ahead shot by 4 different guns from Bonnie and Clyde, the BAR, Machine gun, two other hand gun, Clyde used them for target practice and see if it would go though the steel.
Bonnie battery acid wound. On right leg. Was treated with baking soda. And something else. And wrapped.
But without proper exercise her leg was bent . stuck that way. So she had bad limp . He carry her a lot.
He limp too bc 2 toes he cut off.
Clyde's mother's name Cumie is pronounced Coomie.
My great grandmother lent the dress that Clyde’s mother wore at the funeral. She was a dress maker and knew the family.
Great video! I don't see any women among the 12 victims you list at the end. Did B&C kill only men?
Yes, only men.
Also, Clyde killed only when he felt confronted or threatened. So, he killed mainly law enforcement & others who thought they could get the jump on Clyde. Clyde did not got go about randomly killing people.
Psycho Clyde and sociopath Bonnie..their spree only lasted about 18 months..they were small time thieves.
I've been through Gibsland a few times and it is a sleepy sort of backwoodsy type of town with wood frame houses.
Bc Waters , my step Grandfather was in a little store in Louisiana and Bonnie & Clyde came in and gave my Grandpa a Quarter , that was a lot of money in 1930 or so .
Clyde was a product of the times and a corrupt criminal justice and prison system.
Clyde tried several times to go straight but because of the constant harassment from law enforcement was unable to keep the few jobs he was able to find.
The sound in this video was skipping around. It would pause and jump forward. I would have loved to see this video without the sound problems. It was a nightmare trying to watch this video. Had it not been for the sound problems it would have been a great documentary.
you are the greatest! great work. good people doing bad things
you are a hard working man of interest. alot of hard work and money. thank you
Good job you guys did a great one
Incredible slice of Americana. Easily the best coverage of this amazing gang of rotten criminals.
That was really well done. Great collection of photos.
The lesson should be about how easy it is to romanticize the wrong people. They were cold-blooded killers and didn't to get the folk hero treatment.
Oh very nicely done, thank you!
I remember going to the old fair ground parking lot in my hometown Roanoke Rapids NC the death car was in the trailer of a Simi truck with a walk way and the car was striped of chrome and everything except the body it had hundreds of holes of different calibers I was about 6 years old I'm now 58
The Barrow house/filling station has been knocked down .