Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow were American bandits and spree killers who traveled the Central United States with their gang during the Depression era. They were known for their bank robberies and multiple murders, although they preferred to rob small stores or rural funeral homes. Their forbidden partnership was fueled by adrenaline, danger, and an insatiable desire for more.
After Bonnie and Clyde were killed, the U. S. government put over a dozen of their family members on trial for aiding the outlaws. The fundamental question is, did Bonnie Parker pull the trigger at Grapevine and during many of the gang’s other violent episodes? The answer is yes. In January 1930, fate brought Bonnie and Clyde together, marking the beginning of a tumultuous romance that would be fueled by adrenaline, danger, and an insatiable desire for more.
Bonnie’s niece, who has participated in many Bonnie and Clyde-related events over the years, has participated in many Bonnie and Clyde-related events over the years. Clyde’s mother supported her son throughout his criminal career. The Floyd family was known to never turn down someone in need, even if it was Bonnie and Clyde. Despite being on the run for more than a year, the infamous family lived comfortably off her father’s job as a bricklayer. When he died unexpectedly in 1914, Emma moved the family in with her. Two of their relatives are pushing for Bonnie Parker to finally be reunited with Clyde Barrow in the vacant plot reserved for her at his side.
Bonnie Parker, born in Rowena, Texas, on October 1, 1910, to Henry and Emma Parker, had an older brother, Clyde Barrow, who was a skilled musician and played the saxophone. They were known for their bank robberies and multiple murders, but preferred to rob small stores or rural funeral homes.
A new documentary on PBS explores how Bonnie and Clyde captivated the imagination of a depression-era nation and the romantic imagination of Hollywood, all thanks to a single roll of film.
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| Bonnie and Clyde | The couple were known for their bank robberies and multiple murders, although they preferred to rob small stores or rural funeral homes. Their exploits captured … | en.wikipedia.org |
| Bonnie & Clyde: Family. History. Truth. | An intimate conversation with living relatives of both Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow, better known as the ill-fated romantic partners-in-crime, Bonnie and … | dallashistory.org |
| Bonnie Wasn’t Clyde’s Only Female Accomplice | From managing his image to possibly paying off law enforcement, Clyde’s mother supported her son throughout his criminal career. | history.com |
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What Happened To Bonnie And Clyde?
Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow were notorious American outlaws during the Great Depression, infamous for their violent bank robberies and crime spree across the Central United States from 1932 to 1934. Clyde's earlier experiences as a petty criminal in Eastham prison transformed him into a figure of legend. The couple, born in 1910 and 1909 respectively, are believed to have killed at least 13 people while robbing gas stations, restaurants, and small-town banks, capturing national attention for their ruthless exploits.
Their crime wave came to an end on May 23, 1934, when they were ambushed by law enforcement in Bienville Parish, Louisiana, after an extensive manhunt. During the ambush, led by ex-Texas Ranger Frank Hamer, officers fired over 160 shots at their Ford, resulting in their deaths. Bonnie and Clyde became romanticized figures in American folklore, partly viewed as "Robin Hoods" by those affected by the economic struggles of the era.
Their story includes Bonnie’s poetry, highlighting the couple's love amid chaos. This tragic end of the infamous duo marked a significant moment in American criminal history, leaving behind a legacy of sorrow, violence, and a quest for survival during harsh economic times.
📹 BONNIE AND CLYDE’S Final Days
This video follows in Bonnie and Clyde’s footsteps the final months of their life. Knowing it was coming, Clyde and Bonnie tied up …
Good Lord. Buck was shot six more times and he STILL didn’t die for a few days. He was really hanging on. Blanche’s recollection of them being found really touched me. I felt for her. I think they really did have a deep love for each other. Probably more so than Bonnie and Clyde honestly. I wish life could have ended up differently for them
FULL HOOVER article!! yesss!! I was assigned him for a report as a kid and my grandpa helped me with it, so it was partially derived from encyclopedias and partially first hand memories hahaha… had to be interesting for my teacher and it sparked my interest in J Edgar Hoover… he was extra for SURE 🤣
I was never interested in Bonnie & Clyde so much….but Stephanie has a great way of telling ALL these peoples’ stories that literally CREATES interest!! And while it’s very considerate to her audience to ask what we want to see/hear from her….I’m pretty sure that ALL of us agree, do whatever sparks you Stephanie, we will be here for it!!!!
me, a married woman with a child: “i want a love like Buck and Blanche”. she a real one for caring more about Buck while she’s got literal glass in her eyes. i could never. also, in concurrency with the comment about wishing Magellan would you your own show due to how long they’ve sponsored with you, i wish Magellan had a “Stephanies Picks” section. Magellan is just as loyal as Blanche, and we stan that.
Let’s all take a minute to say thank you Stephanie for all of countless hours you put into these articles! You’re amazing! I’ve always loved Bonnie and Clyde, but I now know I’ve been grossly ill-informed on their story. It’s amazing how twisted things can become from the media and just word of mouth throughout the years. Also, I would love a article about the start of the FBI.
I’m late to finding this. I honestly i thought I’d heard or read pretty much everything regarding Bonnie and Clyde. I only watched this because it was you. Holy cow! This was great. Absolutely great. Thank you so much. And please, YES to covering J. Edgar Hoover. When you read what Blanche said about his visit to her, it didn’t even cross my mind to doubt he would threaten to gouge out her other eye. He’s a pretty wild character and I’d love to know more. Again thank you for this great series.
I wasn’t intending to watch this. I know quite a bit about Bonnie and Clyde and it’s just not really my thing. It accidentally auto played after another article and I am absolutely hooked. thank you for this really long, really awesome, very incredibly detailed series, cuz I’m enjoying the heck out of it
Part 7 here we go!!! Honestly, if you made this your side project (like breaking it down to 10 +parts)and updated it occasionally throughout the year(or years)I would have gladly followed it in a heartbeat without any complaints! Your contents are so well researched and you’ve put in so many efforts that I just felt blessed being able to be a Harlowe fan! Thank you for your contents!
I was a little reluctant to start this series just because it was a little different than my usual interests, but I’m so glad I did! I’ve been sucked in to this story since part 1 and I didn’t know 99% of these details before. You’re amazing Stephanie, thank you for telling stories you want to tell because that’s what makes you so good at it!
Stephanie, I think you might be interested in the DJ Lucy Stone story. Lucy was a successful DJ from the UK, who played in all the major clubs all over Europe. She moved to Dubai when her marriage broke down and was a resident DJ on a famous “Drive Time” show. She had an argument with her boyfriend (in Dubai) and made a snap decision to fly back to London, where she met up with a friend, and allegedly spent an evening doing drugs and drinking heavily. However early next day she left her friend and jumped off the roof of her friend’s apartment building, where she died instantly. Many people believe that there is more to this story, and her “friend” may have been lying about Lucy’s last hours, and that there may have been more to this story than just a “suicide”…
i grew up with the Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway version of Bonnie & Clyde. i saw it when i was 5 or 6 when it aired on television one weekend. i was mystified by Faye Dunaway then. i watched it again at 13 years old during my “crush on Warren Beatty” phase and i thought it was all so adventurous and romantic. This series shattered ALL of my illusions about the Barrow gang and i thank you for it, Stephanie. i’m very grateful that i was never inspired to start a life of crime That shit is ridiculous.
Yes please, to the J. Edgar Hoover Deep dive. Heck, make it 7 or 8 parts too. I absolutely love your website, your sass, and your honest opinions that you inject. My family thinks I’m crazy, I’m sure, bc sometimes I talk back to you while I’m cooking dinner and listening to you, like: “Oh my God! I know right?! What were they thinking!?” Listening to you is like visiting with a gal pal, I swear. I also have a husband that can’t listen to these stories without getting down, and your comment about finding a burst of light in each case is so well put. Thank you for doing what you do. You are an amazing talent in researching these cases and turning them into these enrapturing stories.
I am the person who watched from episode 1…. I am so so excited to watch episode #8. Episode 8 is not added to the playlist yet. But I still found it! The final chapter is up next! So excited! I can’t stop perusal. I feel like I am with Bonnie and Clyde ! Along with them until the end. Thank you Stephanie! I can’t thank you enough for this series. ❤
Stephanie Harlowe, Don’t worry, I have never left a comment before, but because Bonnie and Clyde are my favorite, I thought I’d let you know. I’ve enjoyed them soooo much. The only thing that could have made them better, is just what you said,” stumbling upon these articles after they were completed.”
Most of the greatest, absolutely incredible stories of bravery and heroic events fueled by undying love are events that have never been told and lost over time. They are the moments that were inspiring for generations but history is told only by the Victors or the most influential. So many incredible memories lost, names forgotten. 😢
I’m so happy there are more parts 😊. There is just something about the way you tell true story in full detail… the parts you you get excited about, or can relate to, or know we all can relate to, the really emotional parts are felt in your voice. Just as with all your true crime articles… but these deep dive articles are just on another level…. definitely Netflix worthy! And this topic is just so Fascinating! I could watch 15 more articles and still not be bored of it! So give us everything you got! We don’t seem to learn the whole real truth anywhere else. That’s why I really enjoy these also! And I’m about 10-12 years older than you! To know I was lied to and purposely not taught things throughout my schooling…. I’m still pissed 😡 and they continue the same curriculum today smdh… but at least now, they have parents that are a little more woke to this. Basically just thank you for all your hard work! These articles are amazing and so are you! ♥️♥️🌹♥️♥️
I keep perusal this series start to whichever article you’re on. Already binging. Your thoroughness and dedication to being as accurate as possible combined with your compassion even for “bad” people is what has kept me coming back since when you first started mixing true crime in with your makeup reviews, and I love that, when possible, you reach out to families to try to get their input, and will even remove things later if a loved one reaches out since you acknowledge the power articles can have (I really wish other true crime people were as serious instead of insinuating that marginalized people in poor neighborhoods in the US not opening the door to cops without warrants at 2am means they must be guilty of a crime…I’m looking at Eleanor Neale right now). I really don’t heap praise onto people often due to how many sycophantic fans there are all over YouTube who praise someone for breathing, but your article are several cuts above and should be nominated for some awards. Thank you for treating these topics as something significantly more than just “let’s have some fun talking about dead people today.” You do it right.
Omg okay articles on Blanche, on Hoover, some of the other (especially female) outlaws of the depression era, all of the above!! More history stuff would be amazing! This series has been my favorite of yours so far and I’ve been perusal for years. You could go on with this series forever and we wouldn’t complain!
GIRL- I am not ready to stop hearing about this series. I am so invested!! Please more articles on the other people involved in this story! Blanche’s relationships, that FBI agent and how he started the FBI and all of the crazy things he did! TBH I love your crime series but it’s been mostly murders and deaths. I know Bonnie and Clyde murdered too but THIS SERIES WAS SO GOOD. It put me in a better mood afterwards than the regular “this person died- here’s how it happened”. If that makes sense! You do a wonderful job. Truly. I just loved the upiness of this case! I feel like they are my friends, I was really rooting for them!
Hello Stephanie, a lovely productive day and I’m exhausted . I’m just sipping my hot green tea as I slide into my fresh bed with my dog. I opened my cellphone YouTube app and Stephanie Harlow is my Top 🏆 suggestion!! I enjoy your story telling. I would read 📖to my young daughter with character voices every night. Miss those days. I enjoyed being placed in the shoes 👞 👠 ✍️ of Miss Bonnie and her whirlwind man Young Man Clyde. 📚I have read so much about this time period and their adventures aka crimes from so many angles. The ripple effect. Your rendition is fresh in my mind and well done. 🎧 Now I’m going to finish listening to this fresh chapter too restart the Series. Thank you! 🌱🌕🌸
You are the queen of true crime IMO. I’ve listened to tons of podcasts, other YT websites, and audiobooks and you blow them all out of the water! I’ve just recently found you and have been hooked! Also yes please to J Edgar Hoover and everyone else you’ve suggested – the sweet Blanche’s relationship with Coffee and his wife, Blanche adopting the 11 yr old… honestly believe we are all here for it! And I’d totally subscribe to your other website if you do decide to do it. Lookijg forward to diving into your podcast! You’re amazing 🥰
I scrolled through this series for weeks now, I just never thought I’d be interested in this story… OMG was I wrong. I’m so glad that I waited until at least 7 were done before I started because I would have been dying inside just waiting for each episode. Stephanie Harlowe with an E, you are truly a queen and I’m so so glad that I found you. Thank you for everything you do❤
Love this series! It’s what drew me in and now I’ve spent many hours enjoying your articles, not just Bonnie and Clyde. Can’t wait for what’s next. Would love to see a FBI story article, Hoover was a piece of work. Thanks for all the research that you do, it’s obvious that you put in a ton of time and that you truly enjoy it. Makes for great entertainment/education.
This Bonnie and Clyde series is SO interesting, thank you SO much Stephanie! & That’s a huge compliment, cause usually I’m really NOT into such solved old cases, but your love to details is extremely fascinating to me. That’s my 4th comment, cause I can’t give you 4 likes, maybe this’d even become a dislike, if I smashed the like button 4 times (or it wouldn’t count at all, which would be a big shame, too). But I can show my love and support to you with lots of comments, to me that’s a great way – as in a 1 and a half hour article, there’re enough topics worth to write about!
What a great and indepth account of Blanche & Bucks’ relationship. Their love and loyalty to one another seemed much deeper than Bonnie & Clyde’s ever did! Thank you very much for covering this story and bringing to light so many details I was unaware of throughout your entire series. I watched all 7 of your episodes and would have stuck around had it been 9 or 10. Great job! I’m so glad I found your website. Now on to the Manson Family Series .. lol 😊
Best article I have ever watched about Bonnie and Clyde..Thank you so many details I didn’t know about..And when talking like the people involved you did a good job at sounding like the old timey Texas Southern accent…They say Bonnies best singer was Jimmy Rogers …One of the very first Country old time Country Singers that had an old blues type ballad singer and she had 78s of him back then…I would love to know exactly what the ingredients was in Bonnies favorite dish red beans and cabbage..I tried once..I boiled me some cabbage with butter and added the red beans .it was good but I don’t think that was how folks cooked it back then..It may have a Mexican spicy dish that Texans shared with their neighbors. Here we farm folks eat a lot of pinto beans seasoned with pork and skillet buttermilk cornbread..Which I heard Clyde’s sister said Cumie would fix and take to them at the secret meetings..The new head of the Ambush Museum said that toward the end Bonnie and Clyde could take a bath but they had a bad oder even afterwards cause of all their wounds and her burns.They couldn’t get any good medical treatment and tried to treat themselves and it was the infection inside their bodies that permitted this bad nauseating sweet oder..I never thought they had ever passed through this state but Blanche wrote of them constantly driving through North Carolina and Tennessee on the way back to the Midwest..There has been an old story that down about 4 miles where I lived use to be an old condemn bridge which was called Mulberry Bridge that went over the Elk River in Southern Middle Tennessee and a few of the old timers that lived down in Hurdlow told that people fitting the description of the Barrow Gang had stopped at the little old Country store bought food like Vienna sausages and canned stuff.
Finally stole some time to watch this! Thank you so much for this wonderful in-depth examination of Bonnie & Clyde. I saw the movie when it came out in the sixties and oh my goodness it was something else. I was pretty young, maybe eleven/twelve. You should be writing the mini-series! Can’t wait (well, obviously I can and will) for the next part (s)! Great job!
LOL i love the feels around not knowing how many parts it’s going to end up being. i watch so many true crime youtubers, some of them really leave you wanting. sometimes that’s just due to the case itself not having a lot of info for various reasons, other times it is someone trying to tell a massive case in 20-30min. imho, if you want to do a case that’s got tons and tons of information, you might as well do it justice. there’s some really big cases throughout history, and the ones with lots of information are usually famous so it’s going to take time to add anything new whether that’s actual case details or just your own perspective + side anecdotes. i have adhd and actually have been able to follow this, also, thanks to the little recaps to get us back up to speed. the length is okay when the person telling the story is interested in the story too, keeps me engaged. i think this skill is very similar to teaching and it’s the same as it was with teachers back in school- usually the best ones are just really into what they’re talking about. excitement is contagious 😀
“You can’t help who you love.'” I believe that everything happens for a specific reason, including who you love and the people you meet. I did not believe this until 2012 when I found out I was pregnant with my son while I was sitting in jail waiting for the judge to set my bond, coming down from being high. and facing a major sentencing. Then again in 2016 when I was going to court for a charge that was dropped due to being a lie and in court, I ran into my “now” husband again 9 months after my 2nd child was born(we had worked together previously and then he had gotten a better job). Now 6 years after the second reminder everything happens for a reason, I haven’t been in trouble with the law in 6 years, I have been off drugs for 5 years, happily married for 2 years, work with my husband at a job that’s very laid back and lenient, and my 8 year old and 6 year old are happy, healthy, smart kids with both a mommy and daddy in the home who love them and spoil them more than life itself. I believe for the most part you can help who you love but everything does happen for a reason and you meet people at certain moments in life for a specific reason which leads you to decide to love or not love those people you meet. When I ran into my now husband again in court, I chose right then to love him and never let him go. I knew that chance run in meant he was supposed to stay in my life and so far, I was right and everything has been getting better and better. So to end my rant/comment: Everything happens for a reason and from there you choose who you love.
I had the exact same thought as some others in the comment section; when it comes to love & loyalty it’s Buck and Blanche for sure, though Bonnie & Clyde seem to’ve been bound by love and fate – Thanks Stephanie for the time and research you put into this documentary; very informative and interesting.
A article on J. Edgar Hoover would be awesome. The little I’ve learned about him is coo coo for cocoa puffs. Everyone would love it. No one could make a better article on this subject than you. You always bring it like no one else. I’m so thankful I found you 2 1/2 years ago. Your articles helped me recooperate from some pretty intense chemotherapy. I’ve been a faithful subscriber since then. You’re the best. Thank you so much!
I just got done with your entire Bonnie and Clyde series just like you said in the future we would do. Watched every episode and heading for Manson next. I’m a history buff and I still learn so much from your articles because of the extensive research! I say all that to say keep the articles coming love the website!
So I know I’m 2 days late on this. I had some catching up to do. But I just had to say it and I know you’ll all agree with me any way… Stephanie could do an entire series on perusal paint dry and it would still somehow make it incredibly interesting and worth the watch. She is such an amazing, detailed, and talented story teller and that’s why she is far and away my favorite crime website. Every article no matter how dark the content gets, feels like hanging out with a friend who also enjoys true crime and discussing events together. So when it comes to asking about covering Hoover’s story, or any story for that matter, all I have to say Stephanie, is you do you girl, I’ll always be here with a coffee in one hand and my other hand clicking the like button before I’ve even watched the article.
I started perusal regularly your website and Crime Weekly this year. And as I already watched most of the newer articles, I’m going through the old ones (in both websites) and I’m loving these bigger series. I’m still excitedly waiting for the next article from Scientology. I don’t know if you did if you already did, but I would love the other website you mentioned. =) Amazing work!!!! Thank you!!!
Loving this part 7 💕 . Yes please do a Hoover that would be so interesting with the way you investigate 👍 My best memory of one of your deep detail to a story was the lady serial killer who turned her victims into soap and you went all the way back to her parents and how they were raised . Great work 👍 a part of her history that needed to be told
Hi, even though heard about B&C since I was 9yo I’m 60 now, still love listening to your in depth articles, plus knowing young-ens might be hearing 4 first time is cool.😎 Thank you for all your hard work it pays off. For kicks you should listen to “The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde by Georgie Fame.. this song played on the radio all the time & I remember the line 🎼”One brave man, he tried to take them alone..they left him lying in a pool of blood & laughed about it all the way home” yeah 9 year olds singing gleefully the tune.lol✌️🍍
Oh girl you have several more articles to make! Hahah didn’t even get up to the raid on Eastham, Frank hammer, Henry methvin and his family in Louisiana, and the inevitable end of the saga. I have always been interested in Bonnie and Clyde bc I looked into their lives and saw how crazy the whole saga was and when my husband was stationed at fort Polk in Louisiana I wished we drove to Arcadia but it was hours away in the middle of nowhere! I did end up finding out that Bonnie and Clyde did stop and stay overnight in leesville la where we were living bc it’s so close to Texas and he always stayed on the border of two states. What’s funny is wd when he got older admitted with the way technology and law enforcement was even in the 70s they wouldn’t have been able to stay on the run for even a few days lol
Me! 🙋♀️ I’m here perusal from part one straight thru to the final chapter! & let me tell you it is definitely cool 🥳🤩 I’ve binge watched nearly all your content & this is probably one of my favourites. Sometimes it gets to much to watch … “There was a small town, where everyone knew everyone so no one locked their doors & she lit up the room when she walked in” I love your history side quests, I could probably listen to you all day 🤍🤍🤍
While I was waiting for students to be dismissed at summer school today I was listening to part 7 on my school bus until they started loading, and on the way to drop them off I saw a little store called Bonnie and Clyde’s. It’s a pool company. Summer school just started this week so it’s not my normal route and I forgot all about that little store. I’ve lived in Fort Worth my whole life. Heard several tales of Bonnie and Clyde.
You should totally do a article (or series) on Hoover if you want to. It’s your website, and it just enriched the variety of things you cover. There really is something for everyone. Being in the UK, I don’t know a whole lot about him, and would certainly find it interesting to hear your take on things. Also love that you aren’t sacrificing content for the sake of shorter articles, or to complete the series, but are giving each “episode” the time you feel it deserves.
Hi, thought it would be cool to let you know as you ended this episode. I have been slowly perusal all of your articles and at the moment I have been perusal this series back to back, before going to watch the other articles you released in between. Just so you know (by accident) your ending came true. Also I love your articles and having watched you develop from the beginning to this point over the last couple of months (for me) is amazing
I love your website a lot, I really do! So I’m sorry, but I have to correct you on something. I think it’s around 7 minutes into this article you said Dexfield Park was nearby Des Moines IDAHO. Well, it’s actually in Iowa. I had to look it up cause I was thinking, “What the hell are they doing all the way in Idaho, coming from Kansas with plans to head back to Texas?” It made no sense to me cause I’m in Arkansas, and that would be a hell of a drive for all these injured ppl. Lol… So if anyone else was confused about that… they were actually in Iowa. When you see how close that is to their hoped-for destination and where they were staying before, it makes a lot more sense.