I'm surprised he glossed over the behavior of the ppl in the town when they towed the car in, grabbing, ripping and stealing anything off the bodies they could reach including hair.
on Netflix theirs a movie called "The Highwaymen" and it's a story of the men who killed Bonnie and Clyde. in the end, in the scene when they are parading the car through the town you can see the people ripping at the bodies trying to get a piece of history...
My grandparents who were living in Louisiana at the time saw their bullet ridden bodies as they were brought to be embalmed. I imagine that was pretty harrowing.
In order for them to have been close enough see that they would have had to be part of the mob that was tearing them apart. Basically, your grandparents, along with the rest of the townspeople, are/were every bit as much monsters as the Barrow gang were. And, honestly, with company like that it is no wonder the Barrows were so messed up. Don't get mad, they, and you too, are in good company. Because, sadly, that is how most of the U.S., just a bunch of monsters. So long as you don't get to know anyone here everyone seems like "nice-enough" people. But get to know them/us, we are all straight up monsters. All it would take is a simple little push.
@@danielduncan6806 you sound a little ... off. Just because they saw doesn't mean they were part of the mob. You must really be exhausted from jumping to all of those conclusions!
You did a good job with this one Simon Whistler. TY This specific event during the Depression years here in the US remains of historical interest. Another biography that validates the name of one of my college history courses, "History as People".
I got a chance to see that Bonnie and Clyde Ford V8 getaway car when I was a kid. It was displayed at a county fair. Really something. That thing toured around the country for decades.
My Grandfather was the sheriff of Cooper, TX at the time Bonnie and Clyde were killed. He told me that after they were killed they towed the car into town and Bonnie and Clyde were still in the front seat. This was in LA. As they went down the street a mob rushed the car and grabbed anything they could from the bodies in the car. My Grandfather said they towed the car through Cooper on their way to somewhere. He said the bodies were gone but the bullet holes and blood were still there.
I encourage anyone interested in their story to seek out Bonnie's letters. She wrote to family and to some newspapers. Although not eloquent, she was clearly intelligent and forthright.
Went to see the Death Car in Primm after leaving Vegas one time with a friend. It's nothing more if not less than you'd expect. It's a car, with a lot of holes in it. But when you're really hungover on the first leg of a drive home that patch of grass in Whiskey Pete's Hotel & Casino's parking lot is glorious!
Just a clarification about Frank Hammer. He was NOT a Texas “Park” Ranger. He was a Texas Ranger. The Texas Rangers are a prestigious law enforcement organization in Texas. They are NOT “Park Rangers.
I absolutely love the business blaze cross over ad...did danny have something to do with that? lol in all seriousness, love all the content you create brother! You and the team keep it!
phew boy I was sweating how that transition would turn out. OMG perfect darling PERFECT. thats right sell those codes. ROFL. Simon you need to get out a bit more..
Here are some suggestions for another video - all interesting people though the first two are lesser known. April Ellison/William Ellison Jr. (1790-1861) - a freed slave from South Carolina who became a successful slaveowner and planter himself before the civil war. Anthony Johnson (1600-1670) - a former indentured servant who became one of the first African American property owners in America and a successful tobacco farmer. Lord Mountbatten (1900-1979) - Prince Philip’s uncle and Queen Elizabeth’s second cousin once removed who was assassinated by the IRA Yukio Mishima (1925-1970) - Japanese poet, author, playwright, actor and nationalist who committed seppuku after a failed attempt to overthrow Japan’s 1947 constitution. Robert Walpole (1676-1745) - British politician who was the first prime minister of Great Britain from 1721 until 1742 under King George I and King George II. Eamon DeValera (1882-1975) - prominent political leader in 20th century Ireland who, after the Irish war of independence from 1919 to 1921, was in the public eye for over forty years from 1922 until his death were he served as head of government (Taoiseach/prime minister) and head of state (president). He was nearly executed in the Easter Rising in 1916 and was key in putting into place the new constitution on 1937. A very prominent Irish figure. George Eastman (1854-1932) - American entrepreneur who founded the Eastman Kodak company. He was a pioneer of photography and a major philanthropist. He commit suicide at the age of 77 because of chronic pain from health problems.
There was a gang in the deep south of the US called the Bohannon Gang back in the late 1800s some of which I am allegedly related to who succeeded in robbing trains and had a local sheriff involved I can only find one book about them, could you possibly elaborate on them one day?
They stole my grandmother's family's car at gunpoint in Henderson, TX. I never knew Bonnie was technically married at the time of her death. Strange times.
My great grandma was 100 when she died in 2009. It's insane to think she was already 20 when the great depression started. It's a shame I was only 12 when she died.
Can you do one on Joe Medicine Crow. He was a Native American writer, historian and war chief of the Crow Nation and the last Plains Indian war chief, which he managed to achieve while serving in WWII completing all four tasks required to become a war chief: touching an enemy without killing him (counting coup), taking an enemy's weapon, leading a successful war party, and stealing an enemy's horse and this is only part of this True Native American Badass.
I've heard that story! Incredible. Many Native American soldiers in World War II actually did their tribal war rituals before going into battle against the Germans or Japanese. Truly fascinating history.
The fascinating thing is that to this day people don’t remember them with animosity. Like... if someone says a name like Dahmer or Bundy. It brings up certain emotions. But Bonnie and Clyde are still held up with an oddly positive light. Even though they were 100% not good people
Because they were known more as badass thieves on the run rather than a serial killer lurking in the shadows murdering innocent people.. Edit: Just to reiterate, I am saying that they are _known_ as this by the general public. Not saying that I agree with this depiction.
Sort of like George Floyd. He was a career criminal that once robbed a pregnant woman at gunpoint and actually died from an overdose of fentanyl. Yet people still consider him a hero.
@@JohnDoe-vf2yo What's your source on him dying from a fentanyl OD? There were two autopsies, made by actual medical examiners (not some looney right wing conspiracy theorists), both of which appointed Floyd's cause of death as asphyxiation caused by compressions to his neck and back, which limited O2-flow to his brain. Recent fentanyl and methamphetamine use, did increase the chance of death, but was not the cause of it. If the police officer hadn't compressed his neck, Floyd would be alive today. Also, no one is saying he's a hero, he's a symbol against the racist behaviour of the US police forces. Don't pretend like his criminal record is some secret everyone is denying, it's just not relevant. This man did not deserve to die, because he paid with a fake 20$ bill, and if he had been a white man, he wouldn't have.
Been to both of the graves. It used to be easy to visit the Barrow plot but they've upped the security I believe. Bonnie, in N. Dallas, is in a very non-descript plot in a huge cemetery.
Their descendants were attempting to move Bonnie's remains to the same cemetery as Clyde's. The Crown Point cemetery director was against it because Bonnie is the most famous resident.
@@thunderbird1921 they are becuase they were inlove, took care of each other like you saw many times in this video, rather than the crimes they commit.
Maybe partially, though Joker as a character is about 50 years older than Harley Quinn. Also, Harley wasn't originally a love interest when introduced in Batman: The Animated Series. In the first episodes where she is included she refers to joker simply as "boss", the creators simply thought it would be fun to give the Joker a female henchman. I agree though. When they eventually decided to expand on Harley as a character, they must have taken some inspiration from Bonnie and Clyde.
@@amys2292 though I do remember him he passed away in 1989 when I was three so all the stories I know were told by my grandmother. He absolutely refused to believe Bonnie ever killed anyone especially the State Troopers. He also used to take peaches down there to Dallas from Lindale Texas and would sell some to the Barrow’s family store. II’ll try to get back to you after a visit this weekend
Bonnie's poem is pretty much spot on except their burials. They are not buried side by side, but miles apart. Distant modern relatives are trying to get that changed however and have Bonnie moved to lay next to Clyde in his cemetery.
Right? Like either way she was party to it so no props to her but never read of her directly killing anyone. Like specifically isolating her own crimes one would think she'd never be gun down if she wasn't always with Clyde. From what I've read Clyde was the killer in most of the deaths and it was his Browning that proved troublesome for lawmen
@@theroachden6195 you can’t prove that.. the only time she even held a gun was when she was moving one from the bed and shot her foot. Which caused her to walk with a limp.
When I was in Junior High, we would sing the song about Bonnie and Clyde on the bus on the way home. There was no one on the bus that didn’t know every word. I have no memory of why we knew such a morbid song but I can still sing it. Bonnie and Clyde were pretty lookin' people But I can tell you people They were the devil's children, Bonnie and Clyde began their evil doin' One lazy afternoon down Savannah way, They robbed a store, and high-tailed outa that town Got clean away in a stolen car, And waited till the heat died down, Bonnie and Clyde advanced their reputation And made the graduation Into the banking business. "Reach for the sky" sweet-talking Clyde would holler As Bonnie loaded dollars in the dewlap bag, Now one brave man-he tried to take 'em alone They left him Iyin' in a pool of blood, And laughed about it all the way home. Bonnie and Clyde got to be public enemy number one Running and hiding from ev'ry American lawman's gun. They used to laugh about dyin', But deep inside 'em they knew That pretty soon they'd be lyin' Beneath the ground together Pushing up daisies to welcome the sun And the morning dew. Acting upon reliable information A fed'ral deputation laid a deadly ambush. When Bonnie and Clyde came walking in the sunshine A half a dozen carbines opened up on them. Bonnie and Clyde, they lived a lot together And finally together they died,
Dee, I was thinking of the same song watching this documentary. When I was nearing the end of primary school (in Australia) in 1986, our music class sang that song among others from our grade music book. I've not heard that song again since then, but I still remember the tune behind the lyrics.
Fun fact: when they were casting the Bonnie and Clyde movie Warren Beatty had been cast and Shirley MacLaine was planning to audition until she found out he was playing Clyde. Would have been a bit awkward since they're siblings.
Which Armory? Clyde and other members of the Barrow gang robbed several Armories, and the guy doing this doc...I guess it's supposed to be a doc?...left out a lot of stuff...lol
The costumes in the movie made a quite large impact on fashion at the time. Vintage 30s styles inspired by Bonnie became popular again. Fashion has always borrowed from the past, but having one particular catalyst like this is quite rare (and fun). It also happened more recently with the hairstyles from Peaky Blinders (you didn't think those shaved sides came out of thin air, did you?). I also have a suggestion for a Geographics topic; quick clay. It's usually quite solid, but will liquify under the right (wrong) conditions. It's terrifying, and more than 100 000 norwegians are living on top of it. Search for the Rissan slide if you want to learn more.
Only negative comment: undercuts were a thing way before peaky blinders was popular. But it certainly prolonged the trend. I've had an undercut since 2012. Not inspired by anything other than a picture my stylist showed me (I was changing hairstyles every 2 months). Now I maintain it because Covid
I went warily into this video because I have seen too many like it where the presenter seemed more enamoured of their appearance, or their own perception/modern political agenda than the historicity. I genuinely appreciated this. Your concise manner and adherence to history is refreshing. Loved it. Subbed.
My grandfather and great grandfather were inside a bank in Durant Oklahoma when it was robbed by Bonnie and Clyde or I just should say Clyde and a friend. Not sure if was W.D. Jones or one of the others. My grandpa told my dad that Clyde was shorter and smaller than he thought he would be. They didn't take anything off the people inside the bank, just took the money.
@@mrsx7944 yes I believe that he was about 5 foot 5 or 6 and 125 pounds. It said in a book that I have about them. Its called Go Down Together by Jeff Guinn
“To say that it was overkill would be an understatement”. Asking one of those lawmen if that was the case, I’m sure their comment would be something like, “Overkill is underrated”.
If you asked the lawmen they probably would have said that they should have reloaded and emptied the guns again. Or if you asked the families of the police they killed some of which we're doing a routine check and didn't even know who they were and they would have said they could have been shot a few more times.
They did terrible things but once you understand how much they despised the life they lived (Clyde only killing because he was too afraid of prison to return after what happened to him in Eastham and decided he’d rather die than return), it makes it a little more understandable. I’m not justifying the fact that Clyde killed people and Bonnie enabled him. They still did awful, awful things that no one should ever go unpunished for, but I am saying that I can’t entirely state that they were pure evil either.
I've seen the car in person, so many bullet holes. At first glance, it looks like the car was ambushed from both sides, but it wasn't. Which means all the bullet holes on one side were from the bullets entering one side of the car , then through both occupants and out the other side of the car.
I actually did a psych project on bonnie & clyde syndrome in nursing school, I wish I had a video of article like this for a jump start on it back then! It took ages to get dzhokhar tsarnaev and Charlie mansion fangirl posts & articles to stop showing up in my social & news feeds
@darius Bish i watched some cuts of the netflix show and it is hella unrealistic like oda nobunaga was not a derranged lunatic like he is portrayed and most of the battles were set in wrong environment
Or the actual car may be on display in/at any one of three or four other "museums" dedicated to the foul legend of Bonnie and Clyde. They got what they deserved.
@@forcedtohaveahandle Something to do with the Romanian Revolution back in the late 1980's where a man named Nicolae and Elena Ceausescu were executed for Genocide, and other charges. I believe (if I recall correctly) the execution was performed by firing squad, and I think there was a television crew who attempted to capture their fates.
I would use the word "infamous" rather than "famous." Bonnie and Clyde are certainly well known and remembered decades after their death, but let's not forget that they were criminals who used violence to obtain what they desired. Yes, all all humans have problems but some of us manage our problems without having to use violence against other people.
Supposedly Clyde Barrow wrote a letter to Henry Ford praising the quality and performance of the Ford flathead v8. That was a great motor, one of the best up until the appearance of the Chrysler Hemi in the 1950s.
@@jeremystewert4303 It was said that Henry Ford faked those letters to boost sales, there was a John Dillinger letter as well....both signatures on the letters were not Clydes nor Dillingers actual signatures...
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@@forcedtohaveahandle true. I just found it sad that she was such a great poet and was trapped by the bad decisions she made. She could've had a different end. ... But then again, perhaps it was fated.
Bonnie and Clyde got what they deserved. They should not be glorified, like they are in so many films and shows. Not a romance, two murders. Also, bank robbers in general back then and in the 19th century are equally terrible. They did steal from the poor, who do people think put money in the banks they robbed?
Say, isn't Primm also home to the Vikki and Vance Casino? Named after the second-most infamous lawbreaking couple in American history? I heard Vance could've actually killed someone with his gun, had he ever fired it.
