BONNIE PARKER’S Niece: Rhea Leen Linder

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On May 27, 2023, I attended the 30th annual Authentic Bonnie and Clyde Festival in Gibsland, Louisiana. Every year the only living relatives of Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow attend. Buddy Barrow, the son of Clyde’s youngest brother LC, is in his mid 70s. Bonnie’s niece, daughter of her older brother Buster, will turn 89 this October. She was kind enough to let me briefly interview her. I enhanced the interview with information about both of their lives, and I include stories they have told in other interviews that I have found. She talks about her childhood with Billie Jean, who raised her from age 7, the trio of old ladies Billie (Parker), Blanche (Barrow) and Marie (Barrow) and their antics, and family reactions to the 1967 Hollywood film (hint, it wasn’t good) lol. There is a brief talk of the effort to move Bonnie beside Clyde that is now in the courts. I cannot reveal any specifics of the case to protect their efforts but I give a few of my personal views which should be okay and do no harm. I include some footage of the festival as well, and stay tuned for an episode chronicling their final day alive in the very near future!
The original image of Bonnie which I altered in FaceApp to age progress was created by the RU-vid channel Mystery Scoop. Check them out, their PhotoShop creations of historical figures is amazing!
I also consulted an interview Rhea Leen and Buddy did for the Dallas Historical Society in 2021, for additional stories.
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@charlayned Год назад

My father-in-law was about 17 when he was picked up by a couple while hitchiking. He was on his way home and it was a very hot day in Oklahoma. He said the couple were nice, they chatted a bit about where he lived and things, then let him off just down from where he lived in northeast Oklahoma. It was a couple years later when he saw a newsreel about their deaths. He said he didn't realize it was Bonnie and Clyde. He said they were nice to him.

@MMorbid Год назад

That is so cool, very well could have been them. Thanks for sharing.

@jenniferlloyd9574 Год назад

Northeast Oklahoma is a pretty area. Small mountains & hills, a lot of beautiful trees, winding roads, very scenic...

@ninnin261 11 месяцев назад

Wow! Raeleen sure does look like her aunt Bonnie!…And so ironic that her given name was Bonnie Parker too. I can understand the name change to protect her, but she certainly was originally named correctly because she turned out to be the spitting image of her namesake. What a sweet lady! I hope she gets to see Bonnie moved soon. Thanks for posting this!

@msr1116 4 месяца назад

Bonnie Parker was a Jimmie Rodgers fan. Every time I hear the 1976 live version of T for Texas by Skynyrd I think of how Ronnie Van Zant would have been happily surprised to know this.

@jackiejermeay6568 29 дней назад

Very interesting.❤ thanks for sharing😊

@littleogeechee223 Год назад

My goodness! She sure does look a lot like Bonnie! It’s uncanny! She’s a pretty lady.

@garymazzeo3490 Год назад

Bonnie and her niece look nothing alike.

@littleogeechee223 Год назад

@@garymazzeo3490 and you knew Bonnie personally, I suppose? 😂😂😂😂

@Faronthefiddler Год назад

@@garymazzeo3490She absolutely resembles Bonnie.

@garymazzeo3490 Год назад

@@littleogeechee223 Being a know it all,I suppose you did!

@garymazzeo3490 Год назад

You sound like a very sick obsessed fan

@garymazzeo3490 11 месяцев назад

She really looks great and sounds great for a 89 year old lady....smart too!

@Dtk-1ofakind 7 месяцев назад

The wishes of Bonnie's mother should be respected. That's the closure needed by her family at that time. What they did should not be romanticized then or now. Many people had a hard life during the 30's but did not go around killing people. Digging up the grave will only add more circus activity to present day events. I am sure Rhea is a nice person and only trying to do what she thinks is right, but the right thing to do is to just let it alone and leave them be.

@Freeyourself206 Месяц назад

However that is subjective. Reach person has their own definition of right and wrong. Also, Bonnie was an adult, so shouldn’t her wishes be respected?

@michaelfuller2378 Год назад

Wow, 89 years young! What a treasure!

@mrjp2149 5 месяцев назад

At the end of the day they both killed innocent people. Husbands, fathers, and sons were killed at their hands. Families mourned their losses and struggled because their loved ones were brutally murdered. We as a culture have a bad habit of commemorating killers and forgetting their victims.

@reidx512 Год назад

She looks like Bonnie... I was not born, but read so much about them. Thanks for posting!

@winslowredcross2835 25 дней назад

I've read books on Bonnie & Clyde, Pretty Boy Floyd, John Dillinger, the Barker/Karpis Gang and others. Part of the reason It's fascinating to me is because this was when my grandparents were in their 20's and 30's. This was their generation. Great interview!! Thanks!!

@kelliemarshall9687 23 дня назад

My mother's maiden name was Barrow. My grandpa, Rex Barrow, was said to be a young cousin to Clyde. My grandpa Rex's father was named George Barrow. We are from western Oklahoma. I remember old family stories from when Grandpa was a young boy when he knew Clyde. He said that he would remember once in a while, Clyde visited and my grandpa and his cousin Carl were young boys and they would meet him at the end of the long dirt road driveway and stand on the rails on the outside of Clyde's car and would ride down to the house. He said they were always excited when Clyde would come through to visit George because he would bring them soda pop and candy, and they rarely got that back then. Grandpa said he was just a little boy but remembered Clyde coming alone, and he was always nice and generous. I mention this only if Buddy is still alive or some of his family and recognizes any of the names i mentioned. There isn't hardly any of the Barrow family left. At least along my grandpa Rex and George 's branch. I understand the folklore and entertainment of the Bonnie and Clyde story, but i kinda feel like Billie Jean, let them rest in peace. They paid for their crimes.

@rustinpeacegarage Год назад

What an amazing lady , thank you for bringing her to us with your interview

@ericluriergo8251 Год назад

She is Beautiful!!

@iandunlap6205 Год назад

How many times were they each shot

@kevinstrong8265 6 месяцев назад

@@iandunlap6205 Over 50 times each. Those cops were brave, weren't they? I mean to hide in the bushes like that took a lot of guts.

@kennethmuxlow8626 Год назад

we heard alot about em when we were kids in the 60s and its amazing how popular they still are nearly 90yrs later thanks madame morbid!

@MMorbid Год назад

You’re welcome!

@Faronthefiddler Год назад

I met Blanche in 1984 through my Brother in Law, Kent Biffle. She was a unique woman. We had a very interesting conversation. She smoked Pall Malls unfiltered. That was outside of Dallas, Texas. I have never forgotten her voice. Edit: Blanche had no kind words for the movie. My Brother in Law and my Sister, are mentioned in her book..

@MMorbid Год назад

Wow, thanks for sharing! I bet hanging out with Blanche, Marie and Billie Jean was a hoot.

@Faronthefiddler Год назад

@@MMorbid Thank you for the reply.

@lindaross783 9 месяцев назад

I don't blame her. They made Blanche look like an idiot. Who knows what she was like.

@Faronthefiddler 3 месяца назад

⁠@@MMorbidBlanche would have two friends over, if they were friends to one another. She would not allow two people over at the same time, if they were not friends to one another. Blanche was funny that way. I never met Marie or Billie Jean.

@Faronthefiddler 3 месяца назад

@@lindaross783 Blanche was a feisty, tiny little woman. She was kind to animals, and people she liked. She dearly loved and missed Buck, after all the rest of her years.

@marciatargato8093 Год назад

Thank you for an interesting interview wow the niece looks 😍 😊😊like Bonnie so amazing

@MMorbid Год назад

Glad you enjoyed it

@donnicholas7552 Год назад

Interesting video! I think it was their love story that makes Bonnie & Clyde so fascinating.

@njmsdad 3 месяца назад

Bonnie is my fourth cousin twice removed. My great grandfather told me about hiding them in his barn.

@gypsywoman9140 Год назад

I pray Rhea succeeds in having Bonnie moved to her *rightful* resting place. It really is what Bonnie wanted. Bonnie seemed to know she and Clyde would soon meet their end; she wrote a little poem about it and in it she made it clear she wanted to be by his side, even in death. I find the pair fascinating because they were so young, so in love, and true partners...even if it was in crime. My heart also goes out to them; especially Bonnie. She was just a baby, really, when she married her first husband. (Even though she was still legally married to him at the time of her death, everyone thinks of Clyde as her real husband.) She was so young when everything happened. She was also the original female badass. That picture of her smoking a cigar and holding a gun? Groundbreaking! Had anyone ever seen such a thing before? I'm pretty sure she'd count as the OG feminist, too, before feminism even existed. Some stories have since come out that paint her in a different light, running to the aid of those shot by her man, trying to talk Clyde out of shooting others, that she was sleeping in the back seat when some action weng down...I don't know if we'll ever get their full story. But I do pray Rhea succeeds in her mission. That is the saddest part of Bonnie and Clyde's fascinating love story....death did do them part

@brinta2868 28 дней назад

Of course there were badass women before Bonnie. The first example that comes to mind is Calamity Jane (1852-1903). She wore men's clothes, smoked cigars, drank alcohol, and was an amazing sharpshooter. She did some heroic things while working for the army. She was part of Buffalo Bill's Wild West show for a while. Overall she seems to have been a decent person, not a criminal like Bonnie. Some more from Wikipedia: "she helped save numerous passengers in an overland stagecoach by diverting several Plains Indians who were in pursuit of the vehicle. Stagecoach driver John Slaughter was killed during the pursuit, and Jane took over the reins and drove the stage on to its destination at Deadwood. In late 1876 or 1878, Jane nursed the victims of a smallpox epidemic in the Deadwood area."

@michelloranger2590 Год назад

The people today can t understand that Bonnie & Clyde lived through the great depression and how life was hard. That s why there were so many people turning to crime. I don t condone what they did but understand the context when it happened. You re very lucky to have had this interview and it was very interesting hearing from Bonnie s niece. Thank you for posting. I d give you 2 thumbs up if I could.

@jenniferlloyd9574 Год назад

Exactly. Bonnie and Clyde were from areas that didn't have a lot of opportunities AND they were kinda poor. Young people would commit petty crimes like shoplifting and end up getting sentenced to hard time. Not paying for gas was rampant in the depression. Guy pumps a man's gas and the customer beats it after the gas jockey screws the cap back on... When men got out of prison, they didn't have many options for jobs. Partly the depression and partly their history. To top that off, they were now "hardened". Add to that the fact that past convicts would swear they'd never to back to serving time. Ever. Cars could give them a quick getaway and Tommy Guns were readily available. Banks were like sitting ducks. A formula for crime.

@cynthiacarter514 Год назад

Raylene looks just like Bonnie even at 89.

@bluemonday7054 Год назад

Raylene looks so much like Bonnie! What a gem she is. I’d love to be able to sit down and chat with her about Bonnie and Clyde. Your series on them has been awesome. They were absolutely fascinating. Thanks for your hard work and attention to details I haven’t read or heard anywhere else. Give Raylene a hug from me when you meet with her again!

@MMorbid Год назад

I will! She was such a sweet lady. I can only hope to look so good and have such a clear mind at 89 years old!

@bluemonday7054 Год назад

@@MMorbid I know! Sorry I misspelled her name. Looking forward to your videos, your hard work is so appreciated. You rock!

@burningsandsexploration3711 Год назад

I'm old, but my grandfather told me the story about them and I heard people talk about them. Let me say that none of my family is related in any way to them, but the stories were interesting to hear from people from that era.

@jenniferlloyd9574 Год назад

My dad was born December 1929 in Stillwater, Oklahoma. Of course he didn't remember hearing about them as a small child, but he told me his parents talked about it later. When the authorities were on their manhunt, people were told to be on the lookout. People were really scared. When they were killed, people were relieved and a little sad. There were only newspapers and radio. The news was having a field day calling them "cop killers"... Most people were honest and law-abiding. My grandma used to feed hobos off her back porch in Stillwater during the depression. Mostly beans and cornbread, which is all the family could afford to eat besides their garden, chickens and rabbits. Grandpa was a firefighter, so he was lucky to have a city job.

@johngiles6352 Год назад

Bonnie and Clyde were creations of their era. They marked the Great Depression as a time, never to be forgotten. They were just meant to be. They are the Legend of that era.

@firebird_spleen4190 Год назад

Legend? They were trash

@sploofygaming5446 Год назад

They are legends, they did horrible things Unfortunately. But legends nontheless.

@firebird_spleen4190 Год назад

@@sploofygaming5446 legends only to mentally ill people

@leebarnhart831 Год назад

I guess it makes you feel better about yourself to describe them as trash. Learn their story before you make a fool out of yourself there SPLEEN.

@allysonjackson5610 Год назад

Well stated.

@JeepForFun Год назад

Bonnie and Clyde, one of my favorite love story historic pieces. You did a great job on this video. RHEA, what a sweet classy lady!

@AL-qi4nh Год назад

That was a great interview.. the background noise was actually very nice.. and it didn’t take away from the interview.. thank you for taking the time to put this video together 😊

@MMorbid Год назад

You’re welcome! Come back in a few days for the video about their final days.

@debbiep4647 Год назад

I agree. That cemetery owner had NO rights at all to her body!!!

@standback5806 7 месяцев назад

Perhaps the cemetery owner is respecting Bonnie’s mother who had the rights to the body.

@user-ss8ri6qc1u 4 месяца назад

My Great Great Uncle, pumped gas for Bonnie and Clyde, at a gas station, in Winnfield, Louisiana. In 1933. And an hour from Gibson Louisiana. They asked him to keep the lights off while he pumped the gas. My uncle was a LeMoine from Campti Louisiana.

@realnikonlover6207 Год назад

Fantastic piece. In my life I have known 2 people that had family stories involving Bonnie and Clyde. When the movie came out in 1967 it was a given there was alot of Hollywood hype. I bought a paperback book about Bonnie and Clyde published in 1968. It is full of photos and supposedly truths. "The Real Bonnie and Clyde" by Miriam Allen deFord RIP B&C and may those impacted by their crimes be comforted.

@jimharrow8104 Год назад

I'm a new subscriber, and I can't stop watching your videos... so cool 😎...

@MMorbid Год назад

Welcome aboard!

@defenestrationfan Год назад

I think the reason why their story is so captivating is that it was a real life "Romeo and Juliet' tragedy. It has all the elements of a great story - star-crossed lovers fighting the system - a fight they both knew they'd never survive - the law having to bring expert trackers like Hamer - the narrow escapes etc. And like you said had they been caught and not died so extraordinarily and so young they would have been just a footnote in gangster lore.

@my5tymoun10 Год назад

You've done an outstanding job with this series and your research is thorough. I love how Rhea resembles Bonnie. I have a feeling the spitfire personality is similar as well.

@MMorbid Год назад

Thank you! She was the sweetest lady and so energetic for being 88 years old. I can only hope to be in such good shape at that age. Thanks for watching!

@my5tymoun10 Год назад

@@MMorbid Yes! She's amazing ...and so determined. I hope all her advocating for Bonnie and Clyde pays off.

@shayadayan3343 Год назад

The resemblance is uncanny

@melodymal3446 Год назад

That's my step mother sitting behind her in that video in green. Her and my dad were really interested in being there and learning more about Bonnie and Clyde

@MMorbid Год назад

That’s awesome! I met so many great people and had such a good time. I hope to go again next year, or at least as long as Rhea Leen and Buddy are still around. I’d like to talk to Buddy next year.

@melodymal3446 Год назад

@@MMorbid hopefully they can get Bonnie moved

@siison1390 Год назад

Burying people’s old bones next to each does not mean their together or apart. Leave things as they are. Their victims are never talked about. The victim’s families will never forget how their loved ones died. I think it’s a shame Bonnie and Clyde’s families are still trying to make money off a very sad era. You should feel ashamed.

@MMorbid Год назад

I don’t feel ashamed at all. Take your judgment elsewhere please.

@joeyank2451 Год назад

Holy er Than Now People You People Are amazing

@MMorbid Год назад

@@joeyank2451 yeah, they crawl out of the woodwork for Bonnie and Clyde. It’s history! 🙄 it’s not all sunshine and rainbows

@mickeyTX. 9 месяцев назад

love the interview with Rhea Leen.. she talks like i do.. sweet heart.. ❤️.. I love everything Texas.. the crimes were bad .. the times were tough.. love you MM.. great job..

@MMorbid 9 месяцев назад

Thanks, this was a really fun trip. Rhea Leen was so nice.

@Samantha-hp1oq Год назад

What a great interview!!!!

@Dawnsdelightsart Год назад

Stephanie harlowe did an 8 hour breakdown of Bonnie and Clyde. Its It's worth watching, very well done.

@joiedevivre2005 Год назад

Excellent interview - Rhea Leen seems like a hoot & a half! I think if Bonnie were alive today, she'd be a stylist or a fashion designer or even a publicist. She had a strong head for fashion & a good sense for presentation.

@jenniferlloyd9574 Год назад

I remember reading what the funeral home documented about Bonnie. Her finger and toenails were meticulously painted. She was very fastidious about grooming and her appearance. The embalmer said there were so many bullet holes that the embalming fluid kept running out as fast as he could put it in... In _that_ heat... The authorities had to catalogue the items in her purse. Included were a face powder and lipstick. I don't remember the brand, but it may have been du Barry; a good quality and popular cosmetic line. I think their powder was spun with their du Barry cold cream. For extra moisturizing.

@ayseeef Год назад

I just love her. What a wonderful woman.

@leebarnhart831 Год назад

Good video Madame. I never miss watching when ever you post. You are very truthful and accurate about the subject you are featuring. The B&C's story begs for the sensational over enthusiasm it has gathered over time but as usual the true story is so much more interesting and folks like you help keep on track. Thank you for doing what you do. It always cracks me up when they're described as gangsters or cold blooded killers. These were two scared kids on the run living hand to mouth. Now I do concede that Clyde was very good in a gun fight getting away and escaping all the traps and bullets set for them. They were two wounded and worn out scared kids trying to live another day.. Not gangsters by any stretch of the imagination.

@ALPHA-66 Год назад

Super super awesome interview with rhea leen. I had the honor of meeting her and buddy at a event hosted by John neal phillips in dallas texas on May 23, 2023. On the 89th anniversary of the death ambush. It was awesome meeting them and chatting with them

@MMorbid Год назад

I watched that presentation online!

@ALPHA-66 Год назад

@Madame Morbid I never knew it was online. How did you find it online? I've lived in dallas a little over 30 years and learned alot about dallas that I never knew. I personally consider John neal Phillios the go to expert on anything bonnie and clyde. Madame morbid if you ever get a chance to meet him in person you should take that opportunity. He was great to have a short chat with

@MMorbid Год назад

@@ALPHA-66 I was just looking for a photo of him and the video came up in my search. The event was sponsored by the Dallas Historical Society and their presentations are online. I think it was RU-vid, just look up their channel. That’s where I found the other Buddy and Rhea Leen interview too. I would love to meet him. I did get to meet E.R. Milner at the festival. I bought his book and he signed it. That was pretty cool.

@ALPHA-66 Год назад

@Madame Morbid cool. Thanks I've never heard of E.R. MILNER.

@GreatDetecting Год назад

Great show keep it going 😊

@MMorbid Год назад

Thank you! Will do!

@doogalloonni Год назад

Another chapter in a most interesting and comprehensive Biography of this family and doing it in a way that transfixes us. If you thought you knew the history of B&C, this brings it all home in a personal way. I don't know the details of my own family as completely as this... TY

@aprylrittenhouse4562 Год назад

At 4.34 I love Marie's outfit. That hat is so cute. You really have done a stand up job with this subject. I'm interested mainly because of history, and because you really do wonder what it was like back then. I'm 60 and so much of where I grew up has changed. I can't imagine 89 yrs of change

@debbiep4647 Год назад

Thank you for this video. It was very interesting and I really enjoyed it!

@washy1965 3 месяца назад

FANTASTIC ❤❤❤❤IT KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK.👍👍👍👍👍

@jonhill3133 Год назад

What a lovely lady ❤

@haroldcorey9653 3 месяца назад

This is a great interview. Rhea Leen is my favorite Aunt. She was married to my Uncle Carl Corey. She is a wonderful and beautiful lady. Let's hope Bonnie gets moved next to Clyde.

@NessaBear90 3 месяца назад

They didn't have kids?

@haroldcorey9653 3 месяца назад

@@NessaBear90 Yes they had 2 boys

@annmariehawkins7635 Год назад

Such a brilliant documentary video on Bonnie and Clyde thank you

@shaverback Год назад

Bonnie certainly went through alot during her short life. Then alot went through her. Warmest regards to her innocent family who has to endure this neverending circus.

@jillgross6232 Год назад

The Great Depression was something that my family talked about a lot. My Grandparents were Iowa farmers who had to buy our family farm back from the bank, after the depression was over. I'm interested in Bonnie & Clyde for the history. But I prefer the truth. I appreciate people who talk to legitimate sources and leave the fake glamorized version at bay. I'd also like Bonnie buried next to Clyde. They were married, enough said. ❤❤❤

@michaelnelson9140 Год назад

I never heard they were married?

@WillBlindYouWithLight 9 месяцев назад

@@michaelnelson9140theday they died, they were. Bonnie was wearing a wedding ring, that people were trying to steal from her dead body.

@beatrixbrennan1545 6 месяцев назад

@SARAH-qx8yi the wedding ring she wore was from her first husband, Roy. She never formerly divorced him. This is common knowledge when doing basic research on bonnie.

@kenmccrory8397 Год назад

I love bonnie and Clyde been really interested in them and the stories

@sierrasky2491 7 месяцев назад

Wonderful interview! I've always wanted to do stuff like this. Thank goodness for people like you who care enough to preserve our history. She sounds like a neat lady with a lot to say!❤

@msdjdj6635 Год назад

THANKS HON..MY GRANDPARENTS WERE FRIENDS WITH BONNIE&CLYDE IN TEXAS..BUT DIDNT KNOW WHAT THEY WERE DOING

@freerider7064 Год назад

I love Bonnie! ❤❤❤ Thanks for great content dear!

@frankmarullo228 Год назад

Keep doing Bonnie and Clyde videos , it seems like you know more about them then the history books THANK YOU FRANK FROM MONTANA.......

@mickeyTX. 9 месяцев назад

love this interview with Rhae Leen..

@toriweiler1950 Год назад

I’ve loved history all my life. About 8 years ago, I got on English royalty and that was it!! I absolutely LOVE 💗 England and Scotland! (although my DNA says I’m Irish and Welsh!) From there I watched a lot of Jack the Ripper’s, Ronnie and Reggie Kray’s and the Yorkshire Ripper ect. Yesterday I watched Rasputin and the 1918 murder of the Russian Royal family. So YES!! I want more murder and mayhem! I found you tonight and I love this site already! 😊

@MMorbid Год назад

Did you see my series about the life of each Ripper victim? Sounds up your alley. I’m glad you found my channel!

@normanpearson8753 Год назад

Try the Green Bicycle Murder , Rattenbury murder .

@lynneallison1296 9 месяцев назад

Thanks so much for sharing this interview. I would definitely enjoy any updates you are able to share in the future. I became interested in Bonnie and Clyde's story this last year and have watched documentaries and read several books. While I in no way condone the murders, I feel some sympathy for these two young people. My parents were about 10 years younger and I heard many tragic stories of the Depression and the desperation of the people who had lost everything. But the saddest part of the story to me was Clyde's experience in prison. Without that horror I wonder what he might have become.

@janetczernecki7779 Год назад

Loved the interview.

@warjunkie8242 Год назад

I've been obsessed with B&C since I was 14 . I read EVERYTHING about those 2 . I have seen some photos that I've never seen before . you you REALLY did your homework . I'm very impressed with your programs. I even watch them several times. You include pics , interviews. I live in Texas near Ft.Hood and it was rumored that they stayed a week here. Lol staying a week anywhere for them was dangerous anyway the only thing I did verify to me fact was the murder in temple which I have visited many times. Cold blooded senseless murder. Anyway. I love to see the location of these sites and when you superimpose old video over new. That's really impressive. EXELLENT video as ALWAYS your hard work is paying off

@bolivingston1400 Год назад

Love all the documentaries on Bonnie and Clyde. They were fascinating to me. Lived life everyday as it was their last.

@ronedwards2584 Год назад

Great Video, i enjoyed meeting you in person. Hope to make it there next year.

@huns12345 Год назад

Nice video to hear Bonnie's neice

@angelhinman7972 Год назад

Honestly, I love how Bonnie and Clyde, stood up for themselves! They lived life as the modern day Romeo and Juliette. Killing the innocent, yeah well that's never right, cept in defense and even then, I think I'd so ptsd it. But Miss Bonnie Parkers Neice, Rayleigh, is such a gem! So genuinely bright and truthful. I can just see her eyes a twinkling as she tells these stories.❤

@Freeyourself206 Месяц назад

I think something that can be helpful would be to start a go fund me for the family that is trying to get Bonnie’s body moved next to Clydes so it can happen while she is still alive.

@archiebowman2644 Год назад

Loved this series you have done a fantastic job on this one Madam ❤❤❤Much appreciated Tsv Australia ❤❤❤

@MMorbid Год назад

Thank you, I’m glad you enjoyed it!

@sierrasky2491 7 месяцев назад

Fabulous video and presentation. You did such a great job. I was ruined the whole time. I hope you do another one.

@timshull59 Год назад

Great interview!

@topper1958 Год назад

Thank you for this very informative and entertaining video. I remember seeing the movie, “Bonnie & Clyde” in 1967. I also have Blanch’s book. There is something about the Bonnie & Clyde story that captivates people. The 1930s was truly a unique time in American history. Personally, I would take Bonnie & Clyde over the crazy woke world we have today. Back then, there were more good people than bad. That cannot be said of today.

@michaelnelson9140 Год назад

I disagree with you using the word woke! Is it woke, that allows mentally unstable people to buy assault rifles and mow down masses of innocent people every day? No, that’s a gop narrative about their so called rights. Don’t use words that aren’t appropriate!

@topper1958 8 месяцев назад

@@highcountrydelatite correct. The 1967 movie is riffled with inaccuracies and incomplete. Such as Bonnie’s legs being severely burned in a car accident. The portrayal of Blanche was very misleading. Even their meeting is misrepresented.

@karenclare4241 Месяц назад

Great vid thanks and she’s a lovely lady

@goldieryun-or1zv Год назад

I wasn't born when they were ambushed. But some history I love and Bonnie and Clyde's story is a favorite. My opinion those kids were just trying to survive any way they could in those hard times my parents lived through the depression and they just barely survived even tho they were very hard workers . Can't blame them for wanting to survive.

@ALH072 7 месяцев назад

So they killed a 27 year old father on Christmas, stealing his car. Yep just surviving bull crap

@tngranny2b Год назад

I was in Dallas back in March on a girls trip. I’m 68 yo btw. I had done the research and planned to visit both of their graves. But the Dallas interstate traffic was absolutely insane. And I’ll drive through Atlanta, Nashville, Knoxville, Kansas City!!!! We had a window of time to go and lost it. It’s interesting to me to see where folks are laid to rest and what happened. I got to the school book depository but again, not by Oswald’s grave. I enjoy your podcasts a lot. Thanks!!!

@MMorbid Год назад

I don’t care what age you are, girls trips are the best!

@ronedwards2584 Год назад

Very good video. Keep up the great work.

@MMorbid Год назад

Thanks, will do!

@christopherfowler9777 3 месяца назад

I love the segment on being related to Bonnie and Clyde. There is one legendary outlaw that has more documented relatives than any other in this country. And that's Jesse James it has been proven and documented that he has more living relatives than any other.

@rochelleb973 Год назад

This was very interesting. Thank you😊

@jerrysullivan8424 Год назад

Here is an infamous outlaw few have heard of ( Pope Wells ). Rushville Mo/Atchison Kansas area. He was from Halls Mo. Life and adventures of Polk Wells (Charles Knox Poll Wells) : the notorious outlaw, whose acts of fearlessness and chivalry kept the frontier trails afire with excitement, and whose roberies [sic] and other depredations in the Platte Purchase and elsewhere, have been a most frequent discussion to this day, all of which transpired during and just after the Civil War by Wells, Charles Knox Polk, b. 1851

@jerrysullivan8424 Год назад

My step-grandfather family knew Pope, Grandpa's brother was named after Pope.

@MMorbid Год назад

Thank you for the suggestion!

@Watcherrye Год назад

Out of all the books on Bonnie and Clyde, my favorite was Ralph Fultz's "Ten Years Running With Bonnie and Clyde". I believe that to be the name of the book, its been a while since I read it. I also went to see his grave site as well as Bonnie and Clyde's (of course the family members as well).

@MMorbid Год назад

I used that book when researching this, it is the best.

@wadesmoke9726 Год назад

Wonderful Interview

@MMorbid Год назад

Thank you!

@Linda-pw8gx 10 месяцев назад

First off, thank you madame morbid for such a great interview. Bonnie’s neice is the spitting image of her aunt, what a sweet lady she is. Like it or not this story is a part of American history, and it won’t be forgotten anytime soon. Personally I’m fasicinated by the story, and I hope Bonnie and Clyde do end up together❤

@MMorbid 10 месяцев назад

Glad you enjoyed it!

@kenkrausse3624 Год назад

Excellent excellent excellent ❤Rhea is a strikingly beautiful woman

@MMorbid Год назад

Couldn't agree more!

@raymondwindsor5887 Год назад

Very good job Thanks

@willardwinters3460 Год назад

Love Bonnie and Clyde. Saw the movie when I was 8. Except for the ending… Always been fascinated with gangster history. Hope they get Bonnie moved.

@Falcon163 Год назад

I love the Bonnie and Clyde videos and yeah seems like everyone’s related I know several who claim to be related to Jesse James and as a history but who’s studied stuffbcall BS in their stories. Keep up the excellent work

@leeburks4540 Год назад

I was in jr high when the Beatty/Dunaway movie came along. It was a huge influence on me and on popular culture at the time. I loved 1930s cars and still do. It revitalized bluegrass music and Flatt & Scrugs' careers too. Rhea Leen has the best attitude toward the legacy. Great video & interview! Thanks!!

@MMorbid Год назад

I loved that as a kid, honestly it’s probably why most people know who they are, me included.

@myroselle6987 Год назад

I’ve got to be one of the very very few people who just doesn’t like the movie. I first learned about Bonnie and Clyde from a book called “The Real Bonnie and Clyde”. I was probably around 11 or 12 which would have been the mid to late 60’s. It might have been right around the time the movie came out. I’ve just never cared for it. I also read that Blanche said something to the effect that they made her seem like a real horses ass….lol! I think that’s mentioned it this interview. But if it got people interested I guess the movie served it’s purpose.

@jenniferlloyd9574 Год назад

I find the cars of the late 20's through the 30's to be very, very sexy. The suicide doors are really cool, too. Just my favorite era for cars. The fashions for men and women are the best, too. If I could have one of those cars to drive every day and be able to dress that way all the time, I'd be extremely happy. Oddly, I look my best in those clothes and hairstyles. Dressed that way for Halloween one year and couldn't believe how natural it felt to me... Got a lot of compliments, as well. Sigh...

@michaelnelson9140 9 месяцев назад

@@jenniferlloyd9574 show us photos please!

@walton3470 Год назад

I would love to know if they were ever in Ohio, I grew up in Fort Recovery, OH, John Dillinger was definitely in that area. Also Bonnie seemed to be creative in her poetry, clothing and the posing for pictures, women of her time really had no chance back then for a different life. Who would Bonnie be in 2023 if you could bring her forward in time before the killings, because that cemented her fate, wether she killed anyone herself or not.

@carlogambino8109 Год назад

I was always more of a Bonnie fan...tough women rock🎉😂😊😊

@juliethompson5301 Год назад

Nice channel just found you.always been fascinated by Bonnie and Clyde and the old west I know a guy named Dennis Barrow who claims to be related to Clyde.we live in the uk so im not so sure😅

@MMorbid Год назад

Lol, yeah, like Rhea Leen I’d probably call bull on that guy. I’m glad you found my channel! I hope you’re sticking around. I think my next episode is going to be super awesome. (fingers crossed)

@claire-christmas-august73 Год назад

never say never.. stranger things have happened.. suggest to him a 26 & me test. ✌🏻🌏🇦🇺🤘🏻

@mike.j3913 Год назад

Bonnie & Clyde is a interesting part of history, now im even more invested in it , To see if Bonnie will eventually be buried by Clydes

@MMorbid Год назад

I will keep everyone posted. Rhea Leen was kind enough to accept my friend request on Facebook, and she doesn’t have that many, even within the Bonnie and Clyde history community. I feel really grateful, but hopefully there I can get updates on how it’s going. Thanks for watching!

@thehovaczech Год назад

I went to the John Dillinger Museum in Nashville, IN as a kid and found out I was related to Dillinger's wife (Beryl). Ever since I have read just about everything on him and the rest of the Depression Era criminals I could find. It's amazing to me how the narrative on a lot of the topics have shifted over the years, how the perception of those criminals has been impacted by movies, and just how little is known as absolute truth about them. At the end of the day, they were people just like you and I. All of them were young and daring and made bad decisions. They were a product of their times, a brand created by the news outlets needing to sell papers, and even had their exploits manipulated by J Edgar to help the fledgling FBI get established. It's really an amazing culmination of things that make Bonnie and Clyde, Dillinger, Pretty Boy and Baby Face historical figures that will probably never be rivaled in their infamy. I really enjoy these episodes but honestly the majority of your videos have been interesting to watch. Keep up the good work.

@patrickmiano7901 Год назад

Dillinger put his doom in motion when he impregnated a girl and ran away rather than face his responsibilities. And don’t say he was just a boy. If you are old enough and play you are old enough to pay.

@msdjdj6635 Год назад

YES,I WOULD LOVE MORE INFO ON BONNIE&CLYDE&BONNIE BEING MOVED TO BE BY HER CLYDE..THANKU MUCH

@leonamangan1545 Год назад

Really good content, Miss Morbid

@MMorbid Год назад

Thanks!

@LowCountryMack Год назад

We are all products of our time and place in history. The Depression took good people and drove them to extraordinary lengths to survive. If you look for the truth, (as you do very well), there's a side of all of us that can honestly admit, it could have been any of us. Condolences and Respects to all family's effected by this horrific time in our history. I am new to your channel and will definitely subscribe. Thanks for your diligence and hard work.👍

@badcats34 Год назад

I went to the site a few years ago I want to go back this year and metal detect around the area where they were ambushed I think that would be cool to do

@susanhelms107 Год назад

I just want to say thank you for sharing this awesome interesting history about Bonnie and Clyde I was Wonder why you know they did the things but I wonder why the laws couldn't done it differently but I guess it was different back then no it's very interesting how these young people you know how they lived how they worked and all that stuff this and how they fall in love with each other yes I would love to learn more about it if you can about Bonnie and Clyde more history like childhood and why didn't they have enough jobs back then anyways thank you hun and be safe sincerely Suszie❤😢

@MMorbid Год назад

I have a whole series on Bonnie and Clyde beginning with their childhood but there are important things I still need to cover, mainly Eastham and how Clyde really escalated into murder. But the childhood episodes does start to get into it a little bit. Go to the Bonnie and Clyde playlist. I have numbered them chronologically. I made episodes as I got to locations so it wasn’t filmed in chronological order. Hopefully that makes it easier.

@mikeswain6058 Год назад

U do excellent work no matter who/what ur topic is. And u look good doin it. Keep up good work

@MMorbid Год назад

Thank you, I will

@mikeswain6058 Год назад

Im glad. I ain’t no payin member or nuttin Bt I dig yo shows. 👍👍😎

@MMorbid Год назад

@@mikeswain6058 that’s okay, liking, sharing and commenting helps just as much if not more. I know it’s annoying but it helps the algorithm suggest the video to others. Thanks for being a fan 😁

@WillBlindYouWithLight 8 месяцев назад

Miss ma'am.. We need to pull all the stops to honor rhea and buddy. Is there a petition? If not, let's make one. My daddy always told me it wasn't my business to just stay out of that. But times have changed since then in the way the world works. We have internet, and we have petitions now, and they're real and they have worked for many others. I believe it's on our hands now to go through with this and, make it be done. The interest will not die because one romance like that just isn't like it anymore. These days love is conditional. The other reason is because it's the people's heroes. They did what we the people man then could never. It was a different time, so for people like me it's so interesting. If my grandpa wasn't who he was, i wouldn't know how those times were. For me, that time period was my grandpas peak of youth. He was an evil man, but he saw fit that we were all protected.. and so back then with no id driver license ss, it's just a different world. A simpler time that we would rather have lived in. Anyway... Let me know about the petition. I know i could bring at least over a hundred signatures.

@jakeodwyer954 Год назад

Love this

@MMorbid Год назад

I’m so glad! Thanks for watching!

@shannon_w. Год назад

I am new to your channel, I was suggested this video for some reason and now I am a subscriber. I would love this to be a gangster channel that would be so fascinating! B & C have always been so interesting to me and for the SAME EXACT reasons that you like them. I always felt they weren’t bad people they were just fed up with the system and I commend them for that. Thank you for making this video and now I have to go back and binge watch your channel 😉

@MMorbid Год назад

I’ve got a ton of Bonnie and Clyde, a couple Pretty Boy Floyd, and a couple of the Dalton gang. Check out my playlists to help you find them in one place. Welcome aboard, I’m glad you are here!

@joannkazarian1425 9 дней назад

You did a great job on this, and I would love to see more gangster videos. Good luck to you dear, in all that you work on!😊😊😊

@donaldduncan7095 Год назад

Very good interview, I think the reason they became famous and legendary, is like you said, the way they died and how their life and death was romanticized in the 1967 movie. I never knew they existed until that captivating movie. It also didn't hurt that their names were Bonnie & Clyde, can you imagine them being this big if their names were John & Mary, or Bob & Sue. 😉

@MMorbid Год назад

Good point about the names!

@robertkeegan3937 Год назад

My wife and I are considering going into the gangster business. We are Bob and Sue, watch this space.

@myroselle6987 Год назад

It’s interesting too because, in the family they were referred to as ‘Clyde and Bonnie’ and not the other way around. Doesn’t have anything to do with anything I just think it’s a little interesting…. The idea that after Bonnie’s poem became well known they were ‘Bonnie and Clyde’. Just slips easier off the tongue in that order. I’ll shut up now…lol!

@MMorbid Год назад

@@myroselle6987 during their lifetime they were Clyde and Bonnie in the papers too. Her poem and the 67 movie is what changed it in popular culture.

@myroselle6987 Год назад

@@MMorbid I wasn’t sure when it changed. I’ve always just had the impression that it was her poem. I’ve never really liked the movie so I guess I just disregarded it. It must have been so interesting to talk to Rhea Leen. I’m afraid I would have embarrassed myself totally and not made any sense at all. I envy you. I would have absolutely loved to have talked to Marie and Billie Jean too. Oh my goodness…the stories. I’ve listened to the old interviews with Billie Jean and I try to imagine what Bonnie sounded like. I’m really enjoying your videos. I just love that you make such an effort to give a balanced picture of the people involved.

@laurieelliott9889 Год назад

This was a very interesting video, particularly the interview. Like a lot of people, I got interested after seeing the old Bonnie and Clyde movie and all of the hype surrounding it, and because I am a history junkie and want to know the history and true story behind what I see, read, and hear. I would like to know if and when Bonnie's remains are reburied with Clyde's. If that was or would have been her choice, then it should be respected. What strikes me now is how very young they were. I suspect that may have played a part in some of the things they did (despite the fact that that excuses nothing).

@nancycurtis488 Год назад

…..It would be very interesting if you did an episode about the Keough Native American massacre right outside Jacksonville, Texas…it was the last known Indian attack that happened in Texas. You can Google the directions. There is a large obelisk there that was erected by the state of Texas, along with quite a few graves that are marked with flat headstones that mark graves of victims. Now, I have also read that it was later found out that it was white men who did this attack and not Native Americans. I am a third generation Texan and am from Irving, Texas but have lived within 25 to 40 miles from Jacksonville for over 40 years but had never heard of this massacre until we happened to be going through Jacksonville one day and my husband asked me if I had ever heard of this and took me to see it. I was shocked that something like this had happened so close to us. It is a very interesting site that should be taught about in schools in Texas. I think that there are probably a lot of people who would be interested in it. Your Bonnie and Clyde episode was very interesting and I think Bonnie Parker’s body should be moved and put next to Clyde…..why not? Good luck ! Nancy Curtis.

@MMorbid Год назад

Thank you for telling me about that. I’ve never heard of it before and I will add it to my list of possible topics. I will definitely return to Texas at some point, though I’m not sure when.