Hollywood has portrayed them as the most glamorous outlaws in American history, but Bonnie and Clyde’s life on the run is full of violence, hardship and danger.
Armed with unprecedented access to gang member memoirs, family files and recently released police records, Timewatch takes an epic road trip through the heartland of Depression-era America in search of the true story of Bonnie and Clyde.
Bonnie Elizabeth Parker and Clyde Chestnut Barrow were famous gangsters, robbers and criminals who traveled America with their gang during the Great Depression middle part.
During the Public Enemy period from 1931 to 1934, their deeds came to the attention of the American public.
Although Barrow is now known for more than a dozen bank robberies, he actually prefers to rob small businesses or rural gas stations.
The gang is believed to have killed at least nine police officers and several civilians.
The couple was eventually ambushed and killed by law enforcement officers in Louisiana. Arthur Penn’s 1967 film “Bonnie and Clyde” cemented her reputation in popular American folklore.
