On May 23rd, 1934, Bonnie and Clyde’s two-year long spree of crime would finally come to an end. The public couldn’t have been more thrilled to hear the news.
In part because it meant they could feel a little safer, and the other part because everyone loves a tragic end to a good love story. But that would hardly be the last they’d see of the infamous young gangsters.
The Wheels Started to Fall Off
Even though the public had been fascinated with the dangerous young couple, they were starting to get fed up. They were causing too much damage, and the public didn’t feel safe with them on the loose.
Then, when two policemen were murdered back in Texas and fingers were pointed at Bonnie – they had had enough. There was public outrage and demands for the couple to be taken out.
Their Time Was Up
But their luck was bound to run out eventually, and everyone knew it. The authorities weren’t going to stop trying until Bonnie and Clyde were off the streets - dead or alive.
Nearly a year after barely escaping the shoot-out in which Buck lost his life, Bonnie and Clyde found themselves taking another barrage of bullets in a vehicle (a stolen vehicle.) This time, they wouldn’t be so lucky, either.
Their Story Became a Movie
In 1967, Hollywood would be responsible for raising the dead, in the form of the Bonnie and Clyde film directed by Arthur Penn. The film starred a young Faye Dunaway and Warren Beatty, who also helped behind-the-scenes as a producer.
It has been widely regarded as one of the best gangster films of all time.
Other Women Criminals
"Bonnie and Clyde" was hailed as being revolutionary. There hadn’t been too many films about real gangster women, much less couples, at that point in time. But before this young couple took Texas by storm, there were other tough women who stirred things up in their towns, too.
Perhaps you’ve heard of a woman known as Calamity Jane. She published an autobiography in 1896 that detailed her exploits, which were definitely not something common of women in her time.