The Truth About Bonnie and Clyde that Historians Kept Quiet

The Great Escape

When the police came to the door, Buck and Clyde opened fire on Detective Harry McGinnis, who passed away from the shots. Soon a full shoot-out broke out between the gang and Joplin Police officers on the scene. Parker and Blanche got into the car to escape, picking up the brothers as they drove away. The downside was that everything they owned was still in the hideout, and it exposed a lot of secrets...

Hidden Inside

Inside the hideout, the police found a lot of evidence pointing to who these criminals were. Among the objects, they discovered Buck Barrow's three-week-old parole papers, a large collection of violent weapons, a poem written by Bonnie, and a camera with several rolls of undeveloped film that could later be run in newspapers. Bonnie and Clyde were about to become famous...

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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.