The Truth About Bonnie and Clyde that Historians Kept Quiet

Jones' Fate

W.D Jones was the friend who had been captured during the gang's break in Dallas. While captured, he tried to convince the police that he had been kidnapped by the couple. He also spread rumors about the couple's sexual activities and Barrow's ambiguous sexuality. He served fifteen years in prison. He was killed by a jealous boyfriend of a woman he was trying to help...

Movie Magic

Unsurprisingly, the story of Bonnie and Clyde has garnered quite a lot of attention and has been made into three major motion pictures. First, William Whitney's The Bonnie Parker Story starring Dorothy Provine in 1958. Next, Arthur Penn's Bonnie and Clyde in 1967, which starred Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway. Most recently, a 2019 film called The Highwaymen shows the police officers' perspective. 

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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.