Bonnie and Clyde: Their Lives from Beginning to End

Bonnie and Clyde took part in plenty of brazen heists during their short lives. From small-town filling stations to rural banks, they left behind a trail of chaos and carnage in their wake. Initially, the public seemed rather intrigued by this pair of romantically involved desperadoes, thumbing their noses at authority during the depths of the Great Depression. But the rising death toll of their victims—gunned down in the process of their robberies and escapes—soon soured public opinion. What had once seemed like a daring adventure turned dark as innocent bystanders and law enforcement officers alike fell before the couple's guns.

Before long, loud calls for their apprehension were being made, and the police were basically given a blank check to do whatever they felt necessary to capture the pair, dead or alive. The authorities took the gloves off, and in a move that remains controversial to this day, they essentially ambushed Bonnie and Clyde, gunning them down in the middle of a rural highway. This is their life—this is their story.