BONNIE & CLYDE Ep. 1 | “The Fairytale”

Infamous America

Black Barrel Media

Society & Culture, Documentary, True Crime, History

4.7 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 20 January 2021

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Bonnie and Clyde grow up in poor families during the bleak years of the Great Depression. Clyde begins a life of petty crime and Bonnie works a series of jobs while she dreams of stardom. They meet at a party and their lives change forever. But Clyde’s criminal past catches up with him and he lands in the worst prison in Texas. Thanks to our sponsor, Simplisafe. Get free security camera and a 60-day risk free trial at SimpliSafe.com/infamous Original song “The Story of Bonnie and Clyde” by Brian Ray and Orianthi Panagaris. Lyrics by Brian Ray, adapted from “The End of the Line,” a poem by Bonnie Parker. Buy the full song on iTunes. Artwork by Matt Loughrey of My Colorful Past: mycolorfulpast.com Join Black Barrel+ for bingeable seasons with no commercials : blackbarrel.supportingcast.fm/join For more details, please visit www.blackbarrelmedia.com. Our social media pages are: @blackbarrelmedia on Facebook and Instagram, and @bbarrelmedia on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The Guard on duty perked up when 19-year-old Bonnie Parker stepped into the McClennan County
0:18.4	jail in Waco, Texas on the evening of March 11, 1930.
0:23.6	It was her second visit of the day, which normally wasn't allowed, but the guard made an
0:28.1	exception for her.
0:30.4	Bonnie smiled and worked her way to the second floor of the jail, where her boyfriend Clyde
0:35.0	Barrow waited in his cell.
0:37.5	Once there, she slipped Clyde a revolver through the bars, headed back downstairs, and walked
0:43.3	past the guard out into the evening air.
0:46.6	With Bonnie safely away, Clyde sprang into action.
0:50.8	He and two other prisoners summoned a guard to the relatively empty second floor, threatening
0:56.3	the guard with a smuggled revolver.
0:58.6	They stepped out of their cells and escaped from the county jail.
1:02.9	Bullets whizzed past them as they fled through the streets of Waco with authorities on their
1:07.2	heels.
1:08.2	They knew they wouldn't last long on foot, so Clyde hot-wired a car and the escaped
1:14.0	prisoners sped off into the darkness.
1:17.2	Before they were even out of the city, they ditched the first car and hot-wired another,
1:22.2	and another, and another, and another, until a string of stolen vehicles got them all
1:27.7	the way from central Texas to southwest Ohio.
1:32.3	While Clyde left Texas behind, Bonnie waited for word on what to do next.
1:37.5	They hadn't been together long, but there was no separating them now.
1:41.9	She smuggled in the revolver, just like he'd asked.
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