The Body Bags Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde

Body Bags with Joseph Scott Morgan

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🗓️ 3 July 2024

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Bonnie and Clyde killed at least nine police officers and four civilians during their 21-month crime spree from 1932 to 1934. The couple were also responsible for several Bank robberies, gas stations hold-ups , and burglaries. They weren't very good thieves, as they rarely got away with more than $80. In this episode of Body Bags, Joseph Scott Morgan will explain how Bonnie Parker suffered so many bullet holes her body had to be plugged to hold embalming fluid, and Dave Mack will take you behind the scenes in the woods with Frank Hamer and Manny Gault as they brought down the murderous "Bonnie and Clyde".

Transcript Highlights

00:00:10 Introduction of human destruction

00:02:09 Description of Bienville Parish

00:05:24 Description of Bonnie and Clyde car on display

00:08:14 Discussion Bonnie 23, Clyde 25

00:11:15 Talk about Bonnie and Clyde murder young cop

00:15:11 Discussion about State Coroners convention

00:18:05 Discussion about transcribing

00:21:32 Talk about Bonnie and Clyde murdering cops

00:25:57 Discussion of BB Episode about Coroner system

00:28:21 Talk about autopsy of famous people

00:31:41 Discussion of Dr. Wade and others at the autopsy

00:35:00 Discussion of injuries suffered by Bonnie Parker

00:37:42 Conclusion: Bonnie and Clyde meet their end

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0:00.0	Body Facts with Joseph Scott Moore.
0:06.0	There's an old adage that says,
0:09.0	throughout history, the victors write the story that they essentially put forth the narrative from
0:18.9	their perspective of how things happen and you know it can be stated that that that comment if you will
0:26.2	that adage applies primarily to the rise and fall of civilizations and to wars.
0:36.7	But there was a smaller war, very smaller war
0:41.6	that took place back in the 30s in middle America.
0:48.0	And interestingly enough, even though the quote-unquote good guys prevailed in the end, history doesn't exactly reflect the truth.
1:05.6	Today, looking back, we're going to discuss a period in time,
1:22.0	90 years ago. Today we're going to talk about the deaths of multiple police officers at the hands of two of the most infamous cop killers in American
1:31.1	history.
1:32.1	Bonnie and Claude.
1:37.1	I'm Joseph Scott Morgan and this is body packs.
2:00.0	Dave Mack, my friend, when I hear the name Bienville. It evokes memories of my hometown of New Orleans. How far is it from New Orleans? Well, Bienville itself, there's multiple streets in or multiple locations in New Orleans that have the name Bienville. And it's a uniquely French name. But the odd thing about it is we're going to talk about Bienville Parish and
2:18.6	Bienville Parish is nowhere near New Orleans. As a matter of fact, it would probably take you
2:23.0	because there's not a really good director out.
2:25.8	It'd probably take you about four hours
2:27.2	to get there from New Orleans.
2:30.2	It's the parish itself, and remember, you know, in my home state they don't have counties that parishes.
2:36.0	And Bienville Parish actually is closer to the Arkansas border than it is the Gulf of Mexico.
2:47.0	Okay.
2:48.0	And it's not a much better idea.
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