early in the morning on May 23rd, 1934, a car sped down a country road, heading towards

sales Louisiana when gunmen suddenly opened fire. The driver, a 25-year-old man, was struck in

the head, killing him instantly. And the woman beside him screamed. The men hiding in the bushes did not stop

shooting. The car crashed into a ditch and almost rolled over. The gunmen ran themselves out of

ammo, but only after both people in the car were without a doubt, dead. But why? And what

made this particular couple so dangerous?

The gunmen were a crew led by a former Texas ranger named Frank Hammer,

and he had been chasing the couple for months.

The infamous Bonnie and Clyde. The infamous Bonnie and Clyde. Welcome to 10-minute murder, brief and bingeable true crime.

I'm Joe, the host, and thank you for joining today.

A quick update on the 10-minute murder merch shop.

It's going great.

I've received a few requests, though, to make red shirts.

And the 10-minute murder logo is red, so obviously that won't show up on a red shirt,

so I didn't bother with doing anything about that.

But enough people have asked, so I will make a red shirt but change the logo color to black,

and then I'll also do one where I change the logo color to white.

So you can choose whatever color you want.

I do appreciate the other shirt requests I've gotten, but I probably won't be making any of those.

Someone suggested a shirt saying,

The only thing I like to be brief and satisfying is my true crime

podcast. That was one. Another person asked for a shirt that says, I'm Joe the host. But what

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