This is Angela Odell, and you are listening to Real Cool History for Kids, a podcast show featuring history told from a distinctly biblical worldview perspective.

Welcome to an adventure.

Welcome to episode 159 of Real Cool History for Kids. This episode is for Judah Leffers, who wanted to hear the story of Bonnie and Clyde.

Hey, Judah, this one's for you.

The story of Bonnie and Clyde is one of violence and murder, and quite honestly, I just wasn't 100% sure I could actually create an episode about it.

My goals for this podcast is to tell the stories of history in a way that will tell the truth,

but also shepherd my listeners' hearts. As I worked through my research about Bonnie and Clyde, I realized their story is an important one because it can be used as an

example for what happens when we make bad decisions and choose to live life for ourselves.

So, this is the reason I'm telling you their story. I want you to think of it as a case study

of how bad decisions lead us in the wrong direction. Okay? To meet up with Bonnie and Clyde in their own time period,

we need to jump back in time almost 100 years, right into the middle of the Great Depression.

I told you guys about the Great Depression in episode 138. So if you haven't listened to that episode yet,

you might want to. It'll give this story a better context, okay? The Great Depression was a time

when money was super tight. People were really, really struggling and banks were closing down everywhere.

In the middle of all of this trouble, two young people made a decision that would change their

lives and the lives of many others. Their names were Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow.

Instead of helping people or working to make things better for everyone,

Bonnie and Clyde chose a very different path.

They became outlaws.

They robbed banks and stole cars and even committed crimes that hurt people very badly.

And they committed murder.

And they didn't stop.

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