Verkkofrom the moment they first cut a swathe of crime across 1930s america, clyde barrow and bonnie parker have been glamorised in print, on. Verkkotheir crime spree captured the american imagination and newspapers eagerly printed their exploits as law enforcement officers tried to track down the notorious couple. Bonnie and clyde’s lives came to a bloody end on may 23, 1934,. Verkkonothing could have been further from the truth. True heroes are scarce in the real story of the barrow gang. Clyde and bonnie were young and desperate, but so were millions of other.