My Grandfather Met Bonnie and Clyde when they ducked into his so called Garage. He said They were really nice to him. The story goes on , Briefly as He Told this He acted like it was no Bid thing….. As a kid I must’ve watched that Movie over and over again. Thanks for the Scoop!!!!
My grandfather also met then in Bienville Parish La days before their death. He also said they were very nice. He’s aunt owned a gas station where he would pump gas for customers and B&C came through. He said they were very generous tippers.
SOO Very Interesting, I Live 8 Miles From This Location,I Pass It 5 Times A Week,Although I Knew This Historic Location Was/Is Here It Gives Me An All New Outlook On History...So Thank You So Very Much For This Incredible Article..
@@swansfan6944 You could be right but they weren’t really known for going around killing civilians. Im not saying that makes them good people but it shows they weren’t just ruthless killers.
I've heard this story many times but your take on it is awesome! 🧡 My mom and dad were friends with an elderly couple in Dallas and Dink worked with Clyde at a clothes hanger factory. I live not to far from where Bonnie and Clyde died. There they have the Bonnie and Clyde trade days in Bienville Parish Louisiana.
Great episode Jeff! I appreciate your hard work in putting these together. The hours spent in researching the subject of each episode shows. You cover a lot of great information. I sure have to agree that there is an element of anti-police lawlessness today combined with complacent district attorneys and politicians who seem to encourage this kind of behavior. History can repeat itself!!
Jeff thanks for a great historical story on Bonnie and Clyde. My late grandmother lived in southeast Kansas and remembers seeing them being chased by the local police in her County of Crawford when she was a little girl in their early thirties. Also little side note that when the car was brought back it was brought back to Dearborn I had read an article when I was living in Dearborn Michigan at the time where I grew up that gentleman started the car with no problem and he drove a backup to Dearborn Michigan and they have pictures of it. Also just a little side note, your one County over from where I'm at in Leavenworth County in Kansas. If you guys ever in the area stopover in Leavenworth Kansas and let me know and we can visit I'll show you some of the sights were Buffalo Bill and Wild Bill walked around. Also I'll show you where the Waddell and Evans building is still standing which started the Pony Express. Have a great day Jeff and thank you so much for sharing and hope you have a safe trip home.
Thanks Jeff for another great episode. It was interesting to learn what happened to the rest of the gang. Some of them lived long enough to see the movie. I wonder what they thought of it . You have great looking grandchildren. Being a grandpa is one of the real joys in life.
This was excellent, Jeff! I was amazed you never saw the movie but I also think that's why you did such a great job of telling the story. You weren't influenced by the story Hollywood told. You gave very specific information we didn't know. It's great to see your family, cute kids! I hope you enjoyed your visit.
Thanks for taking us on another historical excursion. I like how you blended the historical site with contemporary pictures. I know from experience it is difficult at times, to coordinate the historical marker with the actual site of the event.
Awesome episode! I can’t imagine how much pain Bonnie was in with those severe burns. That was a really nice auto court! The ones here in Wisconsin that are left look very primitive. I love Evelyn asking if they were drunk. 😊 My grandkids ask why didn’t they get a job. How they didn’t get picked up by the police quicker. The world has changed so much since then! Wonderful that you are visiting your son, DIL and grandkids! Enjoy!
As a child, I saw "Bonnie and Clyde" with my parents. They, being both children of "the Great Depression", impressed upon my brother and I not to romanticize them. My dad was brought up in a little town not far from Arcadia, LA where they met their end. Thank you for today's episode.
My folks took me to see this film. My father noticed I was clapping every time police officers were shot. The next day he took me to the local library, and suggested a friendly competition. I was to find a book favoring Bonnie and Clyde (found such a book written by the mother of Bonnie and one of Clyde's sisters). My dad found a book that did not portray them in a good way. The book did have some photos which also included autopsy photos. We read both books. I learned that Bonnie and Clyde were not angels, and died very violently. Dad, who was a kid during the Great Depression said the were thugs. I tend to agree.
Thanks once again Jeff and Sarah for another Sunday history lesson, and a very interesting one of young kids, which I didn't realize how young they were! It is sad how history is being plowed under and being replaced by more modern buildings and technology. Sad that this has to happen the way it does. Have a wonderful visit with your son and have a safe trip home.
Great episode! The Bonnie and Clyde car and other artifacts are in Bufflo Bill's Casino in Primm Nevada. The Dutch Schultz 1931 car is there also in the back of the casino.
Thank you Jeff for all of your work researching filming and editing. You put out so much history on each of your videos. I appreciate you. From the Central Valley in Cali.
Jeff- you are one of the greatest story tellers of this century, I love all of the history that you bring in these episodes. The touch of your family is priceless. You are one blessed man and we are also because of what you do teaching history to us of those forgotten history makers.
Atlanta, Georgia, has a reputation for tearing down buildings no matter the historical significance & changing street names, every time a new mayor is elected. To hell with historical names & replacing with people who are still living. Sad! People cheered Bonnie & Clyde because they robbed banks & most people had lost their homes & land due to the Depression, with banks foreclosing on their property & the dust bowl days didn't help matters either. I saw the movie at the Starlight Drive-In in Atlanta, Ga & it was located on Hwy 42, also known as Moreland Ave. I'm not sure if it is still there, as it has been several years since I was in the area & the location is in a bad section. Thanks for video & retelling history that most don't know anything about!
Absolutely exciting episode! Thank you Jeff for creating this episode with extremely interesting I loved it Good pictures excellent! Thank you again my friend your number one fan Lou Martell
Thanks Jeff for putting this episode of history together. I took particular interest as it all happened close to my home State of Kansas. You mentioned Miami, Oklahoma which is about 30 miles from the small town in southeast Kansas where I was raised. Thanks again, Jeff. My best to you and Sarah.
A couple of years ago, my wife and I spent the night in Bonnie and Clyde’s hideout/apartment in Joplin Mo. Everything inside was original except the toilet. There was even an area on the wooden floor, where a knife had been thrown into it. It was pretty cool to be in there, knowing there were in there at one time.
My mom told my siblings and me about what took place in Platte county after the shoot out. The shootout actually took place north of Kansas City in rural Platte City. I grew up north of there in St Joseph where the Pony Express began and Jesse James ended😊
Another great history lesson. Thanks, Jeff. You talked about how some people supported the outlaws' and what they were doing. Have you ever heard of "Danny Lee Eckard, 28, a convicted kidnaper and rapist, was an ex-Marine skilled at desert survival?" He escaped from the Arizona State Prison in Florence, Arizona (where I was born and raised) in 1969. He was nicknamed "The Dessert Fox." I remember some of that manhunt, as I was 10 years old. My dad was a prison guard back then, and we actually lived just across the two lane highway from the prison. Anyway, I'm sure this would make a great history video for your channel. You could probably do interviews of some surviving lawmen from the manhunt. Well, thanks again or a great video.
Nice video! I went to the site of Red Crown Tavern in October 2014 - Found a small piece of brick on the site - perhaps its from the tavern or the adjacent auto court. They did show the auto court in the movie Bonnie and Clyde, but indicated it was Platte City, Iowa.
The ganster era was only 1933 and 34. The best book on this IMO is Public Enemies by Bryan Burroughs. Covers the entire era in roughly chronological order. Excellent read.
The firearm showed as a 38 caliber revolver is actually a Colt 25 ACP caliber semi-auto pistol. Have been to KCI many times and didn't know about the historical marker. Will look for it next time I'm in the area. Thanks for the video.
Beautiful grandchildren I love history like this thank you for taking the time to do this.I hope your visit is great my granddaughter is 7 they grow up so fast.
I just learn this today as house in a little town is taken down.. not even being told the history till they was take. It down did we learn how much history this home held..
Great episode! Tied up all the loose ends of what happened to the gang after this event. I never knew they were laid to rest in Texas. I have family near Dallas. Might try to take a ride to Dallas
Jeff, I was born in 1961. Like you, I was enthralled with history and in particular broadcast and radio history. I am 61 almost 62 and saw your granddaughter. I have no children and I thought all your videos will hopefully be on some kind of platform that Evelyn will be able to watch and show her kids and grandkids. Then I thought, you need to do a video about you, your mom and dad, and their moms and dads..eveything you know about your family and stories of your childhood. Then, messages to her kids and their kids, for them to see and hear long after "we" are gone. Just a thought I had while enjoying you new video..
Thanks for all your hard work on this great episode! I love history, especially Bonnie and Clyde. I got to see the garage apartment where they stayed in Joplin, MO and the museum with items they left behind when they fled the police. My great grandparents are buried across the cemetery road from Cal Campbell in Miami, OK. Lots of history!
I have been there many times. You are right the shootout was just down Weat and not at the sign. There is still small part of the Red Crown still there,
Just left KC a few weeks ago. Home welcoming the birth of our first grandchild.😊 Can vividly recall the area before the urban renewal expansion, decades ago.
Thank you for the informative video. My grandmother was eleven years old when Bonnie and Clyde were ambushed. She said everyone back then was a little sad to hear they were killed because reading about their exploits in the newspaper was “exciting”. It seems like many people felt the same way about the deaths of Jesse James and Billy the Kid.
@@jbenziggy Did you see the re-make of Bonnie and Clyde with Carey Mulligan? It was really good . I had no idea that Bonnie and Clyde were so young. Nancy
Was in Whiskey Pete's last week. Place is deserted, not sure if the car was there. It wasn't near the entrance. The other casino across the street is basically shuttered. Car could be anywhere now.
As a retired law enforcement officer of course I'm interested in Bonnie and Clyde. Always like hearing tales of those two. Great video. Also loved your video on Frank Hamer. Frank Hamer was the man for the job. Anyway as always thanks for taking us on the adventure.
Jeff, Thanks for another great episode. Very interesting learning about Bonnie and Clyde. I heard about them growing up but not much more than they were murderers and robbers. One correction though... The pistol shown at the end of the video that was strapped to Bonnie's thigh was not a 38 Revolver. I believe it to be a 32 ACP semi-auto pistol..
Another great effort.---Not having had a good look at your Daughter-in-law, I think those cute kids look like Grandpa! ---I did see that Bonnie & Clyde movie, thinking the actors were prettier than they should have been!
I was from Weston, Mo, 6 miles from Platte City. My neighbor, Mr Henry Wells, was from New Market, MO. He was in his 40's when the shootout occurred in Platte City. He told me of the shootout a couple of times. He simply viewed them as the murderers they were. It's likely that when they escaped north from Platte City, they either passed through or near New Market.
They were dangerous people. A lot of the most dangerous people today are young people with guns who don’t think about consequences of their actions. That’s what makes them so dangerous … young and dumb and impulsive.
I knew Sherrif Coffee’s son Clarence. He was a 19 at the time and was wounded in the gun fight. He said that he had the dubious honor of being among the few who survived being shot by Bonnie & Clyde and lived to tell the tale. He had the scars to prove it.
According to Clarence (Sheriff Coffee’s son) both he and his father were wounded and shared the same hospital room after receiving their wounds. Clarence was 19 years of age at the time and acting as a deputy. Holt was standing in the front yard near the steps and Clarence was across from the rooms occupied by the Barrow gang. He (Clarence) had taken a position between the two gas pumps. When the FBI agents approached the front door the gang started shooting through the walls indiscriminately. Clarence turned to make a run to get inside the gas station part of the diner. This is how he described what he experienced. “ as I turned to take cover, I found myself lying half in and half out of the doorway. As I rolled to my side, I could see my boot lying in the drive way. (He had take two hits from a Thompson machine gun” to the upper torso). At first I didn’t understand what has happened to me. Next thing I knew I woke up in an ambulance”! During his hospitalization, he said that he realized law enforcement wasn’t his calling, and entered medical school after his recovery. Now, my association with Clarence was through my mom who would occasionally work at “Dr. Clarence Coffee’s clinic”. Doc Coffee’ clinic was located at 12th & Tracey, KC,MO. He had become a close family friend over the years. When I was around 13 or so, he had bypass surgery to correct his heart problem and my mom and I went up to visit him. He was sitting on the side of the bed, his gown had fell from his left shoulder exposing his scars. When I asked how he got burned so badly, he then told me his story. Doc Coffee was an amazing man. Whiteout him tutoring me in chemistry, I would have never made it through that class!
Great episode, Jeff. You could drive by that building, and others like it, and never know that historic events took place there. Thanks for pointing that out.
I live close to the historical marker. I went to visit it one time after spotting it on google maps. Thanks for providing the additional history surrounding these events. I don't celebrate or glamorize the lives of criminals but I do love history. It's good to know that no law men were killed during this shootout.
Wow... Hollywoke sure does glamorize horrible atrocities. We're the same age, I did finally see the movie at a drive-in, in 1977. You and your wonderful documentation with photos is great ! We learn more from you in 12 minutes. BRAVO🇺🇲 Enjoy your family !! Cheers from Detroit 🇺🇲
Sorry I’m late to the party! Thank you Jeff, that was great! Especially good to see your delightful grandchildren! It’s always nice to see the original locations where history happened. I just watched a report on the murderous duo on the biography channel. Your video added a lot that wasn’t told there. I never saw the movie. I first became aware of the duo via a 1968 hit song while I was in nursing school in Germany, “The ballad of Bonnie and Clyde” by Georgie Fame, an English musician. I quite liked the song. Not sure it ever made it to the US, many songs that are popular in Europe are virtually unknown here, or rarely played. It’s amazing how popular these two remain to this day. I was amazed to see just how much they have been romanticized. Thousands of people visited them at the funeral home. And now people pay beaucoup bucks for memorabilia! Getting back to history, in the bio channel docu they showed some photos of the abhorrent conditions the Barrow family lived in during those depression era days. They also showed the house and location you visited. Now the landscape looks so different. A lot of the time my take away from your video reports is… thank God I wasn’t born during those days and had to live through that. Something to be grateful for, and never take for granted! Thanks again, Jeff! Not sure I would have been able to make a video and sound coherent after that long flight and jet lag! Appreciate all the comments from people who are living in the area and/ or had some contact with the gang!
I've always had a fascination with Bonnie & Clyde. Loved this episode. ❤ It's a shame that some of the historical places are no longer there. FYI: The car that they were ambushed in is no longer in Whiskey Pete's Casino. They moved it across the street into the newly refurbished Buffalo Bills Resort and Casino.
In 1967, when the Bonnie & Clyde movie was released, my father told me that they were nothing but outright killers. He was in his 20s at the time Bonnie and Clyde were on their crime spree. He was upset that the were portrayed a folk heroes. Not everyone felt they were modern day Robin Hoods.....
My family also had a story about my Grandfather hitchhiking to the store for cigarettes, they stopped and let him ride on the running boards because the backseat was full of long guns. This was between Como and Pickton in Hopkins County texas.
Correction - Bonnie and Clyde did not kill the two officers at Grapevine. It was Henry Methvin and Clyde. Methvin was never mentioned in those murders because his father had already struck a deal to help Frank Hamer ambush Bonnie and Clyde in exchange for immunity to Methvin in Texas.
My Grandfather Met Bonnie and Clyde when they ducked into his so called Garage. He said They were really nice to him. The story goes on , Briefly as He Told this He acted like it was no Bid thing….. As a kid I must’ve watched that Movie over and over again. Thanks for the Scoop!!!!
My grandfather also met then in Bienville Parish La days before their death. He also said they were very nice. He’s aunt owned a gas station where he would pump gas for customers and B&C came through. He said they were very generous tippers.
Both your grandfathers were lucky then, not so much for their victims.
SOO Very Interesting, I Live 8 Miles From This Location,I Pass It 5 Times A Week,Although I Knew This Historic Location Was/Is Here It Gives Me An All New Outlook On History...So Thank You So Very Much For This Incredible Article..
@@hansonb58 My grandfather grew up in Bryceland. Not sure how far it was from the location of the shoot out. He knew a lot of the people involved.
@@swansfan6944 You could be right but they weren’t really known for going around killing civilians. Im not saying that makes them good people but it shows they weren’t just ruthless killers.
What an exciting episode, one of the best episodes ever. Well done Jeff. Lovely family too, thank you for sharing.
Thank you, Wayne!
As a former Kansan, I've flown out of this airport many times, but never knew the history of Bonnie & Clyde so close by!
I've heard this story many times but your take on it is awesome! 🧡 My mom and dad were friends with an elderly couple in Dallas and Dink worked with Clyde at a clothes hanger factory. I live not to far from where Bonnie and Clyde died. There they have the Bonnie and Clyde trade days in Bienville Parish Louisiana.
Great episode Jeff! I appreciate your hard work in putting these together. The hours spent in researching the subject of each episode shows. You cover a lot of great information. I sure have to agree that there is an element of anti-police lawlessness today combined with complacent district attorneys and politicians who seem to encourage this kind of behavior. History can repeat itself!!
Jeff thanks for a great historical story on Bonnie and Clyde. My late grandmother lived in southeast Kansas and remembers seeing them being chased by the local police in her County of Crawford when she was a little girl in their early thirties. Also little side note that when the car was brought back it was brought back to Dearborn I had read an article when I was living in Dearborn Michigan at the time where I grew up that gentleman started the car with no problem and he drove a backup to Dearborn Michigan and they have pictures of it. Also just a little side note, your one County over from where I'm at in Leavenworth County in Kansas. If you guys ever in the area stopover in Leavenworth Kansas and let me know and we can visit I'll show you some of the sights were Buffalo Bill and Wild Bill walked around. Also I'll show you where the Waddell and Evans building is still standing which started the Pony Express. Have a great day Jeff and thank you so much for sharing and hope you have a safe trip home.
My son's grandmother's babysitter was Bonnie, he inherited two letters Bonnie wrote his grandmother. As always an excellent post.
Thanks Jeff for another great episode. It was interesting to learn what happened to the rest of the gang. Some of them lived long enough to see the movie. I wonder what they thought of it .
You have great looking grandchildren. Being a grandpa is one of the real joys in life.
Blanche thought the movie was stupid and said many things were totally made up!
@@jbenziggy lol, well it was a movie, not a documentary.
A morbidly fascinating piece of history. Great post.
I have heard and read about the history of Bonnie and Clyde but this is new to me! Thank you for sharing!
THANK YOU FOR FLYING OUT THERE AND SHOWING THIS TO US!!!!
My pleasure! I always try to hit historical places on any trip I take!
This was excellent, Jeff! I was amazed you never saw the movie but I also think that's why you did such a great job of telling the story. You weren't influenced by the story Hollywood told. You gave very specific information we didn't know.
It's great to see your family, cute kids! I hope you enjoyed your visit.
Very sad for Bonnie I feel she was so sweet but wrong man.God be with her soul😢
Thanks jeff
@@CharlieHawkins-zw4qfShe chose to ride w him . She punished right along w him
Thanks for taking us on another historical excursion. I like how you blended the historical site with contemporary pictures. I know from experience it is difficult at times, to coordinate the historical marker with the actual site of the event.
Thank you for this great video. It's so important to keep this history alive for the younger generations!
Absolutely right, Steve! History teaches us a lot about what we should and should not ever do!
Very well done Jeff! Nicely done as always and thank you for taking the time and energy to pull this episode together!
My pleasure! I appreciate that you watched and commented!
Awesome episode! I can’t imagine how much pain Bonnie was in with those severe burns. That was a really nice auto court! The ones here in Wisconsin that are left look very primitive. I love Evelyn asking if they were drunk. 😊 My grandkids ask why didn’t they get a job. How they didn’t get picked up by the police quicker. The world has changed so much since then! Wonderful that you are visiting your son, DIL and grandkids! Enjoy!
Clyde was an amazingly fast driver from what I’ve heard
Your videos are Outstanding..Many Thanks Jeff.
I appreciate that! Thank you!
As a child, I saw "Bonnie and Clyde" with my parents. They, being both children of "the Great Depression", impressed upon my brother and I not to romanticize them. My dad was brought up in a little town not far from Arcadia, LA where they met their end. Thank you for today's episode.
Your parents gave you good advice about this criminal couple.
My folks took me to see this film. My father noticed I was clapping every time police officers were shot. The next day he took me to the local library, and suggested a friendly competition. I was to find a book favoring Bonnie and Clyde (found such a book written by the mother of Bonnie and one of Clyde's sisters). My dad found a book that did not portray them in a good way. The book did have some photos which also included autopsy photos. We read both books. I learned that Bonnie and Clyde were not angels, and died very violently. Dad, who was a kid during the Great Depression said the were thugs. I tend to agree.
Sooo interesting! I always enjoy learning more about Bonnie and Clyde. Seeing the actual locations is much more enlightening. Thank you,
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks!
Thanks once again Jeff and Sarah for another Sunday history lesson, and a very interesting one of young kids, which I didn't realize how young they were! It is sad how history is being plowed under and being replaced by more modern buildings and technology. Sad that this has to happen the way it does. Have a wonderful visit with your son and have a safe trip home.
That photo of Bonnie pointing that Browning A5 autoloader shotgun at Clyde is pretty wild! I’ve been to that area. Great video!
Great episode! The Bonnie and Clyde car and other artifacts are in Bufflo Bill's Casino in Primm Nevada. The Dutch Schultz 1931 car is there also in the back of the casino.
Thank you Jeff for all of your work researching filming and editing. You put out so much history on each of your videos. I appreciate you. From the Central Valley in Cali.
Wow, thank you! What part of California?
@@jbenziggy your hometown
What a great video! You have your history dialed! Thanks as always!
Jeff- you are one of the greatest story tellers of this century, I love all of the history that you bring in these episodes. The touch of your family is priceless. You are one blessed man and we are also because of what you do teaching history to us of those forgotten history makers.
Wow, thank you! I am honored and flattered! Bless you for saying such wonderful things!
Atlanta, Georgia, has a reputation for tearing down buildings no matter the historical significance & changing street names, every time a new mayor is elected. To hell with historical names & replacing with people who are still living. Sad! People cheered Bonnie & Clyde because they robbed banks & most people had lost their homes & land due to the Depression, with banks foreclosing on their property & the dust bowl days didn't help matters either. I saw the movie at the Starlight Drive-In in Atlanta, Ga & it was located on Hwy 42, also known as Moreland Ave. I'm not sure if it is still there, as it has been several years since I was in the area & the location is in a bad section. Thanks for video & retelling history that most don't know anything about!
Absolutely exciting episode! Thank you Jeff for creating this episode with extremely interesting I loved it Good pictures excellent! Thank you again my friend your number one fan Lou Martell
Morning, Jeff!
Another great historical trip! Thank you for sharing your journey and please keep your adventures coming!😎
Thanks Jeff for putting this episode of history together. I took particular interest as it all happened close to my home State of Kansas. You mentioned Miami, Oklahoma which is about 30 miles from the small town in southeast Kansas where I was raised. Thanks again, Jeff. My best to you and Sarah.
Thank you, look forward to watching your videos every Sunday morning☕️
Yay! Thank you!
Very, very well researched! Thank you for taking us on this adventure.
You bet! Thanks, Tim! We appreciate the solidly supportive feedback!
I watch your videos every time you put a new one out and I do enjoy them very much thank you
Another good way to start my Sunday off. Looking at another episode of History Hunters. Great narrative. Many thanks.
A couple of years ago, my wife and I spent the night in Bonnie and Clyde’s hideout/apartment in Joplin Mo. Everything inside was original except the toilet. There was even an area on the wooden floor, where a knife had been thrown into it. It was pretty cool to be in there, knowing there were in there at one time.
My mom told my siblings and me about what took place in Platte county after the shoot out. The shootout actually took place north of Kansas City in rural Platte City. I grew up north of there in St Joseph where the Pony Express began and Jesse James ended😊
It is sickening that the murderers of so many live on in history and are revered by many while the victims are rarely mentioned.
Another great history lesson. Thanks, Jeff. You talked about how some people supported the outlaws' and what they were doing. Have you ever heard of "Danny Lee Eckard, 28, a convicted kidnaper and rapist, was an ex-Marine skilled at desert survival?" He escaped from the Arizona State Prison in Florence, Arizona (where I was born and raised) in 1969. He was nicknamed "The Dessert Fox." I remember some of that manhunt, as I was 10 years old. My dad was a prison guard back then, and we actually lived just across the two lane highway from the prison. Anyway, I'm sure this would make a great history video for your channel. You could probably do interviews of some surviving lawmen from the manhunt. Well, thanks again or a great video.
Nice video! I went to the site of Red Crown Tavern in October 2014 - Found a small piece of brick on the site - perhaps its from the tavern or the adjacent auto court. They did show the auto court in the movie Bonnie and Clyde, but indicated it was Platte City, Iowa.
Thank you for sharing this history with the world.
Very appreciative of your hobby here. Very informative.
I appreciate that!
Good Morning Jeff and I wish you and your family well. Thank you for the great reports.
Hello Jeff, Thanks for sharing this story on Bonnie and Clyde and sharing the time with your family. Happy 🌞day! and have a great day.
Thank you, Charles! Hope you are doing well!
The ganster era was only 1933 and 34. The best book on this IMO is Public Enemies by Bryan Burroughs. Covers the entire era in roughly chronological order. Excellent read.
Gangsters started way before 1933
Of course, but the heyday was 33-34. What people think when talking about it.@@mzwz7675
The firearm showed as a 38 caliber revolver is actually a Colt 25 ACP caliber semi-auto pistol. Have been to KCI many times and didn't know about the historical marker. Will look for it next time I'm in the area. Thanks for the video.
I enjoy these snippets into our past. Thank you
You're very welcome! Thank you, Mickey!
You have a beautiful family. You are blessed! Great video. Very interesting.
Thank you so much! Yes, I am blessed greatly!
Beautiful grandchildren I love history like this thank you for taking the time to do this.I hope your visit is great my granddaughter is 7 they grow up so fast.
well done video thanks for historical information
I just learn this today as house in a little town is taken down.. not even being told the history till they was take. It down did we learn how much history this home held..
I live about an hour and a half away and had no idea! Great video.
Awesome! Thank you!
Jeff, we appreciate the time and effort you poured into this video. Glad you got to visit your family.
I appreciate that! Thanks, Mary!
Great episode! Tied up all the loose ends of what happened to the gang after this event. I never knew they were laid to rest in Texas. I have family near Dallas. Might try to take a ride to Dallas
The pistol that was strapped to Bonnie’s leg was a M1908 HAMMERLESS (.25 AUTOMATIC). Not a 38 revolver. Great video though.
Jeff, I was born in 1961. Like you, I was enthralled with history and in particular broadcast and radio history. I am 61 almost 62 and saw your granddaughter. I have no children and I thought all your videos will hopefully be on some kind of platform that Evelyn will be able to watch and show her kids and grandkids. Then I thought, you need to do a video about you, your mom and dad, and their moms and dads..eveything you know about your family and stories of your childhood. Then, messages to her kids and their kids, for them to see and hear long after "we" are gone. Just a thought I had while enjoying you new video..
Thanks for all your hard work on this great episode!
I love history, especially Bonnie and Clyde. I got to see the garage apartment where they stayed in Joplin, MO and the museum with items they left behind when they fled the police.
My great grandparents are buried across the cemetery road from Cal Campbell in Miami, OK.
Lots of history!
I have been there many times. You are right the shootout was just down Weat and not at the sign. There is still small part of the Red Crown still there,
Just left KC a few weeks ago. Home welcoming the birth of our first grandchild.😊 Can vividly recall the area before the urban renewal expansion, decades ago.
Thank you for the informative video. My grandmother was eleven years old when Bonnie and Clyde were ambushed. She said everyone back then was a little sad to hear they were killed because reading about their exploits in the newspaper was “exciting”. It seems like many people felt the same way about the deaths of Jesse James and Billy the Kid.
Very well done ….i lived in Missouri most of my life and learned from you .
Thank you Jeff for this fascinating bit of infamous history!
You’re welcome! Thanks for watching!
Platte Co. has so much history! Excellent video
That's was a awesome vlog you did on Bonnie and Clyde...Thank you!! 😁
Our pleasure! Thanks!
Great history lesson and video! Thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you!!!
Thank you for another great opportunity to learn about history
Our pleasure! Thanks!
Appreciate the great story telling. Lived here all my life and work near there. Gonna check it out!
Awesome episode! Definitely the best and love the family interaction.
Another wonderful video. It is the first thing I watch Sunday morning. Nancy
Wow, thank you, Nancy!
@@jbenziggy Did you see the re-make of Bonnie and Clyde with Carey Mulligan? It was really good . I had no idea that Bonnie and Clyde were so young. Nancy
Was in Whiskey Pete's last week. Place is deserted, not sure if the car was there. It wasn't near the entrance. The other casino across the street is basically shuttered. Car could be anywhere now.
As a retired law enforcement officer of course I'm interested in Bonnie and Clyde. Always like hearing tales of those two. Great video. Also loved your video on Frank Hamer. Frank Hamer was the man for the job. Anyway as always thanks for taking us on the adventure.
Glad you enjoyed it, Pat! If you don’t mind me asking, what department(s) did you work for?
Jeff, Thanks for another great episode. Very interesting learning about Bonnie and Clyde. I heard about them growing up but not much more than they were murderers and robbers. One correction though... The pistol shown at the end of the video that was strapped to Bonnie's thigh was not a 38 Revolver. I believe it to be a 32 ACP semi-auto pistol..
The pictured pistol is a Colt 1908 Pocket Hammerless .25ACP
Yes, I was sure that was not a revolver, but I didn't know what kind of pistol it actually was.
Another great effort.---Not having had a good look at your Daughter-in-law, I think those cute kids look like Grandpa! ---I did see that Bonnie & Clyde movie, thinking the actors were prettier than they should have been!
Really sad nothing is left there. Hope you enjoyed our new airport! Thanks for the neat history about Bonnie and Clyde.
Thank you Jeff for sharing this episode of Bonnie & Clyde. 😊
You bet! Thank you!
The days of B&C may end up a ‘calm breeze’ compared to the tumult on our door step- border- thanks for sharing, you have a beautiful family Jeff!
I was from Weston, Mo, 6 miles from Platte City. My neighbor, Mr Henry Wells, was from New Market, MO. He was in his 40's when the shootout occurred in Platte City. He told me of the shootout a couple of times. He simply viewed them as the murderers they were. It's likely that when they escaped north from Platte City, they either passed through or near New Market.
They were dangerous people. A lot of the most dangerous people today are young people with guns who don’t think about consequences of their actions. That’s what makes them so dangerous … young and dumb and impulsive.
That was riveting!!!!! Excellent video! Perfectly done!
Excellent as usual. You have the perfect voice for these history lessons 👏👏👏
Thank you! 😃
I knew Sherrif Coffee’s son Clarence. He was a 19 at the time and was wounded in the gun fight. He said that he had the dubious honor of being among the few who survived being shot by Bonnie & Clyde and lived to tell the tale. He had the scars to prove it.
Wow that is indeed fascinating! I understand that Sheriff Coffey only had minor or graze wounds but enjoyed playing it up.
According to Clarence (Sheriff Coffee’s son) both he and his father were wounded and shared the same hospital room after receiving their wounds. Clarence was 19 years of age at the time and acting as a deputy. Holt was standing in the front yard near the steps and Clarence was across from the rooms occupied by the Barrow gang. He (Clarence) had taken a position between the two gas pumps. When the FBI agents approached the front door the gang started shooting through the walls indiscriminately. Clarence turned to make a run to get inside the gas station part of the diner. This is how he described what he experienced. “ as I turned to take cover, I found myself lying half in and half out of the doorway. As I rolled to my side, I could see my boot lying in the drive way. (He had take two hits from a Thompson machine gun” to the upper torso). At first I didn’t understand what has happened to me. Next thing I knew I woke up in an ambulance”! During his hospitalization, he said that he realized law enforcement wasn’t his calling, and entered medical school after his recovery. Now, my association with Clarence was through my mom who would occasionally work at “Dr. Clarence Coffee’s clinic”. Doc Coffee’ clinic was located at 12th & Tracey, KC,MO. He had become a close family friend over the years. When I was around 13 or so, he had bypass surgery to correct his heart problem and my mom and I went up to visit him. He was sitting on the side of the bed, his gown had fell from his left shoulder exposing his scars. When I asked how he got burned so badly, he then told me his story. Doc Coffee was an amazing man. Whiteout him tutoring me in chemistry, I would have never made it through that class!
Another great episode, Jeff. Keep up the great work.
Thanks, will do! More to come!
Great episode, Jeff. You could drive by that building, and others like it, and never know that historic events took place there. Thanks for pointing that out.
Great episode Jeff. I too have a art collection of Bonnie and Clyde. They were an important part of our history. Well done
I live close to the historical marker. I went to visit it one time after spotting it on google maps. Thanks for providing the additional history surrounding these events. I don't celebrate or glamorize the lives of criminals but I do love history. It's good to know that no law men were killed during this shootout.
Always enjoy! I’m catching up on the previews episodes. They are all very good!
Awesome! Thank you!
Excellent episode, enjoyed seeing the grandkids
Great video, I have been there before. I live in Lawrence, Kansas not to far away. Great job on a piece of American History.
Glad you enjoyed it!
At 5:53 that is a photo of W.D. Jones not Buck Barrow.
Minor correction. That photo of Bonnie's gun is a Colt 1905 semi-auto 25 ACP, not a Colt 38 cal. revolver.
Wow... Hollywoke sure does glamorize horrible atrocities. We're the same age, I did finally see the movie at a drive-in, in 1977. You and your wonderful documentation with photos is great ! We learn more from you in 12 minutes.
BRAVO🇺🇲
Enjoy your family !!
Cheers from Detroit 🇺🇲
Thanks, Tony!
Nice video. Thanks for sharing this story about B&C. Those momentos are amazing.
Hello Jeff.
remarkable and well put together video. Thanks for the effort, enjoy the family... Cheers!!
Glad you enjoyed it, Moshe!
Sorry I’m late to the party! Thank you Jeff, that was great! Especially good to see your delightful grandchildren! It’s always nice to see the original locations where history happened.
I just watched a report on the murderous duo on the biography channel. Your video added a lot that wasn’t told there.
I never saw the movie. I first became aware of the duo via a 1968 hit song while I was in nursing school in Germany, “The ballad of Bonnie and Clyde” by Georgie Fame, an English musician. I quite liked the song. Not sure it ever made it to the US, many songs that are popular in Europe are virtually unknown here, or rarely played.
It’s amazing how popular these two remain to this day. I was amazed to see just how much they have been romanticized. Thousands of people visited them at the funeral home. And now people pay beaucoup bucks for memorabilia!
Getting back to history, in the bio channel docu they showed some photos of the abhorrent conditions the Barrow family lived in during those depression era days. They also showed the house and location you visited. Now the landscape looks so different. A lot of the time my take away from your video reports is… thank God I wasn’t born during those days and had to live through that. Something to be grateful for, and never take for granted!
Thanks again, Jeff! Not sure I would have been able to make a video and sound coherent after that long flight and jet lag!
Appreciate all the comments from people who are living in the area and/ or had some contact with the gang!
THANKS, JEFF FOR THIS GREAT HISTORY VIDEO!
My pleasure!! Glad you enjoyed this video!
I've always had a fascination with Bonnie & Clyde. Loved this episode. ❤ It's a shame that some of the historical places are no longer there. FYI: The car that they were ambushed in is no longer in Whiskey Pete's Casino. They moved it across the street into the newly refurbished Buffalo Bills Resort and Casino.
Excellent presentation. Thank you for sharing this with us.
Glad you enjoyed it!
In 1967, when the Bonnie & Clyde movie was released, my father told me that they were nothing but outright killers. He was in his 20s at the time Bonnie and Clyde were on their crime spree. He was upset that the were portrayed a folk heroes. Not everyone felt they were modern day Robin Hoods.....
Another well researched episode of history. Thanks...
My family also had a story about my Grandfather hitchhiking to the store for cigarettes, they stopped and let him ride on the running boards because the backseat was full of long guns.
This was between Como and Pickton in Hopkins County texas.
Correction - Bonnie and Clyde did not kill the two officers at Grapevine. It was Henry Methvin and Clyde. Methvin was never mentioned in those murders because his father had already struck a deal to help Frank Hamer ambush Bonnie and Clyde in exchange for immunity to Methvin in Texas.
Great episode Jeff! Thank you
Very welcome! Thank you!!!
Great video Jeff and beautiful grandkids. Thanks for sharing.
Glad you enjoyed it!