May 23, 2016May 23, 2016

Watch: The Bonnie and Clyde death car

Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker standing together in front of their car. (Photo courtesy of the Dallas Municipal Archives)

Clyde Barrow, left, and W. D. Jones leaning against a rock wall. (Photo courtesy of the Dallas Municipal Archives)

From letf to right: Clyde Barrow, Henry Methvin and Raymond Hamilton. (Photo courtesy of the Dallas Municipal Archives)

Young Clyde Barrow, in a Dallas Police Department mug shot. (Photo courtesy of the Dallas Municipal Archives)

Clyde Barrow's body in the morgue. (Photo courtesy of the Dallas Municipal Archives)

Clyde Barrow. (Photo courtesy of the Dallas Municipal Archives)

A telegram from Clyde Barrow to Dallas District Attorney Winter King, dissociating himself from Raymond Hamilton following the Eastham Breakout. (Photo courtesy of the Dallas Municipal Archives)

Bonnie and Clyde. (Photo courtesy of the Dallas Municipal Archives)

Officers inspect Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker's bullet-riddled V8 Ford at the Dallas police impound after removing the couple's bodies. Dallas County Sheriff Smoot Schmid is at left, hatless. (Photo courtesy of the Dallas Municipal Archives)

Photograph of five shot gun pellets taken from the body of state Highway Patrolman Murphy, who was shot and killed by Clyde Barrow on April 1, 1934 in Grapevine. (Photo courtesy of the Dallas Municipal Archives)

Clyde Barrow's brother, Marvin "Buck" Barrow, and Buck's wife, Blanche Caldwell, sitting together on the steps of a porch. (Photo courtesy of the Dallas Municipal Archives)

Site near Grapevine where Barrow Gang members shot and killed motorcycle patrolmen E. B. Wheeler and H. D. Murphy. (Photo courtesy of the Dallas Municipal Archives)

Bonnie Parker's funeral in Dallas. (Photo courtesy of the Dallas Municipal Archives)

Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker standing together in front of their car. (Photo courtesy of the Dallas Municipal Archives)

Clyde Barrow, left, and W. D. Jones leaning against a rock wall. (Photo courtesy of the Dallas Municipal Archives)

From letf to right: Clyde Barrow, Henry Methvin and Raymond Hamilton. (Photo courtesy of the Dallas Municipal Archives)

Young Clyde Barrow, in a Dallas Police Department mug shot. (Photo courtesy of the Dallas Municipal Archives)

Clyde Barrow's body in the morgue. (Photo courtesy of the Dallas Municipal Archives)

Clyde Barrow. (Photo courtesy of the Dallas Municipal Archives)

A telegram from Clyde Barrow to Dallas District Attorney Winter King, dissociating himself from Raymond Hamilton following the Eastham Breakout. (Photo courtesy of the Dallas Municipal Archives)

Bonnie and Clyde. (Photo courtesy of the Dallas Municipal Archives)

Officers inspect Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker's bullet-riddled V8 Ford at the Dallas police impound after removing the couple's bodies. Dallas County Sheriff Smoot Schmid is at left, hatless. (Photo courtesy of the Dallas Municipal Archives)

Bonnie and Clyde. (Photo courtesy of the Dallas Municipal Archives)

Photograph of five shot gun pellets taken from the body of state Highway Patrolman Murphy, who was shot and killed by Clyde Barrow on April 1, 1934 in Grapevine. (Photo courtesy of the Dallas Municipal Archives)

Clyde Barrow's brother, Marvin "Buck" Barrow, and Buck's wife, Blanche Caldwell, sitting together on the steps of a porch. (Photo courtesy of the Dallas Municipal Archives)

Site near Grapevine where Barrow Gang members shot and killed motorcycle patrolmen E. B. Wheeler and H. D. Murphy. (Photo courtesy of the Dallas Municipal Archives)

Bonnie Parker's funeral in Dallas. (Photo courtesy of the Dallas Municipal Archives)

On this day in 1934, West Dallas outlaws Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow met their end in a police ambush near Gibsland, La.

During their two-year crime spree, they evaded law enforcement countless times and murdered 13 people, including several law enforcement officers. But the bank robbers also took lots of pictures of themselves, which led to worldwide fame and a certain sympathy or awe from the public.

The stolen V8 Ford Coupe, which Barrow had been driving about 85 miles per hour before the ambush, was riddled with bullets. The original car is on display at Whiskey Pete’s casino in Nevada.

Here is footage taken the day the outlaws died.

Written By

Rachel Stone

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