How did the press get the infamous photos of Bonnie and Clyde? Follow hidden Route 66 history as Scott and Jenn investigate Bonnie and Clyde’s real hideouts and discover lost photographs that reveal the gangsters’ actual movements across America. We’ll uncover the lesser-known stops along the Mother Road and share what historians found.
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Bonnie & Clyde’s Route 66 Hideout: The Joplin Shootout and Lost Artifacts
Walk With History heads to Joplin, Missouri on Route 66 to trace Bonnie and Clyde’s 1933 hideout and the shootout that helped make them nationally infamous. After renting a garage apartment in April 1933, Clyde and Bonnie, Buck and Blanche Barrow, and W.D. Jones stayed 13 days before police—suspecting bootleggers—ambushed the apartment, leading to aContinue reading “Bonnie & Clyde’s Route 66 Hideout: The Joplin Shootout and Lost Artifacts”