Bonnie and Clyde were both born and raised in Texas. And that’s where they spent the majority of their lives, including a ton of their criminal exploits. But soon, they’d grown tired of robbing banks in their state alone.
They prepared to take the gang on the road, and they headed north.
Soon, she found herself completely immersed in the gang life. The couple gained so much notoriety for their criminal activity that they formed their own gang.
The Barrow Gang, as they came to be known, quickly became infamous in Texas.
Not long after Bonnie became involved in the gang’s inner-workings, she wound up in the slammer. She was picked up for a gun robbery and served a three-month sentence before being released.
Of course, they had no intentions of slowing down. If anything, they were ready to take things to the next level.
As the crimes grew, the money grew, which in turn made more people want to join them in their activities. It soon became somewhat of a family business, with Clyde’s brother and his wife hopping on board.
The string of crimes by the Barrow Gang led all the way from Texas to Minnesota.
Even though things may have started off rough for the couple, with Clyde winding up in prison for the first two years they knew each other, things had turned around.
They were getting away with everything on a cross-country crime spree. But that all changed when the authorities received a tip in 1933. One that would lead them straight to the gang’s hideout in Missouri.