8 Surprising Facts About Bonnie and Clyde

4) The pictures were left behind

Below is the hideout where in 1933 in Joplin, MO, police thought they were approaching some bootleggers. Law enforcement had no idea it was the Barrow Gang until after the shootout began.

Many of their possessions were left behind when the gang fled the scene, including an undeveloped roll of film. These images only added to the media frenzy of the increasingly-wanted couple. And, that’s where the most famous photos of the pair come from. It was Blanche’s camera and there is speculation about whether Buck may have taken some of the photos.

3) Bonnie could barely walk towards the end

Despite the romantic notion that the two were young, free, and in love, Bonnie had a serious leg injury that likely prevented her from being as free and easy we like to imagine her. Bonnie’s leg had been seriously burned during a car crash with Clyde, a fact which some say explains why he’s carrying her in some of the photographs.