Column Chronicles: New reports on Bonnie and Clyde

New reports on Bonnie and Clyde

Frank Cotolo
September 3, 2015

It's been 80 years since the infamous duo of Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow were pelted with bullets in an ambush as punishment for their crimes during the Great Depression. Legend and lore or both have surrounded the history of these two dangerous killers and now even more information about them has surfaced, though none of it may be true and though all of it may be true.

Bonnie claimed she married Clyde during their crime spree but after Bonnie was killed with Clyde, a friend of the duo told a reporter that Bonnie's husband was actually Mortimer Curve, the man whose last name was used to describe how a written test could be marked.

Although many people thought Bonnie and Clyde were short people, it is true that they were the same size at the height of their criminal careers.

Bonnie Parker wrote a book of poetry that she submitted to a publisher amid her reign of terror with Clyde. The publisher liked the manuscript but she did not let him publish it because he insisted upon proof-reading it.

Clyde Barrow had four nipples, two on his chest and two on his ankles.

Bonnie Parker is said to have had a child out of wedlock and the son was so embarrassed about his mother's profession that in order to disassociate himself with her he changed his name from Ben Parker to Arnold Parker.

Clyde Barrow wanted most of all to be a circus clown but he was allergic to fake red noses.

Clyde Barrow's brother was never a member of the gang, as depicted in the movie that bore their names. However, Clyde Barrow's brother looked remarkably like Gene Hackman who played him in the movie.

During their lives, it was rumored that Cecil B. Demille wanted to make a movie about them. When Clyde got wind of the rumor, he began to spread it as if it were the truth. When Demille got wind of Clyde telling everyone that Demille was going to make a movie about them, Demille started a rumor that Clyde could not ride a bicycle. When Clyde got wind of what Demille said about his inability to ride a bicycle, Clyde killed Demille's poodle by running over it with a bike.

Had Bonnie and Clyde not been shot to death, it is said they would have eventually died anyway.

Clyde Barrow's father said publicly that he wanted to go to bed with Bonnie Parker but Clyde refused to allow it unless Bonnie could put a bullet in his head afterwards.

Frank Cotolo can be found hosting the talk and interview programme Cotolo Chronicles. You can send him an e-mail at this address: frank@148.ca.