Memorializing the Couple
A public infatuation with Bonnie and Clyde continues to this very day. When the press announced their deaths, people grieved for the loss. The crime scene was swarmed, and many tried to get their hands on a souvenir in the process. It seems that ordinary people are not as far removed from petty theft similar to the pair, after all. Arriving at the coroner’s office, crowds gathered to catch a glimpse of the blood-stained bodies of Bonnie and Clyde. Onlookers later referred to the moment as surreal. People were clutching at the bodies trying to get their hands on parts of their clothing, hair and more. Authorities would later state that they thought people had gone completely mad. Someone even went as far as offering $30 000 to Clyde’s father for his dead body, which he turned down immediately.
Memorializing The Couple
