Stop for a moment, and imagine Ma Barker. Is she waving a Tommy gun, chawing a cigar, and plotting a bank robbery? Is she brow-beating her weak-willed criminal sons, and generally being a role model for overbearing mothers everywhere? We thought so. Well, you have two people to thank for that wildly inaccurate image: FBI founder… Continue reading Arizona “Ma” Barker
Category: Outlaw
Bonnie Parker’s Hideout
The shootout that catapulted Bonnie & Clyde to stardom happened right here in Missouri. Bonnie Parker and her man, Clyde Barrow were staying in a loft apartment at 3347 1/2 Oak Ridge Drive in Joplin with Buck & Blanche Barrow & W.D. Jones. The gang lived in the apartment for only about 3 weeks in… Continue reading Bonnie Parker’s Hideout
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