 Show Gibsland, Louisiana After this Field Review was written, museum owner "Boots" Hinton passed away. Current owner Perry Carver has brought in some of his own displays, as well as generous supply of "vampire" blood with which to splatter them. The outlaws of the 1930s with the most star power were Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow, the rogue Romeo and Juliet of Depression America. After a brief career of robbing gas stations, stealing cars, and killing policemen, they were slaughtered by a posse of angry sheriffs south of Gibsland, Louisiana.
L.J. "Boots" Hinton is the son of one of those vengeful lawmen, and he has grown up to become the manager and public face of Gibsland's Bonnie and Clyde Ambush Museum. "We didn't want it jumping out and grabbing people. We wanted it inviting people," says Boots, describing the museum's fairly low-key storefront that features a large "ambush" sign riddled with cartoon bullet holes. Opened in 2005, the museum is the centerpiece of this tiny town, housed in a building that used to be Ma Canfield's Cafe, the last place on earth visited by Bonnie and Clyde. "They got a fried baloney sandwich and BLT to go, went down the road eight miles, and got killed," said Boots. According to one account, Bonnie died holding her half-eaten sandwich. Boots told us that the museum attracts a lot of families, but he warns parents at the cash register, "now one of y'all be sure and walk through in front of the kids." That's because the museum displays gruesome photos of Bonnie and Clyde after they were perforated with 130 rounds of ammo that were fired into their car. "Of course," Boots concedes, "most kids nowadays, with what they see on TV, it doesn't bother them." And his caution does seem irrelevant, as he openly sells copies of the same photos in the gift shop, next to the t-shirts.
Highlights of the Ambush Museum include one of Clyde's Remington shotguns, pulled from the death car; a Browning semi-automatic rifle similar to the one used by the Barrow gang; a tire that Clyde stole and gave to an old man (who refused to use it but who kept it as a souvenir); Bonnie's red hat; some glass from the death car windshield; and replicas of Bonnie and Clyde's tombstones, set in a simulated graveyard. A large mural fills one wall, faithfully recreating the moment of the ambush.
A fake Bonnie and Clyde Death Car -- a 1934 V-8 Ford riddled with bullet holes -- acts as a stand-in for the Museum's former automotive exhibit: the bullet-riddled car from the 1967 Bonnie and Clyde movie (We actually like the new car better because it includes bloody Bonnie and Clyde dummies). The movie car was here until 2008, when it was moved to the Crime Museum in Washington, DC, and then to Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, in 2016. To add to the confusion, the real death car, along with Clyde's death shirt, are displayed in a casino in Nevada. These genuine bloody artifacts are beyond the budget of the Bonnie and Clyde Ambush Museum: the shirt alone was purchased for $75,000.
Ambush marker -- chipped by adoring fans. Eight miles south of the Ambush Museum, on an isolated stretch of highway, is the small stone monument that marks the death site of Bonnie and Clyde. It was erected in 1972, and over the years it has been covered with graffiti, gouged with axes, and blasted with gunfire to the point where its inscription is barely legible (It has even been yanked out of the ground a few times). The many hearts and intertwined initials scrawled on the monument suggest that young couples make pilgrimages here, digging the Bonnie and Clyde outlaw vibe. The romantic vandalism somehow seems appropriate. Bonnie and Clyde would have defaced monuments too. Authentic HistoryLocated at Ma Canfield's Cafe where Bonnie Parker & Clyde Barrow bought their final meals before they were shot down just 7 miles up the road. Hours of OperationStop by any day! We're open 7 days a week 9am-5pm Closed Christmas Day How to Find UsWe’re centrally located in downtown Gibsland Where is the best Bonnie and Clyde Museum?The Museum is one mile off I-20 in Gibsland, a few miles east of Shreveport, La. The museum is run by a gentleman who is the son of one of the Lawmen who tracked down and slew the famous criminals Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow.
Where is the Bonnie and Clyde Death Site?Where America's favorite outlaw lovebirds were riddled with dozens of bullets by hidden lawmen. A new, more vandal-proof marker was added in 2014 that shifts emphasis to the posse over the lawbreakers.
Who owns the Bonnie and Clyde Ambush museum?Current owner Perry Carver has brought in some of his own displays, as well as generous supply of "vampire" blood with which to splatter them. The outlaws of the 1930s with the most star power were Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow, the rogue Romeo and Juliet of Depression America.
How many times was Bonnie and Clyde shot?They were ambushed and killed on May 23, 1934 by four Texas officers and two Louisiana officers who had been chasing the couple across the country. It is believed the elusive Bonnie and Clyde were shot more than fifty times by the officers with automatic rifles and shotguns, ensuring they would not escape again.
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