Clyde Motel

How did the public view Bonnie and Clyde in the thirties?

I was looking up information on them and was wondering how the public viewed them. Some sites say people feared them because they were of course murders. Police, I know, would have wanted to catch them. However, some sites make it sound as though people liked following the story and saw Bonnie and Clyde as romantic heroes. I have never seen the film but have read that the movie also makes them likeable to the audience. So... How did people in the thirties actual feel about Bonnie and Clyde from their first crime to their death.

Public Comments

1. " BETTER OFF DEAD "
2. Guess you had to be there?
3. I saw a documentery about them. At Clyde's funeral 5,000 showed up there, for many reasons. because he was famous ,infamous, some idolized him some glad hes dead. The ones who admired him because the times were in the depression. sort of get back at the system.
4. for good or bad -- anyone who makes it to the top news --specially in the 30's and 40's was considered a "hero" the way robin hood was considered a hero...in previous decades. it is part of human psyche to side with the individual, specially when it beats the system.