1 00:00:00,634 --> 00:00:01,767 [instrumental music playing] 2 00:00:01,767 --> 00:00:04,200 [Josh Gates] Bonnie and Clyde are household names. 3 00:00:04,200 --> 00:00:06,066 Why did they become so famous? 4 00:00:08,100 --> 00:00:10,266 [Stewart Fillmore] You know, Josh, there's so much about the case 5 00:00:10,266 --> 00:00:12,333 that the public doesn't know, that we don't know. 6 00:00:13,567 --> 00:00:16,266 There seems to be a pattern of locations, 7 00:00:16,266 --> 00:00:18,166 that would make perfect hideouts, 8 00:00:18,166 --> 00:00:19,667 that has never been investigated. 9 00:00:19,667 --> 00:00:21,333 Ha-ha! Whoo! 10 00:00:23,166 --> 00:00:24,266 -Oh! -[taps] 11 00:00:24,266 --> 00:00:25,266 Somethin' there. 12 00:00:25,266 --> 00:00:28,000 There could be cash out there, guns, jewelry. 13 00:00:28,000 --> 00:00:30,300 -Oh, I got a hit. -Yeah, I got one, too. 14 00:00:30,300 --> 00:00:32,100 -Look at this! -[Stewart] Josh, is that a cave? 15 00:00:32,100 --> 00:00:33,233 [Josh] We got a cave! 16 00:00:34,600 --> 00:00:35,700 They're kids. 17 00:00:35,700 --> 00:00:38,200 You know, she's a poet, she's a dreamer. 18 00:00:38,200 --> 00:00:39,867 But clearly they're also 19 00:00:39,867 --> 00:00:42,367 not afraid of murdering people! 20 00:00:42,367 --> 00:00:43,700 [Josh] Is that what I think it is? 21 00:00:43,700 --> 00:00:45,066 [Stewart] Hold on, is that a bullet hole? 22 00:00:45,066 --> 00:00:46,867 What if this was from the Barrow Gang's stash? 23 00:00:46,867 --> 00:00:48,066 That's so cool. 24 00:00:48,066 --> 00:00:49,567 Here we go! 25 00:00:49,567 --> 00:00:51,100 Josh, do you see what I see? 26 00:00:51,100 --> 00:00:53,233 Holy [bleep]! Is that possible? 27 00:00:56,800 --> 00:00:58,533 [dramatic music playing] 28 00:01:04,667 --> 00:01:06,700 Depression era criminal duo, 29 00:01:06,700 --> 00:01:08,767 Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow 30 00:01:08,767 --> 00:01:11,166 seized more than just cash and valuables. 31 00:01:11,166 --> 00:01:13,266 Their love affair captured the attention 32 00:01:13,266 --> 00:01:15,266 of a desperate American public 33 00:01:15,266 --> 00:01:17,867 obsessed with outlaws and gangsters. 34 00:01:17,867 --> 00:01:21,400 And they did it in unrivalled style. 35 00:01:21,400 --> 00:01:25,867 Robbing, shooting and making high-speed getaways across eight states, 36 00:01:25,867 --> 00:01:28,667 their passionate career would end in a violent 37 00:01:28,667 --> 00:01:31,367 and unforgettable blaze of glory. 38 00:01:31,367 --> 00:01:33,500 Thanks to pop culture, Bonnie and Clyde 39 00:01:33,500 --> 00:01:36,667 have been celebrated as rebel Romeo and Juliet, 40 00:01:36,667 --> 00:01:39,266 living and dying on their own terms. 41 00:01:39,266 --> 00:01:44,300 Even Beyonce and Jay-Z declared themselves the "03 Bonnie & Clyde." 42 00:01:44,300 --> 00:01:45,900 But who were they really? 43 00:01:45,900 --> 00:01:47,867 Ninety years after their deaths 44 00:01:47,867 --> 00:01:50,367 the public's fascination with them continues. 45 00:01:50,367 --> 00:01:52,867 And artefacts associated with the outlaws 46 00:01:52,867 --> 00:01:56,166 routinely fetch tens of thousands at auction. 47 00:01:57,467 --> 00:02:01,200 Now, a former FBI agent is using bureau archives 48 00:02:01,200 --> 00:02:04,300 to corroborate a local legend which could uncover 49 00:02:04,300 --> 00:02:07,166 a lost cache of loot and relics. 50 00:02:07,166 --> 00:02:10,166 And a metal detectorist, digging into forgotten history 51 00:02:10,166 --> 00:02:11,600 is chasing down a lead 52 00:02:11,600 --> 00:02:13,867 that may point to a buried stash 53 00:02:13,867 --> 00:02:16,433 near one of the duos' bloodiest shootouts. 54 00:02:18,100 --> 00:02:21,567 So, jump into a getaway car and let's go on the run. 55 00:02:21,567 --> 00:02:23,900 As Bonnie herself wrote in a poem, 56 00:02:23,900 --> 00:02:26,166 "You read the story of Jesse James, 57 00:02:26,166 --> 00:02:28,200 of how he lived and died. 58 00:02:28,200 --> 00:02:30,500 If you're still in need of something to read, 59 00:02:30,500 --> 00:02:33,867 here is the story of Bonnie and Clyde." 60 00:02:33,867 --> 00:02:35,467 [upbeat music playing] 61 00:02:36,400 --> 00:02:38,000 [opening theme music playing] 62 00:02:38,000 --> 00:02:39,767 My name is Josh Gates. 63 00:02:39,767 --> 00:02:40,867 Hello! 64 00:02:40,867 --> 00:02:41,700 Explorer... 65 00:02:41,700 --> 00:02:42,467 It was nothing. 66 00:02:42,467 --> 00:02:43,767 Adventurer... 67 00:02:43,767 --> 00:02:44,867 [exclaims] 68 00:02:44,867 --> 00:02:46,400 Oh, it's long night, now. 69 00:02:46,400 --> 00:02:49,166 ...and a guy who ends up in some very strange situations. 70 00:02:49,767 --> 00:02:51,300 I'm alive... for now! 71 00:02:51,300 --> 00:02:53,166 With a degree in archeology 72 00:02:53,166 --> 00:02:54,867 and a passion for the unexplained, 73 00:02:54,867 --> 00:02:57,467 I travel to the ends of the Earth 74 00:02:57,467 --> 00:03:00,200 investigating the greatest legends in history. 75 00:03:00,200 --> 00:03:01,400 Ready to rock and roll? 76 00:03:01,400 --> 00:03:04,667 This is Expedition Unknown... 77 00:03:06,567 --> 00:03:08,033 [upbeat music playing] 78 00:03:11,867 --> 00:03:13,867 All right, well, the Bonnie and Clyde story 79 00:03:13,867 --> 00:03:16,300 starts right here in West Dallas. 80 00:03:16,300 --> 00:03:18,500 This was an area that was thought of as, 81 00:03:18,500 --> 00:03:20,467 "the wrong side of the bridge." 82 00:03:20,467 --> 00:03:22,767 A place known as the "Devil's Back Porch," 83 00:03:22,767 --> 00:03:25,166 because it produced so many criminals. 84 00:03:25,166 --> 00:03:28,100 And it was in this place of crushing poverty 85 00:03:28,100 --> 00:03:30,266 that Bonnie and Clyde were forged. 86 00:03:32,300 --> 00:03:35,000 I'm cruising past what today is an empty lot. 87 00:03:35,000 --> 00:03:38,100 But this was once the Barrow family filling station. 88 00:03:38,100 --> 00:03:40,900 It was near here at a party in 1930 89 00:03:40,900 --> 00:03:43,967 that a 20-year-old turkey thief named Clyde Barrow 90 00:03:43,967 --> 00:03:48,000 fell in love with an artistic 19-year-old named Bonnie Parker. 91 00:03:48,000 --> 00:03:51,567 It was a match made in heaven. Or maybe hell. 92 00:03:51,567 --> 00:03:54,500 So how did this duo achieve such infamy? 93 00:03:54,500 --> 00:03:57,000 Well, to crack down the real Bonnie and Clyde 94 00:03:57,000 --> 00:03:58,367 as well as the secrets, 95 00:03:58,367 --> 00:04:00,867 and maybe even the riches they left behind. 96 00:04:00,867 --> 00:04:02,900 I'm headed to the other side of the bridge, 97 00:04:02,900 --> 00:04:04,967 to the headquarters of the good guys 98 00:04:04,967 --> 00:04:06,433 who hunted them down. 99 00:04:09,467 --> 00:04:13,600 I'm attempting to roll up to the FBI's Dallas Field Office. 100 00:04:13,600 --> 00:04:15,066 Yeah, this might take a second. 101 00:04:15,767 --> 00:04:17,266 Okay, here we go. 102 00:04:19,767 --> 00:04:22,166 -How're you doing, officer? -Doing pretty good, sir. 103 00:04:23,200 --> 00:04:25,467 After a quick check around the car, 104 00:04:25,467 --> 00:04:28,100 and under the car, and under the hood, 105 00:04:28,100 --> 00:04:30,634 and in the trunk, I'm on my way. 106 00:04:32,100 --> 00:04:35,000 All right. Welcome to the FBI. Here we go. 107 00:04:35,000 --> 00:04:36,867 [legendary music playing] 108 00:04:38,367 --> 00:04:42,767 My exclusive invitation to the world's foremost law enforcement agency 109 00:04:42,767 --> 00:04:44,767 is thanks to retired FBI agent 110 00:04:44,767 --> 00:04:47,967 and my known accomplice Stewart Fillmore. 111 00:04:47,967 --> 00:04:49,600 -Hey, Josh. -How're you, man? 112 00:04:49,600 --> 00:04:51,066 -Good, man. How are you? -I'm great. 113 00:04:51,066 --> 00:04:52,367 -Great to see you. -Great to see you. 114 00:04:52,367 --> 00:04:54,166 Here we are, our yearly investigation. 115 00:04:54,166 --> 00:04:56,667 -It's our annual meeting. -Right? We've investigated... 116 00:04:56,667 --> 00:04:58,266 -[Stewart] Dillinger. -Dillinger. 117 00:04:58,266 --> 00:04:59,700 -[Josh] Alcatraz. -Alcatraz. 118 00:04:59,700 --> 00:05:01,100 -[Josh] Now Bonnie and Clyde. -Bonnie and Clyde. 119 00:05:01,100 --> 00:05:03,467 There's a reason I'm meeting Stewart here. 120 00:05:03,467 --> 00:05:06,166 Agents from the Dallas FBI Field Office 121 00:05:06,166 --> 00:05:08,867 led the federal pursuit of Bonnie and Clyde, 122 00:05:08,867 --> 00:05:11,800 and their findings are archived on site. 123 00:05:11,800 --> 00:05:13,900 You know, Josh, there's so much about the case 124 00:05:13,900 --> 00:05:16,200 that the public doesn't know, that we don't know. 125 00:05:16,200 --> 00:05:17,800 -Really? -Yes, absolutely. 126 00:05:17,800 --> 00:05:21,300 I pulled the original FBI Bonnie and Clyde file. 127 00:05:21,300 --> 00:05:23,867 -Okay. -I think it's gonna let us dig deeper, 128 00:05:23,867 --> 00:05:26,166 and let's follow that lead and see what we can find, 129 00:05:26,166 --> 00:05:27,367 because that maybe something 130 00:05:27,367 --> 00:05:29,166 that no one has ever seen or heard before. 131 00:05:29,166 --> 00:05:30,133 Absolutely. 132 00:05:30,133 --> 00:05:32,266 -Why don't you come on back? -Okay, here we go. 133 00:05:32,266 --> 00:05:33,533 Let's go. 134 00:05:35,166 --> 00:05:37,266 Stewart leads me inside the complex 135 00:05:37,266 --> 00:05:40,433 to examine something few get to see firsthand. 136 00:05:41,166 --> 00:05:42,700 -In here, Josh. -All right. 137 00:05:42,700 --> 00:05:45,700 The FBI is giving us unprecedent access 138 00:05:45,700 --> 00:05:47,934 to rare and historic documents. 139 00:05:48,367 --> 00:05:49,667 Come on in, have a seat. 140 00:05:49,667 --> 00:05:52,667 -Wow! Look at this! -Yeah, it's a lot. 141 00:05:52,667 --> 00:05:53,467 Oh, this is from the archives? 142 00:05:53,467 --> 00:05:55,767 This is the original working copy file. 143 00:05:55,767 --> 00:05:57,200 -Look at this... -Yep. 144 00:05:57,200 --> 00:05:59,266 -"Barrow Parker." -Yep. 145 00:05:59,266 --> 00:06:02,300 -"Do not destroy. Historical value." -Yep. 146 00:06:02,300 --> 00:06:06,967 [Josh] The files reveal that Clyde is arrested in 1930 for stealing a car. 147 00:06:06,967 --> 00:06:09,767 He's sentenced to serve his time away from Bonnie 148 00:06:09,767 --> 00:06:12,600 in Texas' dreaded Eastham Prison. 149 00:06:12,600 --> 00:06:13,800 This is where you don't wanna go. 150 00:06:13,800 --> 00:06:15,400 You don't wanna go. I mean, this is where 151 00:06:15,400 --> 00:06:17,000 hardened criminals, murderers, 152 00:06:17,000 --> 00:06:19,433 the worst of the worst were already staying. 153 00:06:20,767 --> 00:06:23,166 [Josh] Fortunately for Clyde, he's not there for long. 154 00:06:23,166 --> 00:06:26,100 Bonnie smuggles in a gun and breaks him out. 155 00:06:26,100 --> 00:06:27,867 Ah, the things we do for love. 156 00:06:27,867 --> 00:06:29,867 But he's soon caught once again, 157 00:06:29,867 --> 00:06:32,634 and this time Eastham takes its toll. 158 00:06:34,867 --> 00:06:37,967 Clyde is repeatedly assaulted by a fellow prisoner. 159 00:06:37,967 --> 00:06:41,200 A torture that only ends when Clyde kills the man. 160 00:06:41,200 --> 00:06:44,200 His first murder, at the age of 20. 161 00:06:44,200 --> 00:06:48,000 Another inmate already doing life volunteers to take the fall. 162 00:06:48,000 --> 00:06:51,266 But Clyde Barrow is released a changed man. 163 00:06:52,066 --> 00:06:53,867 One family member described it as 164 00:06:53,867 --> 00:06:56,967 that he went in a school boy and came out a rattle snake. 165 00:06:56,967 --> 00:06:59,500 Right. So once he's out of that prison, 166 00:06:59,500 --> 00:07:01,000 this is really where 167 00:07:01,000 --> 00:07:03,066 -Bonnie and Clyde come into their own? -Yes. 168 00:07:04,400 --> 00:07:06,967 [Josh] In a career that only spans two years, 169 00:07:06,967 --> 00:07:09,667 from 1932 to 1934, 170 00:07:09,667 --> 00:07:14,300 Bonnie and Clyde terrorize eight states across the Midwest and South 171 00:07:14,300 --> 00:07:16,700 robbing as many as 15 banks, 172 00:07:16,700 --> 00:07:18,567 as well as their preferred targets, 173 00:07:18,567 --> 00:07:20,767 gas stations and grocery stores, 174 00:07:20,767 --> 00:07:22,767 where they often make quick getaways 175 00:07:22,767 --> 00:07:24,767 in stolen cars. 176 00:07:24,767 --> 00:07:28,000 Along with Clyde's childhood friend, W.D. Jones, 177 00:07:28,000 --> 00:07:29,567 Clyde's brother Buck 178 00:07:29,567 --> 00:07:31,367 and Buck's wife Blanche, 179 00:07:31,367 --> 00:07:33,667 the Barrow Gang as they become known, 180 00:07:33,667 --> 00:07:35,634 leave chaos in their wake. 181 00:07:36,367 --> 00:07:37,667 As I go through this one of the things 182 00:07:37,667 --> 00:07:40,567 that jumps out to me is so many of these crimes 183 00:07:40,567 --> 00:07:41,967 -are so small. -Yes. 184 00:07:41,967 --> 00:07:43,166 -And yet... -Yeah. 185 00:07:43,166 --> 00:07:46,100 -...Bonnie and Clyde are household names. -Yes. 186 00:07:46,100 --> 00:07:49,166 -But they are not knocking over the Bellagio. -No. 187 00:07:49,166 --> 00:07:51,166 So, why did they become so famous? 188 00:07:51,166 --> 00:07:53,667 Well, you know, Josh, I mean, this was the Great Depression. 189 00:07:53,667 --> 00:07:55,800 Um, you know, a lot of people are out of work, 190 00:07:55,800 --> 00:07:57,867 a lot of people struggling but it was that, 191 00:07:57,867 --> 00:08:00,567 it was also the, the golden age of crime. 192 00:08:00,567 --> 00:08:03,567 You had criminal celebrities, John Dillinger, 193 00:08:03,567 --> 00:08:04,967 -Pretty Boy Floyd... -Yeah. 194 00:08:04,967 --> 00:08:07,934 ...and so in an effort I think to sell newspapers, 195 00:08:08,900 --> 00:08:11,467 uh, you never had a boyfriend-girlfriend team. 196 00:08:11,467 --> 00:08:13,367 -Right. Lovers with guns! -Yeah. Exactly. 197 00:08:13,367 --> 00:08:16,266 -That sells papers. Yeah. -That sells newspapers, yes. 198 00:08:16,266 --> 00:08:19,000 [Josh] These star-crossed and well-armed lovers 199 00:08:19,000 --> 00:08:21,166 become national sensations. 200 00:08:21,166 --> 00:08:22,767 Years later their exploits 201 00:08:22,767 --> 00:08:24,767 also sell a lot of movie tickets, 202 00:08:24,767 --> 00:08:28,266 when in 1967, Feya Dunaway and Warren Beatty 203 00:08:28,266 --> 00:08:30,700 used their star power and sex appeal 204 00:08:30,700 --> 00:08:34,467 to cement the couples' place in cinematic immortality. 205 00:08:34,467 --> 00:08:38,300 But the real story in these files is far less romantic. 206 00:08:38,300 --> 00:08:40,266 Bonnie, Clyde and their gang 207 00:08:40,266 --> 00:08:41,700 are responsible for the murders 208 00:08:41,700 --> 00:08:45,567 of around 13 people, nine of them law men. 209 00:08:45,567 --> 00:08:49,800 It's really hard to get a clear sense of these two people. 210 00:08:49,800 --> 00:08:51,967 They're kids. You know, she's a poet, 211 00:08:51,967 --> 00:08:53,500 -she's a dreamer. -Mm-hm. 212 00:08:53,500 --> 00:08:55,600 But clearly they're also 213 00:08:55,600 --> 00:08:58,667 you know, not afraid of murdering people! 214 00:08:58,667 --> 00:09:00,767 Without a doubt, and, you know, 215 00:09:00,767 --> 00:09:02,200 a big part of that was driven, 216 00:09:02,200 --> 00:09:03,767 at least from Clyde's view point is, 217 00:09:03,767 --> 00:09:05,467 "I'm never going back to prison." 218 00:09:05,467 --> 00:09:06,367 Right. 219 00:09:07,967 --> 00:09:10,266 [Josh] In that at least, he was successful. 220 00:09:10,266 --> 00:09:11,700 Bonnie and Clyde were dead 221 00:09:11,700 --> 00:09:14,100 before anyone could cage him again. 222 00:09:14,100 --> 00:09:16,266 But the question is, "Did the Barrow Gang 223 00:09:16,266 --> 00:09:19,300 leave anything behind for us to find?" 224 00:09:19,300 --> 00:09:21,567 -So I know you've gone through all these documents... -Yes. 225 00:09:21,567 --> 00:09:22,700 -...what has jumped out to you? -Yes. 226 00:09:22,700 --> 00:09:24,500 Geography, Josh, which jumps out to me. 227 00:09:24,500 --> 00:09:28,166 There seems to be a pattern of locations 228 00:09:28,166 --> 00:09:30,066 that would make perfect hideouts, 229 00:09:30,066 --> 00:09:31,467 that has never been investigated. 230 00:09:31,467 --> 00:09:33,467 -And when you talk about a hideout... -Yeah. 231 00:09:33,467 --> 00:09:35,700 ...like, what could stand to be in a place like that? 232 00:09:35,700 --> 00:09:38,166 Josh, there could be cash out there, 233 00:09:38,166 --> 00:09:39,667 guns, jewelry. 234 00:09:39,667 --> 00:09:41,567 Anything associated with Bonnie and Clyde 235 00:09:41,567 --> 00:09:44,867 is gonna be valuable historically and monetarily. 236 00:09:44,867 --> 00:09:46,667 A few years ago, uh, 237 00:09:46,667 --> 00:09:50,767 Bonnie's snub nose .38 and Clyde's .45 automatic had auctioned. 238 00:09:50,767 --> 00:09:52,900 Went for a quarter million dollars each. 239 00:09:52,900 --> 00:09:54,667 -A quarter of million each? -Yes. 240 00:09:54,667 --> 00:09:55,867 Let me take you to the board. 241 00:09:55,867 --> 00:09:57,900 -Okay. -Yeah. 242 00:09:57,900 --> 00:10:01,000 Stewart takes me through the geography on a map, 243 00:10:01,000 --> 00:10:03,266 specifically the FBI files indicate 244 00:10:03,266 --> 00:10:05,066 a number of areas in Texas 245 00:10:05,066 --> 00:10:07,467 where the gang was active but elusive. 246 00:10:07,467 --> 00:10:10,400 Which means they likely had a hideout here. 247 00:10:10,400 --> 00:10:15,000 It turns out that Clyde also had family connections to this region. 248 00:10:15,000 --> 00:10:18,400 This includes Nacogdoches where Clyde's mother was born. 249 00:10:18,400 --> 00:10:21,066 And Martinsville where his aunt lived. 250 00:10:21,066 --> 00:10:23,867 Clyde committed crimes, in San Augustine. 251 00:10:23,867 --> 00:10:26,066 There were sightings of him in Shelbyville. 252 00:10:26,066 --> 00:10:29,800 And he was seen visiting a cousin in the town of Center. 253 00:10:29,800 --> 00:10:32,100 And, Josh, if you notice those pins make up a really defined area. 254 00:10:32,100 --> 00:10:33,300 -[Josh] Absolutely. -Right? 255 00:10:33,300 --> 00:10:35,266 -[Josh] We're clustered right here... -Yes. 256 00:10:35,266 --> 00:10:36,667 -[Josh] ...on far east Texas. -Exactly. 257 00:10:36,667 --> 00:10:38,367 -I've got a new lead. -Okay. 258 00:10:38,367 --> 00:10:40,500 Yeah, on some private property 259 00:10:40,500 --> 00:10:42,200 that's right in the middle of that cluster. 260 00:10:42,200 --> 00:10:43,500 -Like, right in here? -Right in there. 261 00:10:43,500 --> 00:10:46,033 -Okay. What's here? -Yeah. A cave. 262 00:10:46,400 --> 00:10:47,767 -A cave? -A cave. 263 00:10:47,767 --> 00:10:49,266 There's a local legend there, 264 00:10:49,266 --> 00:10:51,266 that they hid out there regularly. 265 00:10:51,266 --> 00:10:52,867 People have talked about it for years. 266 00:10:52,867 --> 00:10:54,367 -And this was never searched? -No. 267 00:10:54,367 --> 00:10:56,667 And what about access there today? 268 00:10:56,667 --> 00:10:58,266 So I've contacted the property owner. 269 00:10:58,266 --> 00:11:01,100 I have some coordinates and a general area to search. 270 00:11:01,100 --> 00:11:03,166 -And we're good to go. -We got permission? 271 00:11:03,166 --> 00:11:04,967 -We got permission, yeah. -All right. 272 00:11:05,667 --> 00:11:06,934 -Let's go. -Yeah. 273 00:11:08,667 --> 00:11:10,066 [upbeat music playing] 274 00:11:10,066 --> 00:11:12,867 [Josh] To find a cave near where Clyde's family lived 275 00:11:12,867 --> 00:11:14,367 that oral tradition claims 276 00:11:14,367 --> 00:11:16,467 was one of Bonnie and Clyde's hideouts, 277 00:11:16,467 --> 00:11:21,634 we follow Stewart's map and head about 200 miles east towards Center, Texas. 278 00:11:23,100 --> 00:11:25,166 So, here's my big Bonnie and Clyde question. 279 00:11:25,166 --> 00:11:28,000 These two are not, like, polished criminals. 280 00:11:28,000 --> 00:11:30,667 Yeah, I mean, they're flying by the seat of their pants. 281 00:11:30,667 --> 00:11:32,700 Right. And let's talk about who is chasing them, 282 00:11:32,700 --> 00:11:35,367 -because it's a lot of people, right? -It's a lot of people. 283 00:11:35,367 --> 00:11:37,000 Okay, so, how are they pulling this off? 284 00:11:37,000 --> 00:11:38,600 Uh, that's a really good question, Josh. 285 00:11:38,600 --> 00:11:40,667 They had a couple of secret weapons. 286 00:11:40,667 --> 00:11:42,800 And on our way over to East Texas, 287 00:11:42,800 --> 00:11:44,300 I think I could show you one of them. 288 00:11:44,300 --> 00:11:46,200 -You can? -I think so. Yeah. 289 00:11:46,200 --> 00:11:48,066 All right. Secret weapon. 290 00:11:50,066 --> 00:11:51,867 [Josh] To learn how Bonnie and Clyde 291 00:11:51,867 --> 00:11:54,200 managed to make so many daring getaways 292 00:11:54,200 --> 00:11:55,400 without being caught, 293 00:11:55,400 --> 00:11:57,467 Stewart directs me off the main route 294 00:11:57,467 --> 00:11:59,567 and down a country road. 295 00:11:59,567 --> 00:12:04,567 Soon we find ourselves surrounded by buildings overflowing with antiques. 296 00:12:04,567 --> 00:12:07,367 All of them owned by a man named Sam. 297 00:12:07,367 --> 00:12:08,867 Josh, I want you to meet Sam Adam. 298 00:12:08,867 --> 00:12:10,867 -Well, hello, Josh. -[Josh] How are you? I'm a big fan of your beer. 299 00:12:10,867 --> 00:12:12,800 -Well, thank you very much. -And your revolution. 300 00:12:12,800 --> 00:12:15,667 Well, I wish I could claim them both but I can't claim neither. 301 00:12:15,667 --> 00:12:17,667 -Different Sam Adam? -Yes, sir. 302 00:12:17,667 --> 00:12:20,100 Uh, I take it just from looking around here, 303 00:12:20,100 --> 00:12:21,467 you're something of a collector? 304 00:12:21,467 --> 00:12:22,467 I am. 305 00:12:22,467 --> 00:12:24,200 -Josh, he may have too many cars. -Yeah. 306 00:12:24,200 --> 00:12:25,367 There's two in particular 307 00:12:25,367 --> 00:12:27,400 -that I asked him to pull out for us. -Okay. 308 00:12:27,400 --> 00:12:30,166 This is a 1929, Ford Model A. 309 00:12:30,166 --> 00:12:33,600 It is indicative of what police would've had in 1934. 310 00:12:33,600 --> 00:12:35,467 [Josh] So, this really was the cop car of its day? 311 00:12:35,467 --> 00:12:37,700 [Stewart] Yeah, I mean, Josh, this was very typical 312 00:12:37,700 --> 00:12:39,867 -of the law enforcement car in those days. -[Josh] Got it. 313 00:12:39,867 --> 00:12:41,200 And behind door number two? 314 00:12:41,200 --> 00:12:44,867 [Sam] This, this car is 1934 Ford V-8. 315 00:12:44,867 --> 00:12:47,867 It is an exact and true replica 316 00:12:47,867 --> 00:12:50,400 of the one that Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker 317 00:12:50,400 --> 00:12:53,967 were driving, the last car they ever drove, before they were ambushed. 318 00:12:53,967 --> 00:12:56,700 So was this, like, a preferred car for Clyde? 319 00:12:56,700 --> 00:12:59,700 Absolutely. I mean, he almost exclusively stole these. 320 00:12:59,700 --> 00:13:01,667 -So this is really a head-to-head. -[Stewart] Yeah. 321 00:13:01,667 --> 00:13:05,567 -This is law enforcement versus, uh, criminals. -[Sam] Yes. 322 00:13:05,567 --> 00:13:07,800 Okay, and how do they match up? 323 00:13:07,800 --> 00:13:10,166 Fellows, we can talk about this whole day, 324 00:13:10,166 --> 00:13:11,567 why don't you drive it? 325 00:13:11,567 --> 00:13:13,166 -Find out for yourself. -[Stewart laughs] 326 00:13:13,166 --> 00:13:14,834 -We can drive them? -You can. 327 00:13:15,266 --> 00:13:16,367 Let's do this. 328 00:13:17,600 --> 00:13:19,767 [Josh] It's Ford versus Ford. 329 00:13:19,767 --> 00:13:21,867 V-8 versus Model A. 330 00:13:21,867 --> 00:13:26,200 Former G-man versus a poor substitute for Clyde Barrow. 331 00:13:26,200 --> 00:13:28,000 Sam and Stewart even managed 332 00:13:28,000 --> 00:13:30,467 to get a few miles of county road shut down. 333 00:13:30,467 --> 00:13:31,967 Josh, you ready? 334 00:13:31,967 --> 00:13:34,166 -All right, I think I'm ready. -Ha-ha. 335 00:13:34,166 --> 00:13:35,767 Now, take your shoes off. 336 00:13:35,767 --> 00:13:36,867 What? 337 00:13:36,867 --> 00:13:39,900 Clyde Barrow never drove with the shoes on. 338 00:13:39,900 --> 00:13:42,500 [Josh] When Clyde served his time in Eastham Prison 339 00:13:42,500 --> 00:13:47,000 conditions were so brutal that Clyde took off a toe-and-a-half with an axe 340 00:13:47,000 --> 00:13:49,166 to get out of work detail. 341 00:13:49,166 --> 00:13:51,667 As a result he never walked right again 342 00:13:51,667 --> 00:13:53,934 and he never drove in his shoes. 343 00:13:57,300 --> 00:13:58,567 Now, you're ready. 344 00:13:58,567 --> 00:14:00,767 I remember Warren Beatty taking his shoes off. 345 00:14:00,767 --> 00:14:02,333 Josh, you're not Warren Beatty. 346 00:14:03,367 --> 00:14:04,734 [laughing] 347 00:14:06,567 --> 00:14:07,667 [Josh] Let's do this. 348 00:14:07,667 --> 00:14:09,567 -[Sam] You ready, Josh? -I'm ready. 349 00:14:09,567 --> 00:14:11,200 -You're ready, Stewart? -Ready. 350 00:14:11,200 --> 00:14:14,166 When I drop my hat, you may begin. 351 00:14:14,166 --> 00:14:15,967 [dramatic music playing] 352 00:14:15,967 --> 00:14:18,734 [engines revving] 353 00:14:27,200 --> 00:14:28,367 Here we go! 354 00:14:28,367 --> 00:14:30,066 [laughs] 355 00:14:32,266 --> 00:14:33,867 [upbeat music playing] 356 00:14:33,867 --> 00:14:36,467 You're about to go down. Here we go. 357 00:14:36,467 --> 00:14:39,967 -[laughs exultantly] -Come on, Stewart! 358 00:14:39,967 --> 00:14:42,166 [Josh] To understand how Clyde Barrow and his gang 359 00:14:42,166 --> 00:14:44,667 managed to stay one step ahead of the law, 360 00:14:44,667 --> 00:14:47,400 former FBI agent Stewart Fillmore and I 361 00:14:47,400 --> 00:14:50,166 are putting the cars of the time to the test. 362 00:14:50,166 --> 00:14:52,800 He's in the law man standard Ford Model A, 363 00:14:52,800 --> 00:14:57,767 while I'm in Bonnie and Clyde's preferred V-8 from 1934. 364 00:14:57,767 --> 00:14:59,433 Boom! Oh! 365 00:15:01,166 --> 00:15:02,767 Oh, she got power! 366 00:15:04,467 --> 00:15:05,867 [Josh exclaims] 367 00:15:06,500 --> 00:15:09,567 Come on! Third gear! Come on! 368 00:15:09,567 --> 00:15:10,767 [whoops] 369 00:15:10,767 --> 00:15:12,367 See you later, Stewart! 370 00:15:12,367 --> 00:15:14,834 -Ha-ha! -Come on. Come on, baby! 371 00:15:18,667 --> 00:15:20,367 I'm giving it all she's got. 372 00:15:20,367 --> 00:15:23,667 Oh, it's over! It's over! Finish line! 373 00:15:23,667 --> 00:15:26,000 Come on, baby! Yes! 374 00:15:26,000 --> 00:15:27,033 [laughs] 375 00:15:29,367 --> 00:15:30,967 Ooh! 376 00:15:33,100 --> 00:15:36,467 -I'm sorry to see you with all that dust on your face. -I know. 377 00:15:36,467 --> 00:15:38,667 The V-8 smokes the Model-A. 378 00:15:38,667 --> 00:15:39,934 It absolutely does. 379 00:15:41,500 --> 00:15:43,400 [Josh] Clyde's driving was legendary. 380 00:15:43,400 --> 00:15:45,667 With gang covering hundreds of miles at night 381 00:15:45,667 --> 00:15:47,533 out of reach of the law. 382 00:15:48,367 --> 00:15:49,567 Okay so, 383 00:15:49,567 --> 00:15:52,300 -cops are driving around in the Model A there. -Yep. 384 00:15:52,300 --> 00:15:54,567 I could see why Clyde Barrow wanted to be in this V-8. 385 00:15:54,567 --> 00:15:56,967 Oh, yeah. It's one of the secrets of their success. 386 00:15:56,967 --> 00:15:57,967 -Big time. -Yup. 387 00:15:57,967 --> 00:15:59,800 -Back to the starting line? -Let's go. 388 00:15:59,800 --> 00:16:01,834 All right, I'll be the guy far ahead of you. 389 00:16:02,467 --> 00:16:04,166 [laughing] 390 00:16:04,166 --> 00:16:07,367 Now that we've learned how Bonnie and Clyde could run from the law, 391 00:16:07,367 --> 00:16:10,734 it's time to learn whether they left anything behind. 392 00:16:13,367 --> 00:16:15,667 We climb back in to our modern car 393 00:16:15,667 --> 00:16:17,200 to find the rumored cave 394 00:16:17,200 --> 00:16:20,567 which Stewart think could be an undiscovered hideout. 395 00:16:23,166 --> 00:16:25,867 Clyde Barrow covered a lot of miles here in Texas, 396 00:16:25,867 --> 00:16:27,967 but his record wasn't spotless. 397 00:16:27,967 --> 00:16:30,000 On one occasion he crashed 398 00:16:30,000 --> 00:16:33,567 and Bonnie's leg was so badly burned by battery acid 399 00:16:33,567 --> 00:16:35,967 that for a time Clyde had to carry her. 400 00:16:36,567 --> 00:16:38,100 Our own route, takes us 401 00:16:38,100 --> 00:16:39,467 to the eastern part of the state. 402 00:16:39,467 --> 00:16:42,700 And after a few hours we turn off on to dirt roads, 403 00:16:42,700 --> 00:16:44,834 which lead, wherever this is. 404 00:16:46,600 --> 00:16:48,000 [Stewart] This is all the road we got. 405 00:16:48,000 --> 00:16:50,867 -[Josh] Okay, into the woods. Here we go, -In to the woods we go. 406 00:16:53,700 --> 00:16:55,066 [Josh] We hike on to the property 407 00:16:55,066 --> 00:16:58,066 rumored to have once been a hideout for Bonnie and Clyde. 408 00:16:58,066 --> 00:16:59,900 As to the cave that's supposed to be here, 409 00:16:59,900 --> 00:17:01,767 well, we haven't seen it. 410 00:17:03,000 --> 00:17:06,400 -[Stewart] It's a very, very deep drop there. -Very cliff. 411 00:17:06,400 --> 00:17:08,767 -[Stewart] Watch your footing here. -Yeah. 412 00:17:08,767 --> 00:17:11,634 -[Stewart] Okay. Got it? -Yeah. 413 00:17:14,367 --> 00:17:16,467 -You have water down here? -Yeah, well, there's a creek. 414 00:17:16,467 --> 00:17:17,900 Looks like a spring creek actually. 415 00:17:17,900 --> 00:17:20,567 -Nice protected gully down here. -Yeah, absolutely. 416 00:17:20,567 --> 00:17:22,800 -What I mean, what a hideout, huh? -Totally. Okay. 417 00:17:22,800 --> 00:17:24,934 -Good place to start searching. -Let's do it. 418 00:17:27,100 --> 00:17:28,166 [Josh] This creek would have been 419 00:17:28,166 --> 00:17:30,467 a necessary water source for the Barrows 420 00:17:30,467 --> 00:17:32,166 if they hid in this area. 421 00:17:32,166 --> 00:17:34,867 We start scanning the creek bed with metal detectors 422 00:17:34,867 --> 00:17:37,233 in case they left any artefacts behind. 423 00:17:43,200 --> 00:17:44,634 [detector beeps] 424 00:17:47,166 --> 00:17:48,467 I hear metal. 425 00:17:50,100 --> 00:17:51,367 Hey, Stewart! 426 00:17:51,367 --> 00:17:52,867 -Yeah, Josh? -Come here, look at this. 427 00:17:52,867 --> 00:17:54,867 What'd you got? 428 00:17:54,867 --> 00:17:57,467 Thought I had a beer can. But I don't think so. 429 00:17:57,467 --> 00:17:59,867 -See this? -Oh, wow, Josh, what is it? 430 00:17:59,867 --> 00:18:02,200 This is old. Look at the... 431 00:18:02,200 --> 00:18:05,600 This is really old. This is not something you buy today. 432 00:18:05,600 --> 00:18:08,000 [Stewart] It's a food can, too. 433 00:18:08,000 --> 00:18:09,667 [Josh] I don't know let's see what's written on it. 434 00:18:10,400 --> 00:18:14,367 "Important. Stir well before using." 435 00:18:14,367 --> 00:18:17,166 So, maybe soup? Maybe oil, maybe, who knows. 436 00:18:17,166 --> 00:18:20,934 [Stewart] Hey, Josh, hold on. There's a hole right there, what is that? 437 00:18:21,867 --> 00:18:23,166 -[Josh] Is that what I think it is? -Hold on, 438 00:18:23,166 --> 00:18:25,567 -is that a bullet hole? -Is that a bullet hole? 439 00:18:25,567 --> 00:18:26,600 It sure looks like it. 440 00:18:26,600 --> 00:18:27,867 [Josh] Look, there's the exit. Wow! 441 00:18:27,867 --> 00:18:30,100 That is a bullet hole. 442 00:18:30,100 --> 00:18:32,567 -That is for sure a bullet hole. -There's no doubt about it. 443 00:18:32,567 --> 00:18:33,767 -I mean look at that. -[Josh] Look at that, 444 00:18:33,767 --> 00:18:35,500 -and you can see the exit at the back. -Yeah. Exactly. 445 00:18:35,500 --> 00:18:36,767 Straight through. 446 00:18:36,767 --> 00:18:39,600 We know that Bonnie and Clyde practiced shooting. 447 00:18:39,600 --> 00:18:42,066 -[Josh] They did? -We know, that's documented. Yes. 448 00:18:42,066 --> 00:18:44,967 -So this could be a little target practice. -Absolutely it could be. 449 00:18:46,266 --> 00:18:47,967 [Josh] It's an intriguing find. 450 00:18:47,967 --> 00:18:52,133 And we waste no time scanning the rest of the creek bed for more evidence. 451 00:18:55,367 --> 00:18:57,000 -Ha! Stewart! -[Stewart] Oh, wow! 452 00:18:57,000 --> 00:18:58,600 -Look at this! -Josh, is that a cave? 453 00:18:58,600 --> 00:19:00,967 -[Josh] We got a cave! -Whoo! 454 00:19:00,967 --> 00:19:02,567 -[laughs] -[Josh] Yes! 455 00:19:02,567 --> 00:19:06,367 So, according to family stories, local legends 456 00:19:06,367 --> 00:19:08,667 Bonnie and Clyde hid out right there. 457 00:19:08,667 --> 00:19:11,000 [Stewart] The locals call it the Bonnie and Clyde cave. 458 00:19:11,000 --> 00:19:13,033 Okay, let's get the lights. Come on. 459 00:19:14,467 --> 00:19:16,266 Okay. After you. 460 00:19:19,166 --> 00:19:21,266 -[Stewart] Oh, wow. -Oh, my word! 461 00:19:22,100 --> 00:19:24,367 Ah, it's huge! 462 00:19:24,367 --> 00:19:26,300 [Stewart] Josh, this is a huge chamber. 463 00:19:26,300 --> 00:19:28,500 What do you think, it's 70, 80 feet up there? 464 00:19:28,500 --> 00:19:30,266 [Josh] I mean, it's gigantic. 465 00:19:30,266 --> 00:19:32,567 -[rustling] -What's that noise? 466 00:19:32,567 --> 00:19:34,200 Josh, I think those are bats. 467 00:19:34,200 --> 00:19:36,333 -[Josh] Those are definitely bats, -Yep. 468 00:19:37,000 --> 00:19:38,600 Okay. Well, we got some 469 00:19:38,600 --> 00:19:40,867 -circumstantial evidence outside... -Absolutely. 470 00:19:40,867 --> 00:19:42,000 Little metal detecting in here 471 00:19:42,000 --> 00:19:43,300 -to see what it looks like? -Yep, let's do it. 472 00:19:43,300 --> 00:19:45,000 Let's search the place. See if they have left anything behind. 473 00:19:45,000 --> 00:19:46,467 -[Stewart] Okay. -Come on. 474 00:19:49,100 --> 00:19:53,333 Stewart and I branch out to explore the cave for signs of habitation. 475 00:20:02,367 --> 00:20:06,000 Stewart, I got an old burned piece of wood here. 476 00:20:06,000 --> 00:20:07,667 So, somebody was having a fire here. 477 00:20:07,667 --> 00:20:09,567 Somebody was cooking in here, probably. 478 00:20:09,567 --> 00:20:11,767 -Josh, does it look old? -Very old. 479 00:20:11,767 --> 00:20:13,767 It's really brittle, dried out. 480 00:20:13,767 --> 00:20:16,266 -And just burned to a crisp. -Wow, okay. 481 00:20:16,266 --> 00:20:17,834 That's exactly what we are looking for. 482 00:20:22,667 --> 00:20:23,934 What's that? 483 00:20:24,800 --> 00:20:25,767 [Stewart] Got something? 484 00:20:25,767 --> 00:20:28,100 Yeah, I don't know what it is. It might be junk. 485 00:20:28,100 --> 00:20:29,767 -What is that? -What is that? 486 00:20:29,767 --> 00:20:31,667 [Josh] I don't know. Is that wood? 487 00:20:31,667 --> 00:20:32,867 [Stewart] It sure looks like wood. 488 00:20:32,867 --> 00:20:34,567 I don't know. It's very light. 489 00:20:34,567 --> 00:20:36,266 [Josh] I don't think it is wood. 490 00:20:36,266 --> 00:20:38,467 At first I thought it was, I thought it was burned. 491 00:20:38,467 --> 00:20:41,166 But the texture is wrong. It's like rubber. 492 00:20:41,700 --> 00:20:42,667 [Stewart] Ah, okay. 493 00:20:42,667 --> 00:20:43,767 -You see that? -[Stewart] Yeah. 494 00:20:43,767 --> 00:20:45,367 -[Josh] Looks like, uh... -Yeah. 495 00:20:45,367 --> 00:20:48,200 -It's a really brittle... Yeah. -[Stewart] Like rubber, yeah. 496 00:20:48,200 --> 00:20:50,000 -[Josh] Oh, there's a writing. -There's a writing on it, too. 497 00:20:50,000 --> 00:20:51,567 "BG... 498 00:20:53,100 --> 00:20:54,333 BA..." 499 00:20:56,066 --> 00:20:57,467 [Stewart] "BFG"? 500 00:20:57,467 --> 00:20:59,200 "BFGoodrich." I can see it. 501 00:20:59,200 --> 00:21:00,166 -"Goodrich." -Yep. 502 00:21:00,166 --> 00:21:01,367 -[Josh] "BFGoodrich." -Yep. 503 00:21:01,367 --> 00:21:03,133 -[Josh] This is from a tire. -This is from a tire. 504 00:21:04,367 --> 00:21:05,800 [Josh] This now vintage logo 505 00:21:05,800 --> 00:21:07,967 was common in Bonnie and Clyde's day. 506 00:21:07,967 --> 00:21:11,000 That's because Henry Ford selected BFGoodrich 507 00:21:11,000 --> 00:21:13,900 to supply tires for many of his vehicles. 508 00:21:13,900 --> 00:21:15,667 We are talking about a gang here, 509 00:21:15,667 --> 00:21:17,367 synonymous with getaway cars. 510 00:21:17,367 --> 00:21:19,667 -I mean this would make Clyde Barrow famous. -Right. 511 00:21:19,667 --> 00:21:20,967 -Yeah. -And here we have 512 00:21:20,967 --> 00:21:23,600 -a piece of a classic American tire. -Right. 513 00:21:23,600 --> 00:21:26,634 -In a cave associated with Bonnie and Clyde. -Crazy. 514 00:21:27,567 --> 00:21:29,400 [Josh] We searched the rest of the cave 515 00:21:29,400 --> 00:21:31,700 but the tire is all that's in here. 516 00:21:31,700 --> 00:21:33,266 Or so, we think. 517 00:21:34,300 --> 00:21:36,700 Oh, my, gosh, Josh! 518 00:21:36,700 --> 00:21:39,266 -What did you find? -Come here. Check this out. 519 00:21:39,266 --> 00:21:42,033 -What? -Do you see what I see? Right there. 520 00:21:42,767 --> 00:21:45,834 -"CB" -Holy [bleep]! Is that possible? 521 00:21:53,033 --> 00:21:54,667 -[Josh] "CB" -"CB." 522 00:21:54,667 --> 00:21:56,567 -Clyde Barrow? -Clyde Barrow. 523 00:21:56,567 --> 00:21:57,834 [Josh] In a lonely cave, 524 00:21:57,834 --> 00:22:00,133 hidden in the wilds of Eastern Texas, 525 00:22:00,133 --> 00:22:03,367 retired FBI agent Stewart Fillmore and I 526 00:22:03,367 --> 00:22:05,300 have just found a stunning clue 527 00:22:05,300 --> 00:22:07,467 in the hunt for a Bonnie and Clyde hideout. 528 00:22:07,467 --> 00:22:10,467 "CB." Maybe Clyde Barrow, okay. 529 00:22:10,467 --> 00:22:13,300 But it's also known back in the '30s, 530 00:22:13,300 --> 00:22:15,834 they weren't often referred to Bonnie and Clyde, 531 00:22:15,834 --> 00:22:17,767 they were sometimes referred to as the Barrow Gang 532 00:22:17,767 --> 00:22:20,000 or Clyde and Bonnie. 533 00:22:20,000 --> 00:22:23,000 [Josh] I mean could that really be their initials? 534 00:22:23,000 --> 00:22:24,834 It's definitely old. I mean, you could see 535 00:22:24,834 --> 00:22:26,300 -how weathered this rock is. Right? -Yes. 536 00:22:26,300 --> 00:22:28,934 -And you can see how weathered the letters are. -Yep. 537 00:22:28,934 --> 00:22:32,567 Is there any way that we can actually demonstrate it is theirs? 538 00:22:32,567 --> 00:22:34,266 You could do handwriting analysis. 539 00:22:34,266 --> 00:22:36,600 I mean, you know, we need some good pictures of this. 540 00:22:36,600 --> 00:22:39,300 This is carved into rock, which is a different process, 541 00:22:39,300 --> 00:22:41,834 -obviously to writing, but... -You never know. 542 00:22:41,834 --> 00:22:42,867 [Stewart] ...it's worth a try. 543 00:22:42,867 --> 00:22:44,233 All right, let me get the camera. 544 00:22:45,100 --> 00:22:47,467 [Josh] This area, with evidence of gunplay, 545 00:22:47,467 --> 00:22:49,600 remains of a period car tire 546 00:22:49,600 --> 00:22:52,000 and now telltale initials 547 00:22:52,000 --> 00:22:54,000 is a promising new pushpin 548 00:22:54,000 --> 00:22:56,033 for Stewart's Bonnie and Clyde map. 549 00:22:56,033 --> 00:22:57,867 And knowing Stewart as I do, 550 00:22:57,867 --> 00:23:01,767 I have no doubt that he will be as dogged as the Feds were in their day 551 00:23:01,767 --> 00:23:04,133 to find more of Bonnie and Clyde story. 552 00:23:04,133 --> 00:23:05,166 Are you sure we should get out of here 553 00:23:05,166 --> 00:23:06,300 before the sun goes fully down? 554 00:23:06,300 --> 00:23:08,300 I think so, unless you want to be a meal for the bats. 555 00:23:08,300 --> 00:23:09,934 We're leaving, come on. 556 00:23:11,667 --> 00:23:13,367 [Josh] Stewart though isn't the only one 557 00:23:13,367 --> 00:23:15,500 who's been scouring the historical record 558 00:23:15,500 --> 00:23:17,433 for signs of Bonnie and Clyde. 559 00:23:18,200 --> 00:23:19,767 An eminent metal detectorist 560 00:23:19,767 --> 00:23:22,567 has rediscovered a forgotten tip. 561 00:23:22,567 --> 00:23:27,533 A clue to the whereabouts of a possible stash of buried Barrow Gang loot. 562 00:23:34,266 --> 00:23:35,934 So, I bid farewell to Stewart 563 00:23:35,934 --> 00:23:38,367 and pick up a new set of wheels, 564 00:23:38,367 --> 00:23:40,567 making sure it's got a V-8. 565 00:23:40,567 --> 00:23:42,667 I'm also meeting my new partner 566 00:23:42,667 --> 00:23:43,900 if I can find her. 567 00:23:44,300 --> 00:23:48,000 Says, meet her at 11311? 568 00:23:48,000 --> 00:23:49,233 I'm like a strip-mall here. 569 00:23:52,133 --> 00:23:53,533 Where's this place? 570 00:23:56,567 --> 00:23:58,100 And I think I found it. 571 00:23:58,100 --> 00:23:59,800 Okay, where is she? 572 00:24:00,266 --> 00:24:01,667 [upbeat music playing] 573 00:24:04,767 --> 00:24:06,000 I'm guessing that's her. 574 00:24:09,367 --> 00:24:11,000 Need a lift? 575 00:24:11,000 --> 00:24:13,166 -Are you going north? -I am now. 576 00:24:13,166 --> 00:24:15,467 -All right, let's go. -Come on in. 577 00:24:15,467 --> 00:24:17,000 I'm guessing you're Nikoline. 578 00:24:17,000 --> 00:24:18,367 -I am. -I'm Josh. 579 00:24:18,367 --> 00:24:19,867 -Nice to meet you. -Great to meet you. 580 00:24:19,867 --> 00:24:20,967 You ready? 581 00:24:20,967 --> 00:24:22,600 -Let's go. -Let's roll. 582 00:24:22,600 --> 00:24:24,400 [upbeat music playing] 583 00:24:24,400 --> 00:24:26,667 [Josh] Nikoline Bohr is a metal detectorist 584 00:24:26,667 --> 00:24:28,767 who works all over the world. 585 00:24:28,767 --> 00:24:30,133 Originally from Denmark, 586 00:24:30,133 --> 00:24:33,734 she's now set her sights on a uniquely American story, 587 00:24:33,734 --> 00:24:34,900 Bonnie and Clyde. 588 00:24:38,200 --> 00:24:39,767 Okay, so where are we going? 589 00:24:39,767 --> 00:24:40,867 Iowa. 590 00:24:40,867 --> 00:24:42,767 -Iowa? -Mm-hmm. 591 00:24:42,767 --> 00:24:45,133 Okay, isn't that like, 500 miles from here? 592 00:24:45,133 --> 00:24:46,400 Yeah, more like 700. 593 00:24:46,400 --> 00:24:47,867 Okay, well, we're gonna need gas. 594 00:24:47,867 --> 00:24:49,166 Why are we going to Iowa? 595 00:24:49,166 --> 00:24:53,100 -Well, there this place called Dexfield Park in Iowa... -Okay. 596 00:24:53,100 --> 00:24:54,834 ...where there was a huge shoot out 597 00:24:54,834 --> 00:24:56,033 between Bonnie and Clyde, 598 00:24:56,033 --> 00:24:58,467 their gang and local law enforcement. 599 00:24:58,467 --> 00:24:59,433 Okay. 600 00:25:00,266 --> 00:25:03,133 [Josh] On July 24th, 1933, 601 00:25:03,133 --> 00:25:06,166 the Barrow Gang goes up against an Iowa posse 602 00:25:06,166 --> 00:25:08,467 and while Bonnie and Clyde managed to get away, 603 00:25:08,467 --> 00:25:11,300 Clyde's brother Buck and his wife Blanche Barrow 604 00:25:11,300 --> 00:25:13,300 are captured by police. 605 00:25:13,300 --> 00:25:15,567 By researching documents about the shootout, 606 00:25:15,567 --> 00:25:18,066 Nikoline has determined that Bonnie and Clyde 607 00:25:18,066 --> 00:25:20,734 left behind more than just their relatives. 608 00:25:21,567 --> 00:25:23,266 So, after Blanche was arrested, 609 00:25:23,266 --> 00:25:25,266 she told the cops they had buried a loot 610 00:25:25,266 --> 00:25:27,066 from a bank robbery in the woods. 611 00:25:27,066 --> 00:25:28,667 So, maybe it's still in the ground. 612 00:25:28,667 --> 00:25:32,066 -Okay, so it's Iowa. -It's Iowa. 613 00:25:32,066 --> 00:25:34,433 Okay, here we go. 614 00:25:35,567 --> 00:25:37,934 [classical music playing] 615 00:25:37,934 --> 00:25:39,467 [Josh] To get to Iowa we'll be following 616 00:25:39,467 --> 00:25:41,300 the same route as Bonnie and Clyde 617 00:25:41,300 --> 00:25:43,367 on a 700-mile road trip 618 00:25:43,367 --> 00:25:44,867 through the American heartland, 619 00:25:44,867 --> 00:25:47,033 and towns large and small, 620 00:25:47,033 --> 00:25:49,934 occasionally both at the same time. 621 00:25:49,934 --> 00:25:52,567 -There it is, the Eiffel Tower. -Oh, wow. 622 00:25:52,567 --> 00:25:55,200 Wait, why is it wearing a cowboy hat? 623 00:25:55,200 --> 00:25:56,567 It's Texas, it's required. 624 00:25:56,567 --> 00:25:58,133 Oh. 625 00:25:58,133 --> 00:26:00,600 Like the one in France used to have...on it. 626 00:26:00,600 --> 00:26:03,066 -Blew off in the war. -I'm sure it did. 627 00:26:04,500 --> 00:26:07,667 [Josh] When you've got 700 miles of open road in front of you, 628 00:26:07,667 --> 00:26:10,467 it's important to keep yourself fueled as well as your car. 629 00:26:11,166 --> 00:26:13,000 -Ooh! Hey! -What've we got? 630 00:26:13,000 --> 00:26:16,467 A PLT for me and fried bologna for you. 631 00:26:16,467 --> 00:26:17,567 Fried bologna? 632 00:26:17,567 --> 00:26:19,133 Yeah, Bonnie and Clyde's favorites. 633 00:26:19,133 --> 00:26:21,467 Yeah, the 1930s. 634 00:26:21,467 --> 00:26:24,533 [chuckling] It was also their last meal before they were killed. 635 00:26:25,467 --> 00:26:26,867 Perfect. 636 00:26:26,867 --> 00:26:29,066 That's a... that's a good omen then. 637 00:26:31,166 --> 00:26:33,066 Here we go. All right, Stateline coming up. 638 00:26:33,066 --> 00:26:34,667 You know when you cross a Stateline 639 00:26:34,667 --> 00:26:36,300 on a road trip you have to honk? 640 00:26:36,300 --> 00:26:37,567 -You ready? Here we go. -Yeah. 641 00:26:37,567 --> 00:26:38,767 -Three, two-- -How do I honk? 642 00:26:38,767 --> 00:26:40,667 How do you? Are you from Denmark or Venus? 643 00:26:40,667 --> 00:26:41,767 -[honks] -There we go! 644 00:26:41,767 --> 00:26:43,667 -[Nikoline] Come on! -Stateline! We're in Oklahoma! 645 00:26:43,667 --> 00:26:44,767 [Nikoline] Very good. 646 00:26:44,767 --> 00:26:46,634 -It looks a lot like Texas I know. -That's nice. 647 00:26:48,133 --> 00:26:51,767 [Josh] In Oklahoma we connect with America's most famous highway, 648 00:26:51,767 --> 00:26:54,166 first established in 1926. 649 00:26:54,166 --> 00:26:58,400 What John Steinback called the "Mother Road," Route 66. 650 00:26:58,400 --> 00:27:03,367 ♪ Well, I'm rolling down the highway like a...♪ 651 00:27:03,367 --> 00:27:06,900 ♪ I feel like riding... ♪ 652 00:27:07,867 --> 00:27:12,533 ♪ Hard lane, hard road ...busier town ♪ 653 00:27:14,300 --> 00:27:15,867 -Hey, nice hat. -Thank you. 654 00:27:15,867 --> 00:27:17,867 -I got one for you, too, Clyde! -Thanks. 655 00:27:17,867 --> 00:27:19,533 -Also I stole them, come on! -What? 656 00:27:20,767 --> 00:27:22,266 [Josh] Before commercial air travel, 657 00:27:22,266 --> 00:27:26,367 Route 66 was the way to get between Chicago and Los Angeles. 658 00:27:30,000 --> 00:27:32,867 Three hundred and fifty miles into our trip to Iowa, 659 00:27:32,867 --> 00:27:34,100 we are halfway there 660 00:27:34,100 --> 00:27:36,300 as we roll into Joplin, Missouri, 661 00:27:36,300 --> 00:27:38,834 90 or so years after Bonnie and Clyde. 662 00:27:40,266 --> 00:27:43,100 When they come through here in early 1933, 663 00:27:43,100 --> 00:27:44,934 they've got the law on their tail 664 00:27:44,934 --> 00:27:46,767 after a series of car thefts, 665 00:27:46,767 --> 00:27:49,333 robberies and murders in Texas. 666 00:27:50,567 --> 00:27:52,767 The gang lays low at an apartment here, 667 00:27:52,767 --> 00:27:56,500 but on April 13th, they're reported for a noise disturbance, 668 00:27:56,500 --> 00:27:59,734 and killed two police officers while getting away. 669 00:28:00,667 --> 00:28:02,767 Among the possessions they leave behind 670 00:28:02,767 --> 00:28:04,967 are several rolls of film. 671 00:28:04,967 --> 00:28:08,166 When developed these photos make frontpage news, 672 00:28:08,166 --> 00:28:12,166 introducing the whole world to images of Bonnie and Clyde, 673 00:28:12,166 --> 00:28:14,900 lovers, with a lot of firepower. 674 00:28:16,834 --> 00:28:21,500 From Joplin we follow the echo of Bonnie and Clyde north through Platte City. 675 00:28:21,500 --> 00:28:24,634 It's here the gang nearly meets their demise. 676 00:28:25,200 --> 00:28:26,600 Thirteen armed law men 677 00:28:26,600 --> 00:28:28,867 surround a cabin they're renting. 678 00:28:28,867 --> 00:28:31,133 Blanche Barrow is blinded in one eye, 679 00:28:31,133 --> 00:28:33,400 and her husband, Buck, is shot in the head, 680 00:28:33,400 --> 00:28:35,533 but makes it into the getaway car. 681 00:28:36,467 --> 00:28:37,500 Buck lives? 682 00:28:37,500 --> 00:28:40,000 -Yeah, surprisingly they all do. -Wow. 683 00:28:40,000 --> 00:28:41,667 And the press love it. 684 00:28:41,667 --> 00:28:44,100 They keep talking about Clyde's heroics. 685 00:28:44,100 --> 00:28:46,967 -How he saved Bonnie once again. -Right. 686 00:28:46,967 --> 00:28:49,500 But in reality they are in terrible shape. 687 00:28:49,500 --> 00:28:51,467 And why did they go to Iowa? 688 00:28:51,467 --> 00:28:53,300 They couldn't go back to Kansas City. 689 00:28:53,300 --> 00:28:56,734 So, they fled north and they ended up in Iowa. 690 00:28:59,300 --> 00:29:01,367 [Josh] After a dozen hours behind the wheel, 691 00:29:01,367 --> 00:29:04,367 we roll into the city of Dexter, Iowa, 692 00:29:04,367 --> 00:29:06,533 population 643. 693 00:29:07,767 --> 00:29:09,500 This is where Nikoline believes 694 00:29:09,500 --> 00:29:13,300 Bonnie and Clyde may have buried a cache of stolen loot. 695 00:29:13,300 --> 00:29:15,033 Loot with historical value 696 00:29:15,033 --> 00:29:17,967 that could be in the millions today. 697 00:29:17,967 --> 00:29:19,734 -Take a right off here. -Okay. 698 00:29:26,100 --> 00:29:27,166 Pull over, right up here. 699 00:29:27,166 --> 00:29:29,500 -Where here? -Yeah, yeah, pull over right here. 700 00:29:29,500 --> 00:29:31,467 Okay. 701 00:29:31,467 --> 00:29:33,634 -[Nikoline] We're here. -We're here? 702 00:29:35,734 --> 00:29:37,367 -This is it? -[laughs] This is, uh... 703 00:29:37,367 --> 00:29:39,367 This is as close as we can get a car to the site. 704 00:29:39,367 --> 00:29:41,467 -We're on foot from here? -Not exactly. 705 00:29:45,166 --> 00:29:46,266 [exclaims] 706 00:29:47,567 --> 00:29:50,166 It's not quite Clyde's V-8 but I'll take it! 707 00:29:50,166 --> 00:29:52,533 -I think it's great! -Ah-ha! 708 00:29:53,400 --> 00:29:54,934 [upbeat music playing] 709 00:29:59,133 --> 00:30:01,500 Ha-ha! Whoo! 710 00:30:01,500 --> 00:30:04,567 -This way? -Yeah, just keep going straight. 711 00:30:04,567 --> 00:30:06,567 [Josh] In July of 1933, 712 00:30:06,567 --> 00:30:09,567 Bonnie and Clyde, along with the rest of the Barrow Gang, 713 00:30:09,567 --> 00:30:12,567 flee to this area and hastily set up a camp 714 00:30:12,567 --> 00:30:14,500 to avoid capture. 715 00:30:14,500 --> 00:30:18,266 So at this point we are talking about Bonnie and Clyde, 716 00:30:18,266 --> 00:30:21,967 -W.D., Buck and Blanche. -Yeah. 717 00:30:21,967 --> 00:30:24,166 And paint me a picture what kind of shape they are. 718 00:30:24,166 --> 00:30:25,734 They are in a horrible shape. 719 00:30:27,834 --> 00:30:29,567 [Josh] Bonnie's leg is still suffering 720 00:30:29,567 --> 00:30:31,367 the effects of a car crash. 721 00:30:31,367 --> 00:30:33,233 Blanche is blind in one eye, 722 00:30:33,233 --> 00:30:34,600 and then there's Buck, 723 00:30:34,600 --> 00:30:37,300 whose head is still wide open from a gunshot wound 724 00:30:37,300 --> 00:30:39,600 he received in Platte City. 725 00:30:39,600 --> 00:30:42,233 And Buck is still alive somehow. 726 00:30:42,233 --> 00:30:46,300 Uh, they poured hydrogen peroxide on his open brain wound. 727 00:30:46,300 --> 00:30:48,800 -[Josh] So, they're messed up. -Totally. 728 00:30:50,767 --> 00:30:53,767 [Josh] A local tips off the cops to the gang's presence, 729 00:30:53,767 --> 00:30:57,467 and in the early morning of July 24th, 1933, 730 00:30:57,467 --> 00:31:00,133 a large local posse forms quickly 731 00:31:00,133 --> 00:31:01,934 and descends on the site. 732 00:31:02,500 --> 00:31:04,734 Then all hell breaks loose. 733 00:31:10,166 --> 00:31:11,367 When the dust settles, 734 00:31:11,367 --> 00:31:14,600 Clyde has been shot, so is Bonnie. 735 00:31:14,600 --> 00:31:16,667 Buck has caught yet another bullet. 736 00:31:16,667 --> 00:31:20,300 And gang member W.D. Jones is hit as well. 737 00:31:20,300 --> 00:31:22,867 Somehow, Bonnie and Clyde along with W.D., 738 00:31:22,867 --> 00:31:25,500 manage to steal a car from a nearby barn 739 00:31:25,500 --> 00:31:26,734 and escape. 740 00:31:28,266 --> 00:31:30,233 Blanche and Buck aren't as lucky. 741 00:31:30,233 --> 00:31:33,934 They're caught and Buck finally dies shortly thereafter. 742 00:31:35,734 --> 00:31:37,166 [Nikoline] All right, pull up right here. 743 00:31:37,166 --> 00:31:38,467 By this tree. 744 00:31:38,467 --> 00:31:40,133 -In here? -Yeah. 745 00:31:43,867 --> 00:31:44,867 [Nikoline] We made it. 746 00:31:44,867 --> 00:31:46,100 -This is it? -Yeah. 747 00:31:46,100 --> 00:31:48,934 All right. So, the shootout happened here? 748 00:31:48,934 --> 00:31:50,967 -Around here somewhere. -Around here? Okay. 749 00:31:50,967 --> 00:31:52,367 All right. Should we start searching? 750 00:31:52,367 --> 00:31:53,834 -Let's go. -Come on. 751 00:31:55,066 --> 00:31:57,066 [Josh] We grab our metal detectors to explore 752 00:31:57,066 --> 00:32:00,667 where Barrow Gang and cops went to war. 753 00:32:00,667 --> 00:32:02,634 [upbeat music playing] 754 00:32:21,166 --> 00:32:22,667 [beeping] 755 00:32:22,667 --> 00:32:24,433 [beeping continues] 756 00:32:28,834 --> 00:32:30,233 Okay. 757 00:32:32,233 --> 00:32:33,400 -[taps] -Oh! 758 00:32:33,400 --> 00:32:35,834 -[tapping continues] -Somethin' there. 759 00:32:35,834 --> 00:32:37,400 -Nikoline! -Yeah? 760 00:32:37,400 --> 00:32:39,600 -Come here. -What did you find? 761 00:32:39,600 --> 00:32:41,734 -Bonnie and Clyde's treasure. -Really? 762 00:32:42,367 --> 00:32:44,467 It feels like a-- Here listen. 763 00:32:44,467 --> 00:32:46,667 -[taps] -[Nikoline] Sounds flat. 764 00:32:46,667 --> 00:32:48,333 I think it is. I think it's like a flat... 765 00:32:49,000 --> 00:32:50,266 plate or something? 766 00:32:50,266 --> 00:32:51,600 [Nikoline] That sounds like iron. 767 00:32:51,600 --> 00:32:55,000 Yeah, like an iron lock box full of treasure. 768 00:32:55,000 --> 00:32:56,433 [Nikoline] You want a bigger shovel? 769 00:32:57,500 --> 00:32:59,734 Listen, don't-- Don't go shaming me. 770 00:32:59,734 --> 00:33:01,467 -This is a perfectly good shovel. -Yeah. 771 00:33:01,467 --> 00:33:03,734 -Yours is bigger and-- -Give it a shot. 772 00:33:06,734 --> 00:33:08,800 -That's a better shovel than mine. -Hmm-hmm. 773 00:33:10,667 --> 00:33:11,834 Oh, here it is! 774 00:33:12,767 --> 00:33:13,900 It's right there. 775 00:33:14,667 --> 00:33:16,033 [Nikoline] It is flat. 776 00:33:16,033 --> 00:33:17,467 Would you look at that? 777 00:33:18,367 --> 00:33:20,667 [Josh] Okay. This is definitely iron. 778 00:33:20,667 --> 00:33:23,266 It could piece of farm equipment, who knows. 779 00:33:23,266 --> 00:33:25,734 But I don't think we can connect this to Bonnie and Clyde. 780 00:33:26,500 --> 00:33:28,333 -Here we go. -All right. 781 00:33:28,767 --> 00:33:30,800 [music playing] 782 00:33:38,367 --> 00:33:40,667 [Josh] It's an enormous area to cover, 783 00:33:40,667 --> 00:33:43,233 and after hours of crisscrossing the field 784 00:33:43,233 --> 00:33:45,500 it finally pays dividends. 785 00:33:45,500 --> 00:33:47,367 [beeping] 786 00:33:49,600 --> 00:33:51,166 I got a weird hit here. 787 00:33:51,166 --> 00:33:52,467 What is it? 788 00:33:52,467 --> 00:33:54,166 I don't know. It's kinda jumpy. 789 00:33:54,166 --> 00:33:55,233 I'll check it out. 790 00:34:06,233 --> 00:34:08,333 I got a weird cap down here. 791 00:34:09,934 --> 00:34:11,166 I don't know, first I thought 792 00:34:11,166 --> 00:34:12,266 it was like, from a beer bottle 793 00:34:12,266 --> 00:34:14,133 -but I don't think so. -[Nikoline] I'll come look. 794 00:34:15,367 --> 00:34:16,834 [Josh] Oh, that's glass. 795 00:34:19,367 --> 00:34:21,800 Some glass. Hey, check this out! 796 00:34:23,266 --> 00:34:24,400 [Nikoline] What'd you have? 797 00:34:24,400 --> 00:34:25,767 Super old glass... Come here, look at this. 798 00:34:25,767 --> 00:34:27,600 -Ah, awesome, isn't it intact? -Yeah. 799 00:34:27,600 --> 00:34:30,300 I mean, what's really maddening is, look, there's little bits of paper 800 00:34:30,300 --> 00:34:31,367 still adhered to this but it's all-- 801 00:34:31,367 --> 00:34:32,834 I think it's got writing on it. 802 00:34:32,834 --> 00:34:34,300 -[Josh] It's just all destroyed. -Yeah. 803 00:34:34,300 --> 00:34:35,367 [Josh] And then there's cap. 804 00:34:35,367 --> 00:34:38,133 [Nikoline] This is like... early 1900's, right? 805 00:34:38,133 --> 00:34:39,266 -[Josh] Totally. -Yeah. 806 00:34:39,266 --> 00:34:41,100 [Josh] But it's not a beer. Look at that. 807 00:34:41,100 --> 00:34:42,500 Definitely more of a pharmaceutical? 808 00:34:42,500 --> 00:34:43,767 -You think so? It's a medicine bottle? -Yeah. 809 00:34:43,767 --> 00:34:45,133 I... I'd say so. 810 00:34:45,133 --> 00:34:46,300 [Josh] I mean this is old glass. 811 00:34:46,300 --> 00:34:48,834 Do you think that's one of their medicine bottles? 812 00:34:48,834 --> 00:34:50,400 Could that have had hydrogen peroxide in it? 813 00:34:50,400 --> 00:34:53,033 -[Josh] That would be amazing. -That would be really cool. 814 00:34:53,033 --> 00:34:54,533 [Josh] Let me do a search here. 815 00:34:56,767 --> 00:34:59,667 -So, it's a company called Parke-Davis... -Hmm. 816 00:34:59,667 --> 00:35:01,467 And it is... 817 00:35:02,467 --> 00:35:03,867 pharmaceutical company. 818 00:35:03,867 --> 00:35:05,667 So, it's medicine probably, of some kind. 819 00:35:05,667 --> 00:35:08,467 Mid-19th through the 20th century. 820 00:35:08,467 --> 00:35:10,367 -Old medicine bottle for sure. -Awesome. 821 00:35:10,367 --> 00:35:12,667 It would be really cool if it's hydrogen peroxide. 822 00:35:12,667 --> 00:35:14,133 -[Josh] Right. -Yeah. 823 00:35:14,133 --> 00:35:16,867 [Josh] Parke-Davis was America's oldest drug maker. 824 00:35:16,867 --> 00:35:19,367 Manufacturing bottles of various medicines 825 00:35:19,367 --> 00:35:22,600 during the exact time period the gang was here, 826 00:35:22,600 --> 00:35:26,734 including a match for this particular bottle that held, you guessed it, 827 00:35:26,734 --> 00:35:28,367 hydrogen peroxide. 828 00:35:28,367 --> 00:35:30,367 What if this was from the Barrow Gang's stash? 829 00:35:30,367 --> 00:35:31,767 Wouldn't that be so fun. 830 00:35:31,767 --> 00:35:34,834 Imagine if that was poured on Buck's head? 831 00:35:35,667 --> 00:35:36,800 That's amazing. 832 00:35:38,500 --> 00:35:39,867 [Josh] With remarkable evidence 833 00:35:39,867 --> 00:35:42,166 from the time of Bonnie and Clyde in hand 834 00:35:42,166 --> 00:35:44,467 we return to our search with a vengeance. 835 00:35:46,367 --> 00:35:48,467 -[beeping] -Oh, I got a hit. 836 00:35:48,467 --> 00:35:50,500 -Yeah, I got one, too. -You do? 837 00:35:50,500 --> 00:35:52,834 Yeah, and it's really nice sounding. 838 00:35:52,834 --> 00:35:55,033 All right, two more hits. You ready? 839 00:35:55,033 --> 00:35:56,500 -Yeah, let's see what it is. -Let's see what it is. 840 00:35:56,500 --> 00:35:59,166 [beeping continues] 841 00:36:05,000 --> 00:36:06,333 [music playing] 842 00:36:06,333 --> 00:36:08,467 Passing the town of Van Meter, Iowa. 843 00:36:08,467 --> 00:36:10,467 Did you know that town has a monster in it? 844 00:36:10,467 --> 00:36:14,333 1903, terrified residents, Van Meter, Iowa. 845 00:36:14,333 --> 00:36:17,767 Reported encountering a giant bat-like creature. 846 00:36:17,767 --> 00:36:20,033 -Really? -It's all true. Had a horn. 847 00:36:20,033 --> 00:36:21,767 And a shot light out if it's forehead. 848 00:36:21,767 --> 00:36:22,867 Wow. 849 00:36:22,867 --> 00:36:24,266 [phone ringing] 850 00:36:24,266 --> 00:36:26,166 Hold on, I got somebody on the phone for you. 851 00:36:26,166 --> 00:36:27,166 [woman on phone] Hello. 852 00:36:27,166 --> 00:36:29,166 Jess Chobot, how are you? 853 00:36:29,967 --> 00:36:31,333 Good. How are you? 854 00:36:31,333 --> 00:36:35,400 I'm in the car, and I just drove past the exit for Van Meter, Iowa. 855 00:36:35,400 --> 00:36:37,500 I was telling my friend, Nikoline, here 856 00:36:37,500 --> 00:36:39,767 there's a monster in that town and she didn't believe me. 857 00:36:39,767 --> 00:36:41,233 There is, right? 858 00:36:41,233 --> 00:36:43,567 Yes, there's a monster in that town. 859 00:36:43,567 --> 00:36:44,834 What do you think it was? 860 00:36:44,834 --> 00:36:46,934 I thought it might have been some sort of a 861 00:36:46,934 --> 00:36:48,166 escaped zoo monster. 862 00:36:48,166 --> 00:36:49,667 -[gasps] -By zoo monster 863 00:36:49,667 --> 00:36:51,266 you just mean animal, right? 864 00:36:51,266 --> 00:36:53,233 Yeah, exactly, an animal. 865 00:36:53,233 --> 00:36:55,400 Jess, as always, thank you very much. 866 00:36:55,400 --> 00:36:57,767 Have fun. Bye. 867 00:36:57,767 --> 00:37:00,500 Told you, escaped laser bear. 868 00:37:00,500 --> 00:37:02,333 -Really? -With wings. 869 00:37:06,100 --> 00:37:07,467 [upbeat music playing] 870 00:37:07,467 --> 00:37:08,767 [Josh] Something right here. 871 00:37:08,767 --> 00:37:10,300 -[Nikoline] What is it? -I don't know. 872 00:37:13,467 --> 00:37:14,433 What have you got? 873 00:37:16,467 --> 00:37:18,433 -Shotgun shell. -Nice! 874 00:37:18,433 --> 00:37:19,533 What kind? 875 00:37:20,066 --> 00:37:21,500 I don't know. Let's see. 876 00:37:21,500 --> 00:37:24,100 So this is a "U.M.C. Co." 877 00:37:24,100 --> 00:37:26,667 -"New--" -Is it a New Club? 878 00:37:26,667 --> 00:37:28,066 "New Club," that's right. 879 00:37:28,066 --> 00:37:30,000 "U.M.C. Co. New Club" 880 00:37:30,867 --> 00:37:32,433 Ten. It's a ten gauge. 881 00:37:33,266 --> 00:37:35,266 [Josh] The Union Metallic Cartridge Company 882 00:37:35,266 --> 00:37:38,266 manufactured these New Club ten gauge shells 883 00:37:38,266 --> 00:37:41,634 in the 1890s and very early 1900s. 884 00:37:42,367 --> 00:37:43,667 Clyde had a ten gauge, right? 885 00:37:43,667 --> 00:37:47,100 He did. He had 1901 sort of Winchester. 886 00:37:47,100 --> 00:37:49,367 I mean, that's... That's crazy. 887 00:37:49,367 --> 00:37:50,834 What do you have? 888 00:37:50,834 --> 00:37:52,467 I'm not sure yet. Hold on. 889 00:37:52,467 --> 00:37:53,900 What'd you think? 890 00:37:55,166 --> 00:37:56,867 -[Josh] Lead? -It is? 891 00:37:56,867 --> 00:37:59,834 -Is this a slug? -I think so. 892 00:37:59,834 --> 00:38:01,734 -[Josh] This is a slug from a shotgun. -Mm-hmm. 893 00:38:01,734 --> 00:38:04,367 -This is like old... -Lead. 894 00:38:04,367 --> 00:38:05,734 Lead one ounce slug. 895 00:38:05,734 --> 00:38:07,367 So we got a shot gun shell over that way 896 00:38:07,367 --> 00:38:09,033 -that we know is period. -Hm-mmm. 897 00:38:09,033 --> 00:38:10,266 And now we've got a slug. 898 00:38:10,266 --> 00:38:12,567 Now, we know that the cops, the posse, 899 00:38:12,567 --> 00:38:14,433 -they were coming from the high ground here. -Yeah. 900 00:38:14,433 --> 00:38:16,133 And they were shooting down at the gang 901 00:38:16,133 --> 00:38:17,767 -that were camped down here, right? -Correct. 902 00:38:17,767 --> 00:38:20,567 So, it maybe that the reason we are seeing shells up here 903 00:38:20,567 --> 00:38:22,834 is that they're firing down this hill. 904 00:38:22,834 --> 00:38:24,667 And maybe the slugs are return fire. 905 00:38:24,667 --> 00:38:26,033 It's quite possible. 906 00:38:26,033 --> 00:38:28,934 And we could be looking at both sides of the shootout right now. 907 00:38:28,934 --> 00:38:30,266 That's incredible. 908 00:38:30,266 --> 00:38:31,467 [Nikoline] Absolutely. 909 00:38:31,467 --> 00:38:34,567 If this is from that event it's historically significant, 910 00:38:34,567 --> 00:38:36,867 and probably valuable as well. 911 00:38:36,867 --> 00:38:38,333 You know, I mean, an actual bullet 912 00:38:38,333 --> 00:38:40,500 from Bonnie and Clyde's shootout, imagine that? 913 00:38:40,500 --> 00:38:42,133 I mean, not many people have the pleasure of 914 00:38:42,133 --> 00:38:44,033 -getting to find something like that. -Crazy. 915 00:38:44,033 --> 00:38:45,467 So there's a great chance 916 00:38:45,467 --> 00:38:48,000 this was either fired by or fired at, 917 00:38:48,000 --> 00:38:49,600 -Bonnie and Clyde. -Absolutely. 918 00:38:49,600 --> 00:38:51,100 That is so cool. 919 00:38:51,100 --> 00:38:53,133 -Hey, nice work. -Yeah. 920 00:38:53,133 --> 00:38:54,266 [Josh] Awesome job. 921 00:38:54,266 --> 00:38:57,133 Look at you. Lethal weapon. 922 00:38:57,133 --> 00:38:59,367 -Let's see what else there is. -Let's see what else there is. 923 00:38:59,367 --> 00:39:01,000 [upbeat music playing] 924 00:39:02,033 --> 00:39:04,500 [Josh] We scan the field until the sun begins to set, 925 00:39:04,500 --> 00:39:07,367 overjoyed to have located probable remnants 926 00:39:07,367 --> 00:39:10,800 of that fateful day when Bonnie and Clyde came to Iowa. 927 00:39:12,233 --> 00:39:14,133 Turning to Stewart's investigation, 928 00:39:14,133 --> 00:39:16,767 handwriting analysis of the initials on the wall 929 00:39:16,767 --> 00:39:18,934 do show similarities to the way 930 00:39:18,934 --> 00:39:20,333 Clyde penned his name. 931 00:39:20,333 --> 00:39:22,867 Especially the hook on letter C. 932 00:39:22,867 --> 00:39:25,767 This, combined with the Depression era car tire, 933 00:39:25,767 --> 00:39:29,934 are indicators that this may well be a lost Barrow Gang hideout. 934 00:39:29,934 --> 00:39:32,033 As to Bonnie and Clyde themselves, 935 00:39:32,033 --> 00:39:34,367 about ten months after the shootout in Iowa, 936 00:39:34,367 --> 00:39:36,166 they reached the end of the road. 937 00:39:38,667 --> 00:39:41,867 On the morning of May 23rd, 1934, 938 00:39:41,867 --> 00:39:44,233 legendary Texas ranger, Frank Hamer, 939 00:39:44,233 --> 00:39:46,266 has assembled a posse in the woods, 940 00:39:46,266 --> 00:39:49,967 alongside the Louisiana Highway 154. 941 00:39:49,967 --> 00:39:52,233 Bonnie and Clyde never see them coming. 942 00:39:52,834 --> 00:39:54,500 [gunshots] 943 00:39:56,133 --> 00:39:58,767 A 120 rounds hit the car. 944 00:39:58,767 --> 00:40:02,033 They don't get a single shot off in return. 945 00:40:03,867 --> 00:40:05,367 It was the end of a love story 946 00:40:05,367 --> 00:40:08,900 that began only four years before in West Dallas. 947 00:40:10,967 --> 00:40:14,567 The tale of Bonnie and Clyde can be framed as a romance. 948 00:40:14,567 --> 00:40:16,266 But we should have no illusions 949 00:40:16,266 --> 00:40:18,033 about who they really were. 950 00:40:18,033 --> 00:40:21,166 After all Bonnie and Clyde didn't have any. 951 00:40:21,166 --> 00:40:24,066 They sowed violence and reaped the whirlwind. 952 00:40:24,066 --> 00:40:26,266 And it was all according to plan. 953 00:40:26,266 --> 00:40:28,834 To quote Bonnie's poem, "The Trails End." 954 00:40:29,567 --> 00:40:30,734 [reading] 955 00:40:57,934 --> 00:40:59,433 In a cruel, or perhaps 956 00:40:59,433 --> 00:41:01,066 fitting twist of fate, 957 00:41:01,066 --> 00:41:02,767 they weren't buried together after all. 958 00:41:02,767 --> 00:41:04,667 Bonnie's mother saw to that. 959 00:41:04,667 --> 00:41:06,000 And for all the guns 960 00:41:06,000 --> 00:41:07,567 and the bloodshed and the mayhem, 961 00:41:07,567 --> 00:41:09,233 Clyde ended up right here, 962 00:41:09,233 --> 00:41:11,467 in an overgrown cemetery in West Dallas 963 00:41:11,467 --> 00:41:13,133 right back in the gritty neighborhood 964 00:41:13,133 --> 00:41:14,266 that he and Bonnie fought 965 00:41:14,266 --> 00:41:16,467 so desperately to escape. 966 00:41:16,467 --> 00:41:18,834 Just two kids from the wrong side of the bridge, 967 00:41:18,834 --> 00:41:21,367 dead at 25 and 23, 968 00:41:21,367 --> 00:41:23,266 but also immortal.