Bonnie and Clyde's Joplin Hideout

[StevelaFrench]

According to family in Joplin, it appears the building was destroyed tonight by the tornado. I'm hoping my family is wrong...

[DebbieMoss]

@StevelaFrench Steve, I just found out that the apartment did survive. I had been trying to call the owner but couldn't get an answer. He called my friend Tonya Holly who will be filming the new Bonnie & Clyde movie at that location to let her know that the historic apartment did survive the tornado. However, he did loose his personal home. My prayers go out to all who are affected by this devistating disaster.

Sincere regards,

Debbie Moss

[StevelaFrench]

@DebbieMoss That's a tiny bit of good news in the wake of this horrible storm. My thoughts are with everyone affected by this horrific tragedy.

[timtak1]

It would be nice to see the film that one of the gang shot themselves.

[timtak1]

@timtak1

Ooops sorry, the "Joblin film" mentioned in the wikipedia article was just film from a still camera.

[Bigoldjeff1956]

I watched your video, went to Joplin to get a picture of the house. The current house owner saw me outside taking pictures and invited me to come inside and see the hideout house. So my wife and I got to go inside and look around. The current owners are very nice people. They took a picture of us standing in front of the house. My wife's father was from Commerce, Ok. and he sais he remembers when Bonnie and Clyde were around. He said most people hated them.

[bwild61]

Super video! Thanks for posting!

[Sar4ubella]

It's weird I was born and raised in the Joplin area and drive past this house daily. You can actually see rust running down the walls from the bullets still lodged in the rock home.

[000266617]

Am I supposed to root for Bonnie and Cylde or the lawmen?

Anyway, anybody recall the car commercial in which Bonnie and Clyde purchased a modern car of the 1960's?

[musicaltheatergeek79]

@000266617 when did this commercial air? Id' be very interested to learn more.

[DebbieMoss]

@musicaltheatergeek79 This video is not a commercial. A historian friend of mine filmed it when he had the opportunity rent the apartment for the weekend. He was nice enough to allow me to upload to share with visitors to my website blanchedotdebezdotcom and the hideout's website that I built for the owner joplinhideoutdotcom. I have stayed in my cousin Blanche's bedroom (the front bedroom) on 3 occasions when visiting Joplin. The owners have done a fantastic job of preserving and restoring it.

[DebbieMoss]

@musicaltheatergeek79 This video is not a commercial. A historian friend of mine filmed it when he had the opportunity rent the apartment for the weekend. He was nice enough to allow me to upload to share with visitors to my website blanchedotdebezdotcom and the hideout's website that I built for the owner joplinhideoutdotcom. I have stayed in my cousin Blanche's bedroom (the front bedroom) on 3 occasions when visiting Joplin. The owners have done a fantastic job of preserving and restoring it

[DebbieMoss]

@000266617

It's not about rooting for anyone or idol worship. It is about the history. History is history whether it be good or bad. If we do not preserve it for future generations, how are we to learn from the past? A plaque has been placed on the apartment as a rememberance for the officers that lost their lives in the line of duty.

[lightpoacher]

Very interesting video thanks for

the upload.

[sweetness4769]

i use to live in joplin for 9 yrs. before moving last year....but grew up in the area all my life. i always wanted to see the apartment, but could never find the address or anyone to tell me where it was or how to get there. great video....thanks for sharing.

[leek6666]

please join my facebook group depression era outlaws and bank robbers for discussion on Bonnie and Clyde!!

[leek6666]

great film!

[anurkey]

that house is relly nice

[57highland]

"This is the stairwell."

Really? No kidding? I almost thought it was the master bedroom.

[scooterfan4life]

Great Video!

[swanson6666]

I forgot to mention that I admire Miss Dunaway's work and I think that she is an incredible actress. I meant no disrespect.

[swanson6666]

Wish somebody would make a movie about the real Bonnie and Clyde story without glamorizing it. I think they were really desperate most of the time. The Dunaway/Beatty movie didn't mention that Bonnie burned her leg to the bone and had to be carried.

[bwfan01]

A more accurate account of their ventures is coming out next year. (Hopefully) The only thing its starring Hillary Duff as Bonnie, really??

[swanson6666]

It might work. Miss Duff is closer in age to Bonnie's at the time she was with Clyde and she resembles her more than Faye Dunaway did. Something I read that Bonnie said kind of summed it up for me. She is supposed to have told her mother that she thought that she and Clyde were going places, "but now I realize we're just going".

[eastcoming]

My great gandmother knew Wes Harryman(one of the murderd deputies). She is still alive and lives about 10 minutes south of Joplin.

[57highland]

I saw this house in 1987 on my way through Joplin. I took a few pictures, and a young man and young lady, seemingly a couple, saw me and smiled and said "Bonnie and Clyde?" and I said Yes, of course. And as we talked, the girl said, kind of to herself, "They killed my uncle". But I didn't ask her which one of the deputies was her uncle. It seemed like they lived right in the neighborhood; they were walking.

[fullgospelpreacher]

Great

[1880TimeTraveler]

oustanding ,,thank you,,

[Radicalreels]

5 Stars! This was so cool to see where they stayed! Those famous pictures above the tub also the one where she has the cigar, were left behind in a roll of undeveloped film when they left in such a hurry. I really enjoyed this! Rad

[tornjakdaxter]

Wow. That's really close to where I live. I knew Bonnie and Clyde hung our around Joplin, but I never knew this happened.

[hemipower046]

cool.

[Mollweidekadet]

Nice stuff.

[KingTriton420]

thanks for the post it was really intresting to see the apartment and the inside as well. I always wondered where the hideout was, and now i now thanks.

[dallaspolo]

I also want to Thank you for posting this.. It always great to see alittle of American History. Even the Bad. Bonnie and Clyde are both buried here in Dallas. I see Flowers offen on Bonnie's grave. Clydes grave located other side of Dallas,, Grass Always High and looks really bad. But always interesting taken relatives from out of town to see there markers. ""GREAT JOB WELL DONE""

[imaStonesGirl]

Thank you for the post im always interested in the history of Bonnie and Clyde, and Blanch and all.The lady in the movie who played the part of Blanch was a funny lady i liked her and i liked C.W. Moss too. Wow i hear my favorite Rock band playing in the BG,Satisfaction by the Rolling Stones there for a few seconds it played

[TheLastBerserker]

Pretty Cool, Ive never seen the inside of the apartment. i live 5 blocks south of it and drive by it frequently.

[Dovatsi]

This video was made to remember our family trip to the hideout. It wasn't made with you tube in mind. Deb, thought it would be nice to let everyone have a chance to see were B/C stayed for 13 days. If I know someone would be unhappy with it, I would have written a script and hired a camera crew.

[DebbieMoss]

I think you did a great job filming and narrating.

-Deb

[ozzyhead73]

@DebbieMoss thank you guys for posting this! i was just reading about bonnie and clyde the other day and read about theyre shootout in joplin and just out of sheer curiousity i was wondering if the garage in joplin was still standing! how did you guys get access? do they rent it out? please let me know, im dying to find out! i have always been fascinated with the depression era gangsters ever since i was a kid! i would love to go there and check it out! thanx again for posting LET ME KNOW!!

[ozzyhead73]

@Dovatsi i think you did a good job narrating and filming, who cares what anybody else says! its a fascinating time period! it was a short window in time when you coulda been a gangster like them, basically from 1930 to 1935! after 1935 police across the country started getting equipped with 2-way police radios so you couldnt get away and flee across the state lines! the police could just radio ahead to let them know that you were heading theyre way! and the V8 ford came out in 32 also! THANX!

[STUMPgrinder57]

Wow, nice job. I'm working in Joplin and use RTE66 often. I wondered if this was the area frequented by the legendary road crews of the early century. The history here is fascinating. WHERE IN JOPLIN IS THIS APT ????

[DebbieMoss]

Thanks. Bonnie & Clyde's Joplin Hideout is located at:

3347½ Oak Ridge Drive, Joplin, Missouri

[CoffeeFann]

Really Cool! Does anyone live there?

Or is it for toursits to see?

[DebbieMoss]

It is available for rental like a bed and breakfast but without the breakfast.

[Jasent76]

Sorry, I saw at the end it was Dave Ottis. Great footage!

[DebbieMoss]

Yes, my friend Dave is from Rhode Island. I am from Texas so I really have to tease him about his accent. He did a great job taking the video.

[Jasent76]

Simply amazing footage! Who shot this? Sounds like a Brooklyn/New York accent. (love that by the way ha)

[UtopianWorld]

You know, I have passed by that apartment a few times and I had no idea. Thanks for the info.

[vondyb07]

If that was the original bathtub from the 1930s/40s, wouldn't it be an old-fashioned ball and claw type bathtub?

[stoogeswoman]

They weren't all like that.

[guitarslinger043]

oh yes they were!!

[amandabrink]

No. I'm a realtor here in Joplin. Most of the tubs were not clawfoot in this town. I am not sure why.

[Juanitavic]

Fascinating historical account and footage; I can't seem to get enough!

[GraceHelen87]

That is so cool! Very Very Cool.

[aamand88]

Thanks for posting.  Really interesting!

[DebbieMoss]

You are most welcome. Glad you enjoyed it.

Debbie