Bonnie & Clyde Tour
Self-guided experience

About the Experience

How these two individuals become America's most beloved mass murderers and bonified media stars is a story that cultural historians, biographers, and filmmakers have been chewing on for decades. It's about journalism, the economy, and especially the rise of images — both still and moving.

Our tour chronicles the bloody rise and violent fall of the iconic couple of infamous criminals at the height of the Great Depression. As we navigate the historical events surrounding both of their lives, we examine the roles played by poverty, the authorities, and the thirsty media in the making of the notorious Depression-era outlaws.

We have listed the points of interest we cover during the tour's program and the options available to book the tour. Both tour options cover the same program; the guided version includes round-trip transposition and a professional-certified tour guide. The self-guided tour is based on prerecorded narration and an interactive map that allows you to follow the storyline at your own pace.

The tour is based on historical events but is not intended to be a history lesson; the program aims to entertain our guests and shed light on Bonnie and Clyde's short lives and the elements that contributed to their tragic destiny.

Route's Highlights

• Clyde's Funeral Home

  The last of the great mansions that once lined Ross Avenue in the early 1900s, and the former home of the Cofounder of the Dallas Morning News, Mr. A.H. Belo.

• The Devil's Back Porch

  A tale of two cities. In the background, a gleaming town that had experienced unprecedented growth since its foundation, in the forground a landfill unfortunate by design.

• Barrow's Gas Station

  The site of the Barrow family gas station and home for decades. The original structure was built between the late 1910s and early 1920s. Lost due to poor conservation in 2022.

• Lillian McBride House

  Site of one of the most notorious killings carried out by the hand of Clyde Barrow in West Dallas, on January 6, 1933.

• Old Criminal Courthouse

  The structure on the corner of Houston and Main Street is the old criminal court building. Clyde spent time here as a teenager for being caught with that truckload of stolen turkeys.

• Clyde's Burial Site

  Clyde of the Barrow Gang rests in a quiet cemetery alongside his brother Marvin “Buck” Barrow in their family plot. Marvin was killed in a shootout with Missouri police in 1933.

• Bonnie’s Childhood School

  Eagle Ford School, it was here at the Cement City School that Bonnie would win both the spelling bee and the poetry writing contest.

• Bonnie's burial Site

  Bonnie Parker is buried in Dallas at Crown Hill Memorial Park. Often visited, you’ll find mementos left behind on the marker. If you like history, it’s a can’t miss.

• Easter Sunday Killing

  On Easter Sunday, 1934, they sat in a car waiting to rendezvous with Bonnie's beloved mother, for whom she had bought a white rabbit. As she fed it lettuce, two highway patrolmen pulled up...

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