Blanche Barrow was the wife of Buck Barrow, the older brother of Clyde Barrow. He became her second husband after his release from prison. To her dismay, Buck joined his brother's gang. Blanche was pr
Blanche and Buck Barrow in 1931
The two-unit Red Crown Tourist Court. Using his cabin's internal connecting door, Clyde entered the garage from where he fired with a Browning Automatic Rifle (BAR). 39°18′43″N 94°41′11″W / 39.31194°N 94.68639°W / 39.31194; -94.68639 (1933 Site of Red Crown Tourist Court Platte City, Missouri)
Blanche Barrow, not long after her capture, July 1933
July 27, 1933 — She was in prison until 1939.
The Barrow Gang was an American gang active between 1932 and 1934. They were well known outlaws, robbers, murderers, and criminals who, as a gang, traveled the Central United States during the Great D
Blanche Barrow
…second husband after his release from prison. To her dismay, Buck joined his brother's gang. Blanche was present at the shootout which resulted in the Barrow Gang becoming nationally recognized fugitives. She spent only four months with the gang. Although she never used a gun, Blanche was blinded in one eye during…
Clyde Barrow age 17 in a 1926 mugshot
22 October 1931, W. D. Jones, 15, and friend LC Barrow were arrested after disappearing with, then wrecking, a bootlegger's car.