It is a strange thing to grow up in a town marked by killers and killing, a town in flight from its own infamy. I grew up in just such a place. A hamlet of hundreds, Gibsland, Louisiana, was not known for much until when, on May 23, 1934, Bonnie Elizabeth Parker and Clyde Chestnut Barrow, the Depression-era crime duo, were ambushed and shot down in a hail of bullets a few miles south of its city limits. (By way of background, over the course of almost two years Bonnie and Clyde, as they became known, engaged in a crime ...(100 of 979 words) Access the full article Help support true facts by becoming a member. Subscribe today!