Bonnie and Clyde were a notorious crime couple who traveled the central United States during the Great Depression. They were responsible for several robberies and murders and evaded law enforcement for years before finally being ambushed and killed by officers in 1934. Their story has been romanticized in American pop culture and they have become symbols of the reckless and carefree spirit of the time. Despite their infamy, many saw them as folk heroes and admired their boldness and defiance of authority.