Charles Starkweather & Caril Ann Fugate
In late 1957 Charles Starkweather commited his first murder because a service station employee would not sell him a stuffed animal on credit for his girlfriend Caril Ann Fugate. He returned the next day with a 12 gauge shotgun and killed the man. Ridiculous? Yeah, a bit. But he felt it was for love. Over the next 3 months Starkweather and his 14 year old girlfriend Caril murdered 11 people. An old high school friend said this of him, "He could be the kindest person you've ever seen. He'd do anything for you if he liked you. He was a hell of a lot of fun to be around, too. Everything was just one big joke to him. But he had this other side. He could be mean as hell, cruel. If he saw some poor guy on the street who was bigger than he was, better looking, or better dressed, he'd try to take the poor bastard down to his size."
Fugate of course cracked under pressure and said that Starkweather was holding her captive the whole time, which is a huge lie. She may have been scared being so young but she actively participated in the murder spree and even enjoyed it. Hater.
Mickey & Mallory Knox
The most classic love story if i have ever heard one. Yes yes they are from the movie "Natural Born Killers" by Ridley Scott and Quentin Tarantino. Which is, and i repeat myself with no regret, the best love story ever! Mickey rescues young Mallory from an abusive and neglegent household by murdering her parents, and going on the run. They are married on a bridge, end up in prison together, and escape prison. All done together. So in love its ridiculous. I dont think anyone can disrespect that.
Clyde Barrow & Bonnie Parker
There's nothing like a beautiful gun-toting ,cigar smoking woman, and a dapper young man dressed in a 30's suit. Bonnie and Clyde may be one of the most famous outlaw couples in the history of the United States. Not only because they were the real deal, actual people, and just so badass, but they had sex appeal. They went down fighting together. They were the sexiest duo ever.
Clarence Worley &Alabama Whitman
Stealing. Cheating. Killing. Who says romance is dead? What I love so much about this movie is the way it was based on old romance comics. The movie is so vibrant and just full of color. Even through the horrible moments, there always seems to be a glow about it. The plot is so epic too. Clarence meets Alabama at a movie, they're into each other from the start, they go for coffee, have sex, she confesses to being a call girl hired by his boss to make his evening great, but they fall in love anyway. Two days later they're married. How perfect is that? They take on all of their enemies full force, and come out on top. The best part of the movie is when clarence returns to Alabama and tells her that he killed her pimp she bursts into tears and says "That's so romantic", it totally is!!
I love romance. Not the sweet kind. The gritty kind. When people spin those obviously fake, sickly sweet, heard 100 times before romantic speeches it disgusts me. Don't be so naive. The world is not always the sweetest of places, but when you can see the beauty through the grit thats when you know its real love. If you cant kill for someone, you do not love them with every fiber of your being. I'm not saying lets kill people to prove what real love is, because yes, love is different for everyone. But I don't think its right for people to be so judgmental of these particular criminally moved couples (fictitious or historical) just because of their actions. If you look deeper into their stories, and their lives, you can clearly see that all they did was out of love. Sheer love.
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