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John Dillinger’s Stolen Police Car Returns to Indiana After Daring Escape from Jail in 1934

allan2 years ago2 years ago01 mins

By Steve Neavling A police car stolen by notorious gangster John Dillinger after his daring escape from an Indiana jail in 1934 has returned to Indiana.  Dillinger escaped jail using a fake gun and stole the 1933 Ford V8 police car from Lake County Sheriff Lillian Holley and drove it to Chicago before abandoning it….

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Gangster John Dillinger’s Body May Rest in Peace After Nephew Drops Suit to Exhume Body

allan3 years ago3 years ago03 mins

It appears the fight over exhuming John Dillinger’s gravesite is over.

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Judge Tosses Lawsuit Calling for Exhumation of John Dillinger’s Body

allan3 years ago3 years ago03 mins

John Dillinger may continue to rest in peace.

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Permit Approved to Exhume John Dillinger’s Body from Indianapolis Cemetery

allan3 years ago3 years ago02 mins

The nephew of notorious American gangster John Dillinger has received permission to exhume the body of his uncle in an Indianapolis cemetery on New Year’s Eve.

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Relatives Claim Gangster John Dillinger Wasn’t Shot at Chicago Theater

allan4 years ago03 mins

Relatives of notorious American gangster John Dillinger believe they have evidence that their bank robbing uncle was not shot by the FBI at a theater in Chicago in 1934.

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80th Anniversary: Death of Gangster John Dillinger Helped Lead to Creation of FBI

allan9 years ago01 mins

Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Gangster John Dillinger was the fed’s first Public Enemy Number One. It was June 22, 1934, and Dillinger was wanted for at least 12 bank robberies, four police department robberies and the murder of a police officer. Outside the Biograph Theater in Chicago, agents from the Department of Investigation of the Justice…

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The Abrupt and Fearless Character of FBI Special Agent Charles Winstead

allan9 years ago9 years ago04 mins

By Larry Wack Retired FBI agent The role of FBI special agent, Charles B. Winstead in the shooting and killing of John Dillinger is widely known today. The 1934 incident outside the Biograph Theater in Chicago catapulted Director J. Edgar Hoover and the Bureau to the front pages during the “war on crime” and brought…

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FBI’s Reaches 80-Year Anniversary of Botched Attempt to Arrest John Dillinger, His Gang in Wisconsin

allan9 years ago02 mins

Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com It was a 80-year-old lesson the FBI will never forget. Tuesday was the 80-year anniversary of the bureau’s bungled attempt to arrest gangster John Dillinger and his gang at Little Bohemia Lodge in northern Wisconsin, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports. Agents acting on a tip tried to raid the lodge but were…

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