John Dillinger, Public Enemy Number One (Part One)

27/12/2025 56 min
John Dillinger, Public Enemy Number One (Part One)

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Episode Synopsis

In thirteen months, John Dillinger transformed himself from inconsequential ex-con to the most famous criminal celebrity in US history and the first Public Enemy Number One.
John Dillinger, at the height of his fame
Homer Van Meter
Tommy Carroll
Billy Frechette, wanted poster
Dillinger arrest location, Tucson, Arizona
Biograph Theater, early morning July 23, 1934
Chicago alley where Dillinger was shot
Dillinger family plot, Crown Hill Cemetery
One of several Dillinger death masks