Part 1 of 3 - The Life and Crimes of John Dillinger

During the 1930s Depression, many Americans, nearly helpless
against forces they didn’t understand, made heroes of outlaws who
took what they wanted at gunpoint. Of all the lurid desperadoes,
one man, John Dillinger, came to evoke this Gangster Era and
stirred mass emotion to a degree rarely seen in this country. He
operated with a group of men known as the "Dillinger Gang" or
"Terror Gang", which was accused of robbing 24 banks and four
police stations, among other activities. Learn more about your ad
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