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Infamous America

DILLINGER Ep. 4 | "Prison Break"

Infamous America

Black Barrel Media

Society & Culture, Documentary, True Crime, History

4.73K Ratings

🗓️ 5 February 2020

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Young outlaw Lester Gillis arrives on the national scene and forms a connection to John Dillinger. Meanwhile, Dillinger makes a major decision: he's going to break his friends out of prison. With Dillinger's help, ten convicts make a daring escape. But as they run for freedom, Dillinger unwittingly walks into a trap. For more details, please visit www.blackbarrelmedia.com. Our social media pages are: @blackbarrelmedia on Facebook and Instagram, and @bbarrelmedia on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Fever tree Mediterranean tonic water

0:02.9

Pfft!

0:03.9

Made with zesty lemon time from a small family farm in Provoz

0:08.7

and essential oils from herbs that grow in the Mediterranean sunshine.

0:13.5

So, if three quarters of your G&T is a Fever tree tonic,

0:18.8

maybe it's time to call it a T&G.

0:22.4

Fever tree. Mix with the best.

0:26.9

Oh, that takes me straight to the med.

0:41.9

On July 4th, 1921 in Chicago, a 12-year-old boy found a pistol in a car.

0:49.9

The car belonged to his father's friend and it was unlocked.

0:53.9

The boy grabbed the pistol and ran to a nearby alley.

0:57.9

Some kids were playing in the alley and the boy thought it would be fun to scare them.

1:01.9

He fired some shots in the air and the kids were definitely scared,

1:05.9

but one of them also screamed in pain.

1:08.9

One of the bullets ricocheted and hit the kid in the jaw.

1:13.9

The boy with the gun was sent to a reformatory for a year.

1:17.9

It was the first major run in with the law for Lester Gillis.

1:23.9

After his release, 13-year-old Lester stole cars regularly and he got caught.

1:29.9

He went back to jail for another year and a half.

1:33.9

When he was released, he went back to stealing cars and he got caught again.

1:39.9

Lester Gillis had been in jail three times before he was 18 years old,

1:44.9

but all that was just a warm-up.

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