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Infamous America

DILLINGER Ep. 6 | "Crown Point"

Infamous America

Black Barrel Media

Society & Culture, Documentary, True Crime, History

4.73K Ratings

🗓️ 19 February 2020

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

John Dillinger kills a cop during a gun battle outside a bank. He and the gang head to Arizona to avoid the police in the Midwest, but Dillinger soon finds himself back in jail in Indiana. He then stages the most daring -- and controversial -- escape of his career. 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

Ooh, that takes me straight to the med.

0:43.9

John Dillonjur had charm. He was good looking.

0:47.9

In the minds of the American public at the time,

0:50.9

he didn't fit the image of a ruthless criminal.

0:53.9

An article in the Chicago Daily News described him this way.

0:57.9

He had none of the look of a conventional killer.

1:00.9

None of the advertised earmarks of the crook.

1:03.9

His diction was amazing. His poise no less so.

1:07.9

There was no hint of hardness about him.

1:10.9

He had none of the sneer, the blatant toughness of the criminal.

1:14.9

He rates in the eyes of calloused observers

1:16.9

as the most amazing specimen of his kind

1:19.9

ever seen outside of a wildly imaginative motion picture.

1:24.9

As 1933 came to an end,

1:27.9

John Dillonjur finished the last full year of his life.

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