The Gangster Chronicles 1.1: Dillinger’s Bloody Escape




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Summary: <br> "YESTERDAY'S NEWS"<br> <br> A Reading from America's Historic Newspapers<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> The Gangster Chronicles: <br> Volume 1, Chapter 1<br> <br> Dillinger's Bloody Escape<br> May to October 1933<br> <br> <br> In this first volume of "The Gangster Chronicles," we will follow the trail of terror blazed by one of America's most famous, perhaps most beloved, gangsters, John Dillinger. From the time he was paroled from the Michigan City prison in May, 1933, to the time he was gunned down by police on a Chicago sidewalk in front of the Biograph Theater 14 months later, John Herbert Dillinger was one of America's most notorious scoundrels. Chapter One will detail some of Dillinger's earliest known robberies and his murderous escape from the Lima jail.  We plan to tell the Dillinger saga in five chapters. After this first one, you can expect a new installment at 7 p.m. on the first Sunday of the month. We're considering the options for Volume 2 and are welcome to suggestions. Please email us at truecrimehistorian@outlook.com with your thoughts.<br> Visit <a href="http://truecrimehistorian.com/1933dillinger01">www.truecrimehistorian.com</a> for a slideshow, clippings and drawings.<br> <br> Music by <a href="http://www.audionautix.com/">Audionautix</a>. Theme song by <a href="http://joshwoodward.com">Josh Woodward</a>.<br>