Outlaws: John Dillinger | Public Enemy Number One

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🗓️ 10 October 2024

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

What does it take to be the first person named as 'Public Enemy No.1' by the US Bureau of Investigation?

In this episode, we're going to find out. Don is joined by Elliott Gorn to find out about the rise and fall of John Dillinger, the man who took this title in 1934.

Elliott Gorn is the Joseph Gagliano Professor of American Urban History at Loyola University, Chicago. His books include 'Let the People See: The Story of Emmett Till' and 'Dillinger's Wild Ride: The Year That Made America's Public Enemy Number 1'.

Produced by Sophie Gee. Edited by Nick Thomson. Senior Producer was Charlotte Long.

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0:00.0	Let me tell you one thing my granddad doesn't know. I don't actually like fish paste sandwiches.
0:05.9	I just don't want to offend him when I pop over for lunch. Mm, fishy bread.
0:11.3	We've all got something we haven't told our parents or grandparents,
0:14.0	as sometimes it's just easier that way. But here's something you really do need to let them know.
0:20.2	Thousands of people over the age of 66 are missing out on pension credit worth on average
0:25.0	3,900 pounds a year.
0:28.0	Plus they could also be entitled to the winter fuel payment or the equivalent in Scotland
0:32.2	if they apply by December 21st.
0:34.8	Help a family member or friend check their eligibility by searching pension credit on Gov.
0:39.4	UK.
0:41.2	It's 1933 on a steaming summer day in the American Midwest.
0:48.0	We stroll downtown, keeping to the sliver of shade on the hot sidewalk.
0:53.0	As we pass the entrance of a movie theater, we note the marquee.
0:57.0	It's a double feature tonight.
0:58.0	Edward G. Robinson, in The Little Giant,
1:01.0	is paired with James Cagney's Mayor from Hell, both posters promising
1:05.4	plenty of murder and mayhem. On the newsstand at the corner, Detective
1:10.3	Magazines scream of Gangland assassinations in New York and Chicago. protective magazines
1:14.0	in New York and Chicago.
1:15.0	Ever since the depression began, it seems like outlaws and crooks are everywhere in American life.
1:21.0	Further down the block, in a U.S. post office there are more posters displayed, but these are far
1:27.4	less glossy, no Hollywood make-believe here. These are wanted posters, and one features a glowering face he recognize.
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