Ah, the guy who makes everyone misspell my last name.

@thicockTruman

8 ай бұрын

You’re tellin me all we did was drop a fatboy in some commie country

@annaelisavettavonnedozza9607

8 ай бұрын

😂😂😂

@janoyantonio9585

11 күн бұрын

You're his family

Please do more public enemies, like Pretty boy Floyd, Baby face Nelson, Alvin Karpis, and the barkers. Their lives are as colorful as their nicknames.

@meghanmisaliar

Жыл бұрын

True Crime Central has very good docs on all of them.

Wait, they heisted their weapons and bullet proof vests FROM THE POLICE??!!! That sets a whole other standard for "That's gangsta."

I hate how KZread isn't putting these in my feed. I have so much to catch up on.

@Alex-cb2gf

2 жыл бұрын

Try unsubscribing and then resubscribe. It sometimes works for me. Also check all your subscribed channels. I found about 10 channels I never subscribed to and deleted them.

Fun fact: Mr Dillinger's sister dated my great grandpa and the family still says that when John was running he'd camp on our family farm and they would tell my grandma that "just ignore that car that just Mr Dillinger sleeping one off" never believed it till I researched Dillinger in highschool and found records of him doing it

@gjhazard

2 жыл бұрын

That’s some cool personal history. Wow.

@pedenmk

2 жыл бұрын

I grew up in Mooresville Indiana. I like hearing the stories of J.D.

@snakeking211

2 жыл бұрын

Love our history

@TrineDaely

2 жыл бұрын

He had a couple hidey holes in IN-MI-IL, if memory serves. It sounds crazy to think of him hiding out at his sister's, but Bonnie and Clyde made frequent trips back home, too. That got them in the end, but it's the kind of thing that's more common than a lot of people realize, which is exactly why police check those places frequently.

@snakeking211

2 жыл бұрын

@@TrineDaely my great grandpa dated his sister they weren't married

Dillinger could’ve been a leading man in films. In that footage he seems to have a cool charisma.

I was expecting more information about the shootout at Little Bohemia Lodge.... the FBI mistook a car that was leaving for Dillinger's car and shot several innocent people. The commotion allowed him and his accomplices to escape.

@ticket2space621

Жыл бұрын

Don't you know anyone killed by the government either was totally asking for it and deserved it or actually killed themselves?

@meghanmisaliar

Жыл бұрын

So if you already know everything about Little Bohemia why do you want him to mention it? You can read about that incident in dozens of places.

@jamesschmidt6993

Жыл бұрын

@@meghanmisaliar because it's part of the local history of my area, and I'm often disappointed that the murder of civilians by the FBI is overlooked in every documentary I've seen about Dillinger

@meghanmisaliar

Жыл бұрын

@@jamesschmidt6993 only ONE civilian was killed there. The other 2 were wounded. They happened to be in he wrong place at the wrong time. It happens. 🤷‍♀️

@meghanmisaliar

Жыл бұрын

@@jamesschmidt6993 you must not watch many good docs. Literally EVERY full length doc I watch on him mentions Little Bohemia and what happened there. That incident made Purvis a laughingstock. That's very well known part of the JD story. I like Simon and this channel but he always leaves out a LOT. It's like a condensed history lesson. How much can you really squueeze into 18 min??

John Dillinger was the first person to disfigure his fingertips to avoid fingerprinting

@meghanmisaliar

Жыл бұрын

How do you know? There's no way to prove that.

A biographic on Grand Admiral Karl Donitz would be very interesting.

@noahfritz8680

2 жыл бұрын

Yes Simon start doing star wars even though you think it's lame

@tjitse3916

2 жыл бұрын

Been thinking the same things for a long time. Sold many of my old books, except Dönitz’s autobiography.

@themorfia3988

2 жыл бұрын

@@noahfritz8680 Karl Donitz is not a star wars character.

@Bills.shorts

2 жыл бұрын

YOUR’RE THE SITH LORD

@MoGumboFukUTubeForChngngMyName

2 жыл бұрын

It would be a pretty short bio… a navy guy who spent WW1 as a POW, an unrepentant Nazi and Hitler worshiper butt-boy and Jew exterminator until his death, Grand Admiral of country with no navy, murdered thousands upon thousands of civilians, sacrificed 30,000 of his own men to sure slaughter, president/head dunce of a dead country for a week, buffoon of an old man, then died…

Great summary, makes me want to re-read Public Enemies. The thing I can never get over is how after a big score in the Midwest or Plains areas, those guys would high tail it cross country in early model cars with no amenities, no highway system, no motels/drive thrus/convenience stores...just travel cross country bit by bit. Makes me appreciate the luxuries we have today.

Finally 🙌🏼 been waiting for you to do a video on John Dillinger

Humbly requesting George Carlin. A comedian and satirist who oftentimes hit the nail more than just on the head; and whose bits were infinitely more than just satire. The guy was a comedian, satirist, begrudged philosopher, and even the *narrative* voice of the Thomas the Train, (AKA Thomas the Tank Engine) tv show.

@gideonquesenberry6270

2 жыл бұрын

He was Mr Conductor, not Tomas

@ismarwinkelman5648

2 жыл бұрын

Why don’t you copy paste this text under every video Simon and his team publish? 😆 It is getting annoying and it is becoming anything but humble 😌

@michaelpipkin9942

2 жыл бұрын

Keep it up, bud. Again, I got the YF-23 and The Thunderbirds videos made by persistence.

@v.emiltheii-nd.8094

2 жыл бұрын

Ever closer...

@Dank-gb6jn

2 жыл бұрын

@@gideonquesenberry6270 *narrative voice of the show; that part keeps getting chopped out of my copy/paste work. If you pull up the Wikipage for the show, you’ll see and I quote: “George Carlin narrated the first four series in the United States version....” Hatt was never voiced by Carlin in the info I’m able to find.

Was super stoked to see this video. I'm related to Elizabeth Fields. My family still owns new papers from when John was shot. Love you stuff Simon. Been a long time listener for a while now. Can never get enough.

@meghanmisaliar

Жыл бұрын

You can buy original newspapers from that era on ebay. I have a few. That's not so rare. Doesn't prove they knew them.

I can't belive that 41 stolen chickens just got glossed over.

Yes! Been waiting for this bio. Great job Simon and the team.

Thanks for this video! 🤙🏻💪🏻 I love Johnny Depp movie about John Dillinger, Public Enemies! 😎

@Metallica4Life92

2 жыл бұрын

great movie :)

@Hugo23Martins

2 жыл бұрын

@@Metallica4Life92 yes!

@theawesomeman9821

2 жыл бұрын

its ok. Too much talking.

@mantistoboggan5171

4 ай бұрын

​@@theawesomeman9821more of a transformers and marvel fan?

The Robin Hood “legend” was truer than most know. My dad grew up during depression, our family lived in the Martinsville -Gosport-Stinesville, Indiana area. Dillinger always made sure the kids had a little pocket change, a nickel bought a lot candy in those days. Several families who were doing poorly would get some groceries from Dillinger as he could be really kind. The folks he helped loved him and helped him when he was “on the lam”. Dillinger was a hometown hero in some ways.

@kraanz

2 жыл бұрын

He tossed a nickel when he had robbed tens if not hundreds of thousands. What is it with Americans idolizing people who victimized them? "He stole everything I had, but he gave back a nickel! What a man!"

@trent3872

2 жыл бұрын

I have more respect for Dillinger than every member of of congress.

@tylerdavis6852

2 жыл бұрын

@@kraanz You do know that the money in the banks are insured? So if someone were to rob the money in the bank, the government would just replace the cash. People idolize these people because they’re images of rebelling against the real robbers, the government.

@kraanz

2 жыл бұрын

@@tylerdavis6852 I expected a reply as idiotic as yours, well done. GOveRnMEnT iS THe reAl CRiminAlS. No, they're not. You know who are the real criminals? The real criminals. "It's insured, it doesn't count." Go rob a bank, then. And tell your genius statement to the judge afterwards. I'm sure he'll agree with you and let you go.

@kraanz

2 жыл бұрын

@@trent3872 I'm sure you meant "any" rather than "every." Who knows, if you knew your own native language better, you might actually be one of those people. But that's nether going to happen is it?

1:50 - Chapter 1 - Early years 6:05 - Chapter 2 - Life behind bars 8:25 - Chapter 3 - Prison breaks 11:50 - Chapter 4 - The dillinger gang 15:10 - Chapter 5 - Bad times at the biograph - Chapter 6 -

@galacticalove

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Chief.

Simon has so many damn channels that he is his own paid advertisements lmao it's great I love all the things your channels are about keep em up buddy

My favorite Johnny Depp movie. He played him well

@theawesomeman9821

2 жыл бұрын

Though Johnny Depp looked nothing like the dude he was acting, I still picture Depp's face whenever I hear "John Dilinger".

@Switcharoo12

2 жыл бұрын

@@theawesomeman9821 but seeing them side by side I can see what Hollywood was going with, it's not like there's a bunch of Dillinger look alikes.

@dianafrost4835

2 жыл бұрын

Great movie!

@theawesomeman9821

2 жыл бұрын

@@Switcharoo12 I would have casted Josh Brolin instead

What’s weird about this is I’m watching the movie over this lmao

I love your channel you are awesome you have great content

They asked Simon how many channels he wanted. And he just said yes

My great-grandfather was a few blocks away at the time Dillinger was shot. Him and his cousin ran over there. They worked selling newspapers as kids. His cousin started collecting the blood on the ground and shouted “Souvenirs 25 cents!”

@billolsen4360

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, my mom had a friend in college who was around age 17 at the time who lived nearby and went over there and stood in his blood, so she claimed.

@bigdeal6852

10 ай бұрын

Oh yeah...I use to hang around John Dillinger. 👍

@coryb8432

6 ай бұрын

My nephew was John Dillinger

@Bucky12g

2 ай бұрын

I was John Dillinger.

My great uncle recently did one of those DNA test things to figure out where most of our family hailed from. Turns out, John Dillinger is my 4th cousin and now that I think about it, my grandfather (my moms dad) looks just like John. Like, if you put pictures of them next to each other you'd swear they were twins or at the very least very closely related. This blew us all away. Then we found out that our family actively tried to make his memory forgotten in our family. Which, I can see why they wanted to do that. Nobody really wants to be known as the relative of public enemy number 1. That would make it pretty hard to find a decent paying job. Thanks for sharing!

@kinggeorgev6471

2 жыл бұрын

That's amazing

@snakeking211

2 жыл бұрын

John use to stay on my great grandpas farm

@BackYardScience2000

2 жыл бұрын

​@@snakeking211 cool! That's amazing!

@snakeking211

2 жыл бұрын

Yea my family has a long history our distant relative was a leading pioneer in Virginia

@BackYardScience2000

2 жыл бұрын

​@@snakeking211 now that's even cooler! We originated from Bavarian royalty from the 15th and 16th century, but I guess our descendants gave all that up and came to America, starting out in North Carolina. Then migrating west and now we have relatives in nearly every state. They spread out a LOT and got involved with a lot of different people. Lots of history in my family. Some not so good and others that were actually really good and caring people. I guess you could say it's a grab bag of every type of person that you can think of. Thankfully, most everyone in the family are good people these days and nobody really has anything bad about them. or at least that we know about, anyways.

I was just studying up on the Dust Bowl, and saw a reference to him. Quite a nice video to find.

I work right down the street from where The First National Bank of East Chicago used to be. It was torn down in 2005 and replaced by a Walgreens. That Walgreens closed about 3 years ago and has been vacant since. A historical building was demolished for nothing... so sad

@meghanmisaliar

Жыл бұрын

I wouldn't consider that a "historical" site. It was just the location of ONE of their DOZENS of crimes. They're all over that part of the country.

@m.e.5482

Жыл бұрын

On Indianapolis Blvd n Chicago Ave?

@Famous_Athlete_Hashimoto

Жыл бұрын

@@m.e.5482 Yes

I loveeee your videos.

The old John Dillinger Museum in Indiana ABSOLUTELY scarred and fascinated me as a child. The bloody clothes he died in were neatly displayed on a chair and I can still see it decades later.

@bgko91880

2 жыл бұрын

My aunt by marriage dated him & her picture was in there

@DerptyDerptyDUM

2 жыл бұрын

@@bgko91880 Your aunt very likely scarred me as a child. 😅

Another channel? Simon, buddy, when do you sleep? I mean, Ima sub, I just fear that I'm enabling what might be a problem...

*in a Sorting Hat voice* ANOTHER CHANNEL?! I do like the sound of it though, and I love Simon, so I'm subscribing anyway XD

Apparently everyone that ever knew him is now in these comments.

@Dinkfod_Q_Oglethorpe

2 жыл бұрын

Between New Carlisle, Ohio and Crown Point, Indiana is about 225 miles (360 km) of rural farm communities where everybody is either related to or knows somebody related to just about everybody that has ever lived in the area.

Do one on william joyce lord haw-haw.

Fantastic video keep it up your doing amazing job

@Tim21368

2 жыл бұрын

You didn’t even watch the whole video jerk

Finally! Can’t believe it’s taken you this long to cover John Dillinger! But thank you also, I’ve always found him fascinating. Would be good to see a Baby Face Nelson one! Always felt like has been misrepresented as a one dimensional trigger happy lunatic. I’m sure there was more to him than what a lot of history describes. Great channel

Danny Greene would be an interesting candidate I think

fan of Biographics here! Can you do a series on industrialists in other countries (India, China, maybe? Jamsetji Tata would be great, (I have seen Carnegie, Ford, Rockefeller here)

My grandma told me that when she was in elementary school they weren’t allowed to play on part of the playground at school one day because it was on the main highway through town. They had reports that John Dillinger was in the area and they were worried that there could be a shoot out while he was trying to get out of town, this was in Lebanon Indiana.

@johnhenderson131

2 жыл бұрын

Wow, that must have been scary for a child and since your Grandmother never forgot that and told you her story, it obviously left a life time impression on her. 🐾

Michael Collins- Irish revolutionary. I think he would be a fascinating character. Very interesting story!

A biography about José de San Martín from Argentina would be awesome!!!!

Thanks to all involved for bringing us the great content!

If you like that time period, Tucson, Arizona has a annual Dillinger Days where people dress in period costume and there’s a mock gunfight. Lots of period music too.

You need a little section linking to all the background music you using these videos, I keep trying to find the original versions with no luck

Simon, we need a biographics on Dennis Nilsen!

You know when people get bored and they just buy something to keep them occupied for a bit? That's Simon with yt channels!!

slept in his hotel room at the hotel congress, we have dillinger days which is full of classic music, good drinks and everything dillinger related

I feel like it’s a game…. how many channels can Simon host? I don’t think we hit the limit yet… 😂

love that the FBI was BOI!!! xD Yeah boi! xD

Just how many channels do You have?

Huge fan. Can you do a video on Richard Sorge?

There’s a John Dilinger Slept Here tour in St. Paul.

My dad looked so much like Dillinger. It's weird that Dad even wound up moving us to Tucson where, in a way, he hid from the Law. Dad was a Canadian citizen living in the US illegally. Don't worry, after fathering 8 kids, Dad got his US citizenship granted by Congress. Only cost 10 grand in payoffs, in 1965.

@trent3872

2 жыл бұрын

He should have waited 55 years, crossed from the south, and gotten a million dollars, free food and healthcare for life, and a free flight to any city he wanted. Stolen elections have consequences.

I had a great uncle on my mom's side of the family that was at the theater when Dillinger was shot and got to see the whole thing go down

@meghanmisaliar

Жыл бұрын

Yeah. Ok. 👌

Moral of the story: Nobody cares if you are the nice guy

Something about a Dillinger Escape Plan sounds cool......looool

Went to Chicago a few years back. When I walked past the Biograph Theater, I stood where Dillinger was shot. Surreal experience. Cool, but surreal…

Voice as smooth as silk

Good video 👍

You should come out with a coffee table book, one page per person, would make for a great gift, a gift of knowledge

John Dillinger, the first GTA character.

Another role that Johnny Depp won’t be able to reprise! “Guilty till proven innocent”, the new American legal standard!

I would enjoy a Biographics video on “The Woman In Red.”

@duncancurtis1758

2 жыл бұрын

With Gene Wilder?

@meghanmisaliar

Жыл бұрын

Why? Anna Sage was nobody.

Sheriff - *What keeps you up at night* Dillinger - *Coffee*

Also, I swear Simon's beard gets more impressive every time..

“You know her dress was orange right?” - “hey man, nothing rhymes with orange”

some guy wrote a book claiming that was not Dillinger shot in Chicago. His name is Nash,i believe.

Just how many channels does Simon host now???

Just hit Play. This ought to be good!

Podcast please

He was from Mooresville, IN. It was my hometown. Bout 35 miles southwest of Indianapolis

I'd be interested to see one on Jesse James.

@meghanmisaliar

Жыл бұрын

I think he did him already.

Anybody know how many channels he's up to now?

Hey! I’m from Crown Point! The old jail is still there and is a known paranormal hot spot.

So that was the Dillinger escape plan!

Amazing video as always, Simon & Biogrphics Team! Can I suggest a bio on Paul Rusesabagina?

This man litterally has 100 youtube channels!!! Your AB-SO-LUTELY killing it Simeon!!!

I live in Tucson. Downtown and Hotel Congress promotes "Dillinger Days" for an excuse to drink 😆

What I always wonder about these characters is that they think they really can get away with these crimes.

@mwi3865

Жыл бұрын

Because a lot of the time they do. More then half of crimes never get solved. In Japan it’s more like 80%

So I feel like I’ve been waiting forever to say this, but my great great uncle was the getaway driver for John Dillinger and his gang for a time. So yeah, I’ve got a lame claim to fame. He wasn’t ever caught with them, but my grandmother loves to tell the story about how her Uncle Clyde drove the car for him

@bravebeard6225

2 жыл бұрын

I call bullsh*t

@foam3132

2 жыл бұрын

Could be true thou. Kronker, who told you the story?

@jejbsh2191

2 жыл бұрын

I sold them the car they drove

@ellisd3165

2 жыл бұрын

So your grandpa was the dillinger escape plan? Bitchin.

@yungwaco

2 жыл бұрын

I am the uncle it's true

interesting and informative. orator presented the documentary very well~! good assortment of sill/motion pictures enabling views to better understand what the orator was describing. unfortunately pierpont was a little trigger happy/along with baby face nelson. had they went further west to los angeles population 1.2 million as opposed to tucson 40 K. they would have blended in and probably have not been rounded up-? special thanks to dillinger & associates who made this documentary possible.

Indiana resident here: there is always a legend or two of one of John Dillinger's staches being somewhere around Martinsville for his family. Nothing verifiable, but always fun to imagine.

My mother named our childhood dog after him. I had no idea who he was as a kid.

10:15 this is so tangential but I only now realized what the title of the book Of Mice and Men means

I live in Michigan city in and before I was born 2 of the fbis most wanted were in my town. John dillinger and al capone. Capone had a house in the shape of a gun. Crazy!

Public enemy no 1

Warren Oates and Johnny Depp were the most well known actors to portray Dillinger, both played him excellently in different movie eras....1973, the time when the USA is in the Vietnam nightmare and 2013, the time when movies are going digital.

gonna be weird hearing about my area in this video

If you want to go on a Criminal kick, I'd love to hear your telling of the story of the Kelly Gang

@dianafrost4835

2 жыл бұрын

That would be a good one!

Dillinger looks sooo much like Vermin from Johnny Dangerously lol (yes, I know that it's technically the other way around. But every time they show the pic of him in the suit, that's where my mind goes. Lol)

17:47 BARS

LOL I had to look and see if I was on Biographics or Casual Criminalist for a minute...

Awsome

My great grandfather Detective Henry Cummings was the man who shot Dillinger at the Lincoln Court Apartments in St. Paul. Timestamp 15:50 in the video.

@Altroante

2 жыл бұрын

My great great uncle Officer Richard Wanking was the man who took Dillinger to jail at Crown Point Indiana.

@MrGroganmeister

2 жыл бұрын

Was that a gun in his pocket or was he pleased to see…

My grandfather, who's dad was a truckedr from OK, sang and danced for the dillinger gang as a kid

@meghanmisaliar

Жыл бұрын

Yep. Sure. 👌

Oh yes! I've been waiting for this one! John Dillinger is one of my favorite people from history

Strange I just watched “public enemy” 2 days ago

Can you do a biographic on hone heke

I'm late to the party but I wanted to share this. My parents grew up in northern Minnesota during the 1920's and '30's. Gangsters would live in the hills at times near there. By doing so they could scurry over into Canada to evade law enforcement should the need arise. My Mom said at times when going to the nearest town to pick up odds and ends they would see the gun molls doing the same. The men would send their women who weren't wanted by the law. It was easy to identify the women who were dressed to the nines in colorful clothing. During the depression they made quite an impression.

For more information about what happened to the three main gang members, Harry Pierpont and John Mackey were sentenced to death for the murder of the sherrif and Russell Clark got life without parole after his lawyer talked the jury into clemency. On September 22nd 1934, Mackley and Pierpont led a failed escape attempt where Mackley was gunned down but Pierpont survived. On October 17th 1934, at 12:14AM, Harry Pierpont was fried at Lucasvile Prison.

When will Simon Whistler do an Auto-Bio?