Continuing our Dillinger series in honor of Johnny Depp coming to Chicago to start as Dillinger in “Public Enemies,” here a bit on our very favorite piece of Dillinger lore. In a 2008 post, I noted that to break out of prison with an obviously-fake gun, Dillinger must have had balls the size of church Read More…
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Gangs at the Congress Hotel
Few of the older hotels in town have never had a murder – most of them have played host to at least one. The Drake had the “woman in black” murder that we wrote about here a month or so ago. There was a really grisly stabbing at the Palmer House in the early 70s Read More…
Like going back in time
Last night, we had something on the tour that sure doesn’t happen every day: A Johnny Depp sighting. One of the blocks down which we often travel has been rebuilt to look about as it did in 1934 for the filming of Public Enemies, a movie about John Dillinger, who was shot and killed on Read More…
The Legend of Dillinger’s Ding-a-Ling
Continuing our Dillinger series in honor of Johnny Depp coming to Chicago to start as Dillinger in “Public Enemies,” here a bit on our very favorite piece of Dillinger lore. In the last post, I noted that to break out of prison with an obviously-fake gun, Dillinger must have had balls the size of church Read More…
John Dillinger’s Great Escape
In honor of Johnny Depp coming to town to film a Dillinger movie, Public Enemies, here’s a post about John Dillinger’s great escape. In 1934, Dillinger, America’s favorite bank robber, was imprisoned in Indiana, awaiting trial and a sure death sentence. But he carved a fake gun out of wood and used it to break Read More…