#222 | John Dillinger - American Bank Robber

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He was the most famous bank robber in American history and is still thought of as a Robin Hood-type figure in popular culture.

Learn about how John Dillinger went from a quiet life to becoming America's Public Enemy Number One, and how the law finally caught up with him.

• The early life of John Dillinger: a naughty but not inherently bad boy • Moving out of the city to stay out of trouble • Being arrested for car theft and joining the navy • Briefly getting his life back on track • Meeting Ed Singleton and planning his first robbery • The robbery that went wrong and subsequent arrest • Being advised badly and going to prison for 9 years • "I will be the meanest bastard you ever saw when I get out of here" • Learning how to rob banks while in prison • Being released from prison and returning to a life of crime • Being arrested again and then rescued by friends from prison • Going on the run and starting the bank-robbing spree • Being arrested (again) and breaking out of prison by making a fake gun • Being chased by the FBI • Making front-page news • Growing a moustache, dyeing his hair, then having plastic surgery • Being betrayed by Anna Sage • The final cinema trip of John Dillinger • The legacy of John Dillinger

Full interactive transcript, subtitles and key vocabulary available on the website: https://www.leonardoenglish.com/podcasts/john-dillinger

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Release date

Lydbog: 24. december 2021