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'''John Dillinger''' (1903-1934) was a gangster, murderer and bank-robber in the Depression-era [[United States]]<ref>http://www.fbi.gov/libref/historic/famcases/dillinger/dillinger.htm</ref>.   

'''John Dillinger''' (1903-1934) was a gangster, murderer and bank-robber in the Depression-era [[United States]]<ref>http://www.fbi.gov/libref/historic/famcases/dillinger/dillinger.htm</ref>.   

Dillinger gang pulled over a dozen bank jobs, and stole hundreds of thousands of dollars. A dozen victims--police, FBI agents, gangsters, and civilians--were killed in his rampage.  

The  Dillinger gang pulled over a dozen bank jobs, and stole hundreds of thousands of dollars. A dozen victims--police, FBI agents, gangsters, and civilians--were killed in his rampage.  

In 1933-34, an era that witnessed the rise of celebrity outlaws like Baby Face Nelson, Pretty Boy Floyd, and Bonnie and Clyde, Dillinger was the most famous and flamboyant of them all. Reporters rushed to describe the man and his misdeeds--spicing their accounts with exaggerated tales of his swashbuckling bravado and cool daring. The newspapers and newsreels thus provided Americans worn down by the Great Depression with a salacious mix of sex and violence that proved irresistible.  

In 1933-34, an era that witnessed the rise of celebrity outlaws like Baby Face Nelson, Pretty Boy Floyd, and Bonnie and Clyde, Dillinger was the most famous and flamboyant of them all. Reporters rushed to describe the man and his misdeeds--spicing their accounts with exaggerated tales of his swashbuckling bravado and cool daring. The newspapers and newsreels thus provided Americans worn down by the Great Depression with a salacious mix of sex and violence that proved irresistible.