#222 | John Dillinger - American Bank Robber

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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