Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo Credit: American Stock Archive via Getty Images Notorious American gangster John Dillinger rose to power during the Great ...

John Dillinger was one of the USA’s most infamous gangsters who operated during the Great Depression. He led the Dillinger Gang to commit horrific acts such as robberies and murders. This gang ...

Scott Abdallah stands next to the original vault of the historic Security National Bank and Trust, now Johnson, Janklow and Abdallah, LLP, pictured on Monday, Feb. 24, 2025, in Sioux Falls. The bank ...

Jan. 22, 1934 — a Monday — a fire broke out at the Hotel Congress downtown. Holed up on the hotel’s third floor that fateful night were Russell Clark and Charles Makley, a couple members of the ...

America’s outlaw era has always carried a strange mix of history, violence, folklore, and fascination. While the crimes ...

On the afternoon of Jan. 29, 1934, Pima County Sheriff John Belton and Under-Sheriff C.S. Farrar entered gangster John Dillinger's jail cell to manacle the outlaw in preparation for extradition. They ...

Last Updated on October 7, 2025 by Matt Staff But behind the smoke and swagger was a harsher truth. These men and women lived fast, hunted by both the police and their own people. The rare photographs ...

A .45-caliber Thompson submachine gun stolen by members of John Dillinger's gang has been returned after more than 80 years. Three FBI special agents from Indiana presented the weapon to Auburn, Ind., ...

In the 1930s, the days when tumbleweeds replaced parking garages, John Dillinger and his gang of hooligans became infamous for robbing over $200,000 from banks nationwide, killing three police ...

June 22: John Herbert Dillinger is born in Indianapolis. His father, John Wilson Dillinger, owns a grocery store. April 12: Dillinger marries 16-year-old Beryl Hovious. May: J. Edgar Hoover is ...

June 22: John Herbert Dillinger is born in Indianapolis. His father, John Wilson Dillinger, owns a grocery store. April 12: Dillinger marries 16-year-old Beryl Hovious. May: J. Edgar Hoover is ...