Is That John Dillinger Buried in Dillinger's Grave?-- Part 2

The evidence that John Dillinger wasn't buried there is the non-match of eye color, the ear shape and protrusion from the head, the finger prints did not match, the existence of a heart condition and non-match of anterior teeth  according to the affidavit.

Dillinger supposedly had plastic surgery to be done to alter his appearance while he was on the run.

The plan for exhumation had originally been part of a History Channel network documentary, but they pulled out of the project in September

But lawyers for Crown Hill Cemetery say Indiana law gives the cemetery veto power on any exhumation.

Well, Was He or Wasn't He?  --Cooter

Is That John Dillinger Buried In John Dillinger's Grave?-- Part 1

From the November 30, 2019, Chicago Sun-Times "Cemetery seeks to keep body in Dillinger's grave"by John Seidel.

"When it comes to whether the body inside 1930s gangster John Dillinger's grave will actually be exhumed, Indianapolis' Crown Hill Cemetery says it has the last word.

"And the cemetery says it refuses to open the grave for 'a decades-old conspiracy theory that Dillinger was not, in fact, shot and killed by the FBI, properly identified by his family or buried at Crown Hill in 1934.' "

But, the case might ultimately be decided by a judge.

Meanwhile, the Indiana State Department of Health has given approval for the exhumation to move forward on New Year's Eve.

Two of Dillinger's descendants made national news this past summer when they said they had evidence that the person fatally shot outside Chicago's Biograph Theater on July 22, 1934, may not have been Dillinger.

--Cooter

10 Obscure Films Immortalized For All the Wrong Reasons--- Part 1: "Manhattan Melodrama"

From the October 11, 2013, Listverse.

10.  Clownhouse (1989)  Horror film made infamous by child molestation.

9.  The Other Side of Midnight (1977)  Its flop allowed "Star Wars" to become the huge hit that it did.

8.  Manhattan Melodrama (1934)  The film John Dillinger saw before he was gunned down.

7.  War Is Hell (1963)  The movie was showing where Lee Harvey Oswald was captured.

6.  Promises! Promises! (1963)  Helped get Hugh Heffner arrested.

--Cooter

Thanks to Depp, JD's Hot Again

Thanks to Johnny Depp's "Public Enemies" movie, the prices of John Dillinger items at auction have really increased dramatically. The August 5th Chicago Tribune had an article by Colleen Mastony "Depp film adds to Dillinger's Draw."

She said that in July, a letter penned by Dillinger sold for $60,400, more than ten times the preauction estimate. At the same auction, a revolver used in the shootout at the Biograph Theater sold for triple what was expected, $36,400.

A derringer pistol found in his sock during a 1934 arrest sold for $95,600, more than double.

The State Theatre in South Bend, Indiana went up for auction last month with a starting price of $600,000, but was taken off the block. It still has bullet holes from a Dillinger shootout.

This past April, I saw Dillinger's grave in Indianapolis. Very plain, but I did like the coins people had placed on it.

This is a Stick Up. --Cooter