Diggin' up Dillenger

[GunnyGene]

Relatives want him dug up for some reason.

Excerpt:

https://www.foxnews.com/us/john-dillinger-to-be-exhumed

The remains of notorious 1930s gangster John Dillinger – reportedly entombed beneath 5,000 pounds of concrete at an Indianapolis cemetery – are set to be exhumed decades after the infamous killer was gunned down by FBI agents.

The Indiana State Department of Health approved a permit July 3 that was sought by Dillinger’s nephew, Michael C. Thompson, and will result in the body being exhumed from Crown Hill Cemetery and then reinterred there, the Associated Press reported.

It’s not immediately clear why the body is set to be dug up, but Health Department spokeswoman Jeni O’Malley says the agency expects Dillinger’s remains to be exhumed and reinterred Sept. 16, based on the permit. The Crown Hill Cemetery says it has no information regarding the plans.

 

[Pat-inCO]

Maybe they will bury him with Al Capone. :roll:

:wink:

 

[WestTex]

Reunite him with his private part?

 

[Gator89]

Register him to vote.

 

[coach]

Register him to vote.

:lol:

 

[nvbirdman]

I wonder if they'll find Jimmy Hoffa down there.

 

[CGDustDevil]

The motivation is apparently part of a TV show coming up on the life and times of Dillinger. There are conspiracy theorists who (for whatever reason) claim that Dillinger isn't even buried there. Apparently this exhumation is to finally put those theories to bed.

And to make money of course. (Not necessarily in that order!)

 

[bogus bill]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6AaHrOYpi0

 

[coach]

Was it really Dillinger that Melvin Purvis shot and killed?
https://www.historicmysteries.com/john-dillinger-die/

 

[TRanger]

Was it really Dillinger that Melvin Purvis shot and killed?
https://www.historicmysteries.com/john-dillinger-die/

Purvis didn’t kill Dillinger. Charles Winstead, Clarence Hurt, and Herman Hollis fired the shots.

 

[coach]

I guess my memory failed me or I shouldn’t get my history from the movies.

 

[57springer]

Was it really Dillinger that Melvin Purvis shot and killed?
https://www.historicmysteries.com/john-dillinger-die/

We have these same stories of Jesse James as well :?:

 

[wolfsong]

Was it really Dillinger that Melvin Purvis shot and killed?
https://www.historicmysteries.com/john-dillinger-die/

We have these same stories of Jesse James as well :?:

And Billy the Kid aka William Bonney....

 

[bogus bill]

Hitler and Dillinger would be dead by old age by now anyway. Adolph would be 130 and Dillinger would be 116. I doubt they are living in Argentina or Montana. Butch Cassidy would be a 133, and Sundance 132.

 

[mistermills357]

That seems like an excessive amount of concrete to use, to entomb him. Maybe they were afraid that he was coming back. :twisted: