John Dillinger's Shoot Out in St. Paul Apartments!
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- Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
- Jeff visits the Lincoln Court Apartments in St. Paul, Minnesota where on March 31, 1934 bank robber John Dillinger had a shoot out with federal agents and a local police officer. Dillinger had just busted out of the prison at Crown Point, Indiana and made his way to the Twin Cities where crime was flourishing.
He escaped the building and eventually made his way to Little Bohemia Lodge in Wisconsin where yet another shoot-out occurred.
Then in July, Dillinger was gunned down in the streets of Chicago, Illinois.
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Another great video, Jeff!! The newspaper story about the reclusive widow who died in poverty but had an estate worth $240,000 really caught my attention. That would be over $5,000,000.
I’m an historian and always like delving into the dirty 30’s. Public Enemies is one of my favorite movies.
Jimmy Caknee and Boogie
Way over the top with the cop killing but yeah it is a film .
@@jamescorlett5272 Well Baby Face Nelson still holds the record for most federal agents killed which is 26.
@zcam1969 26 dead on the spot but your forgetting the law men who went on to meet their maker years after just taking a look at Baby Faces mugshot .
husband speaking age 81 Not quite old enough to have lived through those exciting times. This was an interesting little peak into a small
chapter of his life - his last few months and his girl friend was lucky to have survived. Coffee and Jeff in the morning - raining now in Everett, Wa.
Too bad it’s raining on you. We are on day 2 of seeing sunny Yosemite! Thanks for watching this video with us!
Yet again, Perfect timing. Anything Dillinger era is interesting! Thanks for taking us along sir and To all fellow vets. Past and present. Bless you all on the Memorial Day weekend.
Jeff would you fufill my suggestion by visiting the grave of John philip sousa please and you are the sweetest kindest most special guy on youtube♥️♥️
Dillinger going toe to toe with FBI agents to his demise. I like the trip upstairs as you were winded when hitting the top. I love the realism, Jeff.
My mother was 5 years old and living in St Paul at the time of this incident. Thanks again for a great eoisode of history. Learning about crime history has become a new interest for us!
For some reason, I assumed JD was a lot older than he was when he was 'active' (born in 1903).
I frequently drive north on Lexington home to avoid the freeway traffic, and seeing that old apartment and recalling its history always gives me a smile.
Great video.
Dillinger certainly looked a lot older than he really was. I think that’s true of many folks back then. I look at my parent’s yearbook and think to myself, these teenagers look 25 years old! lol
Glad you appreciate the history up there in Minnesota! Such a lovely state!
Enjoyable episode! How nice you could get into the apartment building! A long time ago I saw the 1973 movie Dillinger. It starred Warren Oates and Michelle Phillips. Michelle was one of 4 singers in the 1960’s folk-rock band The Mamas and the Papas (California Dreaming, Monday Monday). After the group disbanded she became an actress. The car you showed (or one like it) was used in the movie and in publicity photos. Thank you, Jeff, well done!
Watching your videos adds to my bucket list. The shoot out coverage, seeing inside where it took place, this story was informative, educational, and very intriguing. Well rounded story that keeps people that love history enrapture. Again Jeff, super work, thanks for the video.
I thank you very much for those nice and generous words! I think this location was perfect for my audience and I hope everyone watches!
Dillinger has always been fascinating to me.Thanks for this cool story and places!
Wow, what a great video, taking us directly into history! I’ve seen documentaries take you to the theater where he was killed but never his apartment and the circumstances that happened there. Great job. Thank you so much!
You did an outstanding job researching this episode. You always make your topics so interesting and entertaining. Thank you ❤
Thank you so much! It’s a labor of love for me (Jeff).
Thank you Jeff for this presentation on Dillinger's life and death. I didn't know that information about the apartment.
Thanks, Cameron! I appreciate the nice review!
Wow! I didn't know the history. Another good one, Jeff! Cheers 🍻
Wow! What a life he led. Glad to see the building is still there and being used. The houses in that area are beautiful!
Thank you for the history!
The building doesn’t look over 100 years old but it is!
Been catching up with you. Watching past post. Love how you weave it all together. My step dad was a bouncer at a speak easy in Lockport, IL. Took me there later in life. I do wonder whatever happened to the kid with the shotgun. Would've been cool to hear his thoughts. Reward possibly or just felt duty bound.😊
Thanks for sharing, Jeff and Sarah
Thanks for sharing this piece of history
Our pleasure! Thanks for watching, David!
This was a great episode! It’s amazing the neighborhood looks so good. Even more so that the apartment building is still standing and in use. Shocked that those old cars are parked outside and not in a museum.
Have a great Memorial Day Weekend!
He robbed 4 Police Stations? WOW! Great video as usual Jeff. I appreciate your efforts on all of these historical videos!
Loved the video, Jeff! You do a great job! That era in the 30’s is really interesting.
Born and raised in Minnesota. Moved to California when I turned 18. I am really loving your Minnesota series. Keep up the good work man! You still need that PBS show.
PBS … hello …. I’m waiting … pick up, pick up? Leave a message? Don’t call us? We’ll call you? What? lol
Another super intriguing episode Jeff! Thank you so much, -Nina.
Thanks so much, Nina. Hope you are enjoying our channel!!!
I live 20 minutes from Dillingers grave and 45 minutes from Mooresville, Indiana. Dillinger is still mentioned even in today's era. Great video as always Jeff.
Thanks
Jeff, Greenfield, Indiana
Hey Jeff, Wabasha was also the setting for two of the greatest movies of all time, starring Jack Lemmon, Walter Mathau: Grumpy Old Men and Grumpier Old Men. Released 1993 and 1995. You probably knew that, but didn't feel to include it this video. Great work as always. Be seeing ya!
No, I actually did not know that because I didn’t watch that movie. I tried and it didn’t speak to me.
@@jbenziggy Try again, now you are older you might enjoy them. But if you don't like Lemmon and Mathau then it's no use. I love 'em. Seen every movie they did together.
No, totally different places. Wabaha is a town about 100 miles downriver from St Paul. Wabasha cave is on St. Paul's west side. There's a Wabasha St. downtown St. Paul that also has lots of gangster history from the same era. All were named after the Lakota Chief Wabasha.
@@tomfields3682 Yes, they used several places. Like it says about the production: The cast and crew arrived in Minnesota in January 1993 but had to wait to start shooting until February 2 because of a lack of snowfall. Interior scenes were filmed at the Paisley Park Studios while St. Paul, Faribault, and Center City doubled as Wabasha. The ice-shanty scenes were shot on Lake Rebecca. Filming wrapped on June 23, 1993, after a delay of several months when Matthau contracted pneumonia while filming a fight scene with Lemmon in subzero temperatures.
I truly enjoy ur videos!! Great job!!
Thank you so much, Joyce! I appreciate the nice compliment!
This sure was interesting. I have heard about this but I didn't know exactly how it happened. I am glad that I got to see this. Love this channel ❤️ 💕
Makes me wonder! Another Awesome history brought to light Thanks for sharing Jeff
Great episode Jeff. Thanks
Jeff , wonderful documentary , Thank´s
Great Vlog Jeff, I've always been Fascinated by the Outlaws of the early 1930's...Baby Face, Pretty Boy, and Particularly John Dillinger.👍
Hey , thanks for another great episode.
Thanx again !
Our pleasure! Thank you, Red!!
Hello Jeff, Happy Sunday, and thanks for sharing this interesting story about John Dillinger. Have a wonderful day.
Thanks, you too!
Another great video. So cool you got to go upstairs.
Excellent detective work on your part Jeff... I never get tired of looking back into the past... Best wishes and ..................... Cheers!
Thanks, you too!
Interesting stuff as always Jeff...Thanks for sharing!!!!
Thanks for watching!
Very interesting story Jeff, I really enjoyed learning some things I didn’t know about Dillinger
Great history! Thanks so much for sharing .
Our pleasure! Thank you!!!
Very interesting, thank you for going to the location and giving us a vicarious rundown on the events. I lived it. ❤👍
You have paid me a great compliment and I thank you!
This video was AWESOME Jeff ! THANK you for this one ( it's different type of video but awesome ) THANK YOU FRANK FROM MONTANA......
I appreciate you saying it was awesome! I try to be different when I can and cover places few have featured!
Very interesting! I never knew this story. thank you for bringing it to us.
Glad you enjoyed it!
When I work in Lima, Ohio, our office is in the old Sheriff's jail building. Dillinger was being held there when members of his gang sprung him on October 12, 1933. The "rescuers" murdered the sheriff, Jess Sarber. Pretty creepy to walk thru the abandoned cell block knowing one of them held Dillinger.
Thank You
enjoy your videos...History is fascinating, no matter what the topic is. Thank you for sharing...
Our pleasure! Thanks!!
Thanks for another Great Video.
Thank you for another interesting piece of History Jeff. I really enjoy your investigations & all the Hard Work you put into your videos
Looking forward to more of History Hunters while you're back East ❤
Great episode... thanks
Loved this one Jeff..actually a nice neighborhood and apartment building in MN there..as always much love to You and Sarah!!
Great video! Do you ever venture to the East Coast of USA?
I actually live about 3 ish blocks away from this apartment building. I knew one of the apartments nearby was tied to him, and now I know exactly which one. Thanks for this very information video.
Thanks for sharing!
Thanks Jeff, very informative and interesting video. I had no idea about this shootout. 👍👍👍
It’s not well known for some reason!
Love your Docs !! Did you ever go to Little Bohemia for more Vids? Did you ever go to Al Capones hide out near Hayward Wis.
Never did get to go there!
Thank you for climbing those stairs. I would have stopped on the first floor! Great video
This video was researched very well and presented in such a professional manner. Thsnk you
🤪 thanks!
another awesome video . Great job Jeff
Thanks for watching!
Great episode
ANOTHER OUTSTANDING EPISODE JEFF.
THANK YOU.
Thank you, Zack! Glad you liked it!
Another great start to my Monday morning, here in Singapore 😅 Well done Jeff, another great history story.
Hey Wayne! How is life? We always appreciate you as a special viewer! Tomorrow the U.S. celebrates the Memorial Day holiday so we get a day off work!
@@jbenziggy Hello Jeff, we enjoyed 2 days off last week, Monday & Wednesday. Today is a working day for us, sadly. Enjoy your long weekend. Hope people still appreciate and respect your Memorial Day, as we thankfully still do with our ANZAC Day and the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month.
I live in Plainfield, IN. It's right next to Mooresville and go by his house almost every day. If you ever get around this area I'll be glad to show you where the home is located plus other little facts.
Thank you Jeff interesting video.
Glad you enjoyed it!! Thanks, James!
Another GR8 HH "fix" for my week!!! Thanks Jeff! ~Chris
Right on!
Your videos are very interesting I think you are doing a great job
Thank you very much!
SOMETIMES I S..GOOD TO LEARN BAD HISTORY.....THANKS JEFF AND SARAH 😊😊
Definitely! This is what happens when you take things that aren’t yours!
what was the door for 302? Half door to where? Love this history video!
Very Good Jeff . Interesting 🙌🙌🙌☘️☘️☘️
I had family living in similar apartment buildings in Minneapolis in 1934. So interesting to see the incinerator chute and what appeared to have been a trash chute down the shoot-out hallway. 😂
As always, thank you Jeff and Sarah for another wonderful informative video 😊 12:36
Minneapolis-St. Paul do a Gangster tour that is fabulous. It’s starts at the caves and travels by bus around the twin cities showing all the gangster hangouts, including the Dillinger apartment. Prohibition was actually signed into law at the Landmark building in St. Paul across from the St. Paul Hotel.
Thanks, super interesting history that no one would have covered. Seems like the FBI guys weren't the best in those days letting him get out like that.
I think you do fantastic accurate reporting and good dialogue on Story theme I want you all the time and I think you're fabulous keep up the hard work and don't let the other silly comments let you down
I appreciate the very nice compliments, Danny! Bless you!
Bryan Burroughs, Public Enemies. I think it’s a great book to read and listen to.
I suppose the placement of Dillinger’s corner apartment was advantageous when it came time to escape. It did seem a little exposed and was probably noisy. Interesting story.
I feel I missed a chance to meet you as I live in St. Paul. Anyway, since there are no places named after Dillinger I assume the city considers it unethical as he was a lawless person. Yet they now have streets, a city corner and a day named after George Floyd. He had a criminal record a mile long. I think that's crazy.
Like the saying goes, "Why should I get a job when you already have one?"
Hope you were able to visit Northfield and the James gang story
I wanted to but we just had a lot to do in our relatively short time. Maybe in a return visit to the area!
I applied for a apt in that building. Also a Ma Barker apt.
After the back door he took and ran left he rented a garage spot from a house a few down (west) in the alley. The car was backed out wrong John had it pulled back in and backed out.
I wouldn’t put much into the boy story as I understand the timeline was very short in running. Or limping…
But it’s still on the table.
I wasn’t there. Cool history there in St Paul.
Good video thanks.
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks!
Jeff can you tell weather a viewer watches all of your video or just several minutes of it ?
Awesome!!!! Thanks for sharing that with us!!!!!!! 16:05
Glad you enjoyed it!!!
Great video, I love anything that has to do with Dillinger just went to his grave and car show a few days ago.
That's awesome! How did you like this one?
@@jbenziggy Thoroughly enjoyed this and very detailed. Was so awesome to see original location and kind of relive what it would have been like.
Excellent. Always so good. You bring it to life. Fox Mulder.
Wow, thank you!
Public Enemies is a great book about this era. When I read it, I look up the addresses in the book on Google maps and see if they are still there.
Did you know about this apartment complex?
@@jbenziggy I remember the story but not the address.
Very interesting
🙂Good Story🙂👍thank you !
Thank you too!
Wow! Getting support from Bill Engvall! That's a nice feather in your cap, Jeff. 👍
Well it’s not the Bill you are thinking of. Same name, different person but I should have let you believe it. 😂
Awesome!
Thanks!
I enjoyed it,love Snoopy
LOL ! No sign to indicate what happened at those apartments.
My family is from St. Paul.
There are many Peanuts statues all over St Paul. Charles Schultz was a St Paul legend!
I’ve heard Al Capone had a place here. Anybody know?
That was a good video
Thank you for watching and the comment!
I live close to this location. Nice vid 👍
Cool, thanks! We love Minnesota!
Great job Jeff
Thanks! I was hoping this one would get a lot more views than it did. Maybe folks don’t know who he is but not many UA-camrs have thought about doing this one!
@@jbenziggy hi Jeff, my wife and I took a trip around Lake Michigan and I managed to take a side trip to little Bohemia. I love the history of Dillinger and all them guys back in the day. I knew this was my one shot to check it out. 3 hour detour but worth every minute. Checking off the bucket list 😀you do great work and I love your appreciation for American history. A lost art unfortunately
Thanks for all of the locations that help to round out the story. Everyone knows about Dillinger's demise at the theater, but your efforts in photos, documents, and places make a book out of a front page headline. Bravo!
Dillinger’s right hand man was Homer Van Meter. According to my mother, she was a 2nd cousin of Van Meter. She met him once, and rode in her uncle’s car to Chicago to pick him up and bring him to Ft. Wayne. At the time, she had no idea he was wanted by the FBI, and knew nothing about his connection to Dillinger. I was never able to confirm any of this, but my mom told me that story, then never mentioned it again. Van Meter is buried at Lindenwood Cemetery in Ft. Wayne.
He was shot to death by the St. Paul police at University and Rice St
It is great to see you branching out to the farther corners of the USA to feature such amazing historical events. You actually reported from inside the apartment building where Dillinger stayed and had a shootout! Wow!!
It was a thrill to be there! Can you imagine what the tenants in that place were doing? Ducking for cover?
Was the guy that let you in aware of the history of where he lived? Great video Jeff!
Yes he knew about it!!
You need to come to Newhall California. Do an episode of Gene Vincent. His grave is here and many others. Plus the actor William S Hart Mansion is next over and Charlie Chaplin, Gene Autry artifacts at the haunted Saugus Train Station located in the William S Hart park!!
my uncle's uncle was Martin Zarkovich, East Chicago police sergeant. He allegedly assassinated Dillinger, but it was actually a look-alike Jimmy Lawrence. Zarkovich gave Dillinger the gun at Crown Point jail. Zarkovich ended up being chef of police. My grandfather was friends with Dillinger and his gang hung out in his store in East Chicago. check out the book the Dillinger Dossier by Jay Robert Nash
Another great video, thank you Jeff! As you eluded to, I have never understood how criminals of the era were so often able to shoot it out with arrest teams and escape. Nowadays attempting such would be simple suicide. I'm not entirely sure what has changed. Law enforcement back then certainly had guns, and I presume knew they should cover the back of buildings?