Catching America's Most Wanted Man

[@Thoughty2]

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[@Rip_overseer]

First to comment here!

[@Gambo8807]

No, thank you for all the hard work on the videos!

[@Maven0666]

Ah,42 there. So cute and smart. I love your work and I'm grateful I found you. The algorithm is brutal communism.

[@njoyingtube1]

GREAT CHANNEL APPRECIATED , The so called bad people won't be good , till the so called good people stop being bad . Compliance is futile when those WHO despise you decide if it's ENOUGH !

[@michaelcaywood6070]

You forgot about Trump,sir. He’s modern America’s Most Wanted.

[@aethea_music]

The gun made of wood thingy: What wasn't mentioned in this video is that the wooden gun was also coated in shoe-polish, therefore giving it a shiny, black appearance that could be easily mistaken for a gun without a closer look

[@iamaxel5238]

The guy is a complete legend

[@oracleofdelphi4533]

I spent a couple of seconds wondering what they would use (obviously couldn't be left uncolored). I assumed it would have been machine grease, oil or soot. Didn't realize they'd have access to shoe polish. Thanks for clarifying.

[@hedgehog1965uk]

Yes, I was wondering why that wasn't mentioned.

[@Tog84two97]

​@oracleofdelphi4533 From what I've been told... You can still get shoe/ boot polish is prison today... It's a lot harder now than it used to be but still possible...

[@AceMoonshot]

Yeah, that whole story has been challenged over the years. Depending on who you believe. Some say a real gun was smuggled in, and since only one person could have done it, he made up the story to cover for them. Another story was the gun was actually made out of soap, not wood. That a wooden version of the gun was made afterward as a joke by an admirer. So by now, it is a "print the myth" story so who knows. It has been a long time since I researched all this but I seem to recall another criminal tried the same trick later and got shot full of holes.

[@CosmicCannabist]

I did a report on John Dillinger's life in middle school. When I shared what he went through, it shocked my class. My teacher ended my presentation early, but I got an 100 for having such a detailed report of his life. 🤓

[@myscreen2urs]

Sounds like you got censored and bribed with perfect marks as hush.... Grades🤔🙃

[@CosmicCannabist]

@@myscreen2urs I do agree at that thought. Those that did read it said it was a really good report.

[@monicajane7888]

Well done!! Elton John’s song Danny Bailey is a great song about gangsters.

[@F8Tributo]

​@@myscreen2urs"Censorsed"

[@johnmichaels4330]

Great job. Thats always a nice story to have.

[@garrysekelli6776]

The idea of a group of bank robbers going on vacation to Tuskan Arizona is particularly hilarious.

[@youtubeuser206]

Its called a Tucson (two-sawn) 😂

[@njlkerins]

Would that have made them Tusken Raiders?

[@Rce12808]

Tuscan

[@garrysekelli6776]

@@youtubeuser206 yup. Even the original name of that city which is like something out of a gay pornographic film, where the dominant male actor orders the submissive male actor to "tuck son" it still gives me cringes.

[@tincupnickleboythe1st700]

Yea, and who was the organiser behind that one ???

[@vilkolaine5404]

thank you 2. I am a elder man born in finland, now 60 years old. most of your stories, almost every of, are very familiar or well-known to me. still, modern style to express, your catching speak and performance, love it. keep posting

[@AceMoonshot]

Just a couple of things... Dillinger has been mispronounced since his outlaw days. First by the media and then by everyone else. It was the German pronunciation. But apparently they thought it sounded like Derringer. It didn't. More like, Deline-gur. While Dillinger was famous for the method of bank robbing that he used, he didn't create it. That goes, at least in part, to Herman Lamm and old 'Dad' Landy. Landy was reputed to have ridden with Butch Cassidy and Lamm was known for the Lamm Technique. They taught it to Clark and iirc, Makley. Or maybe it was Dietrich. While in prison together. Lamm and Landy killed themselves. They had robbed a bank with the aforementioned Clark, Makley or Dietrich. The robbery itself was a success. The escape, not so much. After a comedy-of-errors-botched-escape attempt, they were surrounded by the posse. Rather than surrender, they killed themselves rather than go back to prison. The others did surrender though. It was while in prison for this robbery that they taught the method to Dillinger and the rest. The only thing that I think Dillinger thought up was putting hostages on the running boards of the cars as they left town. But who knows if it was actually him. The reason the fireman recognized the gang after the hotel fire was because the gang offered him a lot of money to rescue the bags with the loot. It raised suspicions. The police raid on the lodge was infamous for the cops shooting and killing innocent people. It was that gunfire that warned the gang and allowed them to escape. And yeah... Dillinger was one of the least bloodthirsty of the depression era outlaws. His gang killed a bunch. Mostly Nelson iirc. But Dillinger was only charged with one murder of a police officer. That he shot only after the cop shot him in the chest. But there was no proof that he even did that. Hence why the charges were dropped. He seemed to follow the belief that the more you kill, the more heat will come down on you. Apparently he had the cop that shot him in the leg dead to rights but seeing the cop's gun was empty, let him live.

[@davidanderson_surrey_bc]

Your posting should be getting a LOT more reads and likes. This is the sort of stuff I really enjoy seeing in a KZbin comments section. Not endless streams of mindless emojis.

[@AceMoonshot]

@@davidanderson_surrey_bc Thank you. I wanted to add more but I figured the post was already getting too long. Like how Dillinger's preferred vehicle was not the Ford but the Hudson Terraplane 8 cylinder. But Ford were common and they did steal them at times. Clyde Barrow though, was a big fan of the Ford.

[@JoeRogansForehead]

Fun fact : Lamm was kicked out of the Prussian army for cheating at cards. Luckily he moved to the US right before ww1 because if he was still in the Prussian army he would’ve died most likely .

[@AceMoonshot]

@@JoeRogansForehead Most likely, yeah.

[@TheGyroBarqusShow]

Knowing he knew people who knew Butch and that he didn't like to kill made him more interesting and sympathetic respectively. Actually the fact that he let a police officer live after he shot him is in itself a very un "Public Enemy #1" thing, it's fascinating to me how some criminals do indeed value human life over money when others don't give a shit about people's lives.

[@somerandomfella]

Thoughty has upped his animation game 😎👌

[@Lucius1958]

Side note: the movie Dillinger watched at the Biograph, just before he was killed, was 'Manhattan Melodrama', starring Clark Gable and William Powell: a tale of two childhood friends; one of whom becomes a district attorney; the other becomes a notorious criminal, who goes to the electric chair at the end...

[@irrevenant3]

Presumably the cops only caught him because he was so outraged and distracted by the obvious injustice of the film's ending...

[@Papawheelie57]

As a northern Wisconsinite I have been intrigued by John Dillinger. He had traveled through my area quite a few times back in the day. Apparently, the house next door to the one I grew up in was Billy Frechette's house at some point. I'm assuming it was well after John. And a friend of mine's grandfather had given John a ride into town and after John paid him very generously for that ride. I was always fascinated by that story.

[@lewisdellabarca5984]

This man better never stop making content

[@peterrooney3780]

I'd be screwed. Love historical content and this guy is one of the best ways to hear these stories.

[@ryanroberts1104]

I took some forensic science classes a while ago, and we learned to identify fingerprints. So we all traded prints and tried to see who was who. I have scars going through my prints on multiple fingers. It makes them *significantly* easier to identify.

[@F8Tributo]

9:28- I believe that's pronounced: "Two-sahn", mate! Anyway, hilarious episode, loved the humorous bits! 👍🏻

[@TrBeRoGa]

Thank you for your time and effort. Your channel is awesome

[@wissmiss1718]

Thoughty2 is basically Sherlock Holmes at this point

[@ITSSKUDDUMMY]

In what way is he a genius detective? I love his channel but he just tells stories

[@brianorr9715]

Sherlock Holmes solves mysteries. Thoughty reports mysteries solved by others. So no. Not basically. Not essentially. Not remotely.

[@RoninRose541]

@@ITSSKUDDUMMYnot to mention he relays some rumors as fact.

[@communisticmonkey5546]

He is more like Watson

[@Crimea_River]

I'm not seeing your point.

[@grantsterling3744]

Edu-tainment at it's finest! You're the man and I can't wait for the next video; your random topics are awesome and fact filled films fulfilling and fun. Thanks

[@KhalidAskar]

Thank you for another history lesson sensei. Please do one on Yasuke 弥助, the African samurai !

[@dwchen1]

Johnny Depp and Christian Bale has done a terrific job playing characters of Dillinger and Melvin Purvis that involved in a cat and mouse game in Public Enemies in 2009.

[@DuckAllMighty]

I know when you cover criminals, they tend to have been quite spectacular. A couple of bandits, that wasn't extremely spectacular, but both competes for the title of most banks robbed, is Paul Gaugasian in the 60's-80's and Tom Justice in the 90's-2000's, neither of them was straight up violent and none of them stole extremely big amounts at one time, but simply robbed so many banks over so many years over such a large area, that FBI had a really hard time catching them. Btw Justice is the best name for a bank robber ever. And as always a fantastic video.

[@MrDeltoric]

always a fan of Goop catching stray jabs, keep up the good work red coat

[@justin3346]

Fun fact: you can goto the hotel that Dillinger stayed at in manitowish waters. The bullet holes from the shoot out are still visible on the walls.

[@deadsirius3531]

Arran's actively accentuating an absolutely amazing amount of allliteration

[@Dank_Lulu]

There was a comment on your last video about how our ancestors had to fend-off tigers but someone was way-too distraught at getting the wrong type of milk in their coffee. That's either an internet meme that I missed-out on because there's just not enough time in the day or your speed of production is insane-enough that you included that in a video 5 days later. That or it's a complete coincidence but I thought it was kinda cool!

[@jbkerns]

In SW Ohio there is a great bit of history. The building of the first bank still resides in New Carlisle. I recommend the Allen County historical museum in Lima for their display.

[@ditzfough]

Lima, ohio. Been there many of times. Got family in celina and Van Wert. Im from Berne, Indiana. Legend says he hit Bank of Berne aswell

[@BongDiggidee]

Never been before

[@bruceclaxton690]

Thoughty2 did a better job telling his life that the documentary I've seen

[@bgroho710]

Love the Skyrim reference 13:03

[@livingdecay2570]

Love ya work brother...

[@tomlad7569]

I always love listening to these stories and the jokes you slide in there, the skyrim one in this was particularly good all the guards in skyrim could relate

[@chiantiprice92]

That'd one of your best metaphors sprinkled with witty alliteration ever 😅

[@sarojandongol1482]

3:22 idk why but just the way the mother disappears is so comical to me.

[@Cloaker86]

she doesnt feel to good

[@scotstirling4946]

Simple, I see Thoughty2 and I watch in peace. Thank you

[@mommachupacabra]

I remember reading somewhere that he used shoe polish (black, naturally) to hide the fact that his prop gun was wood.

[@imxlnt2]

I’ve been to Tommy Guns garage.. but that was a dinner and show (a play), well thought out too! We were the eaters and at time the actors (didn’t get paid, we were on our senior trip)

[@NoahDoesNotLift]

Every new Thoughty upload is an addition to my sleep playlist, I’m here for it

[@nuclearx0id]

great content, thank you!

[@kirbymarchbarcena]

A legend so famous that the crowd had to take his belongings for souvenirs after dying from his wounds. I find that hilarious quite a bit

[@proto-geek248]

One night, when I was a young child in the late 60s, my parents went out & left me with my grandmother babysitting. The John Dillinger Story was playing on the ol' black & white & I pretended I was asleep & watched the whole thing. Left quite an impression on my young mind. She knew I was faking & told me the next day that when she was a little girl, Dillinger was like a legendary folk hero. But she told me his gang had never killed anyone.

[@whitepenny64able]

Another amazing video! Maybe do one on Paul Bunyan?

[@davidanderson_surrey_bc]

And his girlfriend, Oxana the Blue Babe!

[@q3aryoko]

I'm born and raised in Tucson (Tu Sawn), AZ (I still live here). I have dined in the hotel in which he was captured many times (Hotel Congress). Its a cool historical event that happened here. Cool town too honestly.

[@willsmith4584]

too soon

[@MagnePorsild]

love when new videos is out always entertaning

[@johnfun3394]

Hard times make hard people. I see similarities in today’s society. History is important, thanks for the reminder.

[@oliversherman2414]

You already know it's a good video as soon as he says "Hey, Thoughty2 here"

[@RedFlash04]

I enjoy watching this type of videos

[@anwaralexander3035]

Now this is someone that deserves a movie. What a badass

[@lynnlmr2032]

Public Enemies - Johnny Depp and Christian Bale. Its mainly about the months before his death. Good Movie.

[@adampatino5372]

Y'know, that's exactly what Johnny Depp thought as well! The film is called Public Enemies. It came out in 2009, and nobody cared for it lol but perhaps you will :p After you watch it, lmk what u think.

[@WaiferThyme]

I came here from your short. Im so glad i did, this was great!

[@rocksandoil2241]

My uncle went to Pretty Boy Floyd's funeral in Sallisaw, OK and they barely got a glimpse of the casket as there were thousands of spectators on hand. To this day people chip pieces of the tombstone off as souvenirs and supposedly this is the second tombstone on his grave. Akin, OK

[@thebeast51]

As a Romanian it's funny I am happy to hear a Romanian name in Thoughty2's video: Ana Cumpănaș 😅

[@Sandthesand]

I love watching your videos, thoughty2! Your voice is so soothing to listen to.

[@donsesia1761]

Arron: Wonderful stuff! Please note: the city in Arizona, inexplicably spelled Tucson, but is pronounced 'too-son'. In your Dillinger episode, you said 'Tuscon', which, as you know, is an Anglicised moniker for a region in Italy. We've been watching you for years. (That sounds almost creepy!) Great content, well presented.

[@GospelOfGalactus]

It would be “Too-san”, if you’re shouting for phonetics. “Too-son” leaves room for another mispronunciation, if we are being fair.

[@Amanda_D]

@@GospelOfGalactus "Too-sawn"

[@willsmith4584]

americans should learn to pronounce cities in other countries if they want to moan about how we pronounce their city names.

[@donsesia1761]

@@willsmith4584 I agree wholeheartedly, although i'm not American. No one outside of the US expects this of Americans. That would be unkind.

[@NeonNijahn]

Your scripts are so well written!

[@danielcarter1149]

My grandfather was arrested for being John Dillinger he was sleeping in his car parked in a field, and he had a shotgun with him, hence he woke up with all sorts of people wiht guns around him. luckily my great grandfather was a senator. only spent a couple days in prison

[@JoeRogansForehead]

Jail not prison

[@HoLeeFoc]

Johnny to Snakes (from the movie "Angels with Filthy Souls'): "Keep the change, you filthy animal" 😂🤣😂

[@AIaskan]

In the early 80s in Alaska one of my old bosses told me his buddy’s were growing a 100 weed plants and they got busted , and back in the 80 in Alaska the most police in a station in a small town like me was about 5-15 men and anyways he stormed the police station with about 20 armed men and took all there plants back with guns and ammo without killing anyone cause the police new they were outgunned , life was crazy back then

[@jasonconrad4314]

My uncle got stopped with almost 3 lbs of cocaine outside of Fairbanks in the 80s. He beat the charges, but they wanted to give him life

[@Sniperboy5551]

@jasonconrad4314 What a legend! I’d have the best weekend of my life if I were in his shoes, rather than delivering it somewhere 😂

[@AIaskan]

@@jasonconrad4314 wow what a outlaw he was too

[@raajpaulvilkhu5738]

The intro never gets old

[@MCsCreations]

Fascinating history.

[@sethomotosho6393]

Thoughty2 has done it again!!

[@brando5103]

Legend. Infamous, yet still one.

[@kenpearce3269]

Love your humor you interject in telling the story! ❤

[@johnflanagan2316]

G'day mate I really enjoy your posts. Love ya work bro keep on doing such great stuff. ✌️ ❤

[@tobaobokoomi1693]

The Dillinger Escape Plan would be a cool band name...

[@Équinoxe_1]

Thoughty2’s stories about criminals remind me of Ethel the frog from Monty Python 😂

[@Scrinwaipwr]

6:39 literally The Dillinger Escape Plan

[@WWTormentor]

Those were the good old days where it was easy to get away with anything and hide away. Today he would not last one bank robbery before being caught

[@mr.universe4226]

“I used to be an adventure like you, then I took an arrow to the knee “

[@nyanmhong162]

the batman signal joke was unexpected but it makes total sense. The head investigator from the movie was played by Christian Bale😂

[@asadasaam6106]

love all your videos... keep posting

[@-Thauma-]

John Dillinger, Public Enemy no. 1

[@TheRockbottom13]

I had no idea MGK the rapper had the same name as a OG gangster from the 1900's that's crazy

[@WillyWall1990]

John Dillinger and 'baby face' Nelson are some of my favorite thugs. You should do a video of Albert Johnson! Aka the mad trapper of rat river. Look him up! Has to be one of the most badass criminals in history

[@adamplaza3935]

Holy shit the „Dillingers dad has doubled down …“ sentence at 3:30 is monstrous. how long did it take to compose those 🤣 🤣

[@bunyipdragon9499]

Whether it's robin hood, ned kelly or dillinger, part of the public appeal was the era they were in. If the public is feeling particularly hard put upon it's inevitable they will like someone who appears to be sticking it to the man !

[@soson001]

Thanks for the video, amazing content as always !

[@ProfessionalNonce]

11:42 love the reference

[@Dc-alpha]

Mark of a great storyteller. When you've seen, read, heard and told it before yourself many times but actively crave the story anyway.

[@tristenhoek]

Aaron once slept for an hour, now we set the clock back for an hour

[@Roger14466]

I watched like 5 of ur vids last night with my grandad we got rlly into the pirate one in 🇯🇲

[@kimberlylamantia7794]

This guy could read furniture assembly instructions and I would love every second 😂

[@gagz9k]

YES, a none AI thumbnail, that deserve a subscribe and a like!

[@Sunflowersarepretty]

This could be a plot of a movie based on real life events. What grossed me out was when you mentioned that people who were at the spot at the time Dilinger died the dipping some part of the cloth in his blood. Ughh . Thats gross.

[@jparmstrong2003]

It is a movie, called Public Enemies (2009) starring Johnny Depp as Dillinger.

[@Sunflowersarepretty]

@@jparmstrong2003 cool.

[@coyote4237]

I remember a movie in the late 70s/80s starring Robert Conrad as Dillinger. I'm sorry I don't remember the name. Might have been something like "The Woman (or Lady) in Red".

[@jparmstrong2003]

@@coyote4237 100% "The Lady in Red" (1979). I was a bit too young to remember that one. Public Enemies just came to mind first because it is/was on Netflix.

[@NotSoSeriousGaming]

Loved the subtle Skyrim joke!

[@js5665]

Tommy Gunn, and his 2 business partners Smith and Wesson probably went along on the rides to the banks with Johnny.

[@fredleebs]

YES!! RIGHT IN TIME

[@lordofthehouseofstormcrows8615]

Johnny Dillinger is a Hoosier hero! I live in the town of the first bank he robbed. Daleville, IN.

[@Glenn_AE6YT]

"Manhattan Melodrama" starring Clark Gable was the movie shown that evening. Take care.

[@fabrisseterbrugghe8567]

And Myrna Loy.

[@theoneandonlyanimates]

Hey mate, I would love to give a suggestion if you’re open? The suggestion would be a video on Jay J Armes’s life. He was a detective actor and amputee who led an eccentric and ambitious life.

[@YoSweet]

Was his book (Bread and Circuses) ever made into an audio book? I was really looking forward to it on Audible like his first book (Stick a Flag in It) which was freakin awesome!!

[@oracleofdelphi4533]

Very subtle Skyrim reference: 11:45 but then I took an arrow to the knee.

[@silversonic1]

Tucson is supposed to rhyme with "noose on", just so you're aware. If unsure, listen to the first 30 seconds of "Get Back" by The Beatles.

[@shoaibhussain13]

That Skyrim meme will never get old 11:43

[@MegaSkyline69]

Tuskon Arizona? Come come now Mr. Lomas, i think youre looking for multiple scathing comments from our American cousins. 😅

[@cebuanostud]

I live near the Biograph Theater where JD was shot here in Chicago. Yes, the theater still stands.😆

[@natashahartlen5411]

From Arizona here. "Tucson" is pronounced "two-sawn". Just pointing that out. Love your videos!

[@lanefunai4714]

The forty2 coffee cup is just too perfect.

[@thomassecurename3152]

Well told our modern day Aesops.

[@Katie96655]

Thoughty2 really is the new QI 😍

[@Durzo1259]

11:48 is some unbelievable police incompetence. How could they not think to cover the back door?

[@zeta1ret]

its TOOOO-Son Arizona....and they have "Dillinger Days" at the Hotel Congress every year! (re-enactments of a (in)famous shootout....)

[@vbgsantander]

One thing there where no bulletproof vests in that time 😂 it’s a pretty new invention

[@daxota_6750]

This is going to be a Good Morning nothing beats waking up to some coffee and a thoughty2 video

[@priyansh4747]

This was by far your best episode buddy 🥹

[@PiggyChuck]

Thank you for the knowledge of the day