The Exact Spot Where John Dillinger Died - REAL Crime Scene Locations in Chicago 4K

Join us as we visit the EXACT spot where mobster John Dillinger was killed in Chicago.
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[@synister281]

I am proud to say I was one of the architects who worked on the renovation of the theater in the early 2000s. I was in that place doing measurements and seeing the old history. Amazing place.

[@danielfoley9921]

My grandfather was mistaken for Dillinger in the 30s when they were looking for him. He was driving in Chicago and a bunch of cops pulled him over with guns drawn thinking it was him. Crazy!

[@karentucker2161]

Oh dang! I know he had to be scared at that time!

[@sharonw2475]

The Chicago police pulled my dad's car over when they saw me riding in the passenger seat, they thought I was "Baby Face Nelson" and finally my dad had to show them my birth certificate showing that I was only 22 months old. I guess they didn't recognize my mom who was in the back seat, her name was Ma Barker.

[@zacharyking900]

Not that crazy, they still do that. But the FBI has gone soft like ice cream on taking out criminals.

[@MrMusick84]

That’s a pretty cool story.

[@yoplease5553]

The police stop me because they said i look like Michael Jackson

[@jaydiaz7815]

In case you did not get to go inside, the very seat that Dillinger sat in the night he was killed has a hard seat back, rather than the cushioned ones...it is displayed inside the Theatre

[@antonioacevedo5200]

I have serious doubts about the seat he was sitting in. How was the seat known and who verified it. I bet few people can pick the exact seat they sat in after leaving the theatre.

[@rondohatton7292]

My uncle was a young man working in Chicago at the time, his rooms were not far from the Biograph. Word of the shooting going down spread like wildfire, and he rushed, along with many others, to the scene. Dillinger's body was gone, but the puddle of blood remained. A few women were openly dipping their handkerchiefs in the pool, I guess anxious for a gruesome souvenir, and that always stuck out in his memories.

[@matthewmoneypit1558]

If my great grandmother was one of them who kept that blood handkerchief I would of made sure I was her favorite and cherished and framed that thing.

[@hulkhoganstights6596]

Ooooookkkkkk, another fake story

[@rondohatton7292]

@@hulkhoganstights6596 No. That's the story he told for years as the truth. Was he lying? I don't know, he was in Chicago at that time, I obviously wasn't. The story is real, I have no way of proving it is factual.

[@Jessica-ml6td]

This is true. My uncle's family lived on the North side, a family member was in the area at the time. People were dipping handkerchiefs, pieces of paper in blood as a Souvenir. The family member didn't have a handkerchief on him at a time.. He went back home to get another family member. Came back and the police was stopping people from getting anymore "Souvenirs"

[@rondohatton7292]

@@Jessica-ml6td Thanks for some corroboration! Seems like my uncle may have been telling the truth for all those years.

[@meganryan476]

So much history in Chicago, both good and bad. Great video Michael and Jessica, I love how you present true crime. Continued safe travels.😀🖤

[@johno30197]

Never grim when the grimms are about happy halloween 🎃

[@1EyedPhoenix]

My wife and I actually visited the Biograph last year during a Chicago crime tour. It was interesting to find out that the sign of the bio graph is not the original one from when Dillinger was killed, but it was the sign that the film studio put up when filming the Public enemies movie with Johnny Depp. They filmed the movie at the same theater and they left the sign up once the film had wrapped. It felt surreal being there.

[@luv2bbq]

When he did the morph of the old sign to the new sign you could see the size difference.

[@222Nicole2]

The way she always listens to him and never takes her eyes off of him when he asks for her attention 🥺💖💖💖💖💖❤️❤️❤️❤️ I hope they last forever !

[@user-dw4kn9oi1m]

Excellent video clip of tour of Biograph Theatre and Dillinger death site. Great to see exact spot of the 1934 incident.

[@anthonyorona6074]

So great to see you guys in town covering and sharing some of our local stories. Love your work! Keep the stories coming.

[@TheDontflinch]

I just looked at the closing scene of "Public Enemies" and they clearly filmed Dillinger's death scene on this location, so you also did a filming locations video at the same time!

[@badkittykATT]

Awesome videos!! Chicago's my hometown so I know all these stories glad to see a vid on them. Thanks

[@Jessica-ml6td]

Another Chicago legend is that the alley is haunted, people claim that it's cold/feels cold even on a hot summer's day.

[@ErikSamys]

In my hometown, Michigan City, Indiana, there was always a rumor that Dillinger and Capone had homes in town. Michigan City was a place where Chicago celebrities could go where you could disappear. Now it seems to attract the gangs from Chicago and Gary, so sad

[@suzanneprock7286]

My husband goes fishing in Michigan City for steelhead and salmon.

[@429supercj]

They probably did. Here in central Iowa there are several places known to be safe homes of Capone and others from back then. My grandfather was a moonshiner back then and knew Bonnie and Clyde too.

[@alphabarre9096]

So it wasn't sad when it rumored that those brutal gangsters in the 30's and 40's had houses over there and could dissappear from the law that was looking for them?

[@FeelingFNFine]

I'm so happy I found your channel a few months back. It's very entertaining watching you visit historical spots, as well as talk about notorious figures in our history.

[@Lilmickcrocodiledundee0001]

They have a great thing going here, the community is great. Welcome

[@carolynpurser7469]

Happy to see the theater is still there and still in use. Too many of these older buildings are torn down.

[@Mikeofindy]

His childhood home is located in my hometown of Mooresville Indiana. It still stands today.

[@markkeller9378]

Great video. Really like the use of actual footage, news reports, and mapping out the site. I live here in Chicago and have always found something interesting about that era and the Dillingers and Capones of the era. Nice job!

[@Maya_Ruinz]

Great video, as a long time researcher of the 1933-34 Crime Wave, this is one of many places I want to visit in person. Today that area looks so ordinary, any passerby wouldn’t even have the slightest idea that the most notorious bank robber that America ever knew, took his last breaths on that sidewalk.

[@csh43166]

Several years ago, one of the history-based cable channels did a series on many of the organized crime bosses and other (in)famous gangster crimes - their history is actually very interesting. I love visiting places like this - maybe it's my imagination, but they seem to have a certain "air" about them. Thanks for another great story, Michael and Jessica!! 🥰💚

[@Resenbrink]

Cool - thanks for following this one up, have long been interested in the depression era gangsters and Dillinger was one of the most notorious.

[@garyjackson9225]

I visited a friend in Chicago in 1995. Using my Sony Handycam we recreated this last act. I ran down the sidewalk chasing my friend where she then "died" in that alley. We burst out laughing because the sidewalk was crowded and everyone thought we were nuts. Pre cell phone era fun. Thanks for bringing back the memories!

[@karentucker2161]

Those were definitely the day's! Me and my brother and some friends would do stuff like that and they even tried to make their own skateboarding videos back when it was really popular.

[@sonnycook5346]

Chicago has a lot of amazing history! Thank you for your documentation.

[@MRHOUSECAT187]

I love this video. Well pretty much anything related to Dillinger really sparks my interest. It would be sweet if you ever have the chance to go to his grave and do a video, if he is actually the one buried there.

[@brendabright3587]

💯

[@RansomRambula-no6yo]

My Grandmother was once mistaken for Al Capone. She got into a shootout with police when they caught her with a trunk full of DEAD bodies, on their way to getting dumped.

[@chewyfan7745]

Been there before thank you all for the video. Also been to Dillingers grave. You all were only about 60 miles north of me. Would like to meet you all one day and talk. Love the channel. Safe travels and God bless you all.

[@freden9234]

Thanks for another outstanding video featuring Midwest crime history. You always do such a wonderful job-your personal enthusiasm and knowledge of history really make your stories come alive in a special way. Ever thought of covering the Chicago story of Bobby Franks (victim of Leopold and Loeb)? Happy Halloween!

[@marcuscicero9587]

coupla spoiled rich kids, University of Chicago students

[@f.w.2054]

Bad combination of reading detective novels and Friedrich Nietzsche!

[@provost5752]

I remember as a kid my mother use to read those true crime magazines and she was really fascinated with John Dillinger. She passed away in 2009. Thanks for the upload brings back good memories.

[@jasonm6695]

Great video, as always! Fun fact, Dillinger had the same celebrity status then as he does now. After the shooting, many passersby dipped handkerchiefs and scraps of newspaper in his blood.

[@ErikSamys]

Actually surprised you don't take a side trip to the jail in Crown Point, Indiana. It's now a museum.

[@grimmlifecollective]

No time. Maybe next time.

[@jhunter213]

This is an interesting one. I enjoy that you take us with you when you travel through time! TY

[@grimmlifecollective]

I like that…travel through time. Really happy you like the adventures.

[@JS60SIX]

I live in Crown Point, they restored the jail he was in, partly done by Hollywood for the Dillenger movie with Johnny Depp . You can actually go inside his old cell, it was an awesome experience!

[@SarahS-bg7wt]

Awesome video! I never knew anything about any of this, even though I knew about him just in name only. Thank you guys for teaching me more about history and true crime than school. Happy Halloween!!!! 👻

[@mikewenk2147]

Absolutely love your channel! Cannot believe it took me so long to come across it. Thank you and keep up the great work!

[@SetecX]

I just so happened to be on that street in June of 2008. They were filming Public Enemies at the time. It was so cool how they had that entire street setup. They made all the buildings look old and period correct. They put facades on them and had modern stores like a Subway restaurant with a fake windowfront with old items in it. They had the Subway signs up when the place was open for business during the day and then they'd pull em down when they were filming at night. The street was lined with rubber mats that looked like cobblestones. I remember driving by the street at night and they had a whole bunch of old cars driving on it.

[@maryannwheeler5403]

This video was very interesting. I remember when I was young I heard about John Dillinger and Al Capone and all the others. But I never knew where John Dillinger died. Thanks for doing this video

[@gwenpigeon7016]

Love the stories about John Dillinger. 🥰 This was a really fun one with seeing y'all there to tell the final hour of his life. 🎃

[@paulhasenauer4166]

Fascinating details!! Cool to see the Biograph theatre is still there!! Hope no chain type store replaces it!! Awesome video as always Grimmlife!!🙏🏽👍🎃🍿

[@user-lz3vm5vg5q]

Just like the memories I have from one of your latest videos, the Married with Children video, I loved that show and was excited every week for the new one to come out. I feel the same excitement waiting for your next video and believe you are creating the same type of classic for me that I will remember and look back on one day. Thank you as always for all you guys do.

[@alisonlibby9412]

Every Sunday night my mother went to the movies at Biograph theater. For some reason on July 22, 1934 she went to the matinee. She missed the Dillinger killing by a few hours. But maybe that was a good thing since some bystanders were shot.

[@seanwilks7712]

The image in the mural was BEFORE his plastic surgery from his last booking photo. The only image they have of him after the facelift is his autopsy photo and death mask.

[@brianc5225]

Great video Very interesting Thanks for taking the time to do it

[@sebastiansandoval1500]

Hello!!!!! These videos are addicting 😭

[@grimmlifecollective]

Happy to feed the addiction. Enjoy.

[@NeilNZ]

Thank you for another incredible video on another notorious event in history. To still see where these events occurred is truely incredible and relatively untouched 🙏

[@jameschanin876]

We were at The Biograph Theater in 1984 for the 50th anniversary of John Dillinger's death. They had actors dressed up & recreated his last moments. Dillinger wasn't a gangster he was a bank robber.

[@richardkronberg4925]

Murderer also.

[@marissarickard4202]

So awesome that you were there, I've been to the spot and various other places. Thank you for doing this video!!

[@haroldoday4635]

Love your videos, very entertaining and learning experience thank you for the effort you both put into each video.

[@tialeo]

Hi guys! Love your video, love your channel, love, love your stories + narration, love baby ghoul! I binged watched almost every single one of your videos when I first stumbled upon your channel! 🎉❤ Keep up the good work😋

[@tonyalonsotrixx]

Please do more of Chicago history! Absolutely love it! Thank you for covering John Dillinger! ❤

[@Crossfirepyro2]

Very cool glad I got the chance to watch this episode and see the real spot where it all went down thank you Grimm life collective 👻👻

[@pravinshingadia7337]

Thank you - another awesome video. Always intelligent and informative.

[@jasunhuerta5587]

Interesting story about Dillinger.... Amazing people of the day put these criminals on a pedestal-- what a time!... great mini-Episode, GriMMs!.... Thanks again, for taking us along, again..... :^)"""""""

[@suzanneprock7286]

Back in those days, there was alot of hatred for the government and banks which is why Dillinger was popular with the people.

[@MC32595]

if you ever go back to chicago, another famous local case is the murder of bobby franks by two teenagers, leopold and loeb. i’ve been reading a lot about them the past couple of months. it might be something you’re interested in.

[@fermincoldivar3526]

Great video guys love your content as always keep up the hard work

[@ShannonLee1956]

8:08 I love when people do this, you got it pretty perfect, so awesome! Please tell me you took in a show there.

[@marktaylor9975]

Been a Dillinger fan since I was a kid. Been to a few spots like the Biograph. The St Valentine’s Day massacre is “just around the corner”, too. Thanks for covering this spot. Subscription added today.

[@marktaylor9975]

2122 Clark street btw. Funny I remembered the address for decades now. I read a lot as a kid. 😊

[@garyjordan5318]

Cool Can’t wait to watch this Tonight 👏🏻 Grimm-life Collective are my favorite on KZbin 👍🏻❤️

[@Lilaa86]

Great video! I read that there is a mistery about his grave, that it’s not sure his body is there down.. and a far member of his family had try to resumed the body but it was impossible (I think burocratics problems) he never had the permission ..

[@kelligilmore7417]

Yet another groovy-awesome Grimm life adventure to go with the daily recommended dose of coffee😁☕ Keep up the fantastic work, happy holidays!!🎄🎃✌

[@lifestwiztdride65]

This is funny John was my Grandmother’s cousin. Still to this day their is a lot of conflicting stories about if he was actually killed.. Alot of cool family stories and alot of strange things that happened after his supposed death that only he could’ve done… but still cool video 👍

[@lifestwiztdride65]

And he never actually killed anyone.. a lot of Baby Face Nelson’s murders were blamed on Johnny..

[@MJanovicable]

Seems 50/50 that John Dillinger got away, a very high chance.

[@HorySmokes]

Elaborate? I've not heard the survival theories.

[@MJanovicable]

@@HorySmokes There was maybe a ringer, an East Chicago pimp named Jimmy who was Sage's man. Look up Jay Robert Nash. Also, there were TWO anonymous letters to the Indy Star in 1959 and I think 1961 with enclosed photos of a man who outlined what happened. The photos could definitely be John Dillinger decades later.

[@lifestwiztdride65]

@@HorySmokes yeah my family has their doubts about what really happened that day.. and I’m sure some of my family knew what really happened but their long gone by now.. so I believe it’s exactly how it should be a mystery 👍

[@Heavy-METAL-hellridE]

Hey guys. I'm a medic in Indianapolis. I have a few places I think you should check out. Really good stuff. Hope you're still in the Midwest.

[@carolinechampion4375]

Great video guys thankyou I watched Johnny Depp public enemy number one and it was good the John dillinger story fascinated me,you guys do such a good job with your videos always interesting thankyou so much

[@user-lz3vm5vg5q]

I really enjoy the walk through history with you guys!!! 🤘🏻

[@carlbaker7242]

Welcome to Chicago. I always have been in awe for the death mask they made of him. Short but sweet video.

[@AliceEkonomo44o6]

Another great history video, I really enjoyed it. Hope you guys stay warm, safe travels and Happy Halloween 🎃👻💕😊

[@julief763]

Thank you for sharing a story of my city! Enjoy your stay here!

[@sarahjohnson8091]

Wow that was a cool trick with the animated photo with her voice 😍

[@Stoicwindseternal]

Soooo excited y'all did this one!! I said in a previous video love all the sleuthing y'all have been doing. 💀 Grimm Life Detecitive💀

[@bkkorner]

Thank you so much for this gem of a video! Very cool to wake up to! Nice job...!

[@johnjames-glover4630]

Another great video. Best wishes from England.

[@JoeMotionVideos82]

I'm with you guys, Halloween is 365 days long. Thanks for sharing this, I didn't know the theater still stood. I wrote a term paper on him in my high school history class.

[@shawnaburch8855]

I really love when you do these kinds of videos. And would love to see one about Al Capone. Maybe you guys visiting Alcatraz. Much love to you and Jessica

[@TI4438]

I just knew this was coming! No way you were passing up this opportunity!

[@kld3169]

Welcome to Chicago, guys! Been enjoying the vids...

[@mikeloeffler2801]

Great video I am from Chicago and I never knew that the lady in red was wearing orange Love the channel keep up the great work and happy Halloween🎃

[@normaearnisse3106]

Love it!!!! Thank you two for taking me to your adventures! I need to visit that ally I born and raise in Chicago! Happy Halloween 🎃 ❤

[@kmiller0402]

You are killing it with your content! Great quality product. A-1! ❤

[@burkefox3208]

Walking past alleys in Chicago during winter is rough.

[@GROWLEYMOLD]

Loved this video !! I've read a lot about Dillinger so this was a real treat . If you guys are still in Chicago you may want to visit Barrington ( Just outside Chicago ) It's where George " Baby Face " Nelson had his last showdown with the FBI . There's a plaque at the site of the gun battle .

[@upinflames_01]

Fascinating vlog guys. You ALWAYS have the BEST content!

[@nicolemcdonald1738]

One of the places he robbed is right down the road from town here in Indiana on Washington Ave. The business is gone now of course, but the building still stands. They speak of it on the haunted history tour in Irvington

[@matthewmoneypit1558]

Another amazing video! Thank you

[@jameschance6829]

My grandmother would put one of 2 VHS tapes in when I visited. Wizard of Oz or the original Dillinger (warren oats). Still one of my favorite movies ever.

[@owen4248]

Another gripping video love the photo montage .

[@SupernovaX72]

My grandma was deep in that world ..but in Wisconsin. Anyway she didn’t like Dillinger she said Capone was a businessman Dillinger was a thief.

[@alphabarre9096]

Gotta explain to us more what 'deep in that world' means?

[@theworldwariioldtimeradioc8676]

I used to go by that area quite often before I moved back to the suburbs.

[@travissurles4967]

Thanks for posting John Dillinger, he's my all time favorite. Please keep up the great work on all things dark and evil. Happy Halloween!!!!!

[@krislukacs3674]

Yes I've seen where the robber jumped over the teller and they threw the bag. I've watched alot of mob documentaries and movies.

[@michaelduran6536]

Love your channel. Great work 😎👍🏼

[@bronson420il]

Hey guys! BEFORE YOU LEAVE CHICAGO, PLEASE READ!!! I absolutely loved the series of vids u guys have been doing in Chicago! I grew up in the area (almost 43 years next month) & I have been to bachelors grove a few times, I helped do some work on the remodel of the biograph, went on a field trip to st casimir cemetery, & I've heard all sorts of stories & details about the area! You did excellent work & research!! I love how you're able to linenup shots with old photographs!!! (One of my favorite aspects, actually!) But what I am REALLY wondering about, is if you've ever heard of any of the stories surrounding the Mineola (pronounced: minnie-o-la) Bay Hotel? It's been documented as one of THE OLDEST buildings left still standing in Illinois! Rumor has it, that not only was Capone known for frequenting the place, but the St. Valentine's day massacre may have been (was) plotted there, & that there had been a retaliatory shooting there, killing a few "people" inside, as result of said massacre! It was def a frequent hangout for Capone & his guys who were doing land developments in the surrounding areas outside of certain legal jurisdictions, or even for when he [Capone] was just looking for a place out in the woods to "get away" -as the "historians" of the area would have it! 😉 (Although, those woods have mostly all long since been developed by now! Lol!) The Mineola Bay Hotel is\was dedicated a historical landmark, & that "landmark", as abandoned looking as it may be, is barely still standing! -condemned & boarded up many years ago! (Probably not even safe to go inside of anymore either? -I never tried to go in! -ironically enough! Lol!) There are also a few other ghost stories about the upper hotel aspect of the place, on top of the mob stories, so it & its legend is chocked full of "history"! There are currently rumors circulating again about having to tear it down soon, so I thought that if you were still near Chicago, being the history buffs that you are, you might want to come check out another cool, old, worn down, abandoned looking piece of Chicagoland area history, before it eventually falls prey & is lost & gone forever! Not a lot of people have done vids on this place, let alone truly covered the place & its history as "in-depth" as you guys could! -I truly believe you guys could really give it some great coverage! Heck once I learned about the place I was was surprised to find any info at all on the place! It got shut down before everything started really being put online! It kinda seems like a small miracle to just to even see or touch the place, to be honest! It's hard to believe it has survived as long as it has! It's sad too, because it almost seems fixable, until you realize there's just too many structural issues! (It even survived a fire at one point, too!) It is in Fox Lake Il. That town the hotel is in & a lot of the lil towns surrounding it throughout the 2 counties between the Wisconsin state line & Chicago, was\is the playground where all the heavyweights (both good & bad) of Chicago came to vacation in the summers, and party & ice fish in the winters! (The Chicagoland Chain of Lakes!) So there are all sorts of cool houses, stories & things in the area to check out in the area for content! & Now that the leaves are down, you may be able to get some really good shots! Esp. if you have a drone, for shots towards land off the lake(s)! There's also a place called Blarneys Island which is a bar that's only open in the summer & only accessible by boat which has a rich sorta mob related history as well! It's also said to be haunted by an owner who lost the place in a card game & killed himself in the back room. I even know one of the former owner lady's! They do boat drag racing on thursday nights from 5 till 7\8... & It may be worth a trip back up this way in the summer to check all of that out as well! Hope you guys are intrigued enough to wanna dig around, and maybe go scope things out! I kinda live in the area there, but i don't really make any content, i just help support the cause! Lol! I've never sat down with the lady who once owned blarneys and picked her brain about the old stories about the place, but she told me a few, & says she has many more! Although, there are a lot of stories around here, on top of her stories, that are kinda "well known" common urban knowledge around these parts! -Idk, maybe Icould ask her if she'd be up to talking about her time there, if need be? 🤷 Either way, -Great stuff!! I absolutely love your channel, and I can't wait to see what's next! Sorry about the long, drawn out diatribe, see you guys in the next one! ✌️

[@emmanuelwolfmusic410]

Love your channel dude, lv from the UK.

[@brianlonjak9424]

Thank you for these videos! they are so cool :)

[@222Nicole2]

Grimm life collective how foolish of me to have never subscribed! I'm honored to have been noticed and have my comments liked I really love you guys 💖💖 been here since February so still kind of new

[@grimmlifecollective]

No worries. Really happy you found us.

[@ballygeale1]

Great video

[@garylangley4502]

In about 1976, my brother and I saw the movies, "The Maltese Falcon", and "Casablanca" at the Biograph. It was a large theater with beautiful old curtains. Loved it!

[@WalkingDrivingFlyingLasVegas]

Interesting and well done telling the John Dillinger story. I’d always heard the woman was wearing red, but maybe not. I’m hoping to visit that spot, maybe as early as in the coming spring. Keep up the good work, and continued success.

[@shanecavanagh7060]

Thanks guys another great story in history thanks for sharing✨💕

[@jamescarter8421]

Great video. The Hair is Rockin' Bro

[@marymahaffey4618]

Very interesting history of John Dillinger in Chicago......death of John...great video Grimmlife Michael and Jessica 💖.....love you guys and happy Halloween 🎃👻.....

[@ninamc6116]

Great video!! 30’s crime is vicious. Fascinating period