12. John Dillinger — The Bank Robber in the Spotlight
John Dillinger, America’s most notorious bank robber during the Great Depression, openly enjoyed his infamy, often visiting movie theaters and socializing in public despite a nationwide police manhunt. On July 22, 1934, he attended a showing of “Manhattan Melodrama” at the Biograph Theater in Chicago with his girlfriend and an accomplice. As they exited, FBI agents surrounded them, and Dillinger was fatally shot in the alley behind the theater. (fbi.gov)
