Grandma Describes Dillinger Bank Robbery

[PhantomHax]

:O

Your aunt and grandmother are epic! Send them my regards.

[Kirtev]

What a priceless interview! Thank you so much for saving this for posterity! And what charming, wonderful ladies! God bless and keep them always!

[psychkoala]

Sharp ladies. Well spoken and very likeable.

[NHSActor]

@bigtfromec I heard your Grandmother ask if that was Dillinger's first robbery. It was not his first, but it was his biggest up to that point. The First National Bank in East Chicago was Dillinger's 8th heist, and he got away with $20,000. From what I can tell, the two men your Grandmother saw with the machine guns were Harry Pierpont and John "Red" Hamilton, the first a mentor to Dillinger, the second one of Dillinger's longest associates. A wonderful video, by the way.

[Mindpetals]

Great video. These women are very sharp! Thanks for sharing this. Blessings to you ALL.

[mattinahat1059]

my great granpa was in the bank when this happened he said that dillinger tipped his hat to him on his way out!

[kagtlls5]

Your grandma and aunt Flo are a couple of real Gems GREAT JOB LADIES!!!

[MafiaWars23]

I believe it was Harry Pierpont shot OMalley. What I am really curious is whether the other guy was Clark, Makley or Van Meter. Red Hamilton was almost definitely the wheelman judging by the timeframe

[TheElyaouti900]

THANKS YOU GRANDMAS

[dasmackman]

These ladys look great for there age..Go grandma lol!!

[KassieKahne88]

Haha this is amazing. Wish both the best in life. Tell them thank you for the story!

[teller121]

Of course, if hard working people get murdered while Dillinger "robs the rich," I guess that's OK. The SOB shot down the overmatched security guard (probably not "the rich," or it would have been OK to murder him, I guess) RIGHT IN FRONT OF HER!! I'm sure her dad made a thorough study of Dillinger at these card games. COME ON FOLKS. UNBELIEVABLE. I was all excited when i started listening but things went down hill quick. It's as bad as all the other Dillinger-worship stuff out there.

[MafiaWars23]

@teller121 your a fool.

[teller121]

@MafiaWars23 I'm a lot of things but a fool ain't one of them. You have a lot of nerve dismissing someone as a fool with the idiocy you're pushing on these sites. Of course, having read your other idiotic comments, I see why you keep your responses brief and why you don't try to answer the points raised.

[MafiaWars23]

@teller121 you didnt make any points lol? Look all I am saying that John Dillinger was a good person but I dont blame him. We live in a country where the rich can steal trillions and receive bailouts. Dillinger and Floyd were a different sort of Gangster. Whether you like it or not. Pretty Boy Floyd did give a lot of his loot to poor people. Only one murder can be attributed to him and that was a bounty hunter. His funeral remains the largest in Oklahoma history and is remembered fondly by many

[MafiaWars23]

@teller121 and another thing...Quit stalking me you fucking psycho. Jesus your creepy

[teller121]

Check 3:25. The cops were in the bakery when the robbery was carried out!! GETTING DOUGHNUTS! Come on guys, you're reinforcing stereotypes!!

[BOYZEEE1]

two sharp nice ladies.

[bantermelon]

wow your grandma saw a legend

[bigtfromec]

Hi. Thanks for the nice comments.  Grandma and Aunt Flo are both doing well. Grandma is 92 and still sharp as a tack!

[bedayo]

She told me stories for 2 and a half hours last weekend. Thanks, Reivaj for the nice message. Grandma will be happy to hear that people still want to hear about the old days!

[hellabeluzia]

verry nice tell ur aunt and grandma thx for sharing and thx for putting it out on youtube. and i do to belive dillinger was really a nice guy i mean he never killed any civillian and he only took the banks money not the customers so ya he was pretty nice i guess

[figs1957]

This was a great video. Tell Grandma and Aunt Flo thanks. I'm from East Chicago.

[bigtfromec]

Thanks for the comment. I'll tell them thanks for you!

[Apeman1991]

thanks guys this is cool really makes it a reality from the movie

[makaio726]

priceless thanks for sharing this story

[yesiamawizardjonny]

Maybe it was Lester Gillis that shot the cop.

[MsLadykayla]

I have to say John Dillinger is a hard man to figure out. Nothing seemed unusual about his family except he lost his mom when he was young. There seemed to be two sides to this man good and bad. It is so sad. I have recently watched Johnny Depp portrayal of him. He did an excellent job. Maybe it was in part the result of the times

[blja]

He was just a man who took the risks he chose not to live poor he just lived his life on the fast lane

thats just my opinion

[ROCKSLIDZ]

These ladies are cool, thanks for posting this! :)

[bigtfromec]

Thanks for the nice comment. Grandma enjoys them.

[1981z28camaro]

lol, by the way Chicago is in Illinois :-)

[bigtfromec]

Not many people outside of Northwest Indiana know this but East Chicago is actually in Indiana. It's a small city between Chicago and Gary Indiana. Happy New Year!

Thanks,

Tom

[1981z28camaro]

Well then I stand corrected :-)

I did not know that, I wasn't trying to make you look bad tho, just was correcting you.

but looks like I didn't have to, lol

Happy New Year to you too!

[trueanne]

i just saw the movie last night, Public Enemy and i told my daughter in law, he robbed the bank in my old town, lol, how cool

[bigtfromec]

Thanks for all of the nice comments. You've inspired me to capture a few more stories on video. Grandma lived through the depression. She has a lot of great stories.

[blacksrt8cherokee]

hey man great vid. grandma n aunt flo r so cute haha they say everything in unison. Its great to have someone tell you first hand accounts of a guy like Dillinger. In my opinion he wasnt the best man, but he was a good guy. He was smart, had a lot of balls, and he stole from the thieves (banks, govt) which i think is not a crime, since often times he gave the money he stole back to the people who were down on their luck, like u mentioned in ur clip. Anyways, great movie n God bless both of them

[bigtfromec]

Thanks for the nice comments. Happy New Year!

[Suppressingfire]

wow, great post man, i bet grandma couldn't sleep that night thinking about Johnny lol, jk :) respect the elders, they have much to pass to us.

[bigtfromec]

Thanks for the comment. Grandma gets a kick out of hearing what people have to say.

[thomasuras]

is that Micky rooney's mom ?

[1981z28camaro]

lol, no BUT Mickey Rooney DID play Dillinger :-)

[BENSMOVIEWORLD]

im only 17 but I really enjoyed waching this im big fan wen it come 2 Dillinger thanks 4 posting.

[bigtfromec]

Thanks!

T

[Bamzoni241]

These interviews are so precious to us now because it's all we really have left of Johnnie's story. These people are living history.

Thanks for posting this. Its great hearing stuff like this.

[bigtfromec]

Thanks!

[ManilaSyndicate]

Wonderful. It's good that some individuals go out of their way to interview people who were eyewitnesses to history. Especially a time period as fascinating as that one.

[bigtfromec]

Thanks!

[tickedoffnow]

I was right! Dillinger is good boy :)

[daisylady913]

Wow!!! What a thing to witness and story to tell!

[bigtfromec]

Hey, Thanks!

[CULtSHORt]

This is an amazing video, thanks

[kristin2223]

I know a lady whose father was friends with ed singleton, from time to time she told me as a child she remembered he would bring john dillinger around with him.

[dillingerslepthere]

Interviews such as this are priceless!!!!!!!!!!!

[bigtfromec]

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it. Small piece of history.

[lexi121101]

This is so interesting! I can't believe your Great Grandpa played cards with Dillinger! That's so wild!

[lexi121101]

This is so interesting! I can't believe your Great Grandpa played cards with Dillinger! That's so wild!