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Curator’s Choice: The Beginning of the End for John Dillinger – First published January 25, 2026.
Step inside 3512 North Halsted, the unassuming Chicago three-flat that served as John Dillinger’s very first hideout following his legendary 1934 jailbreak. This deep dive charts the final, chaotic months of Public Enemy No. 1. From cross-state escapes and botched FBI raids at Little Bohemia to back-alley plastic surgery and fatal betrayals outside the Biograph Theater, discover the definitive history behind a Depression-era crime legend.
Beginning of the end of a life of violent crime: the story of John Dillinger’s first hideout in Chicago at 3512 North Halsted on March 3, 1934, to his being killed at the Biograph Theater on July 22, 1934, by the FBI.
FEATURE IMAGE: On March 3, 1934, John Dillinger (left in a mug shot) used the second floor of this three-flat building on Chicago’s north side as his first hide out after he and another criminal, murderer Henry Youngblood, drove directly here from a jail in Crown Point, Indiana following their break-out. In January 1934 Dillinger…
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