July 22, 1934 –
John Dillinger was shot dead outside Chicago’s Biograph Theatre, on this date in history. And one of the most bizarre urban legends was born.
According to the rumor, J Edgar Hoover, pug ugly head of the FBI and notorious transvestite, rushes to Chicago to see the corpse, Dillinger, Public Enemy No. 1, himself. Dillinger was a ladies man and was reported to be very specially endowed.
Hoover, after viewing the nude lifeless body of Dillinger in the morgue, orders Dillinger’s member to be removed and preserved as a ‘specimen‘ for his private files.
Rumors of Hoover’s trophy dogged him for the rest of his life. He even went to the extraordinary step of stating sometime in the late 60s that he “did not now nor even have Dillinger’s privates in a jar“. His comments were not taken seriously as he was wearing a size 28 Dior outfit with matching handbag (and Raymond Burr Nipple Rouge) at the time.
The Smithsonian museum is still flooded with requests annually to view this ‘special exhibition‘.
And so it goes
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