92 years since John Dillinger killed by federal agents outside Chicago theater
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Federal agents were so desperate to close the Dillinger case that they may have shot the wrong man outside a Chicago theater 92 years ago.
Confirmation BiasInstitutional IncentivesPrincipal-Agent ProblemConspiracy Theory
Theory Briefing
- A notorious conspiracy theory holds that the man killed outside the Chicago theater was not actually John Dillinger.
- The theory suggests federal investigators were so eager to end the manhunt that they identified the wrong target.
- 92 years on, the case still draws scrutiny over whether the FBI's most wanted man truly died that night.