Comments on: Is It True What They Said About John Dillinger? http://blog.oup.com/2009/07/dillinger_dick/ Academic insights for the thinking world. Thu, 23 May 2013 12:47:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: David Gamblin http://blog.oup.com/2009/07/dillinger_dick/#comment-423227 David Gamblin Tue, 21 May 2013 18:35:24 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=5120#comment-423227 It is located in a display on the 4th or 5th floor @ the Old FBI headquarters. I have seen it. My father was an F.B.I. Agent for 27 years. Was 14 years old when I saw it. I asked Dad what was that black stick doing in the display. He told me... It is located in a display on the 4th or 5th floor @ the Old FBI headquarters. I have seen it. My father was an F.B.I. Agent for 27 years. Was 14 years old when I saw it. I asked Dad what was that black stick doing in the display. He told me…

]]> By: Rebecca http://blog.oup.com/2009/07/dillinger_dick/#comment-385504 Rebecca Fri, 19 Apr 2013 23:43:15 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=5120#comment-385504 Look, I am one year younger than T. Fox. My Baltimore County school trip was exactly as he truthfully accounts. The smell of formaldehyde was overwhelming. A giant jar had an Elephantitis leg in it. Two headed pig fetuses were in a jar. Very dusty place. A jar labeled as Dillinger's Penis was indeed there, unbelievably long and thin. I am a museum director and so was the daughter of Chief Justic Brennan, Nancy. Her DC girls school saw it, too. We used to joke it was a factor in our becoming museum professionals. I had no brothers. It made a big impression. I was more scared of the giant leg as I wondered if something went wrong did they lop it off and put it in a museum! Look, I am one year younger than T. Fox. My Baltimore County school trip was exactly as he truthfully accounts. The smell of formaldehyde was overwhelming. A giant jar had an Elephantitis leg in it. Two headed pig fetuses were in a jar. Very dusty place. A jar labeled as Dillinger’s Penis was indeed there, unbelievably long and thin. I am a museum director and so was the daughter of Chief Justic Brennan, Nancy. Her DC girls school saw it, too. We used to joke it was a factor in our becoming museum professionals. I had no brothers. It made a big impression. I was more scared of the giant leg as I wondered if something went wrong did they lop it off and put it in a museum!

]]> By: C.S. http://blog.oup.com/2009/07/dillinger_dick/#comment-300671 C.S. Thu, 18 Oct 2012 11:57:53 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=5120#comment-300671 My 89 yr. old father-in-law tells a story of his aunt who was a nurse in the facility where Dillinger's body was taken after he was killed. This nurse went along with many of her co-workers to see the body because it was such a cool thing to have the notorious criminal in their workplace! The nurses did see the huge penis still attached and I'm sure gossipy rumors spread. My father-in-law would have been a teenager then and certainly remembered this unique story his aunt, the nurse, told to all the family! My 89 yr. old father-in-law tells a story of his aunt who was a nurse in the facility where Dillinger’s body was taken after he was killed. This nurse went along with many of her co-workers to see the body because it was such a cool thing to have the notorious criminal in their workplace! The nurses did see the huge penis still attached and I’m sure gossipy rumors spread. My father-in-law would have been a teenager then and certainly remembered this unique story his aunt, the nurse, told to all the family!

]]> By: Nancy Parssinen http://blog.oup.com/2009/07/dillinger_dick/#comment-237203 Nancy Parssinen Thu, 10 Nov 2011 18:50:31 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=5120#comment-237203 His penis was on display in the Army Medical Museum which was in a tempory building on the commom near the Smithsoniam Museum. I saw it there about 1945. It WAS large and my young siblings and cousins and I got into fits of giggles looking at it. We loved the museum as we were of the age when all things gross were fascinating. When the building was removed I asked about the museum. I have forgotten the exact answer but I remember it was moved to a permanent Army facility near Washington and apparently was not readily availabe to the public as we did not go there again. His penis was on display in the Army Medical Museum which was in a tempory building on the commom near the Smithsoniam Museum. I saw it there about 1945. It WAS large and my young siblings and cousins and I got into fits of giggles looking at it. We loved the museum as we were of the age when all things gross were fascinating. When the building was removed I asked about the museum. I have forgotten the exact answer but I remember it was moved to a permanent Army facility near Washington and apparently was not readily availabe to the public as we did not go there again.

]]> By: Ashlee Jenness http://blog.oup.com/2009/07/dillinger_dick/#comment-232393 Ashlee Jenness Thu, 29 Sep 2011 22:41:33 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=5120#comment-232393 One of my all time special quotes appears really fitting here "Success is nothing more than a few simple disciplines, practiced every day; while failure is simply a few errors in judgment, repeated every day. It is the accumulative weight of our disciplines and our judgments that leads us to either fortune or failure."--Jim Rohn One of my all time special quotes appears really fitting here “Success is nothing more than a few simple disciplines, practiced every day; while failure is simply a few errors in judgment, repeated every day. It is the accumulative weight of our disciplines and our judgments that leads us to either fortune or failure.”–Jim Rohn

]]> By: Bob Wells http://blog.oup.com/2009/07/dillinger_dick/#comment-228170 Bob Wells Wed, 31 Aug 2011 01:02:48 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=5120#comment-228170 I was 13 or 14 years old and my older sister along with a neighbor friend used to take me on the bus into DC to see James Bond movies at the RKO Keith I believe. As I recall we visited The Walter Reed Army Navy Medical Museum (I think that is what it was called) in either 67 or 68. There was a warning outside the front entrance that warned visitors about possible nausea caused by the displays inside. Following are some of the exhibits I remember seeing. An abdominal horizontal slice of a human body. The leg of a woman that had elephantitus in a floor-standing vertical clear display. The leg was about fifteen inches in diameter at the top. Unborn Siamese twins in a horizontal wall mounted clear display near the top of an exterior wall. Gross ... almost made sick to my stomach. A square, free-standing vertical display that contained a penis. From what I can remember it was about 14 or 15 inches long. I can not remember what it was hanging from. It had no scrotum attached and had a one-quarter inch hole about two inches from the base. I can not remember if it was circumsized. There was a antique brass plaque that stated it belonged to John Dillinger. I could not believe it. My sister walked over as I was looking at it and I was about as embarrassed as could possibly be. She has recently confirmed our trip there and the fact that John Dillinger's penis was indeed on display. No doubt someone in charge finally decided the display was in poor taste and it was removed. So for all the articles I see online stating that it is merely a rumour, baloney. I was 13 or 14 years old and my older sister along with a neighbor friend used to take me on the bus into DC to see James Bond movies at the RKO Keith I believe. As I recall we visited The Walter Reed Army Navy Medical Museum (I think that is what it was called) in either 67 or 68. There was a warning outside the front entrance that warned visitors about possible nausea caused by the displays inside. Following are some of the exhibits I remember seeing. An abdominal horizontal slice of a human body. The leg of a woman that had elephantitus in a floor-standing vertical clear display. The leg was about fifteen inches in diameter at the top. Unborn Siamese twins in a horizontal wall mounted clear display near the top of an exterior wall. Gross … almost made sick to my stomach. A square, free-standing vertical display that contained a penis. From what I can remember it was about 14 or 15 inches long. I can not remember what it was hanging from. It had no scrotum attached and had a one-quarter inch hole about two inches from the base. I can not remember if it was circumsized. There was a antique brass plaque that stated it belonged to John Dillinger. I could not believe it. My sister walked over as I was looking at it and I was about as embarrassed as could possibly be. She has recently confirmed our trip there and the fact that John Dillinger’s penis was indeed on display. No doubt someone in charge finally decided the display was in poor taste and it was removed. So for all the articles I see online stating that it is merely a rumour, baloney.

]]> By: Craig Pittman http://blog.oup.com/2009/07/dillinger_dick/#comment-223493 Craig Pittman Tue, 21 Jun 2011 16:45:15 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=5120#comment-223493 Your line about how the enormous lump in the sheet "looks more like where his naval should be" suggests to me that either you've misspelled the word for bellybutton or Mr. Dillinger's torso contained more wonders than just whatever dangled from his nether region. Perhaps instead of either the Smithsonian or Walter Reed, someone should search for the missing piece in the hospital at Bethesda. Your line about how the enormous lump in the sheet “looks more like where his naval should be” suggests to me that either you’ve misspelled the word for bellybutton or Mr. Dillinger’s torso contained more wonders than just whatever dangled from his nether region. Perhaps instead of either the Smithsonian or Walter Reed, someone should search for the missing piece in the hospital at Bethesda.

]]> By: Irene http://blog.oup.com/2009/07/dillinger_dick/#comment-156634 Irene Mon, 08 Feb 2010 10:31:04 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=5120#comment-156634 So much for deciding the factor. Captain Jack is Elvis really living in Brazil? So much for deciding the factor. Captain Jack is Elvis really living in Brazil?

]]> By: Fred http://blog.oup.com/2009/07/dillinger_dick/#comment-156513 Fred Sun, 31 Jan 2010 21:56:32 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=5120#comment-156513 Ray - I also lived outside of DC and went on numerous field trips (Before the budget destruction of Ronnie Rayguns) from elementary school through high schoool. You, sir, are completely full of crap. The underlying main goal of each field trip was to find the penis. It was on display and many of us saw it - and giggled. And I find it funny how you can speak for the entire world. Ray – I also lived outside of DC and went on numerous field trips (Before the budget destruction of Ronnie Rayguns) from elementary school through high schoool. You, sir, are completely full of crap. The underlying main goal of each field trip was to find the penis. It was on display and many of us saw it – and giggled. And I find it funny how you can speak for the entire world.

]]> By: Ray http://blog.oup.com/2009/07/dillinger_dick/#comment-156382 Ray Sun, 24 Jan 2010 01:50:19 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=5120#comment-156382 T. Fox, I lived in the D.C. area then too. You did not see Dillinger's penis in a jar of formaldehyde. I went to Army Medical Museum and looked there too. Just an urban legend. T. Fox, I lived in the D.C. area then too. You did not see Dillinger’s penis in a jar of formaldehyde. I went to Army Medical Museum and looked there too. Just an urban legend.

]]> By: D.S. http://blog.oup.com/2009/07/dillinger_dick/#comment-153952 D.S. Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:06:54 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=5120#comment-153952 John Dillinger's penis was displayed at the Army Navy Medical Museum located at Independence Avenue and 7th Street, SW Washington, DC. I personally saw this exhibit numerous times in the 1960s and early 1970s, and it was displayed until the the museum was closed and moved to the grounds of Walter Reed Hospital, also in DC. This exhibit was in a large glass vial and clearly marked as having belonged to John Dillinger. The Army Navy medical museum had nothing to do with the Smithsonian. Not every museum in downtown DC is part of their vast holdings. So the Smithsonian is correct in denying that this penis was ever part of their collection. But it was at the old army navy medical museum and I saw it many many times. John Dillinger’s penis was displayed at the Army
Navy Medical Museum located at Independence Avenue and 7th Street, SW Washington, DC.

I personally saw this exhibit numerous times in
the 1960s and early 1970s,
and it was displayed until the the museum was
closed and moved to the
grounds of Walter Reed Hospital, also in DC.
This exhibit was in a large glass vial and
clearly marked as having
belonged to John Dillinger.

The Army Navy medical museum had nothing to
do with the Smithsonian. Not every museum in
downtown DC is part of their vast holdings. So
the Smithsonian is correct in denying that this
penis was ever part of their collection. But it
was at the old army navy medical museum and I saw
it many many times.

]]> By: T.Fox http://blog.oup.com/2009/07/dillinger_dick/#comment-153110 T.Fox Sat, 15 Aug 2009 19:01:40 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=5120#comment-153110 I saw John Dillinger penis floating in a large jar of formaldehydein in 1967 at age 14 at the old Army Medical museum. The old Medical museum was torn down in 1969 and was located where the Hirshhorn art museum now stands on the national mall in Washington,D.C. I was born and rised in DC and lived on Capital Hill and went to all the Smithsonian museums many times and the old Medical museum many times. It was hard to beleive even at the time that such a thing was on display. The Smithsonian is now in denial. I saw John Dillinger penis floating in a large jar of formaldehydein in 1967 at age 14 at the old Army Medical museum. The old Medical museum was torn down in 1969 and was located where the Hirshhorn art museum now stands on the national mall in Washington,D.C. I was born and rised in DC and lived on Capital Hill and went to all the Smithsonian museums many times and the old Medical museum many times. It was hard to beleive even at the time that such a thing was on display. The Smithsonian is now in denial.

]]> By: anomalie http://blog.oup.com/2009/07/dillinger_dick/#comment-152845 anomalie Mon, 03 Aug 2009 03:26:39 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=5120#comment-152845 http://www.snopes.com/risque/penile/dillinger.asp http://www.snopes.com/risque/penile/dillinger.asp

]]> By: Criminologia | Verlinkenswertes (KW 30/09) http://blog.oup.com/2009/07/dillinger_dick/#comment-152783 Criminologia | Verlinkenswertes (KW 30/09) Sun, 26 Jul 2009 18:17:42 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=5120#comment-152783 [...] Is It True What They Said About John Dillinger? (Oxford University Press Blog, 22.07.2009) [...] [...] Is It True What They Said About John Dillinger? (Oxford University Press Blog, 22.07.2009) [...]

]]> By: Mike T http://blog.oup.com/2009/07/dillinger_dick/#comment-152773 Mike T Sat, 25 Jul 2009 15:03:36 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=5120#comment-152773 So you didn't answer the question. Thanks for nothing. So you didn’t answer the question. Thanks for nothing.

]]> By: Grant Barrett http://blog.oup.com/2009/07/dillinger_dick/#comment-152752 Grant Barrett Thu, 23 Jul 2009 19:16:15 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=5120#comment-152752 There's a small typo: "naval" should be "navel." There’s a small typo: “naval” should be “navel.”

]]> By: Seeking John Dillinger’s preserved privates | timnhanh.us http://blog.oup.com/2009/07/dillinger_dick/#comment-152740 Seeking John Dillinger’s preserved privates | timnhanh.us Wed, 22 Jul 2009 23:07:12 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=5120#comment-152740 [...] “Is It True What They Said About John Dillinger?” (Oxford University Press, thanks Megan Branch!)Wild Ride: The Year That Made America’s Public Enemy Number One by Elliott J. Gorn (Amazon) Previously: Ann Magnuson and John Dillinger's Johnson – Boing Boing [...] [...] “Is It True What They Said About John Dillinger?” (Oxford University Press, thanks Megan Branch!)Wild Ride: The Year That Made America’s Public Enemy Number One by Elliott J. Gorn (Amazon) Previously: Ann Magnuson and John Dillinger's Johnson – Boing Boing [...]

]]> By: Twitted by meganbe http://blog.oup.com/2009/07/dillinger_dick/#comment-152734 Twitted by meganbe Wed, 22 Jul 2009 20:05:37 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=5120#comment-152734 [...] This post was Twitted by meganbe [...] [...] This post was Twitted by meganbe [...]

]]> By: Captain Jack Sparrow http://blog.oup.com/2009/07/dillinger_dick/#comment-152730 Captain Jack Sparrow Wed, 22 Jul 2009 14:04:06 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=5120#comment-152730 I heard that his member was actually the second gunman on the grassy knoll. And now it's living with Elvis down in Brazil. I heard that his member was actually the second gunman on the grassy knoll. And now it’s living with Elvis down in Brazil.

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