Comments on: Seeking John Dillinger's preserved privates http://boingboing.net/2009/07/22/seeking-john-dilling.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Mon, 20 May 2013 13:35:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/07/22/seeking-john-dilling.html#comment-794918 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-794918 I am 61 years old and I did see John Dillinger's penis in a jar of formaldehyde many years ago,when I visited the Army Medical Museum in Washington,D.C.Why ,is there a coverup?I saw it with my own eyes and it was huge.Gerry I am 61 years old and I did see John Dillinger’s penis in a jar of formaldehyde many years ago,when I visited the Army Medical Museum in Washington,D.C.Why ,is there a coverup?I saw it with my own eyes and it was huge.Gerry

]]> By: Jerril http://boingboing.net/2009/07/22/seeking-john-dilling.html#comment-549163 Jerril Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-549163 @24) Deformities and abnormalities do tend to get mentioned - probably because they count as identifying features or whatever. I'm not sure if being impossibly hung would count (technically) as the above, but I doubt pathologists have a special immunity to the "woha lookit this guy!" thing that's had people talking about the rumour for decades. It's pretty obvious that to the bystanders, whatever is tenting up the sheet isn't anything special compared to the ID of the guy on the stretcher - that suggests to me that from their angle it's obviously NOT a 20" erection. @24) Deformities and abnormalities do tend to get mentioned – probably because they count as identifying features or whatever.

I’m not sure if being impossibly hung would count (technically) as the above, but I doubt pathologists have a special immunity to the “woha lookit this guy!” thing that’s had people talking about the rumour for decades.

It’s pretty obvious that to the bystanders, whatever is tenting up the sheet isn’t anything special compared to the ID of the guy on the stretcher – that suggests to me that from their angle it’s obviously NOT a 20″ erection.

]]> By: oldDCkid http://boingboing.net/2009/07/22/seeking-john-dilling.html#comment-567084 oldDCkid Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-567084 Sorry everyone, but the federal goverment(in this case I'm talking about the Smithsonian)does lie, or at lease mistaken. The John Dillinger "penis" rumor at the Simthsoian is true. It was in a harge jar of formaldehyde at the old Army Medical museum located on the national mall in Washington,DC. It was torn down in 1969 and the Hirshhorn art museum now stands where it was. When I was 14 years old (I'm now 56) I saw it in the old Medical museum myself. I was born and rasied in DC and lived on Capital hill and went to the Mall museums often. It those years the old Medical museum was a funky creapy old place that smelled of formaldehyde with lots of weird thing in jars. Don't beleive the denials of the Smithsonian. If I had not seen it for myself I probably whould not beleive it either. BUT IT WAS THERE ON DISPLAY in 1967, 42 years ago! The only defence I can give the Simthsonian is that, no one there has seen it in a very long time and has any knowledge of it first hand and the records are, well lets say keep closed. Anyway thats my guess. People will always beleive what they want, pro or con. OldDCkid Sorry everyone, but the federal goverment(in this case I’m talking about the Smithsonian)does lie, or at lease mistaken.

The John Dillinger “penis” rumor at the Simthsoian is true. It was in a harge jar of formaldehyde at the old Army Medical museum located on the national mall in Washington,DC. It was torn down in 1969 and the Hirshhorn art museum now stands where it was.

When I was 14 years old (I’m now 56) I saw it in the old Medical museum myself. I was born and rasied in DC and lived on Capital hill and went to the Mall museums often. It those years the old Medical museum was a funky creapy old place that smelled of formaldehyde with lots of weird thing in jars.

Don’t beleive the denials of the Smithsonian. If I had not seen it for myself I probably whould not beleive it either. BUT IT WAS THERE ON DISPLAY in 1967, 42 years ago!

The only defence I can give the Simthsonian is that, no one there has seen it in a very long time and has any knowledge of it first hand and the records are, well lets say keep closed. Anyway thats my guess.

People will always beleive what they want, pro or con.

OldDCkid

]]> By: Jerril http://boingboing.net/2009/07/22/seeking-john-dilling.html#comment-549165 Jerril Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-549165 (and 14-20" is so beyond normal human ranges that I suspect he'd have an abnormal gait - makes it difficult to leap counters and run from the cops efficiently) (and 14-20″ is so beyond normal human ranges that I suspect he’d have an abnormal gait – makes it difficult to leap counters and run from the cops efficiently)

]]> By: Tdawwg http://boingboing.net/2009/07/22/seeking-john-dilling.html#comment-548452 Tdawwg Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-548452 From the OUP blog:<blockquote>The Smithsonian has a form letter they send out routinely, denying any knowledge of Dillinger’s missing member.</blockquote> Heh. If y'all haven't seen Michael Mann's <i>Public Enemies</i>, y'all better damn well do so before it leaves theaters: great story, good acting, and absolutely sublime visuals by a pioneering director. Anti-nostalgic, tough, and bloody. From the OUP blog:
The Smithsonian has a form letter they send out routinely, denying any knowledge of Dillinger’s missing member.

Heh.

If y’all haven’t seen Michael Mann’s Public Enemies, y’all better damn well do so before it leaves theaters: great story, good acting, and absolutely sublime visuals by a pioneering director. Anti-nostalgic, tough, and bloody.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/07/22/seeking-john-dilling.html#comment-548456 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-548456 I've heard that this is because there was some fashion of medical museum next to the Smithsonian, and so as a result, people would get the various specimens of the aftermath of STDs mixed up with the contents of the Smithsonian. Thus the urban legend. I’ve heard that this is because there was some fashion of medical museum next to the Smithsonian, and so as a result, people would get the various specimens of the aftermath of STDs mixed up with the contents of the Smithsonian. Thus the urban legend.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/07/22/seeking-john-dilling.html#comment-666730 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-666730 obviously this is a hoax. just look at how far up it is in the picture. . . .it isnt anywhere near the middle of his body but more where his belly button should be obviously this is a hoax. just look at how far up it is in the picture. . . .it isnt anywhere near the middle of his body but more where his belly button should be

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/07/22/seeking-john-dilling.html#comment-548716 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-548716 If it's not to be Dillinger's ding-a-ling, then I suppose the Royal Canadian Mounted Police must be deemed the true highest achievement in taxidermy. If it’s not to be Dillinger’s ding-a-ling, then I suppose the Royal Canadian Mounted Police must be deemed the true highest achievement in taxidermy.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/07/22/seeking-john-dilling.html#comment-850541 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-850541 I'm one of those who saw it. It was in the fifties and as a teenager, I was taken to the museum by a boyfirend whom, I suppose, thought I would be fascinated and perhaps a bit turned on. However the shlong and the cyclops babies, etc., all in big glass jars, were more of a turn off than a turn on. Ugh! I’m one of those who saw it. It was in the fifties and as a teenager, I was taken to the museum by a boyfirend whom, I suppose, thought I would be fascinated and perhaps a bit turned on. However the shlong and the cyclops babies, etc., all in big glass jars, were more of a turn off than a turn on. Ugh!

]]> By: nukular http://boingboing.net/2009/07/22/seeking-john-dilling.html#comment-548467 nukular Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-548467 Actually this is funny. Not two months ago (actually I believe it was around the time of the movie's premiere) on the WGN morning news here in Chicago, they had a guy on whose father was a crime photographer back in Dillinger's day. He also had a snip of cloth that supposedly had spots of Dillinger's blood from his death scene.... He grew up hearing the stories from his father. Anyhow, he claimed that his father said it was a crank on the bed that was pushing up the sheet. Definitely not Dillinger Jr. Actually this is funny. Not two months ago (actually I believe it was around the time of the movie’s premiere) on the WGN morning news here in Chicago, they had a guy on whose father was a crime photographer back in Dillinger’s day. He also had a snip of cloth that supposedly had spots of Dillinger’s blood from his death scene…. He grew up hearing the stories from his father.

Anyhow, he claimed that his father said it was a crank on the bed that was pushing up the sheet. Definitely not Dillinger Jr.

]]> By: wylkyn http://boingboing.net/2009/07/22/seeking-john-dilling.html#comment-549492 wylkyn Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-549492 Maybe people just said that he *was* a big dick, and then it got misinterpreted. Maybe people just said that he *was* a big dick, and then it got misinterpreted.

]]> By: Talia http://boingboing.net/2009/07/22/seeking-john-dilling.html#comment-548469 Talia Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-548469 Hey if you're gonna have rumors circulate after you after you're gone, that's not a bad one to have! I wonder if he would have been pleased :p Hey if you’re gonna have rumors circulate after you after you’re gone, that’s not a bad one to have! I wonder if he would have been pleased :p

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2009/07/22/seeking-john-dilling.html#comment-548472 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-548472 In fact, it's still alive and in a geriatric home in Albuquerque, under an assumed name. In fact, it’s still alive and in a geriatric home in Albuquerque, under an assumed name.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/07/22/seeking-john-dilling.html#comment-549257 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-549257 At least he died happy? At least he died happy?

]]> By: thequickbrownfox http://boingboing.net/2009/07/22/seeking-john-dilling.html#comment-548492 thequickbrownfox Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-548492 The Tent is a Lie. The Tent is a Lie.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/07/22/seeking-john-dilling.html#comment-616335 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-616335 I also saw this displayed in the old Army Navy medical museum at 7th and Independence SW Washington DC. It was in a large glass vial and clearly labeled as having belonged to John Dillinger. We went there on school trips every year during the 60s and I also went by myself during the summer breaks. I bet I saw that display more then ten times. Don't try to tell me that this was not there. they moved this collection to the grounds of the walter reed hospital sometime during the 70s, but Ive never been to that location. I also saw this displayed in the old Army Navy medical museum at 7th and Independence SW Washington DC. It was in a large glass vial and clearly labeled as having belonged to John Dillinger.

We went there on school trips every year during the 60s and I also went by myself during the summer breaks. I bet I saw that display more then ten times. Don’t try to tell me that this was not there.

they moved this collection to the grounds of the walter reed hospital sometime during the 70s, but Ive never been to that location.

]]> By: Tdawwg http://boingboing.net/2009/07/22/seeking-john-dilling.html#comment-548497 Tdawwg Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-548497 "Pay no attention to that [not-so-little] man behind the curtain!" “Pay no attention to that [not-so-little] man behind the curtain!”

]]> By: Tdawwg http://boingboing.net/2009/07/22/seeking-john-dilling.html#comment-548500 Tdawwg Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-548500 "I'd heard that Dillinger was open to others' viewpoints, but I had no idea he was such a big-tent kind of guy!" “I’d heard that Dillinger was open to others’ viewpoints, but I had no idea he was such a big-tent kind of guy!”

]]> By: angusm http://boingboing.net/2009/07/22/seeking-john-dilling.html#comment-548516 angusm Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-548516 "I did hear tell how they called Dillinger the Leaping Bandit on account of his practice of leapin' over bank counters ... but from where I were settin', t'weren't exactly a leap. More like a kinda pole-vault, if'n you gets my meaning." “I did hear tell how they called Dillinger the Leaping Bandit on account of his practice of leapin’ over bank counters … but from where I were settin’, t’weren’t exactly a leap. More like a kinda pole-vault, if’n you gets my meaning.”

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/07/22/seeking-john-dilling.html#comment-548518 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-548518 If you just glance at the top image, the angle of Dillinger's sheet makes the guy in the background look as though he's doing ballet... Just me? Thought so. If you just glance at the top image, the angle of Dillinger’s sheet makes the guy in the background look as though he’s doing ballet…

Just me?

Thought so.

]]> By: Phikus http://boingboing.net/2009/07/22/seeking-john-dilling.html#comment-548520 Phikus Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-548520 No wonder he could fool people into thinking he had a gun in his pocket when he was just glad to see 'em. I second the notion that the movie w/ Johnny Depp is good. A gritty portrayal of the times. No wonder he could fool people into thinking he had a gun in his pocket when he was just glad to see ‘em.

I second the notion that the movie w/ Johnny Depp is good. A gritty portrayal of the times.

]]> By: thisisnotatest http://boingboing.net/2009/07/22/seeking-john-dilling.html#comment-548524 thisisnotatest Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-548524 Where his naval what should be? Where his naval what should be?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/07/22/seeking-john-dilling.html#comment-548790 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-548790 Its not in the Smithsonian. Its in the National Museum of Health and Medicine at Walter Reed in DC. I saw it, once, on a behind the scenes tour. Its not in the Smithsonian. Its in the National Museum of Health and Medicine at Walter Reed in DC. I saw it, once, on a behind the scenes tour.

]]> By: Mr_Voodoo http://boingboing.net/2009/07/22/seeking-john-dilling.html#comment-548550 Mr_Voodoo Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-548550 "rumors of his enormous manhood persisted in oral tradition..." whawhaWHAT? *heehee* “rumors of his enormous manhood persisted in oral tradition…”

whawhaWHAT? *heehee*

]]> By: Telecustard http://boingboing.net/2009/07/22/seeking-john-dilling.html#comment-548807 Telecustard Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-548807 There was an unusual book back in the '70s called <i>The Book Of Lists</i>, which was exactly as it sounds. In the second volume of the series, if memory serves, there was a list of famous preserved sex organs. What made the list even funnier was that they listed actual measurements(!) Anyhow, one of the people on the list was Dillinger. It said that during the autopsy they were astonished at his member, which the book said was 13" flaccid, and 20" erect. Interestingly, they talked about the Smithsonian thing, but they claimed that Dillinger's wang had actually been on display in the Walter Reed Medical center, which was nearby, and that people got confused, thinking they were all part of the same institution. The only other person I remember from the list? Rasputin. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Book_of_Lists There was an unusual book back in the ’70s called The Book Of Lists, which was exactly as it sounds. In the second volume of the series, if memory serves, there was a list of famous preserved sex organs. What made the list even funnier was that they listed actual measurements(!)
Anyhow, one of the people on the list was Dillinger. It said that during the autopsy they were astonished at his member, which the book said was 13″ flaccid, and 20″ erect. Interestingly, they talked about the Smithsonian thing, but they claimed that Dillinger’s wang had actually been on display in the Walter Reed Medical center, which was nearby, and that people got confused, thinking they were all part of the same institution.

The only other person I remember from the list? Rasputin.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Book_of_Lists

]]> By: buddy66 http://boingboing.net/2009/07/22/seeking-john-dilling.html#comment-548553 buddy66 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-548553 Guy at the morgue cuts off Dillinger's rigor mortised dick and takes it home in a paper sack. He says, "Honey,look what I've got," and shows it to his wife... "Oh, no!" she shrieks, "Johnny's dead!" Guy at the morgue cuts off Dillinger’s rigor mortised dick and takes it home in a paper sack. He says, “Honey,look what I’ve got,” and shows it to his wife…

“Oh, no!” she shrieks, “Johnny’s dead!”

]]> By: Phikus http://boingboing.net/2009/07/22/seeking-john-dilling.html#comment-548564 Phikus Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-548564 Buddy66@~14: Ha Ha! I believe the operative word would be dismemberment. Buddy66@~14: Ha Ha! I believe the operative word would be dismemberment.

]]> By: jjasper http://boingboing.net/2009/07/22/seeking-john-dilling.html#comment-548571 jjasper Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-548571 Bet you could get plenty of buyers for a fake with good made-up documentation. Bet you could get plenty of buyers for a fake with good made-up documentation.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/07/22/seeking-john-dilling.html#comment-763614 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-763614 its his arms foldedover each othern. they did that back then to dead people. seems like people would have respect for the dead. its his arms foldedover each othern. they did that back then to dead people. seems like people would have respect for the dead.

]]> By: RustyTrawler http://boingboing.net/2009/07/22/seeking-john-dilling.html#comment-548577 RustyTrawler Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-548577 Oh yeah? If his penis was really normal-sized, then why don't they just release the autopsy photos? And I don't mean the short-form autopsy photos that they give anyone who asks, but the long-form? And what about Dillinger's college records? Why won't they release those?? I want my country back!!! Oh yeah? If his penis was really normal-sized, then why don’t they just release the autopsy photos? And I don’t mean the short-form autopsy photos that they give anyone who asks, but the long-form? And what about Dillinger’s college records? Why won’t they release those??

I want my country back!!!

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