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Dave's Cemetery Photo Collection |
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Famous Gangsters |
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Graves of Famous Fugitives from the Roaring 20's. The famous and
notorious that I encountered in my travels. |
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See my grave collection and read my personal stories about my visits. |
For more detailed info about the graves, click the tombstone icon to
link to www.findagrave.com. |
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Oct-98 |
Al Capone |
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Al Capone, the infamous "Scarface", is buried in Mount
Carmel Catholic cemetery in suburban Chicago. Immense bushes now
obscure the name "Capone" from easy view, to discourage
uninvited visitors. I visited after work during a summer evening,
although it took me three trips due to heavy rush hour traffic.
The grave is easy to find, if you use the Roosevelt Rd entrance. This
is the grave that started many collectors, including Jim Tipton,
founder of www.findagrave.com. |
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Jun-00 |
Bonnie Parker |
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Apr-01 |
Clyde Barrow |
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Bonnie and Clyde are both buried in Dallas, Texas but at separate
cemetaries, after their spectacular end in rural Louisiana. Bonnie's
family prevented them being buried together, as they considered Clyde
and his poor parenting to be the cause of the couple's crime-spree.
Clyde is buried with his brother Buck in the Western Heights
cemetery, just a couple miles due west from the famous triple
underpass "Grassy Knoll". The cemetery is well-marked to
"keep out", so I had to squeeze between two posts to enter.
It is difficult to pull off of the busy road. His grave is a few
steps due west of the locked main gate. Bonnie is buried in
Crown Hill cemetery, north of downtown near Love field. It took me
two trips to Dallas to get these pictures. Before I took the picture
of Bonnies grave, I used my hand to sweep away some debris and grass
clippings. I snagged my finger on a bronze spur from her nameplate
and lived in fear of getting blood poisoning. The small poem is a bit bizarre. |
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May-01 |
Bugs Moran |
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Bugs Moran was the target of the St Valentine's Day massacre, lucking
out to avoid the mob hit. His life ended in obscurity, bouncing in
and out of jail and finally taking a rap to Leavenworth federal
prison, near Kansas City. It is well known that he died there, and is
buried in the prisoners cemetery, usually listed as 'unavailable to
the public'. On our vacation trip, we stopped at the prison, and
easily spotted the rows of graves on a nearby hill. However, almost
half of the aged wood markers were either damaged or missing. We
walked the rows but could not luck upon Moran. I intend to write a
FOIA request to the Federal Beureua of Prisons .... someday soon. |
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Read the Story of Our Visit |
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Sep-01 |
John Dillinger |
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I was surprised to learn that Dillinger was buried in, Crown Hill,
the same cemetery that contains President Benjamin Harrison and Eli
Lilly. I took this picture on the same trip I visited the Chevrolet Brothers. |
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Original Web Upload November 2001
Last Update: September 27, 2003 |
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