Dead Dillinger’s Awkward Boner June 28, 2009
“It is said about 10,000 people paid respects to Dillinger before he was wheeled away to the morgue in Chicago. At least that many people must have wondered, ‘Is that for real?’ So in homage to John Dillinger and the upcoming opening of the film Public Enemies, I request this site run this photo, which helped purport the urban legend that Dillinger had at least a foot-long wiener.” We’re more than happy to grant this Awkward Boners reader’s humble request. It’s hard to think of anyone more awesome than a 1930s bank robber with a 12-inch dick. | ||
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According to Wiki it’s his arm, stiff from rigor mortis
YOU can see its his arms if you follow the line from his elbows unless he has a boner coming out of his belly button
As already stated that is not even in the right place to be a boner but I can see how this started that foot long rumor. I’m not even sure a corpse can have an erection.
oh and to add one other thing I highly doubt they would allow someone with an erection to be on public display even if it were covered. They wouldn’t even do that today.
Matty obviously didn’t learn the same lessons I did during AP English class. In Waiting for Godot (and a few Shakespeare plays) a reference to a mandrake is made about how they are created–from the sperm of a hanged man that drips out after death. Our teacher had to explain about it being relatively typical for men who are hanged to achieve post-mortem erections, and in fact, there is even a wikipedia article about it (which actually links to John Dillinger even haha)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_erection
it’s totally a belly button boner.
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In theory (haven’t looked up info) if the blood stoped in the penis wouldn’t it remain erect? Also I think a a mans penis looks bigger in death (after a while) due to bloating. (I have 0 facts on hand to support this; only possily remembering things)
Well no I never did learn that in English. It never came up. However, in all the articles regarding postmortem erections they all occurred from hanging and Dillinger was not hanged. He did however pull out a gun and I can see how his arm would be bent like that as if holding a gun when he died being shot by police.
OMG CHEST BURSTER!
RE: The post-mortem boners, I had a few friends who were morticians and they said it was very common. No need to be hanged to get some beyond the grave wood.
Yes, and there are several other sources that say it’s his arm
This is just for Matty, just something I’d thought I’d point out -
Rigor mortis doesn’t set in for about 2-5 hours after death.. It is not immediate, first the body falls limp, and then after a few hours it stiffens. After about 72 hours rigor mortis fades, leaving the body limp again.
If it is his arms, they had to stay that way for at least a few hours after he died. Or be set in that position just before rigor mortis set in. I’m not saying it’s a boner, but it’s definitely strange.
One can only imagine…he must’ve been a bad boy
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Geez, so many of these are so fake….people seriously need to learn the male anatomy before commentnig…
You guys are completely missing one thing…Dillinger was shot to death and lost about 1/3 of his blood according to the FBI. An erection is the result of a closed circuit blood flow and literally depends on blood pressure to make it occur.
After a serious loss of blood and due to the postmortem condition of the body, there’s no way physically possible it could be an erection, especially of that size.
RE: Being hanged is a completely different situation than bleeding out. You’re maintaining the closed circuit of blood and actually increasing pressure by using a noose. So in a case of hanging, an erection would be very possible. Not so with a death that involves serious blood loss and an open wound that allowed for the bleeding out.
Why are we debating whether or not this is real? There is no way in hell someone didn’t check to see if that was a boner, and if it were true than this wouldn’t be a rumor it’d be an odd fact. Nobody is claiming this to be real, it’s on the sight for humor, Jesus Christ just because you saw the poster saying the internet is serious business doesn’t mean it really is.
http://www.brodavelister.com/scribble/dillinger.htm
It’s his arm because of rigor mortis.
it is WAY TOO HIGH on the body 2 b anything BUT his arm
Ladies Man Oh Yeah
working from my phd in physiology, ill let you guys know that 1. the “boner” is far too high up for it to be anywhere near his pelvis, he would be terrible at running from the cops if his body were proportioned so terribly.
Also – You can have a boner for up to approx 12-16 hours after death if you had one when you died because there is nothing to remove the blood from the organ anymore as vaso-constriciton has ended. (the veins moving blood back to the heart)
Actually, this is probably an urban legend.
http://www.snopes.com/risque/penile/dillinger.asp
he robbed a bank in my town, Greencastle, IN like a way long time ago.
but yeah you can tell its his arm! now i have seen a few penis’s for the age of 14 but that is most defiantly not his dick. no way.
why is there a 14 year old (with a girl’s name) talking about dicks?! kids these days! *grumble grumble*
I had to come on here say that is HUGE! I would of loved for him to be alie and young now and my firend if he was gay! Imagine seeing that and doing stuff with it!