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This March 3, 2015 photo shows the cell where bank robber John Dillinger escaped in Crown point, Ind.  Crown Point is not the first town to try to make hay from criminality. Places that once drew up posses and hanging parties today routinely milk charismatic ne'er-do-wells for economic development. Missouri has four Jesse James museums. New Mexico once built a tourism campaign around Billy the Kid. Gibsland, Louisiana, hosts an annual Bonnie & Clyde Festival, with historical lectures, a pancake breakfast and a re-enactment of the famous massacre at the spot where it happened.  (AP Photo/The Indianapolis Star, Michelle Pemberton) NO SALES

This March 3, 2015 photo shows the cell where bank robber John Dillinger escaped in Crown point, Ind. Crown Point is not the first town to try to make hay from criminality. Places that once drew up posses and hanging parties today routinely milk charismatic ne'er-do-wells for economic development. Missouri has four Jesse James museums. New Mexico once built a tourism campaign around Billy the Kid. Gibsland, Louisiana, hosts an annual Bonnie & Clyde Festival, with historical lectures, a pancake breakfast and a re-enactment of the famous massacre at the spot where it happened. (AP Photo/The Indianapolis Star, Michelle Pemberton) NO SALES

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