Dean Jobb September 12, 2023 The ‘Human Bomb’ and the Great Chanute Bank Robbery of 1939 - Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine Dean Jobb September 12, 2023 The First National Bank of Chanute, Kansas in 1939 John Thornburg taped sticks of dynamite to his waist, wired his fingers as a crude detonator, and took a hostage on his mission to rob a Kansas bank. Would he succeed?Click here to read more