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Alcatraz

Aired on Nov 09, 202143m

Four men conspire to break out of one of the most notorious prisons in American history: Alcatraz. What happened to them remains a mystery to this day.

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North Country Breakout

Aired on Nov 16, 202143m

Stuck in prison on life sentences, two men used engineering smarts and psychological manipulation to escape Dannemora Prison.

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El Chapo

Aired on Nov 23, 202143m

El Chapo became one of the most notorious drug cartel kingpins in modern history—and his audacious escapes from maximum-security prisons in Mexico became the stuff of legends.

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Conquering the Wall

Aired on Nov 30, 202143m

Six men escaped Pittsburgh State Penitentiary by tunneling to freedom under the massive wall of the prison. They made it as far as Texas before being caught.

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Escaping Hitler

Aired on Dec 07, 202143m

Allied prisoners used all kinds of forgery and engineering tactics to tunnel out of a German Prisoner of War camp. Almost all were caught, fifty were executed and three made their way to freedom.

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Belfast Breakout

Aired on Dec 14, 202143m

Almost forty IRA members locked up at HM Maze prison escaped in a food truck. Many were caught right away, some years later—and some were never seen again.

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Fleeing Hellmira

Aired on Dec 21, 202143m

Two desperate murderers made an audacious rooftop escape from the forty-foot-high Elmira State Prison.

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Assassin's Flight

Aired on Dec 28, 202143m

James Earl Ray, confessed killer of MLK, was a notorious escape artist. His most audacious escape involved manufacturing a ladder made of plumbing pipe and going over the wall of the Brushy Mountain State Prison.