I Escaped: Real Prison Breaks

★ 4.2 · 2010 · 25m · Documentary · Crime

The show recounts incredible true stories of some of the greatest prison escapes in history.

Episodes

▶1. Court House KillerAmerican felon, Brian Nichols, facing possible life imprisonment for brutally raping his girlfriend shoots his way out, and, in Ireland 38 inmates escape in one go!▶2. Prisoner in ParadiseA female warder falls in love with a felon and springs him from jail, and an escaped murderer on the run cons a cop into letting him go.▶3. Honeymoon's OverA prison nurse kills a guard to spring her inmate lover from jail plus great train robber Ronnie Bigg's daring escape and 10,000 days on the run.▶4. Nothing to LoseThe biggest death-row breakout in U.S history and the world's first helicopter escape.▶5. Postage FreedomThe biggest death-row break out in U.S history and the world's first helicopter escape.▶6. Everything's Bigger in TexasEscape by a rope made of dental floss and the last man hanged in Australia: the break out that sealed his fate.▶7. Tragic ConsequenceIn the US a murderous gang of 7 bust out of a Texas prison leaving chaos in their wake, in Britain IRA terrorists are re-captured after just minutes on the run and in Australia an inmate loses half his body weight and slips through his cell bar window to freedom.▶8. Oral High JinksIn the UK a sociopath bomber uses a hand-made key to open a door to freedom, in the US a serial killer uses bed sheets to escape a fifteen story prison window and in Australia an escapee is shot dead on a crowded bus while on the run.▶9. Digging OutIn the UK, a hi-jacked chopper is used in England's first helicopter escape, in Australia an escapee sends photo's of himself while on the run to authorities he's dubbed the postcard bandit and in the US, six vicious murderers tunnel their way to freedom.▶10. Casanova’s LeapIn the UK John McVicar gets away with one of the most brazen escapes in British history, in New York State a small time criminal on the run turns into a cop killer and in Australia ex-bureaucrat and drug importer walks out of jail in a false wig and beard.

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