In this episode, the Real Crime Profile Team (Laura Richards, Jim Clemente and Lisa Zambetti) continue the conversation with real life Inspector General Catherine Leahy Scott and Deputy Inspector General Jim Davis about their work investigating the escape and developing an extensive report, with key findings including: Gene Palmer’s involvement, Richard Matt and David Sweat’s planning of the prison break and their relationship with Joyce Mitchell, Leahy’s real interview with Joyce Mitchell and the criminal negligence at the prison.

This episode was done in partnership with and is sponsored by SHOWTIME and the new Limited Event Series Escape At Dannemora, directed by Ben Stiller and starring Benicio Del Toro, Patricia Arquette, Paul Dano & Bonnie Hunt.

Based on bizarre but true events, Escape At Dannemora tells the story of two prisoners who broke out of a maximum-security prison in upstate New York and their twisted relationship with the female prison employee, who aided in their escape.

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