Escape

By Jessica McNally

Personal Journals Society & Culture

What's Escape about?

More than 9 million Men and Women are locked up all across the world. This podcast tells the stories of those who dared to escape.

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The Texas Seven

03.31.2019

George Rivas walked slowly out of the guard house of the maximum security prison he was serving time in and made his way over to the gate beside the guard tower. Nervously he cleared his throat and yelled up to ...

Escape episodes:

03.31.2019 The Texas Seven George Rivas walked slowly out of the guard house of the maximum security prison he was serving time in and made his way over to the gate beside the guard tower. Nervously he cleared his throat and yelled up to ...
03.17.2019 Catching a Ride Jody Thompson anxiously peered around the corner of the prison loading dock. Just 10 meters in front of him he could see the delivery truck with its back door still open. All he needed to do was quickly run across ...
03.10.2019 Locked Up MacGyver Harold Laird stood against his cell door trying not to nervously shake. He watched on in horror as an officer banged his fist against the plastic frame that covered the flickering light fixture on his wall. The plastic frame that ...
03.03.2019 Up and Over Elmira Correctional Facility prisoner Timothy Vail, stared down the guard at centre gate who’d just emerged with a hand held metal detector. He felt the straps of the bag he’d slung over his shoulder weigh down heavily on him. He ...
01.08.2018 The Pittsburgh Six Western Penitentiary prisoner Nuno Pontes has 17 seconds. 17 seconds to take a makeshift key, sneak into a restricted area undetected and test that his key fits the padlock. The padlock that’s locking the door to freedom. 17 seconds that ...

Escape

What's Escape about?

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Escape episodes:

The Texas Seven

Catching a Ride

Locked Up MacGyver

Up and Over

The Pittsburgh Six

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