Please support Scary Mysteries! Check out our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/scarymysteries?alert=2 - There's a lot of cool access, giveaways and even a custom episode!Buy awesome original shirts made by Scary Mysteries https://newdawnfilm.com/scary-mysteries-store/Subscribe for Weekly Videos here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiE86yS_VM7qjiICqRPmwLQ?sub_confirmation=1_________________________________________________________Top 5 Most Amazing Prison Escapes Ever 5. Choi Gap-bok Yoga is greatly beneficial to the human body, mind and spirt. It allows you to be healthy, present and of course, keeps you flexible. But one imprisoned yoga teacher made use of his expertise in the practice by escaping prison right through a small food slot. Korean inmate, Choi Gao-bok had been a practicing yoga teacher for 23 years but on September 12, 2012, he found himself arrested on suspicion of robbery. He was placed inside a detention cell at a police station in the city of Daegu, South Korea. But Choi Gao-bok was determined to get free. 4. Glen Stewart GodwinConsidered handsome, charming and an all around “nice guy” then 23 –year old, Glen Steward Godwin, was a fixture in disco club scene in Palm Springs, California during the 1980s. Together with his roommate, Frank Soto Jr., Godwin planned to rob drug dealer and pilot, Kim LeValley. They lured him into their condominium and once inside, Soto held him down while Godwin beat him up, strangled him then stabbed him multiple times with a knife. 3. Frank Abagnale Jr.If you’ve seen the movie “Catch Me If You Can,” you’re probably familiar with Frank Abagnale Jr.’s early life as a con man. From the ages of 15 to 21 years old, he lived a life as a check forger, imposter and confidence trickster. In his con man career, he has impersonated a physician, an airline pilot, a lawyer and even that of a US Bureau of Prisons agent. Undoubtedly, his most famous impersonation was that of an airline pilot. Abagnale’s reason was that he simply wanted to fly around the world for free. 2. Pascal PayetThe name Pascal Payet may not be well known, but this notorious criminal from Montpelier, France is known for initiating one of the most daring prison escapes ever recorded. A career criminal, Pascal spent his childhood in Lyon before heading to Marseille and it was ehre that he began his life of crime. In 1988 he was convicted for aggravated assault, then again in 1993 for conspiracy. By 1997, he had graduated to murder after participating in an armored vehicle heist where he killed an armed guard. Payet was then captured in 1999 and sentenced to 30 years in prison. But this wouldn’t be enough to hold him down. 1. Parkhurst EscapeesLocated on the Isle of Wright, Parkhurst Prison is kept and operated by Her Majesty’s Prison Service. Together with Albany, Parkhurst is one of two top security prisons dubbed as “Dispersals” since they disperse some of the most notorious prisoners. However, the status of Parkhurst was downgraded after there was a breach in the prison, which resulted in the escape of three notorious inmates – 2 murderers and one attempted murderer – in January of1995.Support the show

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