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History's Greatest Escapes with Morgan Freeman

History's Greatest Escapes with Morgan Freeman
★ 5.8/10•2021•43m•16•Documentary
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Morgan Freeman explores real-life prison breaks that have captured the attention of the public, showcasing an up close and personal view of what the prisoners are faced with in executing their break outs.

StatusEnded
Runtime43m
LanguageEN
First Air DateNov 9, 2021

Episodes

Episode 1 - AlcatrazE143m

Alcatraz

Four men conspire to break out of one of the most notorious prisons in American history. Three make it to the water's edge... but what happened to them when they left the island remains a mystery to this day.

Nov 9, 2021

Episode 2 - North Country BreakoutE243m

North Country Breakout

Stuck in prison on life sentences, two men used engineering smarts and psychological manipulation of several prison employees to escape Dannemora Prison; Richard Matt and David Sweat executed one of the most involved escapes from an American prison.

Nov 16, 2021

Episode 3 - El ChapoE343m

El Chapo

El Chapo became one of the most notorious and murderous drug cartel kingpins in modern history. His audacious escapes from maximum-security prisons in Mexico became the stuff of legends. He is now in a US supermax prison in Colorado where he is remanded to this day.

Nov 23, 2021

Episode 4 - Conquering the WallE443m

Conquering the Wall

Six men, led by the mastermind, Nuno Pontes, 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 and returned to prison.

Nov 30, 2021

Episode 5 - Escaping HitlerE543m

Escaping Hitler

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.

Dec 7, 2021

Episode 6 - Belfast BreakoutE643m

Belfast Breakout

Almost forty prisoners locked up in HM Maze prison for actions undertaken as members of the IRA, escaped in a food truck. Many were caught right away, some years later, and some were never seen again.

Dec 14, 2021

Episode 7 - Fleeing HellmiraE743m

Fleeing Hellmira

Timothy Vail and Timothy Morgan were murderers incarcerated at Elmira State Prison in Elmira, N.Y.;. Vail wanted to escape, so he engaged Morgan in his plan to dig through the ceiling and flee from prison.

Dec 21, 2021

Episode 8 - Assassin's FlightE843m

Assassin's Flight

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.

Dec 28, 2021

Actors

Morgan Freeman

Morgan Freeman

Self - Host

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