8/7/2023 0 Comments Prison break![]() Before his first capture, he did very well on two lists: Forbes’ most influential person in the world (41st in 2009) and the United States’ most wanted list (#1 baby!). The Mexican drug baron dubbed El Chapo (it means, “Stocky”) due to his short stature is the most powerful personality in the “industry”, the leader of the Sinaloa drug cartel. According to the FBI, it was almost certainly not the first version of this plan, but they always admitted that it was brilliant nonetheless. They either escaped, living out their lives under an assumed name, or they drowned in the sea … or maybe became shark food. On the northeastern part of the island, they launched rafts made out of piles of raincoats inflated with a concertina (it’s a small accordian) and disappeared forever. They successfully bypassed the night patrols (which most escaping prisoners ran into) and climbed over the fence. Through the vent, the three prisoners made it to the roof of the building, then to the ground using the bakery chimney. Then to deceive the guards, they made “doll heads”, using locks of real hair stolen from the barber shop, to place in their beds. Finally, with the help of sharpened spoons, old saw blades, and even an improvised electric drill they widened the ventilation hole in their cells enough to squeeze through. ![]() So when they were all sent to Alcatraz together, it wasn’t a question of ‘if’ they’d try to escape, but ‘when’. The official explanation is that they almost definitely drowned, but a new study into the tidal phenomena of San Francisco Bay has opened a door to the possibility that they just might have succeeded.įrank Morris and siblings John and Clarence Anglin had a long and storied history throughout the nation’s penitentiary system, including a number of previous escape attempts. In 1962, however, three reckless prisoners made it the furthest, never to be seen again. Standing in the middle of San Francisco Bay’s wild and dangerous currents, Alcatraz Prison was considered one of the safest prisons of all time during its twenty-nine years of operation, thirty-six inmates attempted to escape, and officials claim that none of them actually succeeded. #3 – Alcatraz, the inescapable prison (June 1962) During the escape, nineteen guards were injured, but only one died … from a heart attack. ![]() However, two prisoners have never been tracked down and their whereabouts remain a mystery to this day. Other escapees emigrated to the United States, where they were later arrested and returned to the U.K. Within a half hour, the prisoners completed their plans, stole a food transport truck, and drove off away from the Maze.īritish police managed to arrest most of the prisoners the same day. With the help of smuggled weapons, the participants began disarming the guards one at a time on a September afternoon, holding them hostage to prevent them from sounding the alarm. Most of the inmates at the facility were IRA soldiers, Irish rebels working to rip Northern Ireland away from the United Kingdom, so it’s no wonder that such a large group joined forces inside the facility to devise an escape plan. The uprising that is called the largest British prison escape happened in 1983, when thirty-eight inmates escaped from HM Prison Maze in the United Kingdom. #2 – Escape from the Maze (September 1983) ![]() Eventually, Ted Bundy was re-captured and found guilty on 36 counts of murder and sentenced to death by electric chair … he didn’t escape that one. No one knew he was gone for another seventeen hours, and by then, Bundy was on the other side of the country, on his way to Florida, where he would kill once again. There he found some street clothes in a janitor’s closet and used them to walk out right through the front door. From there, he made it to the top of the building and crossed to another area of the facility. Using the classic “make-your-bed-look-like-you’re-sleeping-in-it” trick, he managed to climb through a vent in his cell to the apartment of the prison commander. He travelled through the wilderness, dodging roadblocks and stealing supplies from cabins before he was recaptured six days later in a stolen vehicle.īut Bundy would escape yet again, and this time with more success. All it took was one well-timed cigarette break, and he jumped out of the open window of the second-floor room and successfully escaped. As part of that effort, the judge allowed him to remove his restraints while working on his defense in the prison library. His sharp wit is also proven by the fact that Bundy fired his lawyers because he thought he was better suited. ![]() Despite his brutality, Bundy was generally described as an attractive, intelligent man. ![]()
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