History's Greatest Escapes with Morgan Freeman

2021

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EP1 Fleeing Parchman Jul 22, 2024

A lone wolf prisoner, with aspirations of writing crime novels, ends up the star of his own break out story when he figures out how to escape from one of Mississippi's oldest and most notorious prison farms, Parchman Penitentiary.

EP2 Vietnam POW Escape Jul 29, 2024

A German American pilot, Dieter Dengler, uses survival skills honed as a child to escape a secret prison in Laos during the early years of the Vietnam war.

EP3 San Quentin Breakout Aug 05, 2024

A lifelong escape artist, Forrest Tucker, ends up in San Quentin prison; despite his advanced age, he manages to engineer an audacious prison break.

EP4 The Sobibor Revolt Aug 19, 2024

Interviews and re-creations bring some of history's most daring jailbreaks to life, detailing every step of the way, including the inmates' meticulous plans and the manhunts that followed.

EP5 Escaping Devil's Island Aug 26, 2024

Interviews and re-creations bring some of history's most daring jailbreaks to life, detailing every step of the way, including the inmates' meticulous plans and the manhunts that followed.

EP6 Alton City Escape Sep 02, 2024

Quawntay Adams, a young African American man from Los Angeles gets caught up in a large-scale marijuana bust and is sentenced to a long prison term; when he finds out he is going to be a father, he determines to break out of his cell.

EP7 Tunneling to Freedom Sep 09, 2024

During the Civil War, a daring prison break frees hundreds of captured Union soldiers; Colonel Thomas Rose was a schoolteacher before the Civil War; when he was captured and sent to Libby Prison in Richmond Virginia, he engineers a mass escape.

EP8 Breakout in Plain Sight Sep 16, 2024

An Iranian-American psychopath goes to the men's city jail in Orange County Jail in Southern California; before he gets sent to a higher security prison, he escapes by crawling up the plumbing chase and rappelling down the side of the prison.
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Released: 09 November 2021 Ended
Producted By: Revelations Entertainment
Country: United States of America
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
Official Website: https://www.history.com/shows/great-escapes-with-morgan-freeman
Synopsis

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.

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