The Ballad of Ron and Dorinda
In 1986, two lovebirds busted out of a coed prison in a hijacked helicopter. They’ve been trying to escape ever since.
In 1986, two lovebirds busted out of a coed prison in a hijacked helicopter. They’ve been trying to escape ever since.
David Gauvey Herbert Esquire Dec 2020 30min Permalink
The truncated, violent lives of Richard Matt and David Sweat before their prison escape.
N.R. Kleinfield New York Times Jun 2015 10min Permalink
John MacNeil was convicted by the state of Massachusetts of second-degree murder. He was given a life sentence. He escaped. He was caught. Through an incredible feat of jailhouse lawyering, he somehow got himself paroled and exiled to Canada. Then he came home.
David L. Yas Boston Magazine Nov 2001 15min Permalink
On the escape of hundreds of insurgents from Kandahar’s Sarposa Prison through a tunnel dug from the outside, and an unlikely suspect: the jail’s former warden.
Luke Mogelson GQ Jun 2012 25min Permalink
A profile of lifelong thief and 13-time escapee Chris Gay, aka “Little Houdini.”
Ben Montgomery The St. Petersburg Times Sep 2011 10min Permalink