The BEST episodes of History's Greatest Escapes with Morgan Freeman season 1

Every episode of History's Greatest Escapes with Morgan Freeman season 1, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of History's Greatest Escapes with Morgan Freeman season 1!

Take a look back at the biggest jailbreaks from some of the most notorious prisons in the world.

Last Updated: 11/9/2024Network: HistoryStatus: Continuing
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Belfast Breakout
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7.63
38 votes

#1 - Belfast Breakout

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 12/14/2021

Almost forty members of the IRA, locked up in HM Maze prison, attempt a daring escape.

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Escaping Hitler
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7.60
42 votes

#2 - Escaping Hitler

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 12/7/2021

Allied prisoners used all kinds of tactics to escape German Prisoner of War camps.

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Alcatraz
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7.58
62 votes

#3 - Alcatraz

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 11/9/2021

Four men conspire to break out of one of the most notorious prisons in American history. What happened to three of them remains a mystery to this day.

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Conquering the Wall
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7.54
46 votes

#4 - Conquering the Wall

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 11/30/2021

Six men, led by the mastermind, Nuno Pontes, attempt to escape Pittsburgh State Penitentiary.

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El Chapo
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7.43
44 votes

#5 - El Chapo

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 11/23/2021

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.

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North Country Breakout
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7.42
43 votes

#6 - North Country Breakout

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 11/16/2021

Stuck in prison on life sentences, Richard Matt and David Sweat executed one of the most involved escapes from an American prison.

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Fleeing Hellmira
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7.38
32 votes

#7 - Fleeing Hellmira

Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 12/21/2021

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.

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Assassin's Flight
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7.13
40 votes

#8 - Assassin's Flight

Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 12/28/2021

James Earl Ray, confessed assassin of Martin Luther King, was a notorious escape artist. The most audacious of which was an attempt to escape Brushy Mountain State Prison.

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