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.
#1 - 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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#2 - 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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#3 - 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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#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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#5 - 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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#6 - 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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#7 - 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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#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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