On the final episode of our Alcatraz series, we tell the stories of the convicts who attempted the impossible: breaking out of the famously inescapable prison. Did anyone manage to fly the coop?
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Jul 17
Episode 673: Gary Ridgway : Redux Part III - The Riverman
The boys conclude the story of the Green River Killer, as Ted Bundy gives investigators a disturbingly accurate profile of the man he calls “The Riverman,” Gary Ridgway tries settling into a normal life with his third wife, and the task force somehow keeps missing the killer righ ... Show More
1h 26m
Jul 10
Episode 672: Gary Ridgway : Redux Part II - The Aroma of Tacoma
This week, the boys return to Gary Ridgway as the Green River Killer begins his reign of terror along the SeaTac Strip. As bodies start washing up in and around the Green River, police miss lead after lead while Ridgway hides in plain sight. Along the way, we take a detour into M ... Show More
1h 36m
Feb 2023
The Escape from Alcatraz Prison
Locked cells, surrounded by an impenetrable concrete fortress, surrounded by high barbed wire fences, surrounded by water, on an island in San Francisco Bay. Alcatraz was considered the most 'inescapable' prison in the world. The worst of the worst were sent there. So how, in 196 ... Show More
52m 14s
Sep 2020
Con Artists Bites: Prison Escapes
In addition to new episodes of Con Artists each week, you’ll now also hear Crime Bites every Friday. Each Crime Bites episode gives you a deeper, yet brief look into true-crime topics covered at Parcast. Today we’re discussing prison escapes. How common are prison escapes, and wh ... Show More
19m 20s
Nov 2020
158: Dannemora Prison Break
Is it just me, or should breaking our of a SUPER MAX PRISON be hard? AND YET SOMEHOW THESE TWO IDIOTS FIUGURED OUT HOW TO DO IT?On the night of June 5, 2015, two MURDERERS, broke out of a prison fortress thought to be impenetrable. A little after 11 p.m., they climbed through hol ... Show More
54m 8s
Mar 2022
S2 – 12: The Screams Continued Well into the Night
Notorious prisoners, multiple escape attempts, murders, suicides and horrendous punishments have left one of the most recognizable prisons in history indelibly haunted. In the season two finale of Haunted Road, we head to Alcatraz to separate fact from fiction, and share a whole ... Show More
47m 50s