The smartest and most creative prison escapee

[snowmountains]

Who, as far as you know? Anyone beats Richard Lee McNair?

He was a sergeant in the Air Force. I'm curious what turned him into a robber and murderer. Three phenomenal escapes. The most creative one is hiding in mail bags with breathing tube

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Lee_McNair



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y86CofCpuTY


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBrnBmUmVzI

[ezrider62]

Alcatraz escape was a long, well planned escape. I give this number one of all time.

[Deserterer]

El Chapo

[PossumMan]

I thought about this for some time. Like ezrider62 my mind quickly went to the genius of Frank Morris and The escape from Alcatraz but then I thought of: Roger Bushell and The great Escape in which 76 POWs escaped, 3 made it to freedom, 73 recaptured and 50 executed.

Both escapes were marvels of ingenuity but the great escape required coordination of so many disciplines and what stands out besides engineering feat was the intelligence gathering and bribery of German prion guards. So, the great escape gets the nod from me.

[Brave New World]

Originally Posted by snowmountains

Who, as far as you know? Anyone beats Richard Lee McNair?

He was a sergeant in the Air Force. I'm curious what turned him into a robber and murderer. Three phenomenal escapes. The most creative one is hiding in mail bags with breathing tube

In the UK, one of the famous postwar prison escapees was Walter "Angel Face" Probyn Walter "Angel Face" Probyn , who notched up 16 escapes from different penal institutions, winning himself th nickname of "the Hoxton Houdini".

In HMP Durham's Maximum Security Wing, he met up with the armed robber John McVicar, and in 1968 they took part in one of the most spectacular escapes, which was later made in to film McVicar, starring Roger Daltrey (The Who) as John McVicar and Adam Faith as Probyn.

Some other notorious prisoners were also featured in the film including Charlie Richardson (Ronnie in the film) a well known London Gangster who was played by Steven Berkoff and child murderer John Straffen (Streaky Jeffries in the film).

Straffen who was played by played by Matthew Scurfield in the film, had learning disabilities and who had previous killed a further child after escaping from Broadmoor High Security Hospital, causing the hospital to install a vast air raid style alarm system that could be heard for tens of miles around the facility. Also featured was Ian Brady (Cody in the film), another notorious child murderer who was played by Michael Feast.