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Watch History's Greatest Escapes with Morgan Freeman (2021) Online

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Morgan Freeman explores real-life prison breaks that have captured the attention of the public, showcasing an up close and personal view of what the prisoners are faced with in executing their break outs.

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1. AlcatrazNow viewing2021-11-0943m7.7Four men conspire to break out of one of the most notorious prisons in American history. Three make it to the water's edge... but what happened to them when they left the island remains a mystery to this day.
2. North Country Breakout2021-11-1643m6.5Stuck in prison on life sentences, two men used engineering smarts and psychological manipulation of several prison employees to escape Dannemora Prison; Richard Matt and David Sweat executed one of the most involved escapes from an American prison.
3. El Chapo2021-11-2343m7.5El 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.
4. Conquering the Wall2021-11-3043m6.0Six men, led by the mastermind, Nuno Pontes, escaped Pittsburgh State Penitentiary by tunneling to freedom under the massive wall of the prison. They made it as far as Texas before being caught and returned to prison.
5. Escaping Hitler2021-12-0743m6.0Allied prisoners used all kinds of forgery and engineering tactics to tunnel out of a German Prisoner of War camp. Almost all were caught, fifty were executed and three made their way to freedom.
6. Belfast Breakout2021-12-1443mAlmost forty prisoners locked up in HM Maze prison for actions undertaken as members of the IRA, escaped in a food truck. Many were caught right away, some years later, and some were never seen again.
7. Fleeing Hellmira2021-12-2143mTimothy 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.
8. Assassin's Flight2021-12-2843mJames Earl Ray, confessed killer of MLK, was a notorious escape artist. His most audacious escape involved manufacturing a ladder made of plumbing pipe and going over the wall of the Brushy Mountain State Prison.

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History's Greatest Escapes with Morgan Freeman has 2 seasons and 16 episodes.

When did History's Greatest Escapes with Morgan Freeman first air?

History's Greatest Escapes with Morgan Freeman first aired in 2021.

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History's Greatest Escapes with Morgan Freeman is classified as Documentary.