FREE PRISON BREAK: TRUE STORIES OF THE WORLDS GREATEST ESCAPES PDF Paul Buck | 288 pages | 01 Sep 2012 | John Blake Publishing Ltd | 9781843589600 | English | London, United Kingdom 12 Craziest Prison Escapes of all Time | InTime Please refresh the page and retry. Only this time, it's real. T he video shows inmates Adam Hossein Nayeri, Prison Break: True Stories of the Worlds Greatest Escapes Tieu and Bac Duong finding a way through the wall of their cell, hacking through bars and using bed sheets to make it outside and into a white van. It worked, too. Their bid to flee justice is the latest in a long line of audacious break out attempts not all of which were successful In scenes reminiscent of The Shawshank Redeption, Guzman, the billionaire head of the powerful Sinaloa Cartel, fled via a mile long tunnel that ran from his cell to a building under construction outside the prison's perimeter. Eighteen prison staff were also being questioned in connection with his disappearance. El Chapo was later caught again, after some time spent with Sean Penn, and is now back behind bars. Richard Matt, 48, and David Sweat, 34 apparently crawled along tunnels to flee the all-male Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora. Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary, a maximum-security prison that sits on a tiny island off the coast of San Francisco, was supposed to be the jail that no man could escape. Clarence Anglin, John Anglin and Frank Morris were serving time for a litany of crimes including bank robbery and car theft when they resolved to flee Alcatraz and its claustrophobic confines. The trio cut holes in their cell walls, leaving behind dummy bodies in their beds to fool guards into thinking they were still incarcerated. A fter exiting the building via a ventilation staff, the men scaled a prison fence and then fashioned a raft from raincoats and contact cement. They cast off into the cold waters of San Francisco Bay at around 10pm. Morris and the two Anglin brothers were never found. An official FBI investigation concluded that while it was feasible that they could have reached the mainland and fled on foot, the strong currents made that unlikely. T he investigation concluded that the three men drowned at sea. However, the film Escape from Alcatraz appears to call that into question, strongly implying that the men reached the mainland. Abagnale committed a series of jaw-droppingly bold crimes, which included although by no means were limited to flying over 1, miles between the ages of 16 and 18 by impersonating a Pan Am cockpit. The con man would ride in the spare seat of the cockpit — although he admits that on countless occasions he was left in charge of the plane while the pilot attended to a call of nature. A fter Prison Break: True Stories of the Worlds Greatest Escapes sentenced to 12 years in prison in the US, Abagnale says he had the fortune of being Prison Break: True Stories of the Worlds Greatest Escapes to a detention facility by a Marshall who had forgotten his prisoner's papers. Abagnale seized upon the opportunity, persuading guards that he was actually an undercover prison inspector. Authorities at the time often used Prison Break: True Stories of the Worlds Greatest Escapes ploy to test their jails, and the guards duly swallowed the bait. A bagnale writes that he was treated much better in prison than other inmates thanks to his 'undercover' status — but the ploy really paid off once he'd enlisted the help of a friend, whom he calls in the book 'Jean Sebring'. Sebring apparently doctored two business cards — one an FBI agent's, the other a prison inspector's — and then smuggled them into the prison for Abagnale, who wasted little time in telling his guards that he needed to speak to the FBI agent. The guards called the number on the agent's card, Sebring picked up, told them that she needed to meet Abagnale outside the prison, and the con man walked straight out of the prison's front door, presumably laughing all the way. In the 20th century, Parkhurst prison on the Isle of Wight was considered to be Britain's answer to Alcatraz — but that didn't deter three men from attempting a meticulously planned Prison Break: True Stories of the Worlds Greatest Escapes. Keith Rose, Andrew Rodger and Matthew Williams were serving time for crimes that included murder and planting a bomb when, on January evening at the very start ofthey made use of a key they had cut themselves to flee Prison Break: True Stories of the Worlds Greatest Escapes correctional facility. R ose, Rodger and Williams used the key to open a series of doors, then cut through a mesh fence and scaled the perimeter wall. They took a taxi to the town of Sandown, where they spent four days trying to steal planes and boats while sleeping rough in a field. The three men Prison Break: True Stories of the Worlds Greatest Escapes eventually discovered by an off-duty prison officer. P arkhurst's security level was downgraded in the aftermath of the escape attempt. Yoga practitioner Choi Gap-bok provided the history books with a new take on prison escape methods. Rather than bend his cell bars out of shape, he bent himself out of shape, slipping through the tiny slot at the bottom of the cell that's used to give prisoners food. The manoeuvre apparently took only 34 seconds. G ap-bok was rearrested Prison Break: True Stories of the Worlds Greatest Escapes days later and placed in a cell with a much smaller food slot. Wetzler, a Slovakian jew, escaped from Auschwitz with fellow inmate Rudolf Vrba in April by hiding in a wood pile that other inmates soaked with tobacco and gasoline to fool guard dogs. After four nights hiding among the wood, the two men donned stolen suits and overcoats and began a 80 mile journey to the Polish border with Slovakia. In his pockets, Wetzler carried a report on the inner workings of the death camp, including a ground plan, details of the gas chambers, and a label from a canister of Zyklon B — the gas that the Nazi's used to kill millions of inmates. It was the first detailed report about Auschwitz that the Allies regarded as credible, and led to the bombing of buildings that housed Nazi officials who dealt with the railway deportations. F rench murderer Pascal Payet has gained international notoriety for his role in a series of daring prison breaks that used helicopters as their modus operandi. Payet's first escape came inwhen he arranged for friends to collect him from the roof of a village prison in a helicopter. Two years later, he orchestrated a rerun of the events to help three more prisoners escape the confines of the jail. Payet was later caught and sentenced to 30 years in prison for murder in Despite being one of France's most closely watched prisoners, he managed to again break free of the law in by taking advantage of Bastille Day celebrations to jump into a hijacked helicopter flown by four masked men. We urge you to turn off your ad blocker for The Telegraph website so that you can continue to access our quality content in the future. Visit our adblocking instructions page. Telegraph Lifestyle Men The Filter. El Cheeky Chapo His ability to elude capture is the stuff of Mexican legend. Telegraph logo This video content is no longer available. To watch The Telegraph's latest video content please visit youtube. Escape from Alcatraz Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary, a maximum-security prison that sits on a tiny island off the coast of San Francisco, was supposed to be the jail that no man could escape. In his autobiography, Abagnale details a prison escape of equally intrepid nature. The key to freedom In the 20th century, Parkhurst prison on the Isle of Wight was considered to be Britain's answer to Alcatraz — but that didn't deter three men from attempting a meticulously planned escape. The Korean Houdini Yoga practitioner Choi Gap-bok provided the history books with a new take on prison escape methods. The flying criminal F rench murderer Pascal Payet has gained international notoriety for his role in a series of daring prison breaks that used helicopters as Prison Break: True Stories of the Worlds Greatest Escapes modus operandi. He was months later, near Barcelona, and transferred to a secret location, where he now remains. We've noticed you're adblocking. We rely on advertising to help fund our award-winning journalism. Thank you for your support. 10 Most Spectacular Prison Escape Stories The lowest-priced brand-new, unused, unopened, undamaged item in its Prison Break: True Stories of the Worlds Greatest Escapes packaging where packaging is applicable. Packaging should be the same as what is found in a retail store, unless the item is handmade or was packaged by the manufacturer in non-retail packaging, such as an unprinted box or plastic bag. 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