Greatest Prison Escapes with Billy Hayes

Season 1

Billy Hayes' legendary escape from a Turkish prison was the basis for the Oscar-winning movie Midnight Express. Now, with his unique first hand experience Billy takes us into the world of the Greatest Prison Escapes! Through reenactments, we'll experience audacious jail and prison breaks in dramatic form.

We'll hear intriguing interviews with the survivors, witnesses, historians, and law enforcement of each event. We'll meet the prisoners. Experience the private hells. The risks, rewards, and failures. One by one, with each dangerous and thrilling step, host Billy Hayes will present to the audience a vivid tour of the Greatest Prison Escapes!

Where to Watch Greatest Prison Escapes with Billy Hayes • Season 1

10 Episodes

  • Romeo & Juliet
    E1
    Romeo & JulietAudacious jail and prison breaks, with insight from Hayes, whose legendary escape from a Turkish prison was the basis for the Oscar-winning movie Midnight Express. Each episode includes interviews with the survivors, witnesses, historians, and law enforcement of each event.
  • The Texas Seven
    E2
    The Texas SevenBilly focuses his attentions on the notorious Texas 7, a group of prisoners who escaped from the John B Connally Unit near Kenedy, Texas, in December 2000. They employed strength, wit, disguises and plenty of teamwork to achieve the feat.
  • Pipes of Freedom
    E3
    Pipes of FreedomAudacious jail and prison breaks, with insight from Hayes, whose legendary escape from a Turkish prison was the basis for the Oscar-winning movie Midnight Express. Each episode includes interviews with the survivors, witnesses, historians, and law enforcement of each event.
  • Houdini Hinds
    E4
    Houdini HindsThe exploits of British criminal Alfie Hinds who, while serving a 12-year prison sentence for robbery, broke out of three high security prisons in the 1950s. His actions earned him the nickname 'Houdini'.
  • Festive Fugitives
    E5
    Festive FugitivesThe presenter examines audacious jail and prison breaks, focusing on an instance when six inmates in a Tennessee jail smashed a rusted toilet through a bathroom wall, weakened during plumbing repairs, in order to escape on Christmas morning, 2016.
  • Partners and Crime
    E6
    Partners and CrimeTwo women break their significant others out of prison with a hijacked helicopter in Crowley County, CO.
  • French Connections
    E7
    French ConnectionsRdoine Fad is infamous for his two audacious prison escapes and his bombastic, charismatic personality.
  • Time and a Half
    E8
    Time and a HalfA correctional officer breaks her inmate boyfriend out of a Maryland prison.
  • Puppy Love
    E9
    Puppy LoveDog trainer Toby Dorr uses a dog crate to smuggle her new love out of Lansing Correctional Facility.
  • Panzer Pals
    E10
    Panzer PalsHans-Joachim Horn steals a tank and breaks his friend and mentor, Lothar Luft, out of prison.

 

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