Classic prison break in history
There are many famous classic jailbreaks in history. Let's take a look at ten incredible real jailbreaks in history.
1, Pascal payette: escaped from prison by helicopter three times.
Pascal Paye was originally sentenced to 30 years' imprisonment in 200 1 year for committing murder while robbing a caravan, and then he successfully escaped from prison by helicopter three times. The last escape occurred in July 2007, when three armed men hijacked a helicopter and its pilot. They arrived at the resort of Cannes half an hour early and landed on the roof of the prison. Pascal Payer escaped from prison with the cooperation of criminals. Then the helicopter landed on the Mediterranean coast, and Pascal Payer successfully escaped from prison.
2. john dillinger: escaped from prison with a fake gun made of wood and shoe polish.
John dillinger was a bank robber in the midwest of the United States in the early 1930s. John dillinger robbed at least 24 banks, 4 police stations and escaped from prison twice. Dillinger was held in Indiana State Prison in Michigan until 1933 when he was released on parole. Less than four months later, he was sent back to Lima prison in Ohio, but the gang "Dillinger Gang" he founded successfully rescued him and killed the police.
1934 in March, Dillinger escaped from the "escape prevention" county prison (as the local police called it at that time) guarded by the police and the National Guard in lamport, Indiana. Local media reported that he escaped with a fake pistol made of wood and painted with shoe polish. Using this fake gun, he successfully tricked a guard into opening his cell, then took two hostages, locked all the guards in the cell together, and finally escaped.
Alfred Hintz: He escaped from prison three times, one of which was to lock the guards in the bathroom and escape.
Alfred Hintz, an Englishman, escaped from prison three times. 1953 was arrested on suspicion of robbing jewels worth about 90,000 yuan. Although he pleaded not guilty, he was sentenced to 12 years in prison. Alfred Hintz unconsciously escaped from the locked gate and the 20-foot-high prison wall, so the media called him "Houdini" (1874. 1926, American stage magician) Hintz.
It was not until 1956 that the police recaptured him, but Angel sued the authorities, accusing the warden of illegal arrest and smuggling a padlock to him in court, and used this prosecution to plan his next "hiding". When two guards who accompanied Sinz to the bathroom untied his handcuffs, Sinz pushed the guards into the compartment and quickly locked the padlock in the screw hole punched in the door by his partner. He then fled into the crowd on FairPark Jung Su Street, but was arrested at the airport five hours later.
4. Julian Schoda: Successfully from prison escape, hanging from the bottom of a police car.
In 2009, French-born arsonist Julian Chattad escaped from Bentonville, a prison in northern England. Julian, 39, was sentenced to seven years' imprisonment by the court just as other prisoners were sent to the cell. Chattad managed to sneak into the back seat of the police car, and then Chattad escaped by hanging from the bottom of the car.
5. Frank Morris, Seedorf and John Ungland: the only prisoners who escaped from Alcatraz.
Alcatraz Prison says that no one has escaped alive in 29 years. During this period, 36 prisoners have escaped from prison 14 times, twice tried to escape, 23 were arrested and 6 were killed in the escape.
However, in June 1962, 1 1, Frank Morris, Seedorf and John Ungland successfully completed the most complicated escape record in history. The three men climbed to the roof from a chimney vent, then climbed down the roof and rowed rubber rafts to escape.
It is reported that they put a "fake head" made of soap mixture, toilet paper and hair on the bedside to deceive prison guards patrolling at night. Three people escaped from prison and disappeared without a trace. Although the FBI thinks they drowned while trying to escape to San Francisco Bay, they are still wanted.
6. Billy Hayes: He escaped from a Turkish prison and became a writer.
1970 was sentenced to 30 years for drug smuggling. Billy Hayes, a 22-year-old American, was sentenced to four years and two months in a Turkish prison, but later the court sentenced him to life imprisonment. So he decided to run. After six months of careful planning, he knocked down the guards, then stole his uniform, stole the prison rowing boat, and finally rowed alone and fled to Greece on the other side. Finally, he returned to the United States safely and wrote an autobiography about his escape experience: Midnight Express.
7. Texas Seven: Use a careful plan to escape from the maximum security prison.
On June 5438+February 65438+March 2000, seven criminals named "Texas Seven Evil" escaped from the state-level maximum security prison near Kennedy Town in southern Texas under their seamless planning. In the early morning of 13, the scheming seven evils subdued and imprisoned nine heads of civilian maintenance teams, four prison policemen and three inmates. Subsequently, Texas Seven Evil snatched the victim's clothes, credit cards and ID cards, and stole a lot of weapons from the prison. Finally, they left the prison in a prison pickup truck.
8. Libby Prison Break: The most famous and successful prison break in the American Civil War.
Libby Prison Break was one of the most famous (and successful) jailbreaks during the American Civil War. Between February 9th, 1864 and February 9th, 10, more than 100 federal soldiers escaped from Libby prison in Richmond, Florida overnight. Of the 65,438+009 fugitives, 59 made it to the Northern Federal Front, 48 were recaptured and two drowned in the nearby James River.
It is worth noting that the prisoners successfully dug a tunnel in the basement of the prison. After 17 days of excavation, they successfully broke through a 50-foot clearing in the east of the prison and broke through the ground under a tobacco shed in the nearby Cole warehouse. 1On the night of February 9, 864, prisoners escaped from prison in groups of 30 to 20. Let's go
Libby's successful escape should be attributed to his leaders, Colonel Ross and Major Hamilton. Through their unremitting efforts, they escaped together. Ross broke through the chimney in the basement and organized tunneling, while Hamilton worked out a precise route and invented a wonderful device for transporting garbage and providing oxygen.
9. Escape from Auschwitz concentration camp
Witzler is a Slovak Jew. Witzler, together with Rudolf Vrba, was one of the few prisoners who escaped from the Auschwitz massacre. 1944 On Friday, April 7th, at 2pm, with the help of local underground rebels and under the cover of other prisoners, two men deceived police dogs with tobacco soaked in gasoline and cut the barbed wire. Subsequently, guided by the map provided by the rebels, they marched 80 miles to the border between Poland and Slovakia and escaped from prison smoothly.
Witzler and Vrba later became famous for a report about Auschwitz concentration camp. The detailed description of gas chambers and crematoriums is the most convincing. The 32-page detailed report on Auschwitz concentration camp was recognized by the Allies, and finally helped the US military save 6.5438+0.2 million lives.
10, Dieter Dengler: The only American pilot who escaped from a prison camp in the Vietnam War.
Dieter Dengler, an American pilot, successfully escaped from a Vietnamese jungle concentration camp during the Vietnam War. At the beginning of 1966, Dengler's plane was shot down by anti-aircraft guns while flying over Laos. Later, he was captured by guerrillas who supported North Vietnam. 1On June 29th, 966, he and six other prisoners made their own guard weapons and tried to escape. After knocking down three Vietnamese guards, he fled to a dense forest. Before being rescued by an American helicopter, he spent nearly 23 days in a hot and hungry jungle full of insects, leeches and parasites. Of the six prisoners who successfully escaped from prison, only he and a Thai contractor survived, and the others were killed or missing in the jungle. According to statistics, he was the only American pilot who successfully escaped from prison during the Vietnam War.