History's Greatest Escapes with Morgan Freeman

History's Greatest Escapes with Morgan Freeman

ENDED2 Seasons16 Episodes5.6
NetworkPlanète+ Crime Investigation
First AiredNov 9, 2021
Last AiredSep 16, 2024
Runtime43 min

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.

Cast

Morgan Freeman
Morgan Freeman
Self - Host

Seasons & Episodes2 seasons · 16 episodes

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Fleeing Parchman
E1Fleeing Parchman
Jul 22, 202443m
A lone wolf prisoner, with aspirations of writing crime novels, ends up the star of his own break out story when he figures out how to escape from one of Mississippi's oldest and most notorious prison farms, Parchman Penitentiary.
Vietnam POW Escape
E2Vietnam POW Escape
Jul 29, 2024
A German American pilot, Dieter Dengler, uses survival skills honed as a child to escape a secret prison in Laos during the early years of the Vietnam war.
San Quentin Breakout
E3San Quentin Breakout
Aug 5, 2024
A lifelong escape artist, Forrest Tucker, ends up in San Quentin prison; despite his advanced age, he manages to engineer an audacious prison break.
The Sobibor Revolt
E4The Sobibor Revolt
Aug 19, 2024
Interviews and re-creations bring some of history's most daring jailbreaks to life, detailing every step of the way, including the inmates' meticulous plans and the manhunts that followed.
Escaping Devil's Island
E5Escaping Devil's Island
Aug 26, 2024
Interviews and re-creations bring some of history's most daring jailbreaks to life, detailing every step of the way, including the inmates' meticulous plans and the manhunts that followed.
Alton City Escape
E6Alton City Escape
Sep 2, 2024
Quawntay Adams, a young African American man from Los Angeles gets caught up in a large-scale marijuana bust and is sentenced to a long prison term; when he finds out he is going to be a father, he determines to break out of his cell.
Tunneling to Freedom
E7Tunneling to Freedom
Sep 9, 2024
During the Civil War, a daring prison break frees hundreds of captured Union soldiers; Colonel Thomas Rose was a schoolteacher before the Civil War; when he was captured and sent to Libby Prison in Richmond Virginia, he engineers a mass escape.
Breakout in Plain Sight
E8Breakout in Plain Sight
Sep 16, 2024
An Iranian-American psychopath goes to the men's city jail in Orange County Jail in Southern California; before he gets sent to a higher security prison, he escapes by crawling up the plumbing chase and rappelling down the side of the prison.

About History's Greatest Escapes with Morgan Freeman

History's Greatest Escapes with Morgan Freeman is a documentary series on Planète+ Crime Investigation. The show first aired on Nov 9, 2021 and currently has 2 seasons and 16 episodes. History's Greatest Escapes with Morgan Freeman has ended after 2 seasons. It has a rating of 5.6/10 based on 9 votes. The cast includes Morgan Freeman.

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