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True Crime Vault: Manhunt

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Two convicted murderers, Richard Matt and David Sweat, escape from the Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora, NY, an event that triggers a massive manhunt.
  • The escape was elaborate and sophisticated, involving drilling through steel walls and pipes.
  • The escapees were Richard Matt, who murdered and mutilated his former boss, and David Sweat, a cop killer.
  • The escape took place on the first weekend of June in the Adirondacks region of New York.

Shownotes Transcript

**Dannemora, NY. A prison escape so audacious it played out like a movie. Two inmates, the guards who helped from the inside, and three weeks with police hot on their heels. But could the pair united in escape hold it together in their life on the lam? **

Originally Aired: 07/24/2015

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