How the “Devil in the Ozarks” Escaped: Sharpies, Aprons and Trash Cans
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4.3 • 3.7K Ratings
🗓️ 16 August 2025
⏱️ 21 minutes
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Summary
A new report details how convicted rapist and murderer Grant Hardin, aka the Devil in the Ozarks, walked right out of prison last May. Amy and T.J. go over the 6 months of planning and the lax security that allowed the former police chief turned monster to go on the lam for nearly 2 weeks before police finally recaptured him. You’ll also hear how he got his moniker and what happened to the prison employees who were unintentionally complicit in his escape.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an IHeart podcast. |
| 0:06.1 | Welcome, everyone. It's Saturday, August 16th, and we are finally learning about how the devil |
| 0:13.6 | in the Ozarks escaped from prison. This all happened late May of this year. I'm sure you |
| 0:19.7 | remember it. We're talking about that former Arkansas police chief turned rapist and murderer. |
| 0:24.7 | His name was Grant Hardin. |
| 0:26.7 | And yes, Netflix devoted an entire series to him. |
| 0:30.4 | And that series was called Devil in the Ozarks. |
| 0:33.3 | No, I don't do. |
| 0:33.9 | Is that a buzzy one? |
| 0:35.0 | I actually can't remember. |
| 0:36.2 | When I heard the name, definitely, yeah, I've heard of that. But do you remember much buzz around it? I actually don't. I remember the buzz around it after he escaped. And then everyone was like, ooh, that's the one, that's the guy that they did a Netflix series on. So yes, they devoted an entire series to his crimes. Well, there is now a new report that is out. |
| 0:56.1 | It was elicited by the Department of Corrections. |
| 0:58.7 | But it's revealing some of the fascinating details surrounding his brazen prison break. |
| 1:05.3 | Do you remember the prison break? |
| 1:06.8 | Yeah, he walked right out the back gate. |
| 1:09.7 | Hey, he didn't shoot his way out. |
| 1:10.8 | No, he just. no violence, walked out. |
| 1:13.1 | Didn't he wave at the guy who, there was a tower guard who has since been fired? |
| 1:17.8 | Yes. |
| 1:18.2 | Who waved. All he did was waved at him and the guy opened the gate for him. |
| 1:21.9 | He acted like he knew what he was doing and he was believed and he was disguised as a law enforcement agent, but that had a lot |
| 1:28.9 | of folks head scratching because how was he able as a prisoner to somehow come up with a |
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