How the “Devil in the Ozarks” Escaped: Sharpies, Aprons and Trash Cans

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3.3 • 697 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.
0:04.5	Adventure should never come with a pause button.
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0:11.1	I'm Bridget Todd, host of There Are No Girls on the Internet.
0:13.9	And this season, I'm digging into the tech stories we weren't told.
0:17.4	Starting with Stacey Spikes, the black founder of movie pass who got pushed out of the company
0:21.6	he built.
0:22.8	Everybody's trying to knock you down and it's not going to work and no one's going to like it.
0:27.3	And then boom, it's everywhere.
0:29.3	And that was that moment.
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0:36.7	Welcome, everyone. It's Saturday, August 16th, and we are finally learning about how
0:43.2	the devil in the Ozarks escaped from prison. This all happened late May of this year. I'm
0:49.8	sure you remember it. We're talking about that former Arkansas police chief turned rapist and murderer.
0:55.2	His name was Grant Hardin. And yes, Netflix devoted an entire series to him. And that series was
1:01.9	called Devil in the Ozarks. No, I don't do. Is that a buzzy one? I actually can't remember.
1:06.6	When I heard the name, definitely, yeah, I've heard of that. But do you remember much buzz around it?
1:11.3	I actually don't.
1:12.3	I remember the buzz around it after he escaped.
1:14.7	And then everyone was like, ooh, that's the one, that's the guy that they did a Netflix
1:19.7	series on.
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