I Escaped Jail — Then Survived 32 Brutal Years in Prison | John Moore

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Ian Bick

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🗓️ 11 March 2026

⏱️ 149 minutes

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John Moore grew up in Connecticut carrying the weight of childhood trauma that pushed him toward trouble at a young age. What started as a life of bad decisions quickly escalated into serious crime when he was arrested for kidnapping and robbery, but the chaos didn’t stop there. While sitting in jail awaiting his case, John continued fighting and causing problems until he made a desperate move, he escaped jail and fled to New York. While on the run he committed another robbery before eventually being caught, a decision that would change his life forever. Between charges in Connecticut and New York, John was ultimately sentenced to nearly 50 years in prison. In this episode of Locked In with Ian Bick, John shares the true story of surviving 32 years inside some of the most brutal prisons, navigating gangs, violence, and constant attacks while trying to stay alive. Despite the harsh reality of decades behind bars, John also found an unexpected light in the darkness, meeting the woman who would become his wife and building a family through conjugal visits while still incarcerated. _____________________________________________ #ianbick #lockedinpodcast #jailescape #prisonstory #prisonsurvival #truecrimepodcast #prisonlife #exinmate _____________________________________________ Connect with John Moore: TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@jay_triple_x?_r=1&_t=ZP-94JYBavrQIp YouTube: https://youtube.com/@jaytriplex?si=vFn5Ln4dyjyA5-yc _____________________________________________ Hosted, Executive Produced & Edited By Ian Bick: https://www.instagram.com/ian_bick/?hl=en https://ianbick.com/ _____________________________________________ Shop Locked In Merch: http://www.ianbick.com/shop _____________________________________________ Timestamps: 00:00 Prison Escape: How the Breakout Happened 03:00 Childhood Struggles and Growing Up 07:00 First Arrests and Early Trouble With the Law 13:00 Escalating Crime and Facing Consequences 22:00 Juvenile Detention and Life Behind Bars Young 32:00 Jail Life, Prison Violence, and Survival 45:00 Solitary Confinement, Segregation, and Isolation 57:00 The Infamous County Jail Escape 01:01:00 On the Run: Living as a Fugitive 01:14:00 Hostage Situation and Final Surrender 01:21:00 Arrest, Police Beatings, and Sentencing 01:29:00 Entering the New York Prison System 01:39:00 Brutal Prison Life and Notorious Inmates 01:54:00 Turning Point: Love and Changing Direction 02:03:00 Returning to Connecticut and Family Loss 02:13:00 Release From Prison and Life After 02:21:00 Lessons From Prison and Regrets 02:28:00 Final Thoughts and Reflections Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	had these big huge old bullcutters that they have for the prisons and I smashed this window there was a cop on the other side of the window that came running to like stop me from coming through I was scared to death to I hit that window and the whole window just flipped out hit the ground and it was probably the most athletic I ever was to that point in my life but I jumped through the window rolled and came up and that cop hauled ass that i would have hit him so hard them
0:21.6	fucking walker there was nobody that was stopping i could hear the cop cars coming you didn't even know
0:25.7	that you were about to get released then before you escape there must have been like 50 60 COs in there
0:30.5	and they just beat us so you lost your opportunity in prison when you're a human being that has actually
0:35.1	been restrained and chained to a fucking floor,
0:38.1	where people can come in and do things to you.
0:40.1	Ain't nothing going to bother me after that.
0:42.0	John Moore was already in jail for kidnapping and robbery when things spiraled even further out of control.
0:47.4	After fighting and causing problems inside the jail, he made a desperate move.
0:51.5	He escaped and went on the run in New York, a decision that would
0:55.0	eventually cost him 32 years behind bars.
1:01.4	I originally am from Connecticut. I was born in Bristol, but I live up in Rochester with my
1:06.0	wife and children. She's a school teacher up there and she, so I've been up there since I've been out.
1:11.6	And Bristol's not too far from here.
1:13.2	Oh, that's what I was going to ask you.
1:14.7	I'm not quite sure where I'm at because I'm going to go visit a couple.
1:17.7	I want to see my grandmother's grave while I'm here, my grandfather's grave.
1:20.5	I haven't seen it.
1:21.8	I have not been here in Connecticut without being either on parole or on the run from an escape or or or in
1:32.9	prison in the back of a patty wacking since I was 16 years old. This is the first time like when
1:37.9	I crossed the border last night coming from New York I looked at Aaron and said fuck man I'm not on
1:42.7	parole I'm not on nothing I'm going into Connecticut so I'm going into Connecticut. So I'm going to go to, because I'm from the Torrington, Barkhamstead, Winstead area. That's where I, Litchfield County. That's why I came out of. And then now I'm up in, up in Rochester. What was your upbringing like? Not bad at all.
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