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I Was a Bank Robber — Then I Escaped Prison | Kevin FitzPatrick

Locked In with Ian Bick

Ian Bick

Society & Culture

4.8745 Ratings

🗓️ 23 September 2025

⏱️ 154 minutes

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Summary

Kevin FitzPatrick isn’t just any guest — he’s a man who lived the life most people only see in movies. Kevin started stealing cars as a teenager, battled a serious gambling addiction, and went on to rob multiple banks. But that was just the beginning. In this shocking interview, Kevin reveals how he escaped prison not once, not twice, but three separate times — and shares every detail of how he pulled it off. #PrisonEscape #BankRobberies #TrueCrimePodcast #PrisonStories #LifeOnTheRun #PrisonBreak #LockedInPodcast #redemptionstory Thank you to BLUCHEW, EXPRESSVPN & PRIZEPICKS for sponsoring this episode: BlueChew: Visit https://bluechew.com/ and use promo code LOCKEDIN at checkout to get your first month of BlueChew FREE & pay five bucks for shipping. ExpressVPN: Secure your online data TODAY by visiting https://www.expressvpn.com/lockedin to find out how you can get up to four extra months. Prizepicks: Visit https://prizepicks.onelink.me/LME0/IANBICK and use code IANBICK and get $50 in lineups when you play your first $5 lineup! Connect with Kevin FitzPatrick: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/share/1CPcwU9ty8/ Email: kfitz1129@gmail.com Hosted, Executive Produced & Edited By Ian Bick: https://www.instagram.com/ian_bick/?hl=en https://ianbick.com/ Presented by Tyson 2.0 & Wooooo Energy: https://tyson20.com/ https://woooooenergy.com/ Use code LOCKEDIN for 20% OFF Wooooo Energy Buy Merch: http://www.ianbick.com/shop Timestamps: 00:00 Meet the Escape Artist: Kevin FitzPatrick’s Wild Prison Story03:59 Growing Up & First Arrests: How Crime Took Over His Life07:00 The Gambling Addiction That Fueled His Criminal Path13:32 Teen Probation, Escalating Crime & First Big Mistakes20:55 Stealing Cars & Planning Escapes: The Early Criminal Years27:24 First Prison Sentence at Lee Correctional — Reality Check36:37 Transferred to New York: The Brutal Prison Experience44:22 Solitary Confinement & Mental Health Battles Behind Bars57:21 Surviving Prison: Fights, Violence & Daily Struggle01:13:02 First Taste of Freedom: Parole & Immediate Relapse01:23:50 Bank Robberies & Prison Escapes — Life on the Run01:38:55 Courtroom Escapes & Wild Transfers: Outsmarting the System01:47:27 Prison Politics, “Good Time” Hustle & Redemption Plans01:58:03 Final Prison Stretch, Legal Battles & Last Release02:05:27 Life After Prison: Parole, Running from Trouble & Family02:13:58 Struggling with Gambling & Alcohol After Getting Out02:25:02 Lessons Learned: Redemption & Advice After 20 Years Inside Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:11.1

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0:30.0

Ever since my arrest, I had a handcuff key that was part of my bootlace.

0:34.0

It's something that some police carry in case they ever get handcuffed.

0:37.0

I can't believe I'm sitting across from the real life Michael Schofield right now. I built the best bridge that I could

0:42.3

to get as high as I could on that fence. I got on the top of the fence. I didn't understand razor

0:47.2

wire until then. Can you tell us how you robbed the bank? Kevin Fitzpatrick isn't just a former

0:52.0

inmate. He's a three-time prison escapee and a convicted

0:55.9

bank robber who spent nearly two decades behind bars. In this episode, Kevin takes us inside the

1:01.9

mind of a man who broke out a prison three times, live life on the run, and pulled off

1:07.1

multiple bank robberies, and he shares exactly how it all went down.

1:14.2

Just spent through some crazy shit, you know, 11 years in solitary confinement,

1:18.0

22 years in maximum security prisons in four states, 14 years of that just for escape charges.

1:23.9

I did more time for escaping repeatedly than I got for robbing bank tellers that I was in there for.

2:20.8

And, you know, there's countries around the world in Europe that escapes not even a crime. You don't even get prosecuted for it. It's considered a natural instinct and their fault that they didn't have in a place that was secure enough to hold you. So it's, you know, I went through some bad things. I mean, I went through the old school county jails when 16-year-olds could go into county jails in New York State. And now that that doesn't exist, you have to come at a serious. I was in there for joyriding in a car when I was 16. For four months, I sat in a county jail. And they don't do that anymore. But that's, you know, that was my experience with the system that was certainly not there to help you. It was, uh, it was there to punish. And nobody ever made an effort to get to the root of like, why are you doing these things? It was always, okay, what are we going to punish you with? And you come out of there, not any better. You come out of there criminally educated and you're just doing more stuff because your thinking's not been corrected and you don't have a purpose in your life to do good instead

2:26.0

of the trap of stupidity in the past.

2:29.4

Where'd you grow up, Kevin?

2:31.2

Syracuse, Syracuse, New York.

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