Joyce Mitchell | Hybristophilia #3

Bloody Angola Podcast by Woody Overton & Jim Chapman

Envision Podcast Studios

Documentary, Society & Culture, True Crime

4.9 • 665 Ratings

🗓️ 10 April 2025

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

This episode delves into Joyce Mitchell's role in the 2015 escape of inmates Richard Matt and David Sweat from Clinton Correctional Facility, examining her personal struggles, the escape plan, the manhunt, and the intrigue surrounding her case.

Timestamps
01:39 Meet Joyce Mitchell
14:21 The Affair and the Escape Plan
16:29 The Great Escape Unfolds
19:58 The Manhunt Begins
25:02 Joyce Mitchell's Arrest
25:55 Confessions and Consequences
34:09 Sentencing and Aftermath

Transcript

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0:00.0	I walk a straight line
0:17.3	shackled chain
0:20.6	oh glarsome gertie is calling my name there is no mercy in this penitentiary
0:33.6	just asked the hill string game
0:38.2	Rangled of three
0:40.7	I'm here for life
0:44.7	I'm here to die
0:47.8	Inside these walls
0:51.5	Inside the wide And when the wolf cry these walls inside the wild
0:54.7	And when the wolf cries
0:58.4	I know it's over
1:01.6	Oh, bloody Angola
1:08.1	Oh, oh, bloody angola.
1:14.6	Hey, everyone and welcome back to Bloody Angola, a podcast 142 years in the making,
1:36.3	the complete story of America's bloodiest prison.
1:39.6	I'm Jim Chapman, and today I am continuing with another episode from the Hybrustafilius series.
1:48.3	And the subject of today's episode is Joyce Mitchell, a Department of Corrections employee, who in
1:56.5	2015 was convicted of providing material support to Clinton Correctional Facility prisoners.
2:05.0	Richard Matt and David Sweat in the way of hacksaw blades, chisels, and other tools during their escape of prison.
2:14.3	And you will not believe how she got that contraband in there, which I will cover
2:21.5	later on in the story. So let's get into it. And I'll give you a little background on Joyce Mitchell,
2:29.2	who, by the way, went by Tilly. She was 51 years old when everything I'm about to tell you went down.
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