Season 08 Episode 38: Between a Rock and a Hard Place
Unexplained
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4.4 • 9.4K Ratings
🗓️ 8 August 2025
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
They called it the most inescapable prison in the United States — a cold, isolated fortress surrounded by frigid waters and razor currents. Alcatraz.
But in 1962, that reputation was obliterated in one of the most audacious prison breaks of all time. Or was it...
Written by Emma Dibdin and produced by Richard MacLean Smith
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| 0:00.0 | This is an IHeart podcast. |
| 0:04.5 | In sitcoms, when someone has a problem, they just blurt it out and move on. |
| 0:09.0 | Well, I lost my job and my parakeet is missing. How is your day? |
| 0:15.3 | But the real world is different. Managing life's challenges can be overwhelming. |
| 0:19.6 | So, what do we do? We get support. |
| 0:22.0 | The Huntsman Mental Health Institute and the Ad Council have mental health resources available for |
| 0:26.3 | you at loveyourmindtay.org. That's loveyourmindtay.org. See how much further you can go when you |
| 0:32.6 | take care of your mental health. Adventure should never come with a pause button. Remember Movie Pass? |
| 0:38.5 | All the movies you wanted for just nine bucks? |
| 0:41.2 | I'm Bridget Todd, host of There Are No Girls on the Internet. |
| 0:44.0 | And this season, I'm digging into the tech stories we weren't told. |
| 0:47.4 | Starting with Stacey Spikes, the black founder of Movie Pass, who got pushed out of the company he built. |
| 0:52.8 | Everybody's trying to knock you down and it's not going to work and no one's going like it. And then boom, it's everywhere. And that was that moment. Listen to there are no girls on the internet on the IHurt Radio app, Apple Podcast, or wherever you get your podcast. Hear insightful, entertaining discussions on today's important health and wellness topics on the Health Discovered podcast from |
| 1:11.9 | WebMD. Through in-depth conversations with experts, Health Discovered covers everything from tips |
| 1:17.0 | for healthier living to the latest on therapy and mental health. My goal is to really |
| 1:22.1 | destigmatize mental health treatment and looking at it from a whole health perspective. Physical health and mental health can be intertwined. |
| 1:30.6 | Listen to WebMD Health Discovered on the IHeartRadio app or wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 1:35.9 | Hello, it's Richard McLean Smith here with a quick update before we dive into today's episode. |
| 1:41.2 | Unexplained is very excited to be a part of Crime Wave at Sea this November, |
| 1:45.3 | joining forces with some of the eeriest voices in the world of true crime and the paranormal. |
| 1:51.0 | Four nights in the Caribbean with amazing podcasts like Last Podcasts on the Left, Scared to Death, |
| 1:57.0 | and many more. Live shows, meet and greets, creepy stories under the stars, and you can be |
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