The Great Escape of the Orleans Parish Jail

Bloody Angola Podcast by Woody Overton & Jim Chapman

Envision Podcast Studios

Documentary, Society & Culture, True Crime

4.9 • 665 Ratings

🗓️ 22 May 2025

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of “Bloody Angola Podcast” Jim Chapman details the escape of (10) inmates from the Orleans Parish Jail. This escape in which (5) inmates are still at large is the largest escape on record in the State of Louisiana and this episode provides in deep analysis into what happened, why it happened and what can be done in the future to avoid it happening again.

Timestamps
10:56 The Escape Unfolds
26:50 Governor Jeff Landry on Fox News
40:10 Liz Murrill addresses the media on arrest of Sterling Williams
52:39 Political Reactions

Transcript

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0:00.0	I walk a straight line
0:17.3	shackled chain
0:20.6	oh glarsome girding line shackle chain oh
0:22.7	gluesome gertie
0:24.3	is calling my name
0:27.5	there is no
0:30.2	mercy
0:30.9	in this penitentiary
0:33.9	just asked
0:36.7	the hill string gang
0:38.2	Rangled three
0:40.7	I'm here for life
0:44.7	I'm here to die
0:47.8	Inside these walls
0:51.8	Inside the wild
0:54.7	And when the wolf cries
0:58.7	I know it's over
1:01.6	Oh, bloody Angola
1:08.1	Oh, oh, bloody Angola. Oh, bloody angola.
1:14.9	Hey, everyone. Hey everyone and welcome back to Bloody Angola, a podcast 142 years in the making,
1:36.8	the complete story of America's bloodiest prison.
1:40.3	I'm Jim Chapman.
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