The Posse

Bloody Angola Podcast by Woody Overton & Jim Chapman

Envision Podcast Studios

Documentary, Society & Culture, True Crime

4.9 • 665 Ratings

🗓️ 11 July 2025

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of “Bloody Angola Podcast” Jim Chapman explores Wilford Lindsly’s 1936 escape from Louisiana State Penitentiary, detailing his violent past, the chaotic manhunt, and its tragic consequences, highlighting the history of Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola.

Chapters
01:38 Round up the Posse
12:25 A Arrest in Texas
13:19 The Hunt for Wilford Lindsly
16:01 Tragic Mistakes in the Manhunt
17:03 The Motives Behind the Killings
21:55 The Final Stand of Wilford Lindsly
31:02 The Aftermath of a Bloody Escape

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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 guy
0:38.2	Rangle 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 cries these walls inside the wild
0:54.7	And when the world 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, welcome back to Bloody Angola, a podcast 142 years in the making,
1:35.9	the complete story of America's bloodiest prison.
1:39.0	I'm Jim Chapman.
1:40.4	And you've heard a lot of stories of the history of Louisiana State Penitentiary on this show.
1:47.4	But the one I'm about to tell you today, I really came across on accident.
1:52.9	I was doing some research on historic escapes. And I came across one in particular. And this may be one of the wildest escapes, definitely
2:04.1	one of the most tragic in Louisiana State Penitentiary history that did not have to do with
2:10.2	Charlotte Frazier.
2:11.3	And so today I'm going to tell you about an inmate by the name of Wilford Lensley.
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