WILLIE SUTTON Ep. 5 | “Most Wanted”

Infamous America

Black Barrel Media

True Crime, Documentary, History, Society & Culture

4.5 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 15 May 2024

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Willie Sutton and a small group of inmates execute an improbable escape from Holmesburg Prison. In the process, Willie cements his legacy as an escape artist. But his notoriety lands him a spot on the FBI’s new Ten Most Wanted list. Willie hides in various places in New York and plans his next big robbery, but his time is running out. A young man named Arnold Schuster recognizes the most wanted fugitive in America and makes a fateful report to police. Bring the Arts home with Marquee TV! Sign up at Marquee.tv and receive 3 months for just 99 cents when you use the promo code AMERICA. Join Black Barrel+ for ad-free episodes and bingeable seasons: blackbarrel.supportingcast.fm/join Apple users join Black Barrel+ for ad-free episodes, bingeable seasons and bonus episodes. Click the Black Barrel+ banner on Apple to get started with a 3-day free trial. On YouTube, subscribe to INFAMOUS+ for ad-free episodes and bingeable seasons. Hit “JOIN” on the Infamous America YouTube homepage. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCm4V_wVD7N1gEB045t7-V0w/featured For more details, please visit www.blackbarrelmedia.com. Our social media pages are: @blackbarrelmedia on Facebook and Instagram, and @bbarrelmedia on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:32.6	It's said in the glitz and glamour of the roaring 20s,
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0:56.9	Facebook games. Your detective journey awaits. By February of 1947, Willie Sutton and four other inmates at Holmesburg Prison outside Philadelphia
1:21.7	had organized a plan to escape.
1:24.4	Now they were just waiting for the right time.
1:27.8	Four of the five were experienced escapees who had been part of the infamous breakout
1:32.1	from Eastern State Penitentiary five years earlier.
1:36.1	They had been in a group of 12 inmates who had tunneled out of the prison,
1:40.4	but within two months all 12 had been caught and were back inside.
1:45.0	Half of them were free for less than a day.
1:48.0	It was that attempt that caused prison officials to transfer Willie and a few others to Holmesburg.
1:54.8	Like most maximum security prisons, Holmesburg was believed to be escape proof.
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