Series synopsis
History's Greatest Escapes with Morgan Freeman is an American documentary television series that premiered on Planète+ Crime Investigation on November 9, 2021. It ended on September 16, 2024. It stars Morgan Freeman.
Morgan Freeman explores real-life prison breaks that have captured the attention of the public, showcasing an up close and personal view of what the prisoners are faced with in executing their break outs.
Premise
Morgan Freeman explores real-life prison breaks that have captured the attention of the public, showcasing an up close and personal view of what the prisoners are faced with in executing their break outs.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Morgan Freeman as Self - Host
Episodes
This series spans 2 seasons with 16 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 8 | November 9, 2021 | December 28, 2021 |
| Season 2 | 8 | July 22, 2024 | September 16, 2024 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Alcatraz Four men conspire to break out of one of the most notorious prisons in American history. Three make it to the water's edge... but what happened to them when they left the island remains a mystery to this day. |
November 9, 2021 |
| 2 |
North Country Breakout Stuck in prison on life sentences, two men used engineering smarts and psychological manipulation of several prison employees to escape Dannemora Prison; Richard Matt and David Sweat executed one of the most involved escapes from an American prison. |
November 16, 2021 |
| 3 |
El Chapo El Chapo became one of the most notorious and murderous drug cartel kingpins in modern history. His audacious escapes from maximum-security prisons in Mexico became the stuff of legends. He is now in a US supermax prison in Colorado where he is remanded to this day. |
November 23, 2021 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Fleeing Parchman A lone wolf prisoner, with aspirations of writing crime novels, ends up the star of his own break out story when he figures out how to escape from one of Mississippi's oldest and most notorious prison farms, Parchman Penitentiary. |
July 22, 2024 |
| 2 |
Vietnam POW Escape A German American pilot, Dieter Dengler, uses survival skills honed as a child to escape a secret prison in Laos during the early years of the Vietnam war. |
July 29, 2024 |
| 3 |
San Quentin Breakout A lifelong escape artist, Forrest Tucker, ends up in San Quentin prison; despite his advanced age, he manages to engineer an audacious prison break. |
August 5, 2024 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | Planète+ Crime Investigation |
|---|---|
| First aired | November 9, 2021 |
| Last aired | September 16, 2024 |
| Runtime | 43 minutes |
| Status | ended |
| Schedule | Monday at 21:00:00 |