nans pat 2,575 Posted September 18, 2015 Report Share Posted September 18, 2015 there was 7 here swam off the maidstone prison ship sat in belfast lough 1970s,winter time covered them selves in butter slipped out the porthole n away to shore,hijacked a bus and fooked off so if they made it theres no reason the other lads didnt, take it the gillens wernt involved lol lol 2 water buffalos,,no bryson lead the charge. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mickey Finn 3,052 Posted September 18, 2015 Report Share Posted September 18, 2015 Nobody knows. Any more than we know what became of D.B. Cooper. If they did make it, (sort of hope they did) it'd be pretty easy to live on the lam as laborers back then. There were armies of drifting workers who were paid cash and lived on the road. Either way, they are most likely deceased by now. RIP 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Truther 1,579 Posted September 18, 2015 Report Share Posted September 18, 2015 It looks like these lads were mainly bank robbers, i don't really have a problem with that, hope they made it, must have taken some proper bottle to even try. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MickC 1,825 Posted September 19, 2015 Report Share Posted September 19, 2015 Newly released files on the escape from Alcatraz by the FBI stated that they had found the raft on the beach with fresh footprints around it in the sand,it was kept quiet until a few years ago. I watched a documentary about the escape last year on Discovery and all the information pointed to at least two of them still being alive and involved in a couple of murders iirc. Another escapee made it to the beach alive a few months after the first escape in the middle of winter but was caught exhausted on the beach and returned to Alcatraz.Authorities didnt want to admit that anybody had escaped alive . 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mackem 28,220 Posted September 19, 2015 Report Share Posted September 19, 2015 My favourite was always D.B.Cooper,now that WOULD be a story to hear if he survived 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nighteyes 275 Posted September 19, 2015 Report Share Posted September 19, 2015 Newly released files on the escape from Alcatraz by the FBI stated that they had found the raft on the beach with fresh footprints around it in the sand,it was kept quiet until a few years ago. I watched a documentary about the escape last year on Discovery and all the information pointed to at least two of them still being alive and involved in a couple of murders iirc. Another escapee made it to the beach alive a few months after the first escape in the middle of winter but was caught exhausted on the beach and returned to Alcatraz.Authorities didnt want to admit that anybody had escaped alive . Yeah see that, car stolen near by same night , they had about a 8 hour head start , good chance they made it Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MickC 1,825 Posted September 19, 2015 Report Share Posted September 19, 2015 Only trouble with the DB Cooper case is all of the serial numbers on the money was noted down by the FBI and it has never to this day ever been found in circulation.The only money ever found from the hijacking was found by a kid in a dried up river bed out in the forest where he is believed to have parachuted into on the night of the hijacking,prompting many to believe Mr Cooper never survived. Is the FBI telling the truth though as in the Alcatraz escape they clearly supressed information for decades ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mickey Finn 3,052 Posted September 20, 2015 Report Share Posted September 20, 2015 (edited) Only trouble with the DB Cooper case is all of the serial numbers on the money was noted down by the FBI and it has never to this day ever been found in circulation.The only money ever found from the hijacking was found by a kid in a dried up river bed out in the forest where he is believed to have parachuted into on the night of the hijacking,prompting many to believe Mr Cooper never survived. Is the FBI telling the truth though as in the Alcatraz escape they clearly supressed information for decades ? I don't know if the money would have been found. Not related but I sold a Pick up truck some years back for cash. The guy paid me in all $20.00' bills and all very old. Credit union took them no questions asked. ATB Edited September 20, 2015 by Mickey Finn 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TOMO 27,158 Posted September 21, 2015 Report Share Posted September 21, 2015 Thanks for that fellas,,I had not herd of d b cooper,,,so just spent the last half hour reading about it on wiki... great story The copycats afterwards were amusing too,,,,one guy was arrested by his car ,,parked on the ground near his jump zone,,,the car was his own ,,,and had a parachutes ,,of America bumper sticker,,,Classic,,lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Phil Lloyd 10,738 Posted September 21, 2015 Report Share Posted September 21, 2015 Papillon would have pissed Alcatraz,...he had a lust for life... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
keepdiggin 9,560 Posted September 21, 2015 Report Share Posted September 21, 2015 Look at andy dufrain, he played hide n seek for years You do no shawshank is fictional story... its not Quote Link to post Share on other sites
arcticgun 4,548 Posted September 21, 2015 Report Share Posted September 21, 2015 It's written by Stephen King and says fiction on back of the book, it's part of a collection of short stories class movie and book I think there would be similarities too other escapes and cases from the era it's set in though Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gnasher16 30,591 Posted September 21, 2015 Report Share Posted September 21, 2015 Must admit i always thought Shawshank was a true story.....or at least based on one......i thought the ending on the beech was the only bit made up as the real life geezer got banged up again...............or maybe im imagining it Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BGD 6,437 Posted September 21, 2015 Report Share Posted September 21, 2015 Must admit i always thought Shawshank was a true story.....or at least based on one......i thought the ending on the beech was the only bit made up as the real life geezer got banged up again...............or maybe im imagining it It was based on a book by Stephen King Quote Link to post Share on other sites
YOKEL 2,297 Posted September 21, 2015 Report Share Posted September 21, 2015 http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/09/17/1329456/-Escape-From-Alcatraz-The-True-Story# Yokel Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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