(Not-so-smooth) Criminals

I’m presently working through plot outlines for the follow up to my novel, The Killer Trail. One pivotal scene involves the psychopathic Ray Owens attempting a daring prison escape.

I felt I needed to give myself a break, and as a light diversion I decided to google some of the more bizarre and less successful attempts at escaping prison, and found these gems.

A prisoner in Norway shed his clothes and smeared his body with vegetable oil to successfully wiggle his way through prison bars. His problem was this left him naked in frigid temperatures in the dead of winter.

In Mexico, seventy five convicts spent six months digging a tunnel underneath their prison only to emerge in the very courtroom where many of them had been sentenced.

A prisoner in Atlanta attempted an escape from courthouse only to land in the middle of the judge’s chambers.

Two inmates in Brazil who had successfully escaped their prison made a critical mistake by flagging down the car of a prison guard who was on his way to work.

And finally, proving that Canadians are not immune to escapes gone bad, three prisoners in Ontario attempted a run for freedom while being escorted from a police vehicle. Their mistake was that they failed to account for the shackles binding them together and consequently wrapped themselves around a street pole.

I enjoyed taking a look at the lighter side of criminal behaviour. But it’s safe to say that Ray Owens’s attempt at escaping prison is going to be a lot less comical and a whole lot more diabolical. Stay tuned!