Prisons are designed to keep the bad guys on the inside. But for some captive geniuses, those prison walls are just another crime waiting to happen. These are the stories of outsized personalities playing the longest con of their careers, with the highest stakes possible. They study the habits of guards, weaknesses in their enclosures, and use their full arsenal of wit, cunning, and patience. There are alliances with crooked guards, friendships and betrayals with fellow inmates, close calls avoiding detection, and motivated accomplices on the other side. Hosted by Morgan Freeman, each episode details one of history's greatest escapes and the manhunt that immediately followed.
