Walls Can't Hold Them!
Shadows From the Tree by Michele McCall & Danielle Gravel
Episode notes
Join us in this exciting season opener, where we uncover intriguing stories of prison breaks. From bars to headlines in 192os, the tale of William Griffith, a West Virginian coal miner who took to a life a crime, making several successful escapes from the state penitentiary. We also cover the 1902 Pittsburgh jailbreak of the Biddle Brothers, with the assistance of the warden's wife, Kate Soffel.
Keywords
documentaryhistoryarchivegenealogy1800s1900snewspapertrue crimemysteryromancescience