Fun fact: Shiratori was completely innocent of the initial murder charge that put him in Aomori Prison and was forced to confess

Much respect to Shiratori. They should have made him an engineer or something that would allow him to use his exceptional skills. The soup thing was brilliant.

13:12 That cut was *HILARIOUS* whether or not it was intended 🤣🤣🤣

“Let’s rock, everybody let’s rock. Everybody in the whole cell block, come dance and do the jailhouse rock.” Elvis Presley

About Alcatraz, one guy (can't remember the name) DID escape by swimming all the way to the mainland, but the water was so cold he was hypothermic and passed out on shore where he was easily found and captured.

They say Bumpy Johnson aided in the escape from Alcatraz -It was recorded (I believe by the coastguard) that there was a boat seen anchored in the bay that night, just sitting there for hours with it’s lights off. The story is that they were men sent by Bumpy Johnson, who were sent to wait out in the bay that night, to pick up Frank & his fellow escapees. It wouldn’t have been out of character for Bumpy Johnson to help out a buddy who he had been incarcerated with. Bumpy Johnson was in jail with Frank, but had been released some time before the escape.

Narrator says it’s not possible to navigate the waters off Alcatraz island let alone in the dark, but remember they hold the Escape from Alacatraz triathlons where triathletes are required to swim from Alcatraz to the main San Francisco shore. I think they made it.

"there is no record of what he requested for his ESCAPE FROM TUNNEL 57 1964"

Shiraori was no only a genius escapee, but also a rebel against the harsh Japanese prison conditions. BTW: Seeing the first part of this clip, I have realized it's no wonder that Japanese prison-themed movies from the 1970s and 80s were so focused on brutality, fictionalized as the plots are. Thanks, Simple History.

another exceptional non violent escape artist is steven jay russell who managed to escape prison on four occasions, he's nickenamed houdini and even has a movie made based on his life (i love you phillip morris)

The first one, wow that’s amazing… . Cheers to this guy! He should have his own movie

According to a documentary I watched a few years ago a member of the Anglin family supplied a photograph to the FBI that the family recieved in 1992 that supposedly showed the brothers, taken about thirty years after their escape, that forensic analysts confirmed was both the correct age and on film only available before 1995 (the manufacturer went out of business), and facial recognition software gave better than a 95% probability of BOTH the men in the picture being one of the brothers, but analysis of the photo's background, and plants in the picture, concluded it was taken either in southern Brazil or Argentina, and Argentina has no extradition treaties with the USA while Brazil only has a limited treaty.

I always thought Yoshi was one of the greatest escapist

Great video. Moondine Joe who was Fremantle prison's greatest escapee had some great descendants. Douglas Thomas made several escapes in the late 970s despite having only one leg. Brendan Abbott, The Post Card Bandit. He was taking selfies long before the camera phone. He took them out the front of a police station and then mail the selfie to the police commissioner. He's retired to the old folks' home at Casuarina Correction Centre these days. He had a good run though.

“Tonight is going to be a jailbreak, somewhere in the town! Tonight is going to be a jailbreak, so don’t you be around! Tonight is going to be trouble, I’m going to find myself in! Tonight is going to be trouble, so woman stay with a friend. BREAKOUT!” Thin Lizzy

In 1962 one inmate, John Paul Scott, did successfully escape from Alcatraz by swimming to Fort Point, whereupon he was discovered and captured. He was exhausted and suffering from hypothermia, but survived. Prior to this in 1945 another prisoner, John K. Giles, escaped aboard a ferry while disguised as an Army soldier, but was apprehended at Angel Island.

I laughed that the last meal joke was cut short gjgj @13:11

Amazing how the more prison guard beat prisoners, the more, and more violently, those prisoners attempt escape. Weird.

"they added 3 years to his term of life in prison" What 😂

The Kangaroo disguise is the most ridiculous thing

Another channel, KentoBento made a much more in depth and story driven video about Shiratori, that has many important notes about Shiratori's ingenuity and cunning. Like how while he was digging the tunnel, when the guards were watching he would look upwards, tricking them into thinking he was failing to come up with an escape plan. And about the wire from the bucket being from bathing time and not just some bucket in his cell like this animation shows.

The West Germans escaping was by far the most incredible story. I wish the narrator had mentioned that wall that divided Germany stood until 1989. I was 14 can can remember when the fall was announced on American news. Remember the song 99 Luftballons by Nena? It was about balloons being mistaken for UFOs, the government puts it military on high alert which causes surrounding countries to do the same and war breaks out again, over balloons LOL. This sounds like it could really happen these days.

“I just gotta get out of this prison cell, someday I’m going to free loooorrrd!” Queen

I 100% endorse this big brain title

Fun Fact: Moondyne Joe actually was mining and took of his clothes and made it look like he was resting on the pile of rocks and escaped through his own hole that he mined and it was at Fremantle prison in Perth i see his hole all the time

“He had a scuffle with a farmer over some food that ended in the man being stabbed and killed” “The court recognized that in all four of his prison escapes and recaptures, he never used violence in any way” ???

The one thing that puzzles me is the Japanese guy in the "high security prison" where he dug a tunnel to escape, whilst under armed guard by no less that 6 guards at a time, managed to dispose of all the earth whilst digging? I mean, when digging compacted earth, when dug up it takes up about 3 times the room it would if it were undisturbed. Where the heck did he put the loose earth? And no this isnt the great escape? lol

31:33 The first case of someone making a “fur suit,” but not for some convention. 😄

The last escape with the helicopter always makes me laugh. in interviews with the prison guards, they stated the very first thing that their commander yelled was "LOCK THE GATES" as John Killick flies off in a helicopter from the exercise yard. His girlfriend Lucy also wasn't the pilot, she booked a scenic flight and hijacked it by pulling a gun on the pilot. Honestly one of THEE greatest escapes of all time.

bro put some time stamps on these long ones

meanwhile my rimworld prisoners smash down any door they see hoping it leads outside, not realizing half my colony is behind it waiting for them.

The best prison escape ever made was the Long Kesh in Ireland, 37 IRA prisoners escaped dressed up as prison officers and smuggled in guns. Then simply walked out.

Escapists are actually pretty smart if you think about it. You have to have a big brain to come up with these escape plans

I love your channel keep up the great stuff

the 1962 Alcatraz Escape. is referenced in cod black ops 2 in mb of the dead as an entire area

The original reasons given for the closure of Alcatraz was that in was in poor physical condition, would have cost too much to repair and maintain and that it was not in keeping with modern penal theories. I think it’s most likely that with the escape of Morris and the Anglins, the government had lost its claim to an escape-proof prison and hence the original reason for its existence.

Guy who disguised himself as a kangaroo 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾😂

Great video!

And then there is Napoleon escape, rallying all troops sent to capture him without firing a shot 🗿

Plot twist, they were circling a large food depot full of delacassies

now i cant unsee it, a friend just said the person in the intro scene at 0:00-0:05 looks kind of like Capitan Price lol

Man escapes 4 times like its nothing lol

I had a good laugh picturing the guy in the kangaroo suit 😂😂

I've been watching you're videos for a while now, and I swear I hear sound effects from a game I used to play but I'm not sure which one

Ahh yes the big brains

I have another suggestion for your war stories: can you talk about USAF PJ William Pitsenbarger during the Vietnam War? He was a MOH recipient posthumously

Escaple Plan Checklist: 1). Russian girlfriend 2). Helicopter

Goddamn, those wives and girlfriends were Ride or Die.

1:59 thank you for finally showing his eyes

7:36.....yo you just said he murdered a farmer

Love how the cannibal story shows a warm sunny Australian when in fact it was freezing where they were

Funny how I’ve just found this and a terrorist escaped from jail yesterday in Wandsworth London

I live in Tasmania, and yes, this part of the story is true. Ironically, the escapees were surrounded by heaps of edible plants and animals throughout, and also the local Aborigines were friendly and would probably have helped them to survive. A cruel irony indeed.

Lol the title 👍

im so happy i started to watch your videos, a year ago my brain was the size of a peanut, i mean it still is but my peanut got a lumped which was smarter

i seen the story thanks for explaining too

Henri Charrière aka. Papillon a frenchman was another one that could pulled out multiple houdinis from max prisons.

Shiratori is the epitome of "patience is a virtue."

Great title 👌

I would add the springing of Éamonn De Velera from Lincoln prison

21:10 Minor animation mistake, that's An M1 Carbine, not a Bolt-action rifle, M1 is a straight-pull to chamber.

*Tunnel 57 ? Hello ? !*

"A growing number of criminals due to the abolition of the death penalty"???? Thank you for giving us the solution to our crime problem. I knew it was actually a simple problem to solve. I think we should start with politicians and media.

Another fact about Shiratori is that he had abilities such as flexibility, strength, and could climb walls. He was able to break his cuffs which is why he specially designed cuffs, he could climb walls, he could dislocate his body and go through small spaces. Luckily for him, he was innocent and was released on good behavior then got to see his daughter :)

Me encanta este canal ya que de niño veía muchos documentales de guerra con mi padre , ha pasado el tiempo y mi padre me abandonó pero ver estos vídeos me ayuda a seguir amando la historia

Absolutely 💯

18:08 Thats not how toilets work, even the dirtiest ones. 🚽

People swim to and back from Alcatraz, just not at night. One regular event is called the Alcatraz Invitational Swim, so the last sentence about the escape from that prison was incorrect.

1:40 in THOSE days? Doesnt seem much better today 💀

In a unnamed Ohio city a Mexican guy (with help) somehow unscrewed and squeezed through a vision window. He walked out with whoever was visiting him and was never seen again.

Request for making video on all WWII Naval Battles

When one says "big brain prison escapes" it usually means "small brain security measures"

When i saw this story whole i was absolutely fascinated with shiratori

Could you imagine being sent to jail for 7 years over a few pairs of shoes?

This looks good…

Simple history should do a documentary on our astronaut friend

oof, imagine not being caught because your attempt was stupid, but because you were so convincing that a bored guard accidentally made you stop

man i could sleep all day to his voice

The bit about the life jackets and rafts in the Alcatraz escape came from the movie made on the topic, and isn't known to have actually happened. The logic is simply that it seemed unlikely the men would have gotten that far, and not had a plan for getting off the island itself, which COULD be legit, but is speculation. The truth is, no one really knows. Did they escape? Or just die trying? The world may never know.

This guy just eating people 😂😂

Guard: leaves the keys 🔐 on his belt Prisoner: yeah this Big Brain 🧠 time

How did we go from 7 years incarceration for just stealing shoes to people walking out of establishments with carts full of stolen items & no repercussions too their actions?!?!

No record of what he requested for his what? It cut out. Or was that the Aussie Government. Is Albo related to Pierce?

Yoshie Shiratori : Keter Class

Anyone else here listened to the first story and was sad that Kento Bento isn't uploading anymore.

El Chapo

Pierce went from stealing shoes to killing and eating people

The folks of the WWII generation were definitely amazing.

Whoa whoa. The extremely cold Pacific ocean? Try the Atlantic

I wonder how many prison break movies would take these cases as inspiration 🤔

"When there is a will there's a way" Shiratori probably

If they were so big brain, how did they get caught in the first place?

At least the Tasmanian Cannibal got to coexist with Thylacines....

Can you make a video about the Wikelinks leak where it shows US helicopters firing at civilians

Who puts thier chair against the bars?

13:12 😂

Props to the author of the title 😂

13:10 probably the chief of the prison

A week and they are eating each other but they are getting through quite a lot in a short time.

Thomas cooks☠️ 12:30