The World's Craziest Prison Escape
On July 1st, 2018, France witnessed one of the most daring prison escapes in modern history. Rédoine Faïd, a career criminal inspired by Hollywood heist films, executed a helicopter escape from a maximum-security prison south of Paris.
This two-hour audiobook narrates his story from start to finish. It covers his childhood in the Paris suburbs, his obsession with gangster movies, his rise through a life of robberies and deception, his transformation into a media figure, and finally, the escape that humiliated the French justice system and turned him into a legend.
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Timeline
00:00:The Setup
15:00:The Hijacking
30:00:The Origins of a Cinematic Criminal
50:00:Hollywood Heists and High Stakes
01:15:00:Public Figure and Tragic Consequence
01:40:00:The Unbelievable Escape
01:58:00:Outro The Man Who Refused the Walls