In March 1944, 76 officers broke out of a German prisoner-of-war camp. In 1977, a key member of the escape team talked to the ...

How did El Chapo’s escape tunnel remain hidden from prison authorities? Learn about the deception and engineering behind this masterful break-out.

"We are looking for variations that could potentially indicate tunnels or other underground features," Dr. Hendricks said. As early as the 1920's this was an escape route from the Top O' Hill ...

Balbi agreed, and when he had completed the tunnels, both prisoners crawled out of Balbi's cell and managed to escape from the Leads using the iron tool to force open doors and gates in their way.

Officials have said that about 50 workers were inside the tunnel when part of its ceiling caved in. Forty-three of them managed to escape, but eight were left trapped. There has been no ...

Several months before the Great Escape, the senior British officer in the Stalag Luft III camp asked fellow prisoner and artist Ley Kenyon to create a visual document of "Harry," the tunnel used ...

Helena Merriman tells the extraordinary true story of a man who dug a tunnel right under the feet of Berlin Wall border ...

Officials have said that about 50 workers were inside the tunnel when part of its ceiling caved in. Forty-three of them managed to escape, but eight were left trapped. There has been no ...

The first half of the movie is played for comedy, as the prisoners mostly outwit their jailers to dig the escape tunnel. The second half is high adventure as they use planes, trains, and boats to ...