The Breakout
1/5/202642 min
Margo Freshwater is just 18 when she tries to bail out a friend charged with armed robbery. She ends up in big trouble of her own, when she and a much older man tear across the South like Bonnie and Clyde, shooting first and asking questions later.
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Cooper Moll· Host0:42
[gentle music] It looked like any other evening at the Tennessee Prison for Women on the northeast outskirts of Nashville.
Tanya· Guest0:56
It was a fall night, October 4th, 1970.
Cooper Moll· Host1:00
A line of inmates was heading across the yard under the watch of a single guard. But for weeks, two women in that line had been imagining the moment when routine might crack open. Tonight, they sensed it.
Tanya· Guest1:16
We had gone to the church, and we were headed back, and there was about 20 of us in the group, and there was this older guard, gentleman.
Cooper Moll· Host1:26
They figured in an all-out sprint they'd be able to beat this