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Jailbreak: Australia's Most Unforgettable Prison Escapes
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Jailbreak chronicles the pick of Australian prison escapes with the most notorious prisons and most desperate escapees. Ranging from sheer brutality to love-conquers-all, every one of these stories is riveting and real. Featuring Russell Cox, the only man to escape from ‘escape-proof’ Katingal then try to break back in; hapless serial escapees Arthur ‘Slim’ Halliday and Darcy Dugan; Mulawa’s Julie Cashman and her two doomed lovers; the unstoppable Raymond Denning; Helicopter Man John Killick; tragic Pentridge escapee Ronald Ryan and many more.
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Wendy Lewis (b. 1962) is an Australian writer specializing in Australian history, biography and crime. Her books include Jailbreak: Australia's most unforgettable prison escapes (2016), Playing Dead: true tales of fake suicides (2013), The Australian Book of Family Murders (2010), Gone: 25 of the world's most chilling and bizarre kidnappings (2009), and Caught Out!: Scandals, Lies, Cover-ups (2008).
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