'Escape at Dannemora:' The true story behind the prison break that led to a $23 million manhunt

As per reports, the inmates took a prison employee's help, and tools from contractors to dig their escape tunnels, and made sure to return the tools to the toolboxes afterward.
PUBLISHED NOV 23, 2018

Most of the times when true crime incidents are turned into onscreen adaptations, the biggest issue viewers have is the over sensationalizing of the story. Directors and writers go over and beyond their potential to create a masterpiece, which sadly, at times, fails to create as intense an impact on the masses as they were intended for. Most importantly they don't live up to the hype. But then comes comedic genius Ben Stiller's latest prison drama - every bit as dark and gritty as the genre calls for - which frankly, could never be as sensationalized as the true incident it is based on. Titled 'Escape at Dannemora,' the new Showtime series premiered last Sunday, November 19, and was greeted with excellent response thanks to its crisp storytelling of the infamous prison escape at the Clinton Correctional Facility back in 2015, when one fine morning during a regular bed check, inmates Richard Matt and David Sweat were found missing. But how did it all come to be? Who were Matt and Sweat and what were they in for? Why a $23 million dollar manhunt issued, and what consequences were the two met with? Worry not here's all you need to know about it.

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