In 1921, at age 22 Victor Folke Nelson made a sensational and highly publicized run and escape from a line of 13 prisoners after attending chapel at the Charlestown State Prison.His body was possibly found in 1923 and identified as a suicide. He escaped in 1916 and was never seen again but supposedly resurfaced in Connecticut in 1917.
In 1244, whilst imprisoned in the Tower of London, Gruffydd ap Llywelyn Fawr crafted a makeshift rope made of bed sheets and cloths, lowered it, and climbed down.There have been many infamous escapes throughout history: