Episode 51 - The Story of the Mecklenburg Six - Escape from Death Row Part 3

In this episode we finish the story of the Mecklenburg Six who escaped from Death Row on May 31st, 1984.

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Dennis Stockton

Richmond Times-Dispatch Diagram

Sallyport, gates were only supposed to be opened one at a time.

View of one side of MCC C-Pod, death row

SOURCES

https://www.google.com/books/edition/Dead_Run/D4MmPwAACAAJ?hl=en

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mecklenburg_Correctional_Center#cite_note-7

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boydton,_Virginia

https://www.wric.com/news/local-news/35-years-later-mecklenburg-six-prison-break-and-its-lingering-impact-on-virginia/

https://richmond.com/from-the-archives/from-the-archives-how-the-1984-escape-from-virginias-death-row-happened/article_19ea1684-9af2-5d24-86ab-5875eaf2068c.html

https://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/prison-serving-time-hell-article-1.2256866

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1984/06/02/6-murderers-escape-virginia-death-row/f203237e-e21a-4d19-9b04-d34a7ecbe12a/

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-07-03-mn-11483-story.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1984/09/17/death-row-breakout-tipoff-reported/eed54e7d-58b9-468c-a88b-eea96b69efb8/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1984/06/18/guards-cite-security-lapses/20203fc5-e17f-4eff-ae8c-b5350f899aeb/

https://scholar.lib.vt.edu/VA-news/VA-Pilot/issues/1995/vp950806/08060007.htm

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Giarratano