On July 1st, 2018, France witnessed one of the most daring prison escapes in modern history. Rédoine Faïd, a career criminal inspired by Hollywood heist films, executed a helicopter escape from a maximum-security prison south of Paris. This two-hour audiobook narrates his story from start to finish. It covers his childhood in the Paris suburbs, his obsession with gangster movies, his rise through a life of robberies and deception, his transformation into a media figure, and finally, the escape that humiliated the French justice system and turned him into a legend. 00:00:00: The Setup00:15:00: The Hijacking00:30:00: The Origins of a Cinematic Criminal00:50:00: Hollywood Heists and High Stakes01:15:00: Public Figure and Tragic Consequence01:40:00: The Unbelievable Escape01:58:00: Outro The Man Who Refused the Walls #prisonescape #RédoineFaïd #Hollywoodheist #Paris #justicesystem #criminal See show notes: https://inlet.fm/absolute-sleep/episodes/68fee1436d98d3715f7182a3 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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