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The Original “Cool Hand Luke” of the Texas Prison System
The Investigation Discovery Channel show “I Almost Got Away With It” recently featured me in an hour long profile about Dennis Wayne Hope, Texas most notorious escapee from a state jail and a prison. Hope is the real life “Cool Hand Luke”.
Here’s the story behind the story. In 1994, I covered Hope’s escape from the Texas prison system and the manhunt that followed. Dennis talked to me inside the Dallas County Jail after his capture by fugitive hunters from … Continue Reading »
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Tagged armed robber, armed robbery, crime, criminal justice, dallas county jail, escape, fbi, fugitive, george bush, inmate, john moriarty, justice, manhunt, maximum security prison, police, prison, serial killer
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