He Dared a Judge to Lock Him Up. Then He Vanished for 54 Days.

He dared a judge to give him the harshest sentence possible, promising he'd escape within months. On May 12th, 1992, Danny Ray Horning walked out of an Arizona maximum security prison in a stolen lab coat and began the largest manhunt in the state's history.
For 54 days, hundreds of officers chased him through forests, canyons, and the crowded South Rim of the Grand Canyon. The public cheered him as a folk hero called Rambo. The FBI knew he was wanted for a murder in California, and that he was hunting for hostages.
This episode traces his escape, the teenager who foiled a kidnapping, the roadblock that almost caught him, and the garden hose that finally did.
Part of The FBI Files, based on real case history.


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