Harry Tracy: The Bear Cage Escape and the Road to Oregon Prison | Ep. 3

This is Episode 3 of the Harry Tracy Deep Dive.Harry Tracy and David Lant slip out through the bear cage at Hahn’s Peak. Their freedom, however, was short-lived. After Neiman reversed his earlier account, authorities moved quickly, and both men were recaptured.Sent to Aspen to face the consequences, Tracy and Lant once again found a way out. Another jailbreak placed them back on the run, but somewhere along the trail, Lant vanished from the surviving historical record.Tracy soon found a new partner in David Merrill. Together, the two men launched a crime spree across the Pacific Northwest, committing robberies that drew increasing attention from law enforcement. Their run eventually ended with arrest, conviction, and entry into the Oregon State Penitentiary.Behind those prison walls, Tracy would meet the men, conditions, and circumstances that helped set the stage for one of the most infamous escapes and manhunts in American history.A huge thank you again to Paul Knowles and The Museum of Northwest Colorado in Craig!#HarryTracy #DavidLant #DavidMerrill #OregonStatePenitentiary #WildWest #OldWest #OutlawHistory #WesternHistory #AmericanWest #Jailbreak #TrueCrimeHistory #WildWestDeepDives