EPISODE · Mar 20, 2026 · 10 MIN
Prison break happened during “conjugal visit”
from Offbeat Oregon History podcast · host Finn J.D. John
By far the most embarrassing jailbreak in state history happened when a murderer simply walked out the back door of a Motel 6 during an unsupervised “date” with a woman officials thought was his fiancee. (Salem, Marion County; 1970s) (For text and pictures, see https://offbeatoregon.com/1207c-carl-cletus-bowles-jailbreak-during-conjugal-visit.html)
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