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CASE FILE: Irish Escape
THE SCENE: Western Australia, 1876
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An Irish rebel exiled in America organizes an expedition to Western Australia, pulling off one of the most unlikely and heroic prison breaks in history and freeing his comrades.
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SECRETS OF THE DEAD: Irish Escape revisits the story of what has been called the most outrageous escape story in the history of the high seas. In 1876, after 8 years of incarceration in Western Australia, 6 Irish political prisoners escaped on board the American whaler Catalpa. Under the pretext of a whaling voyage, the Catalpa and its unassuming captain had sailed from New Bedford to liberate the prisoners. This program explores the swashbuckling details of the dramatic rescue through re-enactments.
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