Chopper Breakout: The Daring 1975 Escape from Jackson Prison
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- Опубліковано 1 жов 2024
- At 10:00 AM on June 6th, 1975, Dale Otto Remling pulled off a historic prison escape from the Southern Michigan State Penitentiary (Jackson Prison) with a helicopter. Here's the story.
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I remember this story from when I was 13. I knew he was a criminal, but didn't realize how daring the escape was. Big news for our little town of Sidney.
The true stories you guys find are better than most that are made up.
Thanks for taking us along on your adventure!
Thanks Steve!
I lived in Jackson for a few years. I heard this story a few times, pretty cool to see it covered on your channel.
I always look forward to these Sunday morning videos!
This is an interesting story. I'm surprised the guards didn't try and shoot to disable the helicopter.
Oh man I would have saved you a spot for breakfast had I known you were in town lol.. Great video I drive by there all the time by old school house and the big house
I worked with Rich Jackson at the University of Michigan Survival flight. He never mentioned the flight. But others told me about it. I was missing all the details you mentioned in the video. Thank you for the video.
Never stop uploading you two adorable goofs ❤
I remember this event. Seeing it on the news. I was 15 living in Dearborn heights
Should have sent him to MARQUETTE!
Never heard this story and I grew up in Montcalm County. Thank you for sharing a most interesting story.
Reach out next time you’re in Jackson - I’m a few blocks from JXN. 🙂
Uttering and publishing could describe Remling's bad checks AND the overuse of a thesaurus! Great story!
That actually reminds me of an old case on America’s Most Wanted… a female con artist named Anita Raughton. I want to say she was from Michigan as well?
I started work at Jackson prison in 1976. I am a good shot so a few of us got training on shooting down helicopters. We had high power rifles with armor piercing ammunition. Takes me back.
I was also there for the 81 riots. That is a long story.
My brother was inside too
I was a C.O. in Jackson (Cotton Facility) for a short time in the late 90's. I've never heard of "training for shooting down helicopters". The only time I touched a firearm was in the academy. Our Transport officers had firearms but no-one inside the walls had firearms (no tower officers). My father was a C.O. in Jackson (Central Complex) during the time of Remling's escape and was also there during the 81 riots. I remember him not being able to come home for several days during the riots. I see MDOC named a 2012 graduating class of C.O.'s after Dennis Straub. I'm surprised he was celebrated after what happened to C.O. Josephine Macallum. JMHO
I like the transcript as well as the video. Well done. Both in watching some of the past videos that you’ve done one thing I would say is that you need to play your guitar more. Also, you can tell Poppins has a teachers spirit whenever she speaks. What a team! keep it up.
I remember watching the videos of this as a kid 😅 I remember thinking he had to have paid off the gaurds.
Great coverage of the helicopter escape. Another great presentation by the Restless Viking.
so for want of a more reliable girlfriend, he could'a been a successful politician---------------
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I'm from Sydney and I never heard this story
Our shop and studio aren't far from you. After publishing this today, we've heard from a lot of neighbors who remember it.
Ahhh my Sunday is complete! We really look forward to your videos! Great story, thanks Chuck and Poppins!😊
My mother worked at this prison then she was a nurse she ran inmates on the dialysis machine
Seriously you guys produce the most entertaining content around michigan that makes us all hungry for more. Thank you for the video and for sharing your knowledge. I can’t wait till the next one.
Glad you enjoy it! And thanks for hanging around!
I absolutely love your channel....the bestest adventures out there!!
Thanks LadyYoop!
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Oh, the hamburgers at Huffy's Bar in Leslie, Michigan. Good times!
0:37 🙌😅 Rod Sterling would have been proud of that intro!
🚁 And great details on a story I'd nearly forgotten! Hard to believe! 😎✌️
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Serling.
Great content as always! You two should have way more followers.
Agreed! 🤣😂. We're just lucky we have a little time to do it. And lucky we have any followers. 😁
TY Chuck and Poppins, that was a really cool story!
Any great escape or adventure that ends up in a bar is a good day! As long as you are on the good side of the law that is!!!! Great information, Great video! Thank you for sharing!
😂😂 Indeed!
I had no idea this happened in Michigan.
Great video!!!!!
If his taste for freedom was so insatiable he should have stayed out of prison.
If you're thinking about trying this again, don't. This is now a strict no fly zone. You'd have a better chance of buzzing Air Force One and surviving than flying into a Federal Prison.
I grew up in Webberville where Morris and a few of the others were from. I was 9 and remember all the talk when this took place and some of my family knew those involved in the incident. Hog rustlers! 🤣
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Being born and raised in northern Michigan thank you for your uploads. Absolutely love the content. Keep it up.
Nice videos. I would give it 2 cool points.
ONLY TWO?!?!?!?! Hey Todd!😂😂
Great storytelling from both of you, I enjoyed every part of the video and you captured the feeling of the area so well. I grew up near here and was in the Jackson county jail and their new jail next to this old prison. When I was younger I would always ride my motorcycle through here and I still do. Its amazing to think years ago that guy dale was getting off a helicopter making his way to freedom
Thank you very much!
I have always heard about this tale. First time I ever heard someone try to recreate it! Good job!
Gertrude, my grandmother told me about her part in this not to long ago. She must be the girlfriend that had car trouble 🤣
Mom was inside the prison visiting one of my brothers Jolin Conn got pulled over and spilled her guts no one had car trouble. They were using rented cars. A few things aren't correct. But that's how it goes. We lived it. And heard the story over and over...
The Helicopter animation was amazing. Great video!!
😂😂Thanks a bunch!
I remember hearing part of the story when I was young. However fast forward now I teach in Leslie and have eaten at the Crossroads bar several times and never knew the connection. Thank you for the information.
Great story
Thank you two so very much! I love what you two do and always waiting for the next adventure you all bring us on!
Thanks for watching!
Cool channel. I live in MI. Remember when future Detroit Tiger Ron Le Flore was confined here and they made a TV movie about it?
Great storytelling!
At one time Jackson was one of the largest prisons in the U.S. My father worked there for years teaching trustees a trade. I was raised in Leslie too!
I think it was the largest walled prison in the world.
@@RestlessViking 57.5 acres inside the walls. I was a yard officer in there for years.
Morris kozlowski some of the story is right Gertrude Woodbury was his girlfriend my mother
For out-of-staters, Jackson is our version of Riker's.
Another addition of #mybrotheriscoolerthanyours
I spent the winter of '74-'75 in Largo, Fl, (near Clearwater). I was 20, and had a good friend on the next block about my age and we hung out and partied, etc. One night, he introduced me to a guy he knew who worked at a local restaurant, and he started hanging out with us. He went by the name of Rogue...
My only transportation was a motorcycle, and at some point I mentioned I had to return to Ohio soon, as the weather was getting warmer, this was in May, maybe. When Rogue heard this, he tried to get me to take him north with me, said he absolutely had to get up north, and he would pay me big to do it. I didn't like the idea in the first place, but I was getting a weird vibe on top of that, and I politely declined.
Two or three months later I was in Ohio, reading Newsweek magazine, and there he was.....Morris Colosky, the guy who hijacked the helicopter at knifepoint and got caught. I don't know how many years he did for that, but I was grateful for not getting into that deal in any way.
It was a great lesson in trusting that inner voice.
WOW! Thanks for sharing that!
I was on my 500 Kawasaki turning the corner at Bunkerhill and Meridian roads, on my way to Dansville to see my girlfriend when the helicopter was landing in the yard of an abandoned house on the corner. I didn't see any vehicles but the helicopter. I wondered what the heck a helicopter was doing there as I kept going north on Meridian rd.
Cool!
The guy is smart enough to organize all of that but not smart enough to know to avoid public places like bars? Weird.
Dale, was my Dad. Get in touch if you want to know more about Him.
No way! Thanks for commenting. I'd love to chat sometime.
Your Dad married my grandmother, Gertrude. I remember meeting him. His Leather artwork was impressive.
My mom planned it. Gertrude was his girlfriend she married him when he was finally released in 1981. He was a scamp he robbed her and took off never seen my step dad again. It's shameful destroying many childrens lives. I know the story.
Great Story!
Pretty sure our license plates still come from there too.
Just checked, they moved the license plate factory to the Adrian prison.
yes the plates are made in adrian. i worked at the prison there.
The correct name of the institution is the State Prison of Southern Michigan... NOT the Jackson prison
there are other prisons in jackson also.
These types are all gone now for the most part. If you caught them they were penitent, not impenitent. They knew what they did was wrong but was always, "catch me if you can" and if you did they went down in style with a smile! After being locked up they felt it was fair play to try the fence so to speak. Just being themselves. When caught again they'd give up knowing how futile it would be to carry on verbally or resist physically. The Game was up and they accepted that. I think he's be appalled at the way these criminals act today.... MONSTERS, BEASTS, EVIL AND ROTTEN TO THE CORE
Your vocabulary is outstanding. Don't let anyone mock you.
Thank you, sir! Honestly, I rarely hear anyone mock me unless it is in good humor.