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To escape Pretoria Central Prison, Tim Jenkin didn't just need one key. He needed to unlock 15 massive steel doors in the dead of night, all while the guards were patrolling. He and his team crafted 39 distinct wooden keys to pull off one of the most flawless and terrifying true prison breaks in history.

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00:00This is the most brilliant psychological escape plan ever executed.
00:03In the true story behind Escape from Pretoria, political prisoners realize they cannot dig
00:07a tunnel or fight heavily armed guards.
00:09They realize the only way out is directly through the front door.
00:12They obsessively study the guards' keys from a distance.
00:15They memorize the jagged teeth in deep grooves.
00:17Using smuggled sandpaper and pieces of scrap wood, they silently carve identical replica
00:21keys inside their cells.
00:23They don't use bombs or weapons to beat the oppressive government.
00:25They dismantle an entire maximum security prison using nothing but their mines and pieces
00:29of wood.
00:30Full breakdown on Epic Lens.
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