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More than three decades after Jack Karlson's infamous arrest at a Chinese restaurant in Brisbane captured the nation, a film crew is setting out to document his life.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 21 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Wait a minute, this dude actually a) escaped from a train on his way to jail and b) escaped again by impersonating a detective?

Dude just might be my hero. After all these years, he was right there the whole time ๐Ÿ˜…๐Ÿ˜‚

[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

And apparently escaped a third time, undescribed in the article:

He had been a criminal and escaped from jail three times.

[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago

@MHLoppy Democracy manifest indeed!