Musings from the Director of the Porter County Museum

The Porter County Museum & Historical Society

In cooperation with the

Porter County Sheriff’s Department,

and the

Holiday Inn Express

 

Presents:

 

Ripley’s Believe It or Not

 

 

King of Escapists

  

 

 

Wisconsin based escape artist Anthony has announced he will test the security of the second jail ever built in Porter County (the current Museum building) on Saturday, June 13 at 1p. The jail is located at 153 South Franklin Street in downtown Valparaiso, Indiana—the corner of Franklin Street and Indiana Avenue.

 

There have been several noted escapes in history, but not a single successful escape when the cell block was fully secured. Anthony will have to escape the restraints placed on his body, his cell, and two other fully secured jail doors in order to exit the jail building successfully.

 

This attempt is being made to encourage the public’s support of the Porter County Museum and Porter County’s local crime prevention program. With citizen support we can all escape the clutches of crime and build stronger and safer communities.

 

Anthony will be available for a meet and greet in the Porter County Museum from 1:30p until 4p immediately after his escape attempt.

 

The escapist’s previous jail breaks include successful challenges of all-steel cell blocks that once held such notorious criminals as Baby Face Nelson and Edward Gein of Psycho fame. For more information, please visit www.anthony-escapes.com, www.portercountymuseum.org, or call the Museum at (219) 465-3595.

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