1) Vincenzo Curcio, charged with murder and arranging seven other murders (so he was a serious criminal) managed to escape from prison with only dental floss. He simply persistently and relentlessly flossed the bars and just sawed through them, that's how strong the floss was. Apparently these particular iron bars were very good at withstanding explosions, but not good at withstanding dental floss.
2) In Pakistan in 1997, five prisoners escaped by throwing chilli powder in the eyes of a prison officer.
3) Prisoner John Dillinger carved his potato into the shape of a gun, blacked it with boot black, so it looked just like a pistol, held up the prison officer and got away.
4) Prisoner Steven Russell, from the Estelle Unit in Houston, Texas, used a green felt tip pen to successfully escape from prison by colouring his white jump suit green so he looked like one of the prison doctors. He just walked out the door.
A/N: For those who don't understand the title and were hoping for some speaking dogs wearing ballerina costumes and playing "Moonlight Sonata" on the Grand Piano, it's a reference to the slang way of referring to a prison as a "Doghouse". "Clever Dogs" is also an everyday expression applied to clever people.
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