The Peculiar Truth about Timothy Leary’s Prison Break
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3 min readFeb 27, 2024
- September 1970: Officials at a minimum security facility outside San Luis Obispo, CA alerted the press that Timothy Leary, the counterculture guru, had escaped from their prison. He had been incarcerated six months earlier on charges of marijuana possession. Authorities were on the lookout for him.
- Within hours, Leary’s prison-issued clothing — blue jeans pants and shirt…
