In 2000, Jeffrey Manchester began serving a 45-year sentence in a triple-maximum security prison in North Carolina for burglaries at more than 60 fast food restaurants.

Although no one had ever escaped from this prison before, Manchester secured his freedom and evaded capture by hiding out in a local Toys R Us store. For weeks, Manchester lived in the walls of the shop before moving over to another store, Circuit City. Here he built himself a completely functioning and hidden apartment that even had its own plumbing and electricity.

Before long, Manchester infiltrated the local community and charmed everyone with his new persona as a toy salesman, selling video games and DVDs stolen from Toys R Us.

Manchester’s luck ran out when a robbery went awry and investigators finally discovered his secret hideout.