Episode
Larry Chism: The Plane Hijacking Fugitive
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- 1836 Podcast
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- Apr 8, 2026
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- 482
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Summary
In 1978, law student turned drug trafficker Larry Porter Chism, of Forest City, Arkansas, pulled off one of the boldest escapes in American history. From a supervised bowling alley outing in Tennessee, he shot a guard, hijacked a small Cessna plane, and forced it toward his Arkansas hometown. After an emergency crash landing near Marianna, a high-speed chase through the Ozarks ended with the FBI arresting him near Salem in Fulton County. But just months later — in December 1978, days after turning 30 — Chism escaped again from the Lonoke County Jail and vanished. He has remained free for nearly 50 years. As of this video, he would be 77 years old, and is one of the longest-running fugitives on the U.S. Marshals’ 15 Most Wanted list. Considered armed and dangerous, he faces decades in prison for armed robbery, narcotics trafficking, kidnapping, airplane hijacking, and escape. Featured on Unsolved Mysteries, Chism reportedly disappeared deeper underground. His whereabouts remain unknown. Was he helped by family? Did he start a new life under an alias? Or has he been dead for years?#arkansas #history #podcast #truecrime