Toby Dorr Media Appearances and Events

From breaking national headlines to heartfelt podcast conversations, Toby Dorr media appearances offer a rich tapestry of insight, courage, and transformation. This page is a living archive of the interviews, articles, TV features, and events that have helped shape—and share—her remarkable journey. Whether you’re a journalist, a reader, or someone seeking inspiration, this collection invites you to witness the ripple of her story across the world.

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Published Articles and Guest Essays

Brain Injury Alliance Blog, December 2023, Emerging
Newsweek, June 17, 2022, I Fell in Love With an Inmate and Broke Him Out of Prison
Today, June 22, 2022, I helped an inmate escape prison. 16 years later, I’ve made peace with it
Authority Magazine, Social Impact Authors: Why & How Author Toby Dorr Is Helping To Change Our World

Toby Dorr in the News

My admiration for the other Toby Young, by Toby Young
Out of Jail in a Dog Crate, an animated film by Histographics

Featured Interviews and Stories

The Atlantic Magazine, October 2020 Toby Dorr’s Great Escape
Wall Street Journal Article The Heart Has Its Reasons

• Arizona Brain Injury Alliance, October 2023, Her Remarkable Journey from Convict to Advocate
• The Sedalia Democrat, November 15, 2022, Living with Conviction: a Journey of Grace and Redemption by Faith Bemiss
• Insider, September 15, 2022, A dog trainer fell in love with a convicted murderer at the prison she worked at and broke him out in a crate
• The Sun, September 21, 2022, Locked In
• U.K’s Bella Magazine, Why I ditched my husband and ran away with an inmate.
• eBella South Florida Digital Magazine, Escaping Personal Prisons
• South Florida Insider, Toby Dorr broke a man out of prison; the consequences allowed her to grow.
• CheatSheet.com, ‘Jailbreak Lovers’: Toby Dorr Opens Up About Lifetime’s New Movie About Her ‘Worst Mistake’
• New York Daily News EXCLUSIVE: Kansas jail worker that helped inmate she loved escape
• The Kansas City Star She helped a Lansing prisoner escape in a dog crate 12 years ago. Here’s her story
• “America’s Most Wanted” highlights escape case
• Rebuilding from the ashes, Sedalia Democrat, July 5, 2015
• Miami Herald, Toby Dorr (formerly Toby Young) talks about helping an inmate escape in a dog crate from Lansing Correctional Facility

Speaking Events and Public Appearances

• Thursday Musings with Rosalyn Rourke
• Johnny Dare Morning Show, Somehow Johnny finds humor in my story!
• Project Seed Money, Empowering Women Writers
• Audacious with Chion Wolf, Why’d you do it?
• 20/20, October 6, 2023, Catch Me If You Can (my piece starts around the 48 minute mark)
• The Whitney Reynolds Show, April 24, 2023, Behind the Story
• Dana and Parks Radio Show, November 9, 2022, You are not your worst mistake
• Under Oath, From Dog Crates to Prison Breaks with Toby Dorr
• Daily Mail, Jail Break
• Lifetime Movie, Jailbreak Lovers
• Chronicles of the Grey-Haired Diva, Exclusive: Toby Dorr Author of Living with Conviction. Featured on a Lifetime Movie.
• Cascade Media, Kansas City, Interview for Children of Incarcerated Parents
• Daily Blast LIVE episodes…
• Daily Mail Video Story June, 2022, Woman who planned 2006 prison break shares insight on Vicky White
• Daily Mail June 3, 2022, Chilling Comparisons to Vicky White Escape
• Inside Edition May 10, 2022, Vicky White
• Dana and Parks Radio Show May 10, 2022, Alabama Prison Capture
• Corrections1 May 9, 2022, Toby Dorr talks about her path from dog program volunteer to helping convicted murderer John Manard escape from a Lansing, Kansas prison
• Tier Talk May 7, 2022, Correctional Officers forum
• Dana and Parks Radio Show May 3, 2022, Alabama Prison Escape
• Fox 4 News, May 5, 2022, Woman who helped murderer escape Kansas prison empathizes with Alabama officer
• Dateline Breakout Season 29, Episode 45 aired Fri, June 11, 2021, and October 1, 2022.
• BBC Lisa Montgomery Story
• KC Star Lisa Montgomery will soon be executed – she never had a chance, or a friend
• Fox 4 News Kansas City Death Row Inmate’s Notorious Friend
• Radio Dana Diaries – Butterflies Unleashed

Earlier Interviews

Anderson Cooper 360 Interview
Brooke Baldwin Former prison worker tells why she helped inmate escape
Inside Edition Disgraced Prison Employee Predicts:
Oxygen Crime News, Woman Who Helped Inmate Escape Max Prison In a Dog Crate Tells Her Story
98.1 KMBZ Radio, 12 years ago, she smuggled a convicted murderer out of prison in a dog crate.
KMBC News, Toby Young Talks About Escape, Prison Life
Former Warden Talks about the famous Prison Escape
Inside Edition Lisa Montgomery Execution Criticized

Speaking Events and Public Appearances

• Northern Virginia Writer’s Group, March 22, 2025
• Discovering Self 2024 Online Summit,January 5-7, 2024
• Survive Like a Woman, Living with Conviction with Toby Dorr, February 4, 2023, for the Brain Injury Alliance of Arizona.
• Slaying Your Shame Dragon, two-day women’s empowerment conference in Kansas City, November 11-12, 2022
• Barnes and Noble, Fredericksburg VA, September 11, 2022
• Boston College, April 12, 2022
• Women Starting Movements, Chicago Virtual Event, October 7-9, 2020
• Women Starting Movements, Chicago, October 17-18, 2019
• Speech to NCL Heart of Kansas City, A Woman’s Character
• NCL Greater Kansas City, October 15, 2019
• Urgent Care for the Broken Hearted, May 1, 2019
• NCL Heart of Kansas City, September 5, 2018
• Journey to New Life, March 1, 2018
• The Embassy, October 2017
• First Christian Church, Sedalia, March 2016

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