If you’re fascinated by true crime, daring escapes, and stories of personal transformation, the new podcast “Go-Boy!” might be just what you’re looking for.

The podcast is based on the memoir Go-Boy! written by Roger “Mad Dog” Caron — a notorious Canadian bank robber and prison escape artist who later became an award-winning author and speaker. Caron’s life was anything but ordinary, and his story is now being brought to life in an eight-episode podcast series produced by Rob Lindsay of Paradox Pictures and hosted by Sam Mullins for Campside Media. The series premiered on April 8, with one new episode released each week.

Caron’s journey began when he was just 16 years old, sent from Cornwall, Ontario, to the Ontario Reformatory in Guelph. The judge who sentenced him hoped the institution would help reform him. Instead, Caron later wrote that it taught him how to become a better criminal.

In Guelph, Caron experienced brutal conditions — including corporal punishment, solitary confinement, and disturbing experimental treatments — all of which he documented in his book. According to producer Rob Lindsay, who also directed the documentary Go-Boy! Memories of a Life Behind Bars, Caron was just a boy trying to survive among hardened men. “They thought isolation would curb his anger, but it only made him worse,” Lindsay explained.

Caron’s resilience and rebellious nature led him to escape from the Guelph reformatory multiple times. In fact, he claimed to have escaped from more jails than anyone else in Canadian history. Inmates would often cheer with the phrase “Go boy, go!” when someone made a run for it — a phrase that became the title of his memoir and now, the podcast.

After escaping Guelph, Caron went on a crime spree in Toronto, was eventually caught, imprisoned again — and then escaped yet again. This cycle continued for years. Over the course of his life, he spent about 24 years behind bars in prisons across Canada, much of it in solitary or on the run.

Despite his criminal past, Caron managed to transform his life through writing. Go-Boy! was his first and most well-known book, offering a raw, firsthand look into Canada’s prison system from the inside.

Now, through the Go-Boy! podcast, a new generation can discover the haunting, thrilling, and deeply human story of a man who kept running — until he found his voice.