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- Further investigation revealed that the “inmates” were in fact dummy heads, made from painted papier-mâché with hair glued on, and that the actual occupants of the cells—the convicted armed robber Frank Morris and the convicted bank-robbing brothers Clarence and John Anglin—were nowhere to be found.
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Apr 5, 2024 · Alcatraz: cell block. Cell block in Alcatraz, a former prison on Alcatraz Island, San Francisco Bay, California. A guard making a routine cellblock head count on the early morning of June 12, 1962, came upon three inmates apparently still sleeping in their cells.
May 15, 2016 · If those three convicted bank robbers didn't drown in the bay in 1962, and if they weren't murdered by accomplices, one of whom gave the deathbed confession, they might have taken Bulger's advice ...
Aug 11, 2020 · On 12 June 1962, a routine morning bed check revealed that three prisoners were no longer in their cells. Instead, each cell contained a dummy papier-mâché head, which had deceived the night guards into thinking the prisoners were in their beds. Upon the discovery, Alcatraz immediately went into lockdown, and an intensive search was launched.
- Amy Irvine
Late on the night of June 11 or early morning of June 12, the three men tucked papier-mâché heads resembling their own likenesses into their beds, broke out of the main prison building via ventilation ducts and an unused utility corridor, and departed the island aboard an improvised inflatable raft to an uncertain fate.
Jun 20, 2022 · (U.S. Marshals) On June 12, 1962, prison staff conducted a routine morning check of beds when they noticed the three convicts were not in their cells. Instead, their beds were occupied by dummy...
Jun 12, 2018 · Fifty-six years ago on Tuesday, an early morning bed check revealed that three inmates were missing from their cells. Mystery letter claims Alcatraz prisoners survived famous escape. In their ...
