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  1. Robert Franklin Stroud (January 28, 1890 – November 21, 1963), known as the "Birdman of Alcatraz", was a convicted murderer, American federal prisoner and author who has been cited as one of the most notorious criminals in the United States.

  2. Oct 10, 2016 · In 1955, Stroud was the subject of Thomas E. Gaddis's acclaimed biography Birdman of Alcatraz. While detailing the prisoner’s violent behavior, the book also painted him as a man fighting to...

  3. Brought to public awareness primarily by the 1962 American biographical film, Birdman of Alcatraz (starring Burt Lancaster), Robert Stroud was a convicted murderer. He was sent to federal prison where he spent 42 years in solitary confinement.

  4. Jul 27, 2023 · In 1942, the “Birdman of Alcatraz” was born in earnest when Stroud was finally sent to the infamous island prison. Due to Alcatraz’s strict rules, Stroud was not allowed to bring any of his precious birds, nor was he allowed to continue his research.

  5. Mar 2, 2020 · Biography tells us that Stroud was convicted of manslaughter at 19 and first-degree murder of a prison guard at 26, sentenced to hang but commuted to life imprisonment instead. Stroud was the Birdman in question, a man who ultimately spent 54 of his 73 years in various federal prisons.

  6. Oct 29, 2021 · Robert Stroud, also known as the "Birdman of Alcatraz," was a murderer who spent 54 years in prison. His life of crime started at an early age, and he was sentenced to death after stabbing a prison guard to death in 1916.

  7. Robert Stroud, who was better known to the public as the "Birdman of Alcatraz," was probably the most famous inmate ever to reside on Alcatraz. In 1909 he brutally murdered a bartender who had allegedly failed to pay a prostitute for whom Stroud was pimping in Alaska.

  8. Robert Stroud was an American criminal, a convicted murderer who became a self-taught ornithologist during his 54 years in prison, 42 of them in solitary confinement, and made notable contributions to the study of birds. At the age of 13 Stroud ran away from home, and by the age of 18 he was in.

  9. Jan 30, 2014 · SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — The Birdman of Alcatraz died 50 years ago behind bars at the U.S. Medical Center for Federal Prisoners here. But Robert Stroud's voice is about to be heard.

  10. Robert Stroud, known as the Birdman of Alcatraz, spent most of his life in prison studying birds and bird diseases. Stroud was a very controversial prisoner who fought until his death for the freedom to pursue his scientific achievements.

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