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Apr 5, 2024 · Alcatraz escape of June 1962, jailbreak from the supposedly escape-proof maximum-security federal penitentiary on Alcatraz Island, California, on the night of June 11, 1962. After six months of meticulous preparation, three inmates managed to break out, though it is uncertain if they reached the mainland.
Feb 10, 2020 · 2.5K. 351K views 4 years ago #escape #mystery #history. Located on a lonely island in the middle of San Francisco Bay, Alcatraz—aka “The Rock”—had held captives since the Civil War. But it...
Jul 16, 2018 · Updated: April 25, 2024 | Original: July 16, 2018. copy page link. Print Page. Bettmann Archive/Getty Images. It was one of the most ingenious prison breaks of all time—if it worked. In 1962,...
Nov 2, 2021 · Alcatraz Escapes: 14 Breakout Attempts from the Island Prison. To ditch the infamous federal penitentiary, inmates tried everything from paper-mâché masks to a military impersonation to a...
Jul 6, 2022 · Wednesday 06 July 2022 10:37 BST. (U.S. Department of Justice) The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday. O n 12 June 1962, guards at the...
Oct 8, 2015 · On a June night in 1962, three inmates of the federal prison on Alcatraz Island escaped from their cells and (presumably) into San Francisco Bay, never to be seen again. By: Sarah Pruitt....
Alcatraz Escape. On the morning of June 12, 1962, guards at Alcatraz—a federal penitentiary opened in 1933 on a desolate island in San Francisco Bay—discovered that prisoners John Anglin,...
