If you are fascinated by this story, you will LOVE this documentary. The documentary is called Vanished from Alcatraz. His investigation, including newly discovered information, will make you think twice about whether they made it or not. National Geographic recently did a documentary on the incident with the new federal marshal assigned to the case. Did they really drown, or did they make it? Some believe that they did make it. New evidence is surfacing every day on this case. Most of the evidence found led the authorities - at the time - to determine that all three drown in the San Francisco bay during the escape attempt. The three prisoners were never seen or heard from again. A massive search for the missing prisoners of Alcatraz followed. Once the guards noticed they were missing, the prison went into lock down. This gave them plenty of time to get away. Due to the decoy heads, the guards didn't notice the missing prisoners of Alcatraz until after 7am the next morning. How did the guards not notice they were missing? Each one placed a decoy head in their bed with real hair one of them stole over time from their work in the barber shop on the island. He ended up getting it off hours after the others, climbed through the vents and realized he was too late to escape with the other three. They all placed their fake dummy heads in their beds, opened the covers to the vents, climbed through the ducts and outside of the main building.Īlan West had trouble getting his cover off his vent, so they left him. One evening, after 9 pm in June 1962, the four inmates attempted their escape. The photo above is from my recent visit when he gave his talk. He presents the current status of the case a few days a week during the day tours. After quite a bit of research, he got in touch with one of the Anglin sisters. One of the park rangers is currently studying the case.
One of the best ways to learn more about this attempt is on Alcatraz. For seven months, the four inmates worked together to plan their escape. This was one of the most thought out and sophisticated attempts in the prison's history.įrank Lee Morris was the mastermind behind the plan. The attempt by Frank Lee Morris, Alan West and John and Clarence Anglin was another famous event by daring inmates. Another Famous Escape Attempt: Frank Lee Morris and the Anglin Brothers
ESCAPE FROM ALCATRAZ TRIAL
The remaining three prisoners went on trial for the murders during the Battle of Alcatraz. Three of the six prisoners that attempted to escape were also killed in the battle.Reinforcements finally came in and took back control on May 4. This is one of the escapes from Alcatraz where two officers were killed, and several others were wounded. The prisoners were able to overpower the guards to take control. On May 2, 1946, a group of six prisoners tried to take control of the main building. It was one of the bloodiest escape attempts in the island's history. It was also known as the Alcatraz Blastout. One of the most famous attempts was named the Battle of Alcatraz. As he was climbing a fence, he was shot and killed by the guards.ĭisclaimer: I receive a small commission from some of the links on this page. Joseph Bowers, inmate number 210 attempted to escape on his own. He and three others had already attempted to break out from Alcatraz in 1941, an act that had landed him in the high security unit, D Block, for five years.Who was the first person to try to escape? The first attempt of the escapes from Alcatraz was on April of 1936. Sentenced for murder, Cretzer had escaped his first prison before being recaptured and sent to Alcatraz. Joseph Cretzer was a member of the Cretzer-Kyle gang, a criminal group that carried out bank robberies along the West Coast of the US. He was joined in the attempt by fellow prisoners Marvin Hubbard, Joseph Cretzer, Sam Shockley, Miran Thompson and Clarence Carnes, the latter holding the dubious title of Alcatraz’s youngest prisoner, convicted at 18 and serving a 99-year-sentence for kidnapping and a life sentence for murder. Prisoner Bernard Coy planned the 1946 escape – he had arrived in Alcatraz in 1938 after being sentenced to 25 years for a bank robbery. (Photo by Getty Images) Who planned the 1946 escape from Alcatraz?
Ringleaders of Alcatraz: Marvin Hubbard, Bernard Coy and Clarence Carnes were the ringleaders of the attempted escape.
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