The Baffling Mystery of 3 Men Who Escaped From Alcatraz Prison and Disappeared

In 1962, three hardened convicts achieved the impossible. Working together, they broke out of the toughest prison in the world: Alcatraz. Then they disappeared, never to be heard from again.

Decades later, a mysterious letter turned up. And now there are all new questions about the legendary 1962 Alcatraz escape. But is the letter even legit? And what really happened to the escapees?

Let’s find out…

The Mysterious Letter

The FBI recently revealed that in 2013, more than 50 years after the successful 1962 Alcatraz escape, someone sent a mysterious letter to the San Francisco Police Department.

The letter’s writer claimed to be John Anglin, one of the three men who escaped from Alcatraz five decades earlier…

Next: What’s in the letter?

Case Not So Closed

Authorities quickly realized that the letter, if real, could contain the first new clues in a case that’s been officially closed since 1979.

But it would take time and effort to authenticate that the letter really can from the hand of notorious Alcatraz escapee John Anglin…

Next: Who is John Anglin?

The Fated Trio

John and Clarence Anglin were brothers who robbed banks together and went to prison together. After multiple attempts to escape Atlanta Penitentiary, both brothers were transferred to Alcatraz.

There they met Frank Morris, a lifelong criminal with a genius-level IQ…

Next: The inescapable prison.

The Rock

Alcatraz is a former prison located on an island off the coast of San Francisco, California. When it was open, it was considered the toughest prison in the world.

Alcatraz was nicknamed “The Rock” because of its maximum-security walls and island location were said to make the prison inescapable.

But that didn’t stop certain convicts from trying…

Next: How many prisoners tried to escape from Alcatraz?