Relative reveals Alcatraz escapees did not drown but went on to start a ‘new life’

Colorized mugshots and intimate family pictures have cast a new light on three of Alcatraz’s most notorious prisoners.

Brothers Clarence and John Anglin undertook what is widely believed to be the only successful escape from what was America’s most secure prison.

The pair, along with fellow inmate Frank Morris, put papier-mache heads into their beds and broke out of the prison using an unused utility door. Read More…

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Colorized mugshots and intimate family pictures have cast a new light on three of Alcatraz’s most notorious prisoners.

Brothers Clarence and John Anglin undertook what is widely believed to be the only successful escape from what was America’s most secure prison.

The pair, along with fellow inmate Frank Morris, put papier-mache heads into their beds and broke out of the prison using an unused utility door. Read More…

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