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24 Reasons The Alcatraz Escapees Survived (And 12 Reasons They Didn't)

The Mystorian

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On June 11, 1962, Frank Morris, Clarence Anglin and John Anglin escaped from the “inescapable super prison” Alcatraz. They have never officially been seen or heard from since, and therefore, presumed dead.

The authorities determined that they drowned in the waters between Alcatraz and the San Francisco Bay shoreline, however, none of their bodies were recovered, nor did they ever wash up on shore – despite the fact that on average, 3 out of 4 bodies do wash up.

So, the question for over 60 years has been, did the Alcatraz Trio actually survive the escape? In today's video, we'll cover 24 reasons that they may have actually gotten to land, and 12 reasons that they didn't.

#unsolvedmystery #coldcases #truecrimestories #strangedisappearances #prisonbreak

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Information Sources:

City Experiences – Anglin Brothers Escape
https://www.cityexperiences.com/blog/...

Unsolved Mysteries Fandom – Frank Morris and the Anglin Brothers
https://unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/...

SFGate – Did the Alcatraz Escapees Survive?
https://www.sfgate.com/sfhistory/arti...

Bibliophone – Angel Island Footprints
https://www.bibliophone.com/angel-foo....

Reddit Thread – Alcatraz Escape
Reddit: escape_from_alcatraz_was_not_just_true_but

Wikipedia – June 1962 Alcatraz Escape
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_19...

Wikipedia – Golden Gate Bridge
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide...

BBC - (Do you think you could make it Clip)
https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/2...

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20 Comments

@insertcreativenamehere8554 10 months ago

You know, alcatraz was clearly just the worlds best built escape room

@MissKellyskz 10 months ago

Lol shops mean workshops since all the prisoners had to work on upkeep for the island. So if I remember correctly there was a woodworking shop or a metal shop which would have had tools and things.

@imogenx9145 10 months ago

I lost my parents when they transformed into papier maché. I'll never feel my mother's warm embrace again....how dare you, Mystorian! You mock my pain!

@reverenddmo8944 9 months ago

Don't know what you'll make of this, but in November of last year I met William Baker, one of the last surviving Alcatraz inmates at a book signing at the prison. Very nice old gent, too. I did ask him what he made of the escape, whether he thought they made it or not, and he said he did believe they survived and probably went to South America. He pointed out the regular charity swims as a point in favour of them having a good chance to make it, and that they may even have got a tow with that missing cable - an aspect of the story I'd never heard before he mentioned it that day. He was very much Team Survived.

@alka9613 10 months ago

I really like the escape by hanging on to ropes from the prison shuttle boat. Some writer noted they used to do this as kids with commercial river craft. Then the boat/raft was a misdirect timed with the tides to be found away from where they went. Whenever that prison boat left Alcatraz might explain the estimated time difference, and sure beats paddling in a sketchy raft.

@buruuberriez 10 months ago

I love that you did this video to shed light on Spontaneous Human Transfiguration month ❤

@RevoVansen 9 months ago

"A nice long day of prison stuff" is crazy work.

@onbearfeet 10 months ago

Hey, the "prison shop" might not be a store (although US prisons do have those). Most American prisons contain some kind of farm or factory using prison labor (slavery is still legal as punishment for a crime here, so prisoners can be paid little or nothing). Facilities in the prison that do this labor, or other specialized labor within the prison itself, are often called "shops", short for "workshops". The metal shop does metal repairs and fabrication, for example, while the wood shop does carpentry. (This usage is also common in American English outside of prisons—for example, when my car was being repaired last week, I told people it was "in the shop".)

Liquid plastic and other materials could easily have been available in the industrial workshops of a large American prison, which would be staffed primarily by prisoners who could be induced to look the other way.

@camronmoses8956 10 months ago

The Steiner-Math clip was impeccable, good sir

@rachelburns8706 9 months ago

I'm subscribing for the swearing, the research, the sense of humour, and Scott Steiner math.

@Smitty_Time_24 9 months ago

The 2013 Anglin letter and the fact a 9 year old girl swam the route were the deciding factors for me personally that they successfully escaped. I hope one day, after they have passed on, that a signed statement surfaces with all of the facts of the escape and their life afterwards as long as it dosent negatively effect any surviving relatives or friends

@GlennWebster-ut2xx 10 months ago

Im 62. I aways believed they made it... The F.B.I. at that time was trying hard to repair their public image.

@chattiwompa4222 10 months ago

You should do DB Cooper

@Marebearrr02 5 months ago

This channel is so dope. It’s becoming rarer to see true crime/ investigative channels that do so much research and don’t use an AI voice. You’re killing it, thanks for the content!

@Earl_of_Absurd 10 months ago (edited)

I heard that some time after the escape, a man matching Frank Morris' description was seen driving around in a truck, accompanied by an Orangutan.

@ecocodex4431 10 months ago

17:48 Yes, most prisons have shops so that people can buy food, drinks, and other things that are allowed by the prison (some sell MP3 players, radios, condiments, OTC medications like Ibuprofen, clothing, hygiene products, and even possibly craft supplies). This is called the Prison Commissary.

Not only does this provide prisoners with extra products they might not get otherwise, but also provides things to help keep one busy or feeling better so to reduce violence and the like (it's hard to assault someone when you are in the middle of crocheting a scarf)

The money to buy these items either comes from the prisoner working (often long hours for FAR below minimum wage, which sucks), or if family/friends deposits money into an inmates commissary fund, otherwise known as "putting money on their books"

The prison commissary was definitely far more lax and easy to game back in the 1960's. There is no way you can buy anything they used in most prison commissary's today. And I doubt any would just be selling rubber cement. lol

@tpinkstaff402 10 months ago

You should sell a "Where in the blue hell" shirt

@OrthodoxChristianityyy 10 months ago

Bros finally back 😂 much support

@exstock 9 months ago

I’m gonna have‘spontaneously bursting into papier mache’ stuck in my head for the rest of my life.

@tamaraaugustine8459 7 months ago

None of the shows/documentaries I've seen never mentioned that the Anglins were skilled swimmers. Which makes sense, because that information makes it far more believable that they escaped.