Located on an island off of San Francisco, was one of the world's most secure prison, Alcatraz. In the 1930s, Alcatraz was already a forbidding place, surrounded by the cold, rough waters of the Pacific. Between the tough iron bars, a series of strategically positioned guard towers, and sharks in the Bay; escape seemed near impossible. Despite the odds, from 1934 until the prison was closed in 1963, 36 men tried 14 separate escapes. Nearly all were caught or didn’t survive the attempt. The fate of three particular inmates, however, remains a mystery to this day. Join Shannon and Elina as we discuss what happened on that famous night and is it possible they survived?
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