"I escape from Alcatraz in June 1962 ... brothers John and Clarence Anglin along with inmate Frank Morris lived into old age after escaping the prison half a century ago. The author says Clarence ...

Some say inmates and prison guards who died on Alcatraz over the years continue to haunt the island. In addition, some Native American tribes believe the island was a place of malevolent spirits.

prominently displayed on a wall in one of America’s most famous prison – Alcatraz – cast a dark pall over any inmate who called it home. For long, Alcatraz was just a lonely island in the ...

Fort Alcatraz was used at the official military prison of the West Coast. The first inmates from the federal prison system began arriving in the 1930s, and the last were moved out in 1963.