Convicts Frank Morris and Clarence Anglin have washed ashore in San Francisco after surviving their infamous escape from ...
It is a rare combination of natural beauty and haunting history. The island disturbingly beckons you. Alcatraz Island is ...
Yet few know about the island’s pre-prison history. The first European to visit Alcatraz is thought to have been the Spanish explorer Juan Manuel de Ayala, who sailed his ship San Carlos into ...
A mysterious letter has come to light purportedly from one of three inmates who famously escaped Alcatraz in 1962. Someone claiming to be John Anglin wrote to San Francisco police in 2013 ...
The now-closed jail imprisoned some of the worst criminals in US history. The study of the land ... BBC Science travelled with the archaeologist team to Alcatraz in 2014 to see firsthand how ...
People interested in crime, history and mysteries will appreciate the wealth of exhibits at the Alcatraz East Crime Museum. Sprawled across 25,000 square feet of space, the museum is designed to ...
About 5,000 people were on Alcatraz Island early this morning for the annual Indigenous Peoples Thanksgiving Sunrise Gathering. As the sun rose over the San Francisco Bay, the event honored resistance ...
The stream of people who pass by the entrance to the Alcatraz Island ferry landing on San Francisco’s northern waterfront are cut off from the embarkation plaza behind by metal barriers guiding ...
Alcatraz ferry workers strike as SF summer tourism season starts Alcatraz City Cruises workers are striking for better wages as San Francisco's summer tourism season is just getting started ...