June 1962 Alcatraz escape - Wikipedia
On the night of June 11, 1962, inmates Frank Morris and brothers John and Clarence Anglin escaped from Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary, the maximum-security prison on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco …
Alcatraz Escape — FBI
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,...
Alcatraz escape of June 1962 | Explained, Successful ...
Dec 5, 2025 · Alcatraz escape of June 1962, a jailbreak by three prisoners from the maximum-security federal penitentiary on Alcatraz Island, California.
'It was the cleverest escape in the prison's 30 years': The ...
May 5, 2025 · On 12 June 1962, three men escaped from the notorious Alcatraz prison. While their fate remains unknown, the ingenuity of their escape continues to captivate.
The 1962 Alcatraz Escape And The Mystery Still Surrounding It
On the night of June 11, 1962, inmates Frank Morris, John Anglin, and Clarence Anglin used papier-mâché heads to trick guards into believing they were asleep in their cells. They managed to escape …
The story behind the Alcatraz escape, history's most daring ...
On the night of 11th June 1962, three hardened convicts broke out of the maximum-security prison on Alcatraz Island and escaped in a boat they’d made from stolen raincoats. Officially, they were never …
Escape From Alcatraz: June 11, 1962 - HISTORY
Oct 8, 2015 · On a June night in 1962, three inmates of the federal prison on Alcatraz Island escaped from their cells and (presumably) into San Francisco Bay, never to be seen again.
Who were the most famous prisoners to escape from Alcatraz?
5 days ago · Executive summary The single most famous escape from Alcatraz is the June 1962 breakout by Frank Morris and brothers John and Clarence Anglin, a case tha...
FBI Records: The Vault — Alcatraz Escape
On the morning of June 12, 1962, guards at Alcatraz—a federal penitentiary opened in 1933 on a desolate island in San Francisco Bay—discovered that prisoners John Anglin, Clarence Anglin, and...
Alcatraz Escapes: 14 Breakout Attempts from the Island Prison
Nov 2, 2021 · The most famous escape attempt, remembered as “The Battle of Alcatraz,” resulted from a bloody, three-day standoff between prisoners and the guards.