Case file · 1962 · The FBI Files
Escape from Alcatraz
The Men Who Vanished from the Rock
Three men, dummy heads and a raft of raincoats: the escape from the Rock.
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This 7 min episode was written from the public record. These are the sources behind it.
- FBI Vault: Alcatraz Escape (released case file)
- FBI: Alcatraz Escape (FBI history of the case)
- Federal Bureau of Prisons: Alcatraz (prison history and escape attempts)
- PBS, Secrets of the Dead: The June 1962 Alcatraz Escape (documentary companion page)
- CBS News: Letter Surfaces Claiming Alcatraz Inmates Survived Infamous Escape (the 2013 letter, reported January 2018)
- Wikipedia: June 1962 Alcatraz escape attempt (overview)
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