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Three men - brothers John and Clarence Anglin and Frank Morris - successfully escaped from Alcatraz prison in 1962 by making rafts and tools in their cell and climbing through vents to the roof. While it was believed they drowned, their family has provided evidence they may have survived, including Christmas cards from the brothers for three years after. In 2013, John Anglin allegedly wrote a letter claiming he was the only one of the three still alive, though the FBI could not verify the letter. The fate of the escapees remains unknown.
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Three men - brothers John and Clarence Anglin and Frank Morris - successfully escaped from Alcatraz prison in 1962 by making rafts and tools in their cell and climbing through vents to the roof. While it was believed they drowned, their family has provided evidence they may have survived, including Christmas cards from the brothers for three years after. In 2013, John Anglin allegedly wrote a letter claiming he was the only one of the three still alive, though the FBI could not verify the letter. The fate of the escapees remains unknown.
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Only 3 People Have Ever Escaped Alcatraz

Imagine you have committed a crime and are now locked away in Alcatraz, the nation’s
most secure prison. How would you spend your time? Would you write letters to your
family and friends? Read books, like this prisoner whose discovery of a typo helped him
get released? Or would you plot your eventual escape?
Unfortunately, the odds would be stacked against you for that last option. Only one group
has managed to successfully break out of Alcatraz in its 30-year history. Out of 36 men
who attempted to escape, 23 were caught, six were shot and killed, and the others
drowned.
But three men—brothers John and Clarence Anglin and Frank Morris—might have pulled
off what CBS News calls “one of the greatest prison escapes in American history.” (Check
out more of the strangest unsolved mysteries of all time.)
The three prisoners planned their big break for several months, setting up a secret
workshop where they built the tools they needed to escape. Then, on June 11, 1962, they
put their plan into action.
That night, John, Clarence, and Frank stuffed their beds with paper maché heads and
squeezed through their cell’s vents, crawling up the pipes to the prison roof. From there,
they slid down a smokestack to the ground and launched their homemade raft—made of
more than 50 stolen raincoats—into the Pacific Ocean. Not once did the prison’s security
system detect them.
“You got to give it to them, they broke the system,” John Cantwell, a National Park Service
Park Ranger, told CBS News.
Here’s the catch, though: No one knows what happened to the escapees. When pieces of
the raft and paddles washed up near the island, many assumed that the men were dead.
Alcatraz officials have suggested they drowned or died of hypothermia.
But now, more than 50 years later, the Anglin family has provided evidence that the men
might have survived. For starters, Clarence and John Anglin’s mother received Christmas
cards signed with their names for three years following the prison break. The family also
released a photo of the brothers that might have been taken in the 1970s, 20 years after
their escape.
What’s more, John Anglin allegedly wrote a letter to the San Francisco Police in 2013.
While all three prisoners survived the escape, he was the only one still living, the writer
claimed. However, FBI officials doubt the letter is real; a handwriting analysis of the letter
came back “inconclusive,” they report.
It looks like the escapees’ fate will remain the stuff of legend for now. On the other hand, it
might be one of the crazy conspiracy theories that actually turned out to be true. Your
guess is as good as anyone’s.Here’s the catch, though: No one knows what happened to
the escapees. When pieces of the raft and paddles washed up near the island, many
assumed that the men were dead. Alcatraz officials have suggested they drowned or died
of hypothermia.
But now, more than 50 years later, the Anglin family has provided evidence that the men
might have survived. For starters, Clarence and John Anglin’s mother received Christmas
cards signed with their names for three years following the prison break. The family also
released a photo of the brothers that might have been taken in the 1970s, 20 years after
their escape.
What’s more, John Anglin allegedly wrote a letter to the San Francisco Police in 2013.
While all three prisoners survived the escape, he was the only one still living, the writer
claimed. However, FBI officials doubt the letter is real; a handwriting analysis of the letter
came back “inconclusive,” they report.
It looks like the escapees’ fate will remain the stuff of legend for now. On the other hand, it
might be one of the crazy conspiracy theories that actually turned out to be true. Your
guess is as good as anyone’s.

Solo 3 personas han escapado de Alcatraz


Imagina que has cometido un delito y ahora estás encerrado en Alcatraz, la prisión más
segura de la nación. ¿Cómo pasarías tu tiempo? ¿Escribirías cartas a tu familia y amigos?
¿Leer libros, como este prisionero cuyo descubrimiento de un error tipográfico lo ayudó a
ser liberado? ¿O trazarías tu eventual escape?

Desafortunadamente, las probabilidades se acumularían en tu contra para esa última


opción. Solo un grupo ha logrado salir de Alcatraz con éxito en sus 30 años de historia.
De los 36 hombres que intentaron escapar, 23 fueron capturados, seis fueron asesinados
a tiros y los demás se ahogaron.

Pero tres hombres, los hermanos John y Clarence Anglin y Frank Morris, podrían haber
logrado lo que CBS News llama "uno de los mayores escapes de prisión en la historia de
Estados Unidos". (Vea más de los misterios sin resolver más extraños de todos los
tiempos).

Los tres prisioneros planearon su gran descanso durante varios meses, estableciendo un
taller secreto donde construyeron las herramientas que necesitaban para escapar. Luego,
el 11 de junio de 1962, pusieron en práctica su plan.

Esa noche, John, Clarence y Frank rellenaron sus camas con cabezas de papel maché y
apretaron las rejillas de ventilación de sus celulares, subiendo las tuberías hasta el techo
de la prisión. Desde allí, se deslizaron por una chimenea hacia el suelo y lanzaron su
balsa casera, hecha de más de 50 impermeables robados, hacia el Océano Pacífico. Ni
una sola vez los detectó el sistema de seguridad de la prisión.

"Debes dárselo, rompieron el sistema", dijo a la CBS News John Cantwell, un


guardabosques del Parque del Servicio Nacional de Parques.

Sin embargo, aquí está la trampa: nadie sabe qué pasó con los fugitivos. Cuando piezas
de la balsa y los remos se lavaban cerca de la isla, muchos asumían que los hombres
estaban muertos. Los funcionarios de Alcatraz han sugerido que se ahogaron o murieron
de hipotermia.

Pero ahora, más de 50 años después, la familia Anglin ha proporcionado evidencia de que
los hombres podrían haber sobrevivido. Para empezar, la madre de Clarence y John
Anglin recibió tarjetas de Navidad firmadas con sus nombres durante los tres años
posteriores a la prisión. La familia también publicó una foto de los hermanos que podrían
haberse tomado en la década de 1970, 20 años después de su fuga.

Lo que es más, John Anglin supuestamente escribió una carta a la Policía de San
Francisco en 2013. Aunque los tres prisioneros sobrevivieron a la fuga, él era el único que
aún vivía, afirmó el escritor. Sin embargo, los funcionarios del FBI dudan que la carta sea
real; un análisis de escritura a mano de la carta regresó "no concluyente", informan.

Parece que el destino de los fugados seguirá siendo una leyenda por ahora. Por otro lado,
podría ser una de las locas teorías de conspiración que en realidad resultó ser cierta. Tu
conjetura es tan buena como la de cualquiera.

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