Robert Franklin Stroud (January 28, 1890 – November 21, 1963), known as the "Birdman of Alcatraz", was a convicted murderer, American federal prisoner, and author who has been …

He was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to death by hanging. It was a bedridden President Woodrow Wilson, who in 1920 commuted his sentence to life in prison without …

Birdman of Alcatraz is a 1962 American biographical drama film directed by John Frankenheimer and starring Burt Lancaster. [3][4] It is a largely fictionalized [5] version of the life of Robert …

Sep 30, 2022 · At the time, the President was Woodrow Wilson, but he was bedridden following a stroke and his wife, Edith, handled many of his duties. She met with Elizabeth Stroud in …

Birdman of Alcatraz is a 1962 American biographical drama film directed by John Frankenheimer and starring Burt Lancaster. It is a largely fictionalized version of the life of Robert Stroud, who …

Therefore, Alcatraz housed some of America’s most notorious prisoners such as Al Capone and Robert Franklin Stroud. Due to the exorbitant cost of running the prison, and the deterioration …

Nov 13, 2009 · On November 25, 1959, four months after being released from 43 years of solitary confinement and transferred to the mainland from the penitentiary on Alcatraz island, Robert …

Sep 22, 2024 · Stroud's mother appealed to President Woodrow Wilson and his wife, Edith Wilson, and the execution was halted just eight days before it was to be carried out; the …

Jan 8, 2011 · John Frankenheimer’s Birdman of Alcatraz is a well-acted, if quite fictionalized biopic of the real-life Robert Stroud, a surly inmate sentenced for life in prison.

Jul 27, 2023 · The murder of Andrew F. Turner in front of over a thousand witnesses earned Stroud a death sentence conviction which was subsequently commuted to life in solitary …