June 1962 Alcatraz escape attempt - Wikipedia
In June 1962, inmates Clarence Anglin, John Anglin, and Frank Morris escaped from Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary, a maximum-security prison located on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay, California, United States. [2]
Clarence Anglin - U.S. Marshals Service
Clarence Anglin is wanted for the June 11, 1962 escape from the federal penitentiary at Alcatraz, San Francisco California. Anglin was sentenced on February 10, 1958 to 15 years custody for an armed bank robbery in Columbia, Alabama.
'It was the cleverest escape in the prison's 30 years': The men ... - BBC
Jun 10, 2024 · He was joined in his cell block by convicted bank-robbing brothers John and Clarence Anglin and Allen West, who had been an inmate on Alcatraz since 1957.
Alcatraz Escape — FBI
The fate of three men—Frank Morris, John Anglin, and his brother Clarence Anglin—who made a daring escape from an isolated island prison in 1962 remains a mystery to this day.
Escape From Alcatraz: June 11, 1962 | HISTORY
Oct 8, 2015 · Morris’ accomplices, John and Clarence Anglin, serving time at Alcatraz for bank robbery, were also veterans of the prison system. Convicted along with a third brother, Alfred, they had been...
The escape from Alcatraz, 60 years later - Los Angeles Times
Jun 20, 2022 · Alcatraz escapees Frank Morris, John Anglin, and his brother Clarence, with age-progressed photos.
50 Years Later, Mystery Of Alcatraz Escape Endures - NPR
Jun 12, 2012 · The legend of the escape from Alcatraz has always held that Frank Morris and Clarence and John Anglin would return for the 50th anniversary of their famed 1962 prison breakout.
Alcatraz escape of June 1962 | Planning, Escapees, & Facts
Jan 7, 2025 · Further investigation revealed that the “inmates” were in fact dummy heads, made from painted papier-mâché with hair glued on, and that the actual occupants of the cells—the convicted armed robber Frank Morris and the convicted bank-robbing brothers Clarence and John Anglin—were nowhere to be found. The guard raised the alarm, and the ...
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...
The Alcatraz Escape | The June 1962 Alcatraz Escape - PBS
On the night of June 11, 1962, three Alcatraz inmates, Frank Morris and John and Clarence Anglin, set out in a raft made of raincoats into the treacherous waters of San Francisco Bay. They...