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 cited as one of the most notorious criminals in the United States.

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 parole by Executive Order. Stroud’s mother Elizabeth met with the …

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 Stroud, who was sentenced to solitary confinement after having killed a prison guard.

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 person and, eventually, stopped the execution eight days before it was scheduled to take place.

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 was sentenced to solitary confinement after having killed a prison guard.

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 of the buildings due to salt spray, Alcatraz Island closed as a penitentiary on March 21, 1963.

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 Stroud, the famous...

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 gallows had already been built and viewed by Stroud from his cell. Stroud's sentence was commuted to life imprisonment.

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 confinement by president Woodrow Wilson.