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Tuesday, January 23, 2024

Did The Alcatraz Three Survive Their Daring Escape?

     On the night of June11, 1962, three prisoners escaped from the notorious Alcatraz prison in California.  The fate of the three men has been a mystery ever since.  Did they drown in the cold San Francisco waters?  Or did they make it to land?

     Frank Morris along with brothers, John and Clarence Anglin, had spent weeks planning the escape.  Using spoons, they dug holes through the walls of their cells.  They collected hair from the prison barber and fashioned paper mâché heads to make it look like they were asleep in their beds.  They also collected raincoats which they used to make a flotation device.  A manhunt was launched as soon as the prison realized they were missing the following morning.  However, the three men were never apprehended, and their bodies were never found.

     In 2013 a letter was sent to the San Francisco police, it said: "My name is John Anglin.  I escaped from Alcatraz in June 1962 with my brother Clarence and Frank Morris.  I'm eighty-three-years-old and in bad shape.  I have cancer.  Yes we all made it that night but barely!  Frank passed away in October 2005.  His grave is in Alexandria under another name.  My brother died in 2011.  If you announce on TV that I will be promised to first go to jail for no more than a year and get medical attention, I will write back to let you know exactly where I am.  This is no joke, this is for real and honest truth."  The police never made any such announcement on TV.

     Members of the Anglin family claim that the two brothers survived.  They claim the two brothers sent flowers to their mother and Christmas cards over the years.  One of their brothers reportedly admitted on his deathbed that he had stayed in touch with John and Clarence for years.  The family says a drug smuggler named Fred Brizzi flew the three fugitives to Mexico shortly after the escape.  Brizzi also reportedly told the Anglin family that the two brothers made their way to Brazil where they settled down and worked as farmers.  Brizzi reportedly gave the family a photo of the two brothers that was taken some time in the 1970s.  In 2020 facial recognition software was used to compare the photo to the mugshot photos of the two brothers.  The software showed that the two men in the photo were likely John and Clarence Anglin.  Members of the Anglin family have since traveled to Brazil in search of further evidence that the two brothers survived the Alcatraz escape.

     The FBI officially closed the case in 1979.  However, speculation persists.  What happened to the three fugitives?  Did they drown?  Did they survive?  How reliable is the story Fred Brizzi told the Anglin family?  Could the three men have made it all the way to Brazil?  Will new evidence finally be able to solve this mystery of the Alcatraz three?

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