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Wait,
we're not gonna make it.

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WILDMAN: I'm on a quest

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to uncover the real story...

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Wow.

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...behind the most iconic
prison break of all time,

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the great escape from Alcatraz.

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My mission is to find out

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how three men escaped
the inescapable.

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And did they survive?

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Ah-ha!

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I'm going across the country

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and high above the legendary
island fortress...

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I mean, they could've
gone anywhere.

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...to find out if what
we think we know is true.

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Or is there still more
to be uncovered?

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It's entirely possible
that they are still out there.

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I'm Don Wildman.

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I've explored the world's
greatest mysteries,

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examined rare artifacts
and epic monuments.

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That's amazing.

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Now, I'm digging deeper

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into some of the most perplexing

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and famous cases in history.

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My goal?
To get closer to the truth.

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It's a totally alien environment
down there.

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This is
"Mysteries at the Museum:

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Escape from Alcatraz."

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I'm starting my investigation

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into the most famous prison
escape in history

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right at the scene
of the crime --

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Alcatraz.

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Located 1 1/2 miles
offshore from San Francisco,

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this former prison complex
sits upon a rocky island

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that measures 22 acres.

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Today, it draws upwards of

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one million curious tourists
each year,

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making it one of the city's
most popular attractions.

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But for almost three decades,

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from 1934 to 1963,

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making this trip was no joke.

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It's 4:00 a.m.
I'm about to make one of

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the most dreaded journeys
imaginable.

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I'm headed for Alcatraz.

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The San Francisco Bay
is pitch-black,

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exactly how the escapees
saw it over 50 years ago.

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Surrounded on all sides
by the treacherous waters

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of the San Francisco Bay,

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this eerie stronghold

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was the definition
of escape-proof.

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Captain Pete Tompkins
has been operating

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the Alcatraz water taxi
for more than 15 years

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and understands the prison's
natural defenses

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better than anyone.

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This place was just designed
to intimidate, wasn't it?

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TOMPKINS: Yeah.
It is one scary-looking place.

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You run this harbor
all the time.

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What are
these waters like?

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Currents are strong.
The wind always blows.

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It's cold.
Yeah.

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It's one of the toughest
bays to navigate.

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And all the currents you have
to deal with and all the wind.

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It's not easy out here.
It's hard on everyone.

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In a boat,
let alone a raft.

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Yeah.

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Not to mention the sharks,
you know.

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Oh, yeah?
Have you seen sharks out here?

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Yes.
There are sharks.

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So it should come
as no surprise that,

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of the 36 inmates

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who attempted
to flee the Rock,

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almost all were caught
or killed.

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All, that is, except three.

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And I'm following
in their footsteps

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to try and understand
the real story

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of what happened that night.

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Stepping foot inside Alcatraz

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still evokes feelings
of intense hopelessness.

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Wow, you can feel

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the tension in the air
in this place.

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I mean, it's palpable, right?

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It's one of those places
that never fails

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to give you the chills.

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Considered America's
toughest prison,

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Alcatraz was a maximum-security,
minimum-privilege facility

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for the nation's
most hardened criminals.

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Each inmate was
individually housed

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in one of the roughly 400 cells

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that each averaged 5 feet wide
by 9 feet long.

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And, as if the seclusion
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in the prison's earliest days,

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talking between inmates was
almost entirely forbidden.

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This strict discipline
is the reason infamous criminals

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like Al Capone,

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"Machine Gun" Kelly,
"Whitey" Bulger,

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and roughly 1,500 others
were imprisoned here.

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But it's also what made three
men desperate to get out.

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The story is one
of the greatest

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unsolved mysteries
in criminal history.

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And I'm gonna take a look
at where it all started --

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the cell.

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It's been reset to mimic exactly
what it would've looked like

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on the day of the prison's
most famous escape attempt.

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June 12, 1962 --

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Prison guards
taking morning roll call

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make a shocking discovery.

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Three prisoners --

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John Anglin, Clarence Anglin,
and Frank Morris --

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are missing.

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In their places are dummy heads.

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And at the back
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a concealed hole.

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Guards launch
a frantic investigation.

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And a fourth inmate
comes forward.

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Claiming to have been
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he confesses its details.

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First, they fool the guards

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into thinking
they're asleep by placing

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these papier-mâché heads
on the pillows.

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Then they break out
of their cell

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using a set of homemade tools.

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And right in here
is the utility corridor

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between the cell blocks.

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They crawl out of their vent

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and then scale the wall,

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using this tangled
set of pipes here,

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all the way up onto the roof
of the cell block.

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Once outside the prison,

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they allegedly crossed the Bay

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using a homemade raft.

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Morris and the Anglins
were never seen again.

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What came next was
America's largest manhunt

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since the search
for the Lindbergh baby.

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There aren't that many
people still around

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who were actually on Alcatraz

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the night Morris and the Anglins
broke out.

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Remember, this is more
than 50 years ago.

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But I tracked down someone
who lived on the island

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at the time
and remembers the morning

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after the escape
like it was yesterday.

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WILDMAN: Jolene?

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How you doing?
-Hi.

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Jolene Babyak is the daughter
of the assistant warden,

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who was the highest
ranking official

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on the island
the night of the escape.

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She witnessed
the tension and panic

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that took over as soon
as the inmates went missing.

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So the night of the escape,
what happens that night?

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The night of the escape,
nothing happened.

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Mm-hmm. So the action
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Right.
Around 7:15 in the morning,

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I was awakened
by the siren,

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which I had never
heard before.

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It was that air raid
that you hear in movies.

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And it was
a dominating sound.

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You know, my first thought was,
"It can't be an escape attempt."

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And I met my mother
on the stairs.

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And she said, "Get dressed.
There's been an escape."

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You were supposed to
go into your house,

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lock the door,

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and not come out until there
was some sort of all-clear.

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Where is your father now?

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You know, before
they blow the siren,

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they call the head guy.

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Mm-hmm. This is a bad day
in a warden's business.

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Right.
At 7:00 in the morning,

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it's not gonna be good.
-Mm-hmm.

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And they told him that
they found three men missing

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and instructed them
to blow the siren.

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You have to notify
all the cities.

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You have to notify the FBI,
Coast Guard, Washington, D.C.

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And by about 8:00, 8:30,

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you had an air,
land, and sea search.

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So,
with the island on lockdown,

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the manhunt
kicked into high gear.

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You could see the boats
around the Bay.

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You could certainly hear
the helicopters overhead.

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And I would imagine
the whole place is on lockdown.

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You're not going anywhere.
-Right.

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Little did you know
you were suddenly caught

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in one of the epic events
of American history.

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Yeah.
I mean, it's really amazing.

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I mean, I was a bystander.

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My dad was really
much more involved.

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But then, you know,
it turned out to be

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a classic escape attempt.

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Sure.

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In a matter of hours,

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the search area expanded

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to include all
of San Francisco Bay,

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including the cities and towns
surrounding it.

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The Bay is massive --
325 miles of shoreline,

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bordered by three cities,

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9 counties,
and 101 municipalities.

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And Morris and the Anglins
had a 12-hour head start.

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Searching for these escapees

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was like locating
a needle in a haystack.

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But how impossible was this?

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Well, there's one way
to find out.

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The Coast Guard and the FBI

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pressed into service
every boat and plane

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they could
get their hands on.

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Aaron.
-Hey, Don.

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I'm teaming up this morning with
seaplane pilot Aaron Singer

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to get a bird's-eye view
of the search area.

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I am astonished by the scope
of what I'm seeing.

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There it is,
the infamous Rock.

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Incredible.

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So you've done your own
search and rescue, yeah?

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I have.
Tell me what that's like.

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You know, you'll have a pilot
and you'll have a spotter

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where you're taking
this huge search area.

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And you have to break it
down into little pieces.

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And then you take
each little piece,

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and you have to comb it
meter by meter.

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So let's say
it's June 12th.

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What am I seeing?

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In June of 1962,
they probably had low fog,

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wind blowing like snot
out here.

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I mean, they had
difficult conditions.

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At the time, helicopters weren't
exactly reliable in the 1960s.

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Plus, there's a lot
more seaplanes around.

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So they probably
had more aircraft

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doing that work
than helicopters.

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Right. Right. Right.

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Gazing out over
this vastness of water,

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I can see why
the mystery continues today.

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Morris and the Anglins
could have drowned,

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been swept out to sea
by the currents,

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or somehow paddled
themselves to dry land.

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How hard is it to find somebody
when you're up here in the air?

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Well,
it's pretty difficult.

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You have so much stuff
happening on the water,

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white caps,
swells, shore birds.

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In that particular case,

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those guys were trying
to stay out of sight.

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So it's a lot of things
that you have to try

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and find that needle
in the haystack.

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If they'd gone to shore,

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would you have
any possibility

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of seeing them there
from the air?

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The problem was, of course,
if they got to shore,

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it's a lot easier for them
to blend into the city.

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I mean, the city was here.
If they did get to shore,

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it was probably over
by then.

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Look at the size
of this bay.

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I mean, they could
have gone anywhere.

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WILDMAN:
I'm on the trail of the three

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most infamous prison escapees
in history...

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Wow, it's incredible.

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...who, on the night of
June 12, 1962,

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broke out of Alcatraz,

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never to be seen again.

254
00:12:33,019 --> 00:12:36,021
They could have
gone anywhere.

255
00:12:36,023 --> 00:12:38,290
Now, more than
50 years later,

256
00:12:38,292 --> 00:12:39,691
questions still remain

257
00:12:39,693 --> 00:12:41,959
about what really
happened that night.

258
00:12:41,961 --> 00:12:47,399
After all, the three men have
never been found, dead or alive.

259
00:12:47,401 --> 00:12:49,234
It's time to dig deeper.

260
00:12:49,236 --> 00:12:51,703
And to do that,
we need to first understand

261
00:12:51,705 --> 00:12:54,306
who these men really were.

262
00:12:54,308 --> 00:12:57,909
Let's start with the inmate
I find most fascinating,

263
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Frank Morris.

264
00:13:03,784 --> 00:13:06,251
Orphaned at the young age of 11,

265
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his life of crime started

266
00:13:07,855 --> 00:13:11,189
just two years later
with petty theft.

267
00:13:11,191 --> 00:13:14,859
From there, he moved onto
narcotics and armed robbery.

268
00:13:14,861 --> 00:13:16,395
But what made him stand out

269
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from your common criminal
was his intelligence.

270
00:13:20,567 --> 00:13:23,201
Morris had an I.Q. of 133,

271
00:13:23,203 --> 00:13:27,005
placing him in the top
2 percentile of Americans,

272
00:13:27,007 --> 00:13:30,876
the perfect escapee mastermind.

273
00:13:30,878 --> 00:13:33,412
If Morris was the brains,

274
00:13:33,414 --> 00:13:37,415
then John and Clarence Anglin
were the brawn.

275
00:13:37,417 --> 00:13:40,085
Raised on a small farm
in rural Georgia,

276
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their early life
was one of back-breaking labor.

277
00:13:43,090 --> 00:13:48,693
So, yearning for something more,
they began robbing banks.

278
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For a time, it worked.

279
00:13:50,964 --> 00:13:53,231
But then, in 1958,

280
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they got caught and sent

281
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to the Atlanta State
Penitentiary.

282
00:13:59,306 --> 00:14:03,041
And that is where
they met Morris.

283
00:14:03,043 --> 00:14:06,577
The trio bonded over
a single common goal --

284
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escape.

285
00:14:08,449 --> 00:14:10,382
But when they tried to bust out,

286
00:14:10,384 --> 00:14:12,583
it didn't go as planned.

287
00:14:12,585 --> 00:14:16,621
Instead, it landed all
three of them in Alcatraz.

288
00:14:18,925 --> 00:14:21,860
So how exactly did
these guys beat the odds

289
00:14:21,862 --> 00:14:24,662
and make it successfully
out of their cells,

290
00:14:24,664 --> 00:14:26,631
all without anyone noticing?

291
00:14:29,136 --> 00:14:30,735
To find out,
I'm gonna take a look

292
00:14:30,737 --> 00:14:32,971
at the evidence
they left behind.

293
00:14:36,409 --> 00:14:39,911
This is the Golden Gate
National Recreational Archive.

294
00:14:42,215 --> 00:14:45,683
I love places like this.

295
00:14:45,685 --> 00:14:47,953
Inside these hallowed walls

296
00:14:47,955 --> 00:14:51,623
are roughly
6 1/2 million artifacts,

297
00:14:51,625 --> 00:14:56,161
including all of the items
recovered from the 1962 escape,

298
00:14:56,163 --> 00:14:57,829
from the papier-mâché heads

299
00:14:57,831 --> 00:14:59,764
the prisoners placed
in their beds

300
00:14:59,766 --> 00:15:01,967
to the fake grilles
they made to conceal

301
00:15:01,969 --> 00:15:05,036
the growing holes
in their cells.

302
00:15:05,038 --> 00:15:07,639
Curator Amanda Williford
has agreed to show me

303
00:15:07,641 --> 00:15:10,508
some of the collection's
most important pieces.

304
00:15:10,510 --> 00:15:13,778
WILDMAN: Having done
the research and the reading,

305
00:15:13,780 --> 00:15:17,282
these artifacts are like seeing
a Hollywood star to me.

306
00:15:22,122 --> 00:15:26,791
First up, an unconventional
digging apparatus.

307
00:15:26,793 --> 00:15:28,126
WILDMAN: So what are these?
Can I pick it up?

308
00:15:28,128 --> 00:15:29,727
-Yes.
-Okay.

309
00:15:29,729 --> 00:15:31,463
Oh, yeah. What?

310
00:15:31,465 --> 00:15:33,532
So, these are actually
spoon handles.

311
00:15:33,534 --> 00:15:35,133
They took off the bowls...
-I see.

312
00:15:35,135 --> 00:15:37,001
...and then used
the smaller handle part

313
00:15:37,003 --> 00:15:39,337
to flatten and sharpen.

314
00:15:39,339 --> 00:15:43,341
So they were actually using
these sharpened spoon handles

315
00:15:43,343 --> 00:15:46,143
to chisel away at the mortar
around the grate?

316
00:15:46,145 --> 00:15:49,547
Yes, and the cinder blocks
that were around the grate.

317
00:15:49,549 --> 00:15:52,683
That is amazing.

318
00:15:52,685 --> 00:15:54,552
Night after night,

319
00:15:54,554 --> 00:15:57,556
the inmates worked in secret
to dig their way

320
00:15:57,558 --> 00:16:01,960
out of the nearly 6-inch
thick walls of their cells.

321
00:16:01,962 --> 00:16:03,962
Sound tedious?

322
00:16:03,964 --> 00:16:05,697
You bet.

323
00:16:05,699 --> 00:16:09,568
Imagine doing it
for six months straight.

324
00:16:09,570 --> 00:16:11,570
Now, if you're wondering
how the inmates did

325
00:16:11,572 --> 00:16:14,038
all this chiseling
without getting caught,

326
00:16:14,040 --> 00:16:15,640
so am I.

327
00:16:15,642 --> 00:16:17,776
Turns out, they had
their very own

328
00:16:17,778 --> 00:16:19,778
homemade surveillance system.

329
00:16:19,780 --> 00:16:21,846
Oh, my goodness.
What is this?

330
00:16:21,848 --> 00:16:26,117
So there's two compartments
to this.
Mm-hmm.

331
00:16:26,119 --> 00:16:29,053
You can see a lot of the tape
is falling off.
Okay.

332
00:16:29,055 --> 00:16:30,922
It's a cardboard shape,
a box --

333
00:16:30,924 --> 00:16:32,857
long, oblong box.

334
00:16:32,859 --> 00:16:34,326
And then I see a mirror.
-Mm-hmm.

335
00:16:34,328 --> 00:16:35,660
This is a periscope.

336
00:16:35,662 --> 00:16:38,063
-It is a periscope.
-Ah, that's so amazing.

337
00:16:38,065 --> 00:16:39,597
And what were
they using this for?

338
00:16:39,599 --> 00:16:42,200
This was to make sure
that the coast was clear,

339
00:16:42,202 --> 00:16:43,601
check for guards.

340
00:16:43,603 --> 00:16:46,137
These guys thought
of everything.

341
00:16:46,139 --> 00:16:48,673
In addition to their
pseudo-spyglass,

342
00:16:48,675 --> 00:16:51,409
the escapees avoided
detection by working

343
00:16:51,411 --> 00:16:53,745
during the prison's music hours,

344
00:16:53,747 --> 00:16:55,747
when the hum of guitars
and trumpets

345
00:16:55,749 --> 00:16:58,350
drowned out their progress.

346
00:16:58,352 --> 00:17:00,751
Some even say
they paid the guards

347
00:17:00,753 --> 00:17:03,621
to look the other way.

348
00:17:03,623 --> 00:17:06,891
But it seems Amanda
saved the best tool for last.

349
00:17:10,964 --> 00:17:13,364
WILLIFORD: This is a drill
that the escapees made.

350
00:17:13,366 --> 00:17:17,636
This was apparently created
from a vacuum cleaner.

351
00:17:17,638 --> 00:17:19,504
And it actually worked.

352
00:17:19,506 --> 00:17:21,906
It's incredible to see
the resourcefulness

353
00:17:21,908 --> 00:17:23,574
and the determination,

354
00:17:23,576 --> 00:17:25,710
I mean, the lengths
they went to

355
00:17:25,712 --> 00:17:28,980
to get away with this.

356
00:17:28,982 --> 00:17:30,448
To get out onto the roof,

357
00:17:30,450 --> 00:17:33,718
the prisoners had to make it
through one final hatchway.

358
00:17:33,720 --> 00:17:36,054
And that's where
the drill came in.

359
00:17:36,056 --> 00:17:38,256
It was the only thing
powerful enough to bust

360
00:17:38,258 --> 00:17:40,358
through the portal's
heavy concrete.

361
00:17:42,595 --> 00:17:46,865
But one thing about this
final tool gives me pause.

362
00:17:46,867 --> 00:17:48,933
The drill has no bit.

363
00:17:48,935 --> 00:17:52,536
So I wonder how you
would actually use this.

364
00:17:52,538 --> 00:17:54,439
Mechanics are beyond me.

365
00:17:57,611 --> 00:17:59,010
As I leave the archives,

366
00:17:59,012 --> 00:18:02,080
I can't shake
a gnawing curiosity.

367
00:18:02,082 --> 00:18:04,815
How did this thing
actually work?

368
00:18:04,817 --> 00:18:07,485
To find out,
there's only one thing to do --

369
00:18:07,487 --> 00:18:09,354
build it myself.

370
00:18:09,356 --> 00:18:11,489
Or at least try.

371
00:18:11,491 --> 00:18:15,626
Now, I'm not actually
the most mechanically inclined.

372
00:18:15,628 --> 00:18:19,497
So to make my prison drill,
I'm calling in backup.

373
00:18:19,499 --> 00:18:21,833
His name is Laz,
and he's an ex-con.

374
00:18:21,835 --> 00:18:23,234
And when he was on the inside,

375
00:18:23,236 --> 00:18:26,571
he could build everything
from a crossbow to a tattoo gun.

376
00:18:26,573 --> 00:18:30,542
But whether he can build a
vacuum drill remains to be seen.

377
00:18:32,979 --> 00:18:34,746
Here goes.

378
00:18:37,584 --> 00:18:39,116
Oh, I see
you've got the pictures.

379
00:18:39,118 --> 00:18:40,317
Quite a device, right?

380
00:18:40,319 --> 00:18:42,586
LAZ:
Mm-hmm. Yeah.

381
00:18:42,588 --> 00:18:44,990
-What do we got here?
-So I have a vacuum right here.

382
00:18:44,992 --> 00:18:48,259
A 1950s vacuum.
Sweet.

383
00:18:48,261 --> 00:18:50,395
I'm gonna start
taking it apart.

384
00:18:50,397 --> 00:18:52,530
I'm gonna find the motor
and take it from there.

385
00:18:52,532 --> 00:18:54,499
All right.
Let's do it.

386
00:18:56,603 --> 00:18:58,937
After studying
the escapees' drill,

387
00:18:58,939 --> 00:19:00,939
it looks like
the only piece of the vacuum

388
00:19:00,941 --> 00:19:03,141
they used was the motor.

389
00:19:03,143 --> 00:19:08,012
So our first step
is to remove it.

390
00:19:08,014 --> 00:19:09,280
There it is.
-There you go.

391
00:19:09,282 --> 00:19:11,415
Oh, thank you.

392
00:19:11,417 --> 00:19:15,486
Then, we take off the plastic
housing that surrounds it.

393
00:19:15,488 --> 00:19:17,488
That's it right there.

394
00:19:17,490 --> 00:19:20,558
Yep.
Exactly.

395
00:19:20,560 --> 00:19:23,427
For the next step,
Laz and I --

396
00:19:23,429 --> 00:19:24,963
okay, mostly Laz --

397
00:19:24,965 --> 00:19:26,831
figure that we should
reconnect the power

398
00:19:26,833 --> 00:19:28,233
directly to the motor.

399
00:19:30,237 --> 00:19:33,971
Once that's done, it's time
for a little bit of guesswork.

400
00:19:33,973 --> 00:19:37,509
What did they use
for a drill bit?

401
00:19:37,511 --> 00:19:42,112
When I was at the archive,
the artifact itself had no bit.

402
00:19:42,114 --> 00:19:43,381
I mean,
you'd figure they'd have

403
00:19:43,383 --> 00:19:45,383
to have something
attached to it.

404
00:19:45,385 --> 00:19:47,785
So we got to attach a drill bit
to the end of this, huh?

405
00:19:47,787 --> 00:19:49,787
-Yeah.
-How do we do this?

406
00:19:49,789 --> 00:19:52,991
What's the process?
-I brought a drill bit.

407
00:19:52,993 --> 00:19:54,192
I also brought
a blowtorch.

408
00:19:54,194 --> 00:19:56,394
Blowtorch!
Excellent!

409
00:19:56,396 --> 00:20:00,732
Now, this kind of MacGyvering
I can totally get behind.

410
00:20:08,208 --> 00:20:09,540
Looks good.

411
00:20:09,542 --> 00:20:13,744
Finally, it's time
to put this puppy to the test.

412
00:20:13,746 --> 00:20:17,015
Will I escape from Alcatraz?
Here we are.

413
00:20:17,017 --> 00:20:18,283
Just give me the count.

414
00:20:18,285 --> 00:20:21,419
All right.

415
00:20:21,421 --> 00:20:23,955
Three.

416
00:20:23,957 --> 00:20:25,623
Two.

417
00:20:25,625 --> 00:20:27,759
One.

418
00:20:27,761 --> 00:20:28,793
Go.

419
00:20:39,105 --> 00:20:41,372
WILDMAN: I'm investigating
the 50-year-old case

420
00:20:41,374 --> 00:20:44,843
of Frank Morris
and John and Clarence Anglin,

421
00:20:44,845 --> 00:20:46,511
the three convicts
who disappeared

422
00:20:46,513 --> 00:20:50,515
while attempting to flee
Alcatraz on a homemade raft.

423
00:20:50,517 --> 00:20:52,449
I'm trying to understand
how exactly

424
00:20:52,451 --> 00:20:54,852
they broke out of the Rock
in the first place

425
00:20:54,854 --> 00:20:59,324
because, believe me,
it's harder than it looks.

426
00:20:59,326 --> 00:21:03,461
Right now, I'm trying my hand
at making a prison-made drill

427
00:21:03,463 --> 00:21:06,931
with decidedly mixed results.

428
00:21:06,933 --> 00:21:08,266
Three.

429
00:21:08,268 --> 00:21:09,333
Two.

430
00:21:09,335 --> 00:21:10,769
One. Go.

431
00:21:14,207 --> 00:21:15,607
You okay?
What the...?

432
00:21:15,609 --> 00:21:19,210
That didn't work at all.

433
00:21:19,212 --> 00:21:22,479
Looks like our ingenious
drill bit was so ingenious,

434
00:21:22,481 --> 00:21:24,215
it flew right off.

435
00:21:24,217 --> 00:21:26,551
Time for a rethink.

436
00:21:26,553 --> 00:21:28,219
Maybe we're being
overcomplicated.

437
00:21:28,221 --> 00:21:30,488
Maybe there's no drill bit
at all involved.

438
00:21:30,490 --> 00:21:32,023
It's a possibility.

439
00:21:32,025 --> 00:21:33,424
Maybe this is
the actual bit.

440
00:21:33,426 --> 00:21:34,825
Maybe that's what
they used to cut it.

441
00:21:34,827 --> 00:21:37,161
-Yeah.
-So what do we do?

442
00:21:37,163 --> 00:21:38,963
Well, let's keep
it simple, then.

443
00:21:38,965 --> 00:21:40,965
You file it down,
sort of make a "X."

444
00:21:40,967 --> 00:21:42,166
-Okay.
-Make it like a bull machine.

445
00:21:42,168 --> 00:21:43,301
Oh, that'll be
the cutting edge.
Mm-hmm.

446
00:21:43,303 --> 00:21:46,371
And we'll use that
as the actual bit.

447
00:21:46,373 --> 00:21:48,372
All right.
Well, let's give it a shot.

448
00:21:48,374 --> 00:21:50,174
So, to create a cutting edge,

449
00:21:50,176 --> 00:21:53,845
we chiseled grooves
into the motor rotor.

450
00:21:53,847 --> 00:21:56,381
And voilà.

451
00:21:59,318 --> 00:22:01,186
Plug me in.
-You got it.

452
00:22:03,656 --> 00:22:05,657
All right.
Let me know when you're ready.

453
00:22:05,659 --> 00:22:09,326
Okay.
Here we go.

454
00:22:09,328 --> 00:22:10,861
Go for it.

455
00:22:16,803 --> 00:22:20,605
There's a spark. You can see
it's cutting something.

456
00:22:20,607 --> 00:22:22,607
There's friction.
-Oh, wow.

457
00:22:22,609 --> 00:22:25,877
Yeah!
It's definitely going through.

458
00:22:29,015 --> 00:22:31,749
And that's how you make
a drill out of a vacuum cleaner.

459
00:22:31,751 --> 00:22:33,284
All right, man.
Good job.

460
00:22:33,286 --> 00:22:34,551
We did it together,
man.

461
00:22:34,553 --> 00:22:37,021
There you go.
-Thanks.

462
00:22:39,226 --> 00:22:41,359
But here's the thing
about Alcatraz --

463
00:22:41,361 --> 00:22:44,696
Breaking out of the cell block
wasn't the hardest part.

464
00:22:44,698 --> 00:22:47,699
The reason the Rock was thought
to be escape-proof

465
00:22:47,701 --> 00:22:49,900
was its location.

466
00:22:49,902 --> 00:22:51,969
Before 1962, there had been

467
00:22:51,971 --> 00:22:54,505
11 escape attempts
from Alcatraz.

468
00:22:54,507 --> 00:22:56,507
But all the inmates
who made it off the island

469
00:22:56,509 --> 00:22:57,842
either drowned

470
00:22:57,844 --> 00:22:59,977
or were plucked out
of the water with hypothermia.

471
00:22:59,979 --> 00:23:02,113
So Morris and the Anglins knew

472
00:23:02,115 --> 00:23:03,914
if they had any hope
of making it

473
00:23:03,916 --> 00:23:05,450
to the shore alive,

474
00:23:05,452 --> 00:23:07,118
they would need a raft.

475
00:23:10,723 --> 00:23:12,523
For anyone who has ever

476
00:23:12,525 --> 00:23:14,926
investigated the escape
from Alcatraz,

477
00:23:14,928 --> 00:23:18,630
this is the very heart
of the mystery -- the raft.

478
00:23:21,001 --> 00:23:22,800
In a neglected part
of the prison,

479
00:23:22,802 --> 00:23:25,270
using more than 50
stolen raincoats,

480
00:23:25,272 --> 00:23:28,939
the escapees supposedly
made a 14-foot-long

481
00:23:28,941 --> 00:23:32,076
and 6-foot-wide triangular raft.

482
00:23:32,078 --> 00:23:33,678
They constructed it by hand,

483
00:23:33,680 --> 00:23:36,280
stitching together
the main sections

484
00:23:36,282 --> 00:23:40,785
and gluing the edges.

485
00:23:46,159 --> 00:23:49,026
Nobody but Morris
and the Anglins

486
00:23:49,028 --> 00:23:50,761
ever laid eyes on the raft.

487
00:23:50,763 --> 00:23:52,796
So it's hard to judge
its seaworthiness.

488
00:23:52,798 --> 00:23:54,165
But we do know this much --

489
00:23:54,167 --> 00:23:56,633
It would have relied
on manpower alone

490
00:23:56,635 --> 00:23:58,369
using makeshift paddles.

491
00:23:58,371 --> 00:23:59,837
And it probably
didn't have a rudder.

492
00:23:59,839 --> 00:24:04,909
So they would have been drawn
along with the water's current.

493
00:24:04,911 --> 00:24:06,910
Here's why this is a problem.

494
00:24:06,912 --> 00:24:07,979
This is the Golden Gate,

495
00:24:07,981 --> 00:24:09,914
the entrance to
San Francisco Bay.

496
00:24:09,916 --> 00:24:12,316
Out there is
the Pacific Ocean.

497
00:24:12,318 --> 00:24:14,719
The next dry piece of land
is Japan,

498
00:24:14,721 --> 00:24:17,354
5,000 miles away.

499
00:24:17,356 --> 00:24:19,457
Any experienced mariner
will tell you this is one of

500
00:24:19,459 --> 00:24:22,326
the most treacherous passages
in the world.

501
00:24:22,328 --> 00:24:24,862
On an outgoing tide,
which happens twice daily,

502
00:24:24,864 --> 00:24:27,732
the entire bay drains
through this passageway.

503
00:24:27,734 --> 00:24:30,601
San Francisco Bay
is 450 square miles.

504
00:24:30,603 --> 00:24:33,470
Golden Gate is
1,700 yards wide.

505
00:24:33,472 --> 00:24:37,075
All that water passing
through that small strait.

506
00:24:37,077 --> 00:24:39,744
Ferocious currents, deadly.

507
00:24:39,746 --> 00:24:41,546
So the question is,

508
00:24:41,548 --> 00:24:43,881
could Morris and the Anglins
outrun the current

509
00:24:43,883 --> 00:24:47,085
in their little raincoat raft?

510
00:24:47,087 --> 00:24:51,022
I intend to find out.

511
00:24:51,024 --> 00:24:52,289
Here's where the theories

512
00:24:52,291 --> 00:24:54,892
about what happened start
to get a little wild.

513
00:24:54,894 --> 00:24:56,560
The Feds, at the time,

514
00:24:56,562 --> 00:24:58,496
said the men
were washed out to sea

515
00:24:58,498 --> 00:25:00,631
by the strong currents.

516
00:25:00,633 --> 00:25:02,433
And that's totally possible.

517
00:25:02,435 --> 00:25:04,968
The currents are very strong.

518
00:25:04,970 --> 00:25:08,906
But it turns out,
they might have stood a chance.

519
00:25:08,908 --> 00:25:12,042
If they left between 11:00 p.m.
and midnight

520
00:25:12,044 --> 00:25:13,577
and paddled hard to the north,

521
00:25:13,579 --> 00:25:15,847
perpendicular to the current,

522
00:25:15,849 --> 00:25:18,115
their raft would have
been carried in the direction

523
00:25:18,117 --> 00:25:22,052
of the mainland
at Horseshoe Bay.

524
00:25:22,054 --> 00:25:23,520
It's a long shot.

525
00:25:23,522 --> 00:25:25,189
But they might
just have made it.

526
00:25:30,129 --> 00:25:33,330
To settle the matter,
I'm going to retrace their steps

527
00:25:33,332 --> 00:25:38,602
and see if I can paddle
from Alcatraz to Horseshoe Bay.

528
00:25:38,604 --> 00:25:41,338
At 50 miles long
and 12 miles wide,

529
00:25:41,340 --> 00:25:43,941
the bay is the largest
estuary system

530
00:25:43,943 --> 00:25:45,877
on the west coast of America.

531
00:25:45,879 --> 00:25:49,480
High winds and currents
that reach up to 6 knots

532
00:25:49,482 --> 00:25:54,652
make this seemingly calm water
treacherous to navigate.

533
00:25:57,757 --> 00:26:00,558
My fellow paddlers,
Jason and Brad,

534
00:26:00,560 --> 00:26:04,962
will be helping me get across
the bay in nothing but this.

535
00:26:04,964 --> 00:26:07,498
That a small raft.
-It is a small raft.

536
00:26:07,500 --> 00:26:10,034
So that's a small raft.

537
00:26:10,036 --> 00:26:11,902
And that's
a big body of water.

538
00:26:11,904 --> 00:26:14,438
And imagine,
this inflatable raft

539
00:26:14,440 --> 00:26:18,042
is much more durable
than the one the escapees used.

540
00:26:18,044 --> 00:26:20,845
If we can't make it
across these treacherous waters

541
00:26:20,847 --> 00:26:22,780
in this raft in broad daylight,

542
00:26:22,782 --> 00:26:25,316
then it's highly unlikely
the inmates could have made it

543
00:26:25,318 --> 00:26:27,918
in their makeshift raft
in the pitch black.

544
00:26:27,920 --> 00:26:30,421
Let's do this.

545
00:26:39,132 --> 00:26:40,464
Just like the prisoners,

546
00:26:40,466 --> 00:26:42,867
we're going to paddle
perpendicular to the current,

547
00:26:42,869 --> 00:26:45,536
hoping to make it
to Horseshoe Bay.

548
00:26:45,538 --> 00:26:47,605
We'll have to paddle really hard

549
00:26:47,607 --> 00:26:49,941
or be swept through
the Golden Gate

550
00:26:49,943 --> 00:26:52,542
and into the Pacific.

551
00:26:52,544 --> 00:26:54,612
You ready for this?

552
00:26:59,953 --> 00:27:01,886
Not long after setting off,

553
00:27:01,888 --> 00:27:04,421
I'm getting a sense of
what it must have been like

554
00:27:04,423 --> 00:27:06,691
for Morris
and the Anglin brothers.

555
00:27:09,094 --> 00:27:10,294
This is the middle of the night

556
00:27:10,296 --> 00:27:13,631
in the pitch black in water
that is like this.

557
00:27:13,633 --> 00:27:15,399
I mean, this is terrifying.

558
00:27:23,042 --> 00:27:26,477
Only half a mile in and we're
already feeling the strain.

559
00:27:29,849 --> 00:27:31,982
We need to paddle
against the current

560
00:27:31,984 --> 00:27:34,051
if we want to make it
to our target.

561
00:27:34,053 --> 00:27:36,554
Otherwise,
we end up in open water.

562
00:27:42,228 --> 00:27:43,594
Hold on.
Hold on. Hold on.

563
00:27:43,596 --> 00:27:45,062
We're being pulled out
underneath

564
00:27:45,064 --> 00:27:50,001
the Golden Gate Bridge into
the ocean no matter what.

565
00:27:50,003 --> 00:27:53,471
And the further we go,
the more challenging it is.

566
00:27:56,142 --> 00:27:58,876
It's too hard.

567
00:27:58,878 --> 00:28:01,479
We're not gonna make it.

568
00:28:09,155 --> 00:28:12,623
Paddle harder!
Come on! Come on!

569
00:28:12,625 --> 00:28:14,225
Come on! Come on!

570
00:28:14,227 --> 00:28:18,562
We got to make it!

571
00:28:18,564 --> 00:28:20,998
Push!

572
00:28:23,102 --> 00:28:26,170
The crew and I give it
everything we've got.

573
00:28:36,582 --> 00:28:39,650
And amazingly, after another
exhausting hour...

574
00:28:41,987 --> 00:28:44,889
...Horseshoe Bay
and the mainland are in sight.

575
00:28:50,929 --> 00:28:54,065
We made it.
Whew.

576
00:28:54,067 --> 00:28:55,732
Escape from Alcatraz.

577
00:28:55,734 --> 00:28:57,535
I mean, this is government land.

578
00:28:57,537 --> 00:29:00,238
I'm not allowed to step on it,
ironically.

579
00:29:03,409 --> 00:29:04,942
We made it in this raft.

580
00:29:04,944 --> 00:29:07,678
So perhaps they did
as well in theirs.

581
00:29:12,752 --> 00:29:15,886
For decades, one of
the key pieces of evidence

582
00:29:15,888 --> 00:29:19,890
investigators had to go on
was a prison-made paddle

583
00:29:19,892 --> 00:29:23,694
that was found two miles
north of Alcatraz

584
00:29:23,696 --> 00:29:27,631
just a few days
after the escape.

585
00:29:27,633 --> 00:29:31,469
But it turns out,
that wasn't all that washed up.

586
00:29:34,373 --> 00:29:37,308
Years later,
something else washed ashore

587
00:29:37,310 --> 00:29:41,579
that could provide answers
to the Alcatraz mystery --

588
00:29:41,581 --> 00:29:43,147
a dead body.

589
00:29:55,328 --> 00:29:58,128
WILDMAN: More than 50 years ago,
three convicts --

590
00:29:58,130 --> 00:30:01,531
John Anglin, Clarence Anglin,
and Frank Morris --

591
00:30:01,533 --> 00:30:05,870
did something no one else
had done before or since.

592
00:30:05,872 --> 00:30:08,172
They escaped from Alcatraz.

593
00:30:10,543 --> 00:30:12,810
I'm on a mission to discover
how they did it

594
00:30:12,812 --> 00:30:15,279
and what happened to them.

595
00:30:18,150 --> 00:30:19,816
As part of my quest,

596
00:30:19,818 --> 00:30:23,653
I've stumbled upon what could be
an incredible break in the case,

597
00:30:23,655 --> 00:30:25,956
one that might help
answer the question

598
00:30:25,958 --> 00:30:29,827
of whether the three escapees
actually survived that night.

599
00:30:29,829 --> 00:30:31,161
To look into this new

600
00:30:31,163 --> 00:30:33,897
and potentially game-changing
piece of evidence,

601
00:30:33,899 --> 00:30:36,767
I'm headed for the place
where it was discovered --

602
00:30:36,769 --> 00:30:38,101
a remote promontory

603
00:30:38,103 --> 00:30:41,772
just 30 miles
outside of San Francisco.

604
00:30:41,774 --> 00:30:45,276
When I arrive,
I'm blown away, literally.

605
00:30:47,913 --> 00:30:50,581
This is Point Reyes
National Seashore,

606
00:30:50,583 --> 00:30:53,451
one of the windiest places
on the Pacific Coast.

607
00:30:53,453 --> 00:30:55,252
It's protected
from urban development

608
00:30:55,254 --> 00:30:56,987
by the National Park Service.

609
00:30:56,989 --> 00:30:59,790
And no wonder.
It's spectacular.

610
00:31:03,328 --> 00:31:07,531
From thunderous surf
to expansive beaches,

611
00:31:07,533 --> 00:31:10,134
rocky headlands to grassy dunes,

612
00:31:10,136 --> 00:31:13,804
this 71,000-acre park
offers visitors

613
00:31:13,806 --> 00:31:16,907
breathtaking vistas to explore

614
00:31:16,909 --> 00:31:19,410
and more than
1,500 species of plants

615
00:31:19,412 --> 00:31:21,846
and animals to discover.

616
00:31:28,687 --> 00:31:31,621
I'm here to meet
U.S. Marshal Michael Dyke.

617
00:31:31,623 --> 00:31:32,890
He's been the lead investigator

618
00:31:32,892 --> 00:31:36,293
on the Alcatraz escape
for over a decade.

619
00:31:36,295 --> 00:31:38,495
So this case
is still open, yeah?

620
00:31:38,497 --> 00:31:39,830
Yeah, it's still open.

621
00:31:39,832 --> 00:31:41,565
Why is that?
Why are you still investigating?

622
00:31:41,567 --> 00:31:43,901
There's only three ways we're
gonna stop looking for them.

623
00:31:43,903 --> 00:31:45,302
-Mm-hmm.
-And that would be --

624
00:31:45,304 --> 00:31:47,637
is if
they're either arrested,

625
00:31:47,639 --> 00:31:49,039
proven to be dead,

626
00:31:49,041 --> 00:31:52,376
or they reach
the age of 99.

627
00:31:52,378 --> 00:31:56,247
Currently, Frank Morris
would be about 89, late 80s.

628
00:31:56,249 --> 00:32:01,051
Wow.
And the Anglin brothers
would be about 85.

629
00:32:01,053 --> 00:32:03,653
But Marshal Dyke has
a piece of new evidence

630
00:32:03,655 --> 00:32:05,956
that could finally
close the case

631
00:32:05,958 --> 00:32:09,726
on at least one of the inmates.

632
00:32:09,728 --> 00:32:11,528
In the months
after the breakout,

633
00:32:11,530 --> 00:32:13,731
the authorities
were called to Point Reyes

634
00:32:13,733 --> 00:32:15,099
to investigate a report

635
00:32:15,101 --> 00:32:19,136
that something unusual had
been found on the shoreline --

636
00:32:19,138 --> 00:32:21,404
a dead body.

637
00:32:21,406 --> 00:32:24,742
The body was found just inside
of those hills over there...

638
00:32:24,744 --> 00:32:28,879
Yeah. Okay.
...about nine months
after the escape.

639
00:32:28,881 --> 00:32:30,214
So is that feasible

640
00:32:30,216 --> 00:32:33,017
that this could be the body
of one of these three guys?

641
00:32:33,019 --> 00:32:34,351
Definitely, it could be
one of them

642
00:32:34,353 --> 00:32:37,287
because, you know,
ocean currents generally --

643
00:32:37,289 --> 00:32:38,956
a lot of times, would --
at that time,

644
00:32:38,958 --> 00:32:40,791
were bringing bodies
northward.

645
00:32:43,362 --> 00:32:45,829
The body was buried
in the 1960s,

646
00:32:45,831 --> 00:32:48,031
shortly after it was found.

647
00:32:48,033 --> 00:32:50,434
And it was only recently
that Marshal Dyke

648
00:32:50,436 --> 00:32:52,436
and his team had it exhumed

649
00:32:52,438 --> 00:32:56,240
to extract a vital DNA sample.

650
00:32:56,242 --> 00:32:59,376
So who do you think it is?
Morris or the Anglins?

651
00:32:59,378 --> 00:33:02,046
It's important to point out,
based on the femur measurements,

652
00:33:02,048 --> 00:33:05,181
they came up with a measurement
of 5 foot 7 1/2",

653
00:33:05,183 --> 00:33:07,051
which happens to be
Morris' exact height.

654
00:33:07,053 --> 00:33:08,719
So there's a fairly
strong possibility

655
00:33:08,721 --> 00:33:10,788
these bones
could be Morris.

656
00:33:10,790 --> 00:33:12,456
There is still
a good possibility

657
00:33:12,458 --> 00:33:15,259
they could be him.

658
00:33:15,261 --> 00:33:17,461
And if this is Morris,

659
00:33:17,463 --> 00:33:20,264
his death may not have
been an accident.

660
00:33:20,266 --> 00:33:22,666
There's a rumor out there
that the Anglins

661
00:33:22,668 --> 00:33:24,134
and Morris
didn't like each other.

662
00:33:24,136 --> 00:33:25,869
And they only put up
with each other

663
00:33:25,871 --> 00:33:27,538
in order
to facilitate the escape.

664
00:33:27,540 --> 00:33:30,141
And that rumor goes
on to state that,

665
00:33:30,143 --> 00:33:32,142
while the escape
was occurring,

666
00:33:32,144 --> 00:33:34,411
they would have took one
of the paddles from the raft

667
00:33:34,413 --> 00:33:38,482
and hit Morris in the head
and let him drown.

668
00:33:38,484 --> 00:33:41,952
The Anglins might have
used Morris to plan the escape

669
00:33:41,954 --> 00:33:44,621
and then pushed him off the raft
and into the bay.

670
00:33:44,623 --> 00:33:47,223
So the identity of the body

671
00:33:47,225 --> 00:33:50,360
might not only answer
the question of Morris' fate,

672
00:33:50,362 --> 00:33:52,563
but also expose a murder.

673
00:33:55,367 --> 00:33:57,233
The marshal sends me
to see the results

674
00:33:57,235 --> 00:33:59,837
of the DNA sample
extracted from the body

675
00:33:59,839 --> 00:34:04,174
and tested against
a descendant of Frank Morris.

676
00:34:04,176 --> 00:34:07,044
Recently, a blood relative
was identified,

677
00:34:07,046 --> 00:34:12,049
finally allowing this part
of the mystery to be solved.

678
00:34:12,051 --> 00:34:14,117
I'm in the lab
of forensic specialist

679
00:34:14,119 --> 00:34:16,053
Professor Todd Disotell.

680
00:34:19,325 --> 00:34:20,390
Tell me how this works.

681
00:34:20,392 --> 00:34:23,060
Give me the 101
of what you're looking at.

682
00:34:23,062 --> 00:34:24,995
DISOTELL:
The top row is from the body

683
00:34:24,997 --> 00:34:27,331
that washed up on the shore.

684
00:34:27,333 --> 00:34:28,865
And the second row here

685
00:34:28,867 --> 00:34:30,934
is from a descendant
of Frank Morris.

686
00:34:30,936 --> 00:34:32,602
Hmm.
Okay.

687
00:34:32,604 --> 00:34:35,673
And so if we want
to try to do a DNA match,

688
00:34:35,675 --> 00:34:38,542
we have to match up
those individual peaks

689
00:34:38,544 --> 00:34:42,813
to see if two individuals
inherited the same marker

690
00:34:42,815 --> 00:34:45,950
from their mother
or even from their father.

691
00:34:45,952 --> 00:34:48,886
So you've analyzed
this data, hmm?

692
00:34:48,888 --> 00:34:50,287
Yes, I have.

693
00:34:50,289 --> 00:34:52,890
And, you know, I'm actually
really surprised by it.

694
00:35:03,387 --> 00:35:05,654
WILDMAN: I'm investigating
the mysterious fate

695
00:35:05,656 --> 00:35:07,122
of three inmates --

696
00:35:07,124 --> 00:35:10,392
John Anglin, Clarence Anglin,
and Frank Morris --

697
00:35:10,394 --> 00:35:14,663
who busted out
of Alcatraz in 1962

698
00:35:14,665 --> 00:35:17,399
and were never seen again.

699
00:35:17,401 --> 00:35:21,470
So I've come to the lab
of Professor Todd Disotell

700
00:35:21,472 --> 00:35:25,073
to analyze the DNA
of an unidentified body

701
00:35:25,075 --> 00:35:29,545
and determine if it could be
the escapee Frank Morris.

702
00:35:32,483 --> 00:35:35,483
So, do they match, the bones
and the descendants?

703
00:35:35,485 --> 00:35:36,618
Well, as you can see,

704
00:35:36,620 --> 00:35:39,722
almost none of the peaks
actually overlap.

705
00:35:42,359 --> 00:35:45,694
This is not Frank Morris.

706
00:35:45,696 --> 00:35:49,031
So we're as good as certain
that Frank Morris

707
00:35:49,033 --> 00:35:51,099
is still out there,
dead or alive.

708
00:35:51,101 --> 00:35:53,569
Yeah.

709
00:35:57,975 --> 00:36:00,776
Ever since the escape,
people across the world

710
00:36:00,778 --> 00:36:03,846
have claimed to have
seen these men.

711
00:36:03,848 --> 00:36:08,250
Almost every instance
has been discounted.

712
00:36:08,252 --> 00:36:11,487
But there's one report that
might just be the real thing.

713
00:36:19,730 --> 00:36:24,533
I'm on my way to Colquitt,
a tiny town in rural Georgia.

714
00:36:24,535 --> 00:36:27,335
If not for this story,
likely, very few people

715
00:36:27,337 --> 00:36:30,605
would have heard of the place.

716
00:36:30,607 --> 00:36:32,608
Today, Colquitt is
famously known

717
00:36:32,610 --> 00:36:35,444
as the hometown
of the Anglin brothers.

718
00:36:38,215 --> 00:36:41,349
I've heard a rumor that
the brothers were spotted here

719
00:36:41,351 --> 00:36:43,352
years after the escape.

720
00:36:43,354 --> 00:36:46,755
If that's true, then it could be
the proof I've been looking for

721
00:36:46,757 --> 00:36:48,891
that they really
are still alive.

722
00:36:51,561 --> 00:36:54,162
Colquitt is a quiet
agricultural community

723
00:36:54,164 --> 00:36:55,764
of less than 2,000 people,

724
00:36:55,766 --> 00:36:57,633
filled with farms, fields

725
00:36:57,635 --> 00:36:59,568
and, as it turns out,

726
00:36:59,570 --> 00:37:02,237
a very strange mural.

727
00:37:02,239 --> 00:37:04,039
Oh, what's this?

728
00:37:04,041 --> 00:37:06,241
This is fascinating.

729
00:37:06,243 --> 00:37:07,776
It's no Leonardo da Vinci.

730
00:37:07,778 --> 00:37:09,444
But it's a clear indication

731
00:37:09,446 --> 00:37:11,513
of how much the legend
of the Anglins

732
00:37:11,515 --> 00:37:13,816
looms over this tiny town.

733
00:37:19,924 --> 00:37:23,192
To help me put the final pieces
of the puzzle into place,

734
00:37:23,194 --> 00:37:24,726
I've arranged to meet a reporter

735
00:37:24,728 --> 00:37:28,196
who has been following
this story for decades.

736
00:37:28,198 --> 00:37:30,866
His name is Jeremy Campbell.

737
00:37:30,868 --> 00:37:33,668
So tell me about
this family.

738
00:37:33,670 --> 00:37:36,471
It's a very close family,
also very private.

739
00:37:36,473 --> 00:37:40,008
They just don't know
who they can trust.

740
00:37:40,010 --> 00:37:42,010
But over the years,
Jeremy's spoken

741
00:37:42,012 --> 00:37:45,613
to the younger sister
of John and Clarence,

742
00:37:45,615 --> 00:37:49,284
who's convinced the men
are still alive.

743
00:37:49,286 --> 00:37:50,886
Marie Anglin may be
holding on to one

744
00:37:50,888 --> 00:37:53,155
of the biggest secrets
in American history.

745
00:37:53,157 --> 00:37:56,625
And her brothers
may be alive.

746
00:37:56,627 --> 00:37:57,726
She has proof.

747
00:38:10,120 --> 00:38:11,987
WILDMAN:
My quest to solve the riddle

748
00:38:11,989 --> 00:38:14,456
of what really happened
to the three inmates

749
00:38:14,458 --> 00:38:17,859
who escaped
from Alcatraz in 1962

750
00:38:17,861 --> 00:38:19,127
has led me all the way

751
00:38:19,129 --> 00:38:22,364
to the tiny Georgia
town of Colquitt,

752
00:38:22,366 --> 00:38:25,134
home of the Anglin family.

753
00:38:25,136 --> 00:38:27,002
I'm meeting Jeremy Campbell,

754
00:38:27,004 --> 00:38:29,938
a reporter who's been following
this story for decades

755
00:38:29,940 --> 00:38:33,742
and has close ties
to the elusive bunch.

756
00:38:33,744 --> 00:38:35,344
Marie Anglin may be
holding on to one

757
00:38:35,346 --> 00:38:37,880
of the biggest secrets
in American history.

758
00:38:37,882 --> 00:38:41,083
And her brothers
may be alive.

759
00:38:41,085 --> 00:38:45,353
She has proof that makes
her believe they got out.

760
00:38:45,355 --> 00:38:47,956
What is that?

761
00:38:47,958 --> 00:38:49,758
The first three years

762
00:38:49,760 --> 00:38:52,227
after the escape
from Alcatraz,

763
00:38:52,229 --> 00:38:54,763
a Christmas card arrived.

764
00:38:54,765 --> 00:38:56,899
And it was signed
by the brothers.

765
00:38:56,901 --> 00:38:59,168
Had no postmark,
they had no return address.

766
00:38:59,170 --> 00:39:00,769
They weren't even stamped.

767
00:39:00,771 --> 00:39:03,038
They were in the mailbox.

768
00:39:03,040 --> 00:39:04,840
These guys had come by
and put them

769
00:39:04,842 --> 00:39:06,442
in the mailboxes
themselves.

770
00:39:06,444 --> 00:39:08,109
That's what they're thinking.
-That's what they believe.

771
00:39:08,111 --> 00:39:09,778
Wow.
Interesting.

772
00:39:09,780 --> 00:39:11,447
That's just the beginning.

773
00:39:11,449 --> 00:39:13,515
So tell me what other
evidence contributes

774
00:39:13,517 --> 00:39:17,252
to this case
of their survival.

775
00:39:17,254 --> 00:39:20,455
Every year
on her birthday,

776
00:39:20,457 --> 00:39:23,792
their mother was given
a bouquet of flowers

777
00:39:23,794 --> 00:39:26,261
with no card, no name.

778
00:39:26,263 --> 00:39:28,263
But she knew
who it was from.

779
00:39:28,265 --> 00:39:29,397
She's convinced it was

780
00:39:29,399 --> 00:39:31,200
from her sons
that escaped from Alcatraz.

781
00:39:31,202 --> 00:39:32,868
Wow.

782
00:39:32,870 --> 00:39:35,938
It seems this wasn't
the only thing

783
00:39:35,940 --> 00:39:37,473
that the Anglin brothers did
for their mother

784
00:39:37,475 --> 00:39:38,874
after they escaped.

785
00:39:41,611 --> 00:39:43,679
These men loved
their mother.

786
00:39:43,681 --> 00:39:49,485
So when word spread to wherever
they were that she had died,

787
00:39:49,487 --> 00:39:52,955
the family says
the Anglin brothers

788
00:39:52,957 --> 00:39:55,357
did not miss the funeral.

789
00:39:55,359 --> 00:39:59,695
They showed up, but they didn't
look like anyone would expect.

790
00:39:59,697 --> 00:40:02,764
-In costume.
-They were dressed as women.

791
00:40:02,766 --> 00:40:04,766
Is it any possibility,
though,

792
00:40:04,768 --> 00:40:07,169
that these are pranks
that were played on the family?

793
00:40:07,171 --> 00:40:08,303
It's a famous story.

794
00:40:08,305 --> 00:40:10,038
And it's a family
with a lot of hope.

795
00:40:10,040 --> 00:40:12,574
Certainly,
it could be a prank.

796
00:40:12,576 --> 00:40:14,309
But the family believes

797
00:40:14,311 --> 00:40:16,845
that they would stay in touch
and they have stayed in touch.

798
00:40:16,847 --> 00:40:18,713
Right.

799
00:40:18,715 --> 00:40:20,715
And the Anglins
have one more piece

800
00:40:20,717 --> 00:40:23,852
that fits into the puzzle.

801
00:40:23,854 --> 00:40:27,055
Marie Anglin says when
her older brother died,

802
00:40:27,057 --> 00:40:28,723
on his death bed

803
00:40:28,725 --> 00:40:30,993
he revealed
the biggest evidence

804
00:40:30,995 --> 00:40:32,594
in their family

805
00:40:32,596 --> 00:40:35,464
to support this theory.

806
00:40:35,466 --> 00:40:38,400
As he was dying, he said
that he'd been in touch

807
00:40:38,402 --> 00:40:40,001
with the Anglin brothers

808
00:40:40,003 --> 00:40:42,604
for 25 years.
-What?

809
00:40:42,606 --> 00:40:45,340
He'd seen them and that
they had families.

810
00:40:45,342 --> 00:40:47,776
And they were
living in Brazil.

811
00:40:50,214 --> 00:40:51,880
He couldn't
go to his grave

812
00:40:51,882 --> 00:40:54,950
without telling
someone that.

813
00:40:54,952 --> 00:40:56,952
But if the Anglins are right,

814
00:40:56,954 --> 00:40:59,755
and the men truly
fled to Brazil,

815
00:40:59,757 --> 00:41:02,557
I just have one question left.

816
00:41:02,559 --> 00:41:07,095
With no money and no resources,
how did they get there?

817
00:41:07,097 --> 00:41:11,366
Well, there is
a sheriff's memo from 1962.

818
00:41:11,368 --> 00:41:14,436
And it said that
a blue car was stolen

819
00:41:14,438 --> 00:41:17,105
the day after they escaped
from Alcatraz.

820
00:41:17,107 --> 00:41:20,308
And the suspects
were three males.

821
00:41:20,310 --> 00:41:23,111
So what do you think?
True or not?

822
00:41:23,113 --> 00:41:24,579
I think if it was them,

823
00:41:24,581 --> 00:41:28,383
they would have driven
straight to freedom.

824
00:41:28,385 --> 00:41:30,652
It's entirely possible
that they are still out there.

825
00:41:30,654 --> 00:41:32,487
Wow.
That's fascinating, isn't it?

826
00:41:40,664 --> 00:41:43,398
The lengths that John Anglin,
Clarence Anglin,

827
00:41:43,400 --> 00:41:46,335
and Frank Morris went
to bust out of Alcatraz

828
00:41:46,337 --> 00:41:49,071
are almost unthinkable.

829
00:41:49,073 --> 00:41:52,274
Their success was the result
of tremendous creativity,

830
00:41:52,276 --> 00:41:54,476
patience, and luck.

831
00:41:54,478 --> 00:41:56,545
Perhaps that's why people
are so fascinated

832
00:41:56,547 --> 00:41:59,547
to learn whether
they pulled off the final test

833
00:41:59,549 --> 00:42:02,350
and are still alive today.

834
00:42:02,352 --> 00:42:03,885
But 50 years later,

835
00:42:03,887 --> 00:42:07,356
new evidence has finally tipped
the scales of their survival

836
00:42:07,358 --> 00:42:10,625
from impossible to plausible.

837
00:42:10,627 --> 00:42:13,028
So are the three men
enjoying a full

838
00:42:13,030 --> 00:42:15,631
and secret life in Brazil?

839
00:42:15,633 --> 00:42:17,632
We may never know for sure.

840
00:42:17,634 --> 00:42:19,567
But one thing is certain.

841
00:42:19,569 --> 00:42:22,170
Their escape will
live on in history

842
00:42:22,172 --> 00:42:25,274
as one of the most iconic
of all time.

842
00:42:26,305 --> 00:43:26,900
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