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The Real Story of the Great Alcatraz Escape

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For more than four decades, the great escape from Alcatraz has puzzled investigators and police. At the time, the police concluded that the three inmates who attempted to escape drowned in the freezing cold water off of the island. Some people believe there is a different ending. Could the FBI have covered it up? What really happened to the three men who successfully escaped Alcatraz?

The Letter

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It was an ordinary day in 2013 at the San Francisco Police Department when a mysterious letter was delivered. “My name is John Anglin. I escaped from Alcatraz in June 1962 with my brother Clarence and Frank Morris,” the letter read.