Before Alactraz permanently closed its doors in 1963, there were a total of 14 separate escapes involving 36 inmates ...

Some say inmates and prison guards who died on Alcatraz over the years continue to haunt the island. In addition, some Native American tribes believe the island was a place of malevolent spirits.

Please enable JavaScript to read this content. US: “Break the rules and you go to prison. Break the prison rules and you go to Alcatraz.” These words, prominently ...

BBC Science travelled with the archaeologist team to Alcatraz in 2014 to see ... Some famed inmates on the high-security island include mobsters Al Capone, George "Machine Gun" Kelly, and Whitey ...

A mysterious letter has come to light purportedly from one of three inmates who famously escaped Alcatraz in 1962. Someone claiming to be John Anglin wrote to San Francisco police in 2013 ...

The story centers on San Francisco Detective Rebecca Madsen (Sarah Jones), who stumbles upon a strange discovery while working a homicide case: The main suspect is a former Alcatraz inmate who ...