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Alcatraz Escape: The Lost Evidence

The greatest prison break in history became America's most notorious cold case. The escape from Alcatraz in 1962 forced the government into a merciless manhunt. Still, the three inmates were never found.

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- Uh, Mike, as you're
very familiar with this case, - Alcatraz Escape: The Lost Evidence

- Uh, Mike, as you're very familiar with this case,

The difference is now is that
we have the cooperation of the - Alcatraz Escape: The Lost Evidence

The difference is now is that we have the cooperation of the

- Well, I'm sure that you've
heard all the stories - Alcatraz Escape: The Lost Evidence

- Well, I'm sure that you've heard all the stories

- I have heard that and,
uh, I'd love to see those - Alcatraz Escape: The Lost Evidence

- I have heard that and, uh, I'd love to see those

And so is Clarence's name, but,
you know, handwriting is - Alcatraz Escape: The Lost Evidence

And so is Clarence's name, but, you know, handwriting i...

There's a lot of different
things involved with handwriting - Alcatraz Escape: The Lost Evidence

There's a lot of different things involved with handwri...

- Yeah, the only thing I
figured was possibly looking - Alcatraz Escape: The Lost Evidence

- Yeah, the only thing I figured was possibly looking

- These items were given
to the family in 1992 - Alcatraz Escape: The Lost Evidence

- These items were given to the family in 1992

And in 1975, he took
this photograph. - Alcatraz Escape: The Lost Evidence

And in 1975, he took this photograph.

Thought maybe you might be
interested in that one. - Alcatraz Escape: The Lost Evidence

Thought maybe you might be interested in that one.

- NARRATOR: Coming up,
a forensic expert tests - Alcatraz Escape: The Lost Evidence

- NARRATOR: Coming up, a forensic expert tests

- NARRATOR: Inside the secure
walls of San Francisco's - Alcatraz Escape: The Lost Evidence

- NARRATOR: Inside the secure walls of San Francisco'...

- NARRATOR: Brothers David and
Ken Widner are the nephews of - Alcatraz Escape: The Lost Evidence

- NARRATOR: Brothers David and Ken Widner are the nephews ...

- Uh, they look like they could
possibly be John and Clarence. - Alcatraz Escape: The Lost Evidence

- Uh, they look like they could possibly be John and Clarenc...

- KEN: We put together another
series of photographs that does - Alcatraz Escape: The Lost Evidence

- KEN: We put together another series of photographs that do...

- And you can see in Clarence,
you look at the hairline, - Alcatraz Escape: The Lost Evidence

- And you can see in Clarence, you look at the hairline,

You look at his jaw line,
exactly the same. - Alcatraz Escape: The Lost Evidence

You look at his jaw line, exactly the same.

And they say where the
photo was taken? - Alcatraz Escape: The Lost Evidence

And they say where the photo was taken?

- Which is very interesting
because, um, in the early 90s - Alcatraz Escape: The Lost Evidence

- Which is very interesting because, um, in the early 90s

- But, at that point in
time it really wasn't - Alcatraz Escape: The Lost Evidence

- But, at that point in time it really wasn't

I have had a lot of photos
sent to me from various people - Alcatraz Escape: The Lost Evidence

I have had a lot of photos sent to me from various people

[laughs] - Alcatraz Escape: The Lost Evidence

- Okay, how about a picture
of their farm? - Alcatraz Escape: The Lost Evidence

- Okay, how about a picture of their farm?

- KEN: Fred Brizzi grew
up with the brothers. - Alcatraz Escape: The Lost Evidence

- KEN: Fred Brizzi grew up with the brothers.

They actually lived on a river
called the Alafia River. - Alcatraz Escape: The Lost Evidence

They actually lived on a river called the Alafia River.

So, as children, Fred and John
and Clarence, - Alcatraz Escape: The Lost Evidence

So, as children, Fred and John and Clarence,

- NARRATOR: As Brizzi and the
Anglin boys grew into men, - Alcatraz Escape: The Lost Evidence

- NARRATOR: As Brizzi and the Anglin boys grew into men,

- In 1975, he went down to
Brazil, and he went to a bar - Alcatraz Escape: The Lost Evidence

- In 1975, he went down to Brazil, and he went to a bar

He said he had just sat down
and all of a sudden he said - Alcatraz Escape: The Lost Evidence

He said he had just sat down and all of a sudden he said

- KEN: He said, "John." - Alcatraz Escape: The Lost Evidence

- KEN: He said, "John."

We have a picture of the
mountain ranges where this - Alcatraz Escape: The Lost Evidence

We have a picture of the mountain ranges where this

- I think that the boys
wanted him to bring that - Alcatraz Escape: The Lost Evidence

- I think that the boys wanted him to bring that

- He was telling my mom
and them, he said, - Alcatraz Escape: The Lost Evidence

- He was telling my mom and them, he said,

They wanted me to tell you,
do not worry about them." - Alcatraz Escape: The Lost Evidence

They wanted me to tell you, do not worry about them."

I have no doubt Fred Brizzi
was telling the truth - Alcatraz Escape: The Lost Evidence

I have no doubt Fred Brizzi was telling the truth

- NARRATOR: Brizzi's tale is a
bit much to take on face value, - Alcatraz Escape: The Lost Evidence

- NARRATOR: Brizzi's tale is a bit much to take on fac...

There's a long connective
history there. - Alcatraz Escape: The Lost Evidence

There's a long connective history there.

- These photographs are
promising and I'd like to really - Alcatraz Escape: The Lost Evidence

- These photographs are promising and I'd like to reall...

And is there a possibility
I could get photocopies - Alcatraz Escape: The Lost Evidence

And is there a possibility I could get photocopies

Just so we can come back
and as this trust is being - Alcatraz Escape: The Lost Evidence

Just so we can come back and as this trust is being

I'm not doing anything on my
investigation to violate - Alcatraz Escape: The Lost Evidence

I'm not doing anything on my investigation to violate

Everything I'm really doing is
up and up and up in the front. - Alcatraz Escape: The Lost Evidence

Everything I'm really doing is up and up and up in the ...

- Well what if I was to tell you
that we got something - Alcatraz Escape: The Lost Evidence

- Well what if I was to tell you that we got something

- OK, anything you have
would be wonderful. - Alcatraz Escape: The Lost Evidence

- OK, anything you have would be wonderful.

[playing tape recording] - Alcatraz Escape: The Lost Evidence

[playing tape recording]

That's my mom sitting
right beside Brizzi. - Alcatraz Escape: The Lost Evidence

That's my mom sitting right beside Brizzi.

- NARRATOR: Both Dyke and
Roderick realize the - Alcatraz Escape: The Lost Evidence

- NARRATOR: Both Dyke and Roderick realize the

- NARRATOR: The new evidence
the brothers have introduced - Alcatraz Escape: The Lost Evidence

- NARRATOR: The new evidence the brothers have introduced

But what lends some credence
to the, to the story is the - Alcatraz Escape: The Lost Evidence

But what lends some credence to the, to the story is the

From this point on, we're
going to have to really - Alcatraz Escape: The Lost Evidence

From this point on, we're going to have to really

- NARRATOR: When we return,
a potential eyewitness - Alcatraz Escape: The Lost Evidence

- NARRATOR: When we return, a potential eyewitness

It was very, very suspicious - Alcatraz Escape: The Lost Evidence

It was very, very suspicious

- NARRATOR: And later, could
a recently leaked letter - Alcatraz Escape: The Lost Evidence

- NARRATOR: And later, could a recently leaked letter

- NARRATOR: John and
Clarence Anglin were - Alcatraz Escape: The Lost Evidence

- NARRATOR: John and Clarence Anglin were

I hear all the stories about,
oh, Frank Morris, you know, - Alcatraz Escape: The Lost Evidence

I hear all the stories about, oh, Frank Morris, you know,

He's the one who came up
with this plan, - Alcatraz Escape: The Lost Evidence

He's the one who came up with this plan,

- Growing up, Mom said they
could make anything - Alcatraz Escape: The Lost Evidence

- Growing up, Mom said they could make anything

- KEN: They were the MacGyvers
of the 1950s. - Alcatraz Escape: The Lost Evidence

- KEN: They were the MacGyvers of the 1950s.

- NARRATOR: Over the course of
15 months, the Anglins tapped - Alcatraz Escape: The Lost Evidence

- NARRATOR: Over the course of 15 months, the Anglins tapp...

We know that Clarence
knew how to stitch. - Alcatraz Escape: The Lost Evidence

We know that Clarence knew how to stitch.

- They made not only a
boat out of it but they - Alcatraz Escape: The Lost Evidence

- They made not only a boat out of it but they

They actually painted portraits
of their girlfriends. - Alcatraz Escape: The Lost Evidence

They actually painted portraits of their girlfriends.

Well, the only reason
that they did that, - Alcatraz Escape: The Lost Evidence

Well, the only reason that they did that,

So he took hair and dropped it,
as he was cutting it, - Alcatraz Escape: The Lost Evidence

So he took hair and dropped it, as he was cutting it,

- NARRATOR: By June 11th, 1962,
with the holes in their cells - Alcatraz Escape: The Lost Evidence

- NARRATOR: By June 11th, 1962, with the holes in their cel...

They, they had already
started planning, I think, - Alcatraz Escape: The Lost Evidence

They, they had already started planning, I think,

[energetic music] - Alcatraz Escape: The Lost Evidence

[energetic music]

I want them to know that these
were more than criminals. - Alcatraz Escape: The Lost Evidence

I want them to know that these were more than criminals.

But what got them sent
to Alcatraz is, - Alcatraz Escape: The Lost Evidence

But what got them sent to Alcatraz is,

Let's put 'em in Alcatraz,
we can keep them there." - Alcatraz Escape: The Lost Evidence

Let's put 'em in Alcatraz, we can keep them there....

They had brothers and sisters
who cared about them. - Alcatraz Escape: The Lost Evidence

They had brothers and sisters who cared about them.

[seagulls squawk] - Alcatraz Escape: The Lost Evidence

[seagulls squawk]

[dramatic music] - Alcatraz Escape: The Lost Evidence

[dramatic music]

[dramatic music] - Alcatraz Escape: The Lost Evidence

[dramatic music]

- KEN: Yeah, this is where
all of our lives got turned - Alcatraz Escape: The Lost Evidence

- KEN: Yeah, this is where all of our lives got turned

I mean they left, and, you know,
it affected all of us. - Alcatraz Escape: The Lost Evidence

I mean they left, and, you know, it affected all of us.

[soft music] - Alcatraz Escape: The Lost Evidence

- DAVID: You know, their beds
were side by side, - Alcatraz Escape: The Lost Evidence

- DAVID: You know, their beds were side by side,

- DAVID: Yeah, that was probably
the only way they - Alcatraz Escape: The Lost Evidence

- DAVID: Yeah, that was probably the only way they

It might have began here,
but it didn't end here. - Alcatraz Escape: The Lost Evidence

It might have began here, but it didn't end here.

[dramatic music] - Alcatraz Escape: The Lost Evidence

[dramatic music]

- NARRATOR: And then, the
letter the world has been - Alcatraz Escape: The Lost Evidence

- NARRATOR: And then, the letter the world has been

- NARRATOR: David and Ken Widner
are the nephews of two men - Alcatraz Escape: The Lost Evidence

- NARRATOR: David and Ken Widner are the nephews of two men

I was just a small kid,
a baby actually. - Alcatraz Escape: The Lost Evidence

I was just a small kid, a baby actually.

And she said she heard it
on the news, - Alcatraz Escape: The Lost Evidence

And she said she heard it on the news,

She said she knew
right then who it was. - Alcatraz Escape: The Lost Evidence

She said she knew right then who it was.

- RADIO ANNOUNCER: It appears to
be the first successful escape - Alcatraz Escape: The Lost Evidence

- RADIO ANNOUNCER: It appears to be the first successful esc...

- KEN: And from that moment on,
everything changed. - Alcatraz Escape: The Lost Evidence

- KEN: And from that moment on, everything changed.

I mean, it was in our blood
from the very beginning. - Alcatraz Escape: The Lost Evidence

I mean, it was in our blood from the very beginning.

- DAVID: As kids, we would hear
our parents, you know, - Alcatraz Escape: The Lost Evidence

- DAVID: As kids, we would hear our parents, you know,

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The greatest prison break in history became America's most notorious cold case. The escape from Alcatraz in 1962 forced the government into a merciless manhunt. Still, the three inmates were never found.

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Director: N/A

Writer: Brad Bernstein

Production: Texas Crew Productions

Genre: documentary

Year: 2018

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ImdbRating: 6.5

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Released: 18 Jul 2018

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Homepage: https://www.history.com/specials/alcatraz-escape-the-lost-evidence