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NARRATOR: When we return, a potential eyewitness
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NARRATOR: When we return, a potential eyewitness to America's greatest prison escape is found. - CHECCHI: Hi.
- ESSLINGER: How are you?

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- NARRATOR: When we return, a potential eyewitness
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to America's greatest prison escape is found.
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- CHECCHI: Hi. - ESSLINGER: How are you?
Duration
8 seconds
Views
18
Timestamp in Movie
00:29:26
Uploaded
Jun 26, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Texas Crew Productions

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Movie Summary

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.
It was very, very suspicious - Alcatraz Escape: The Lost Evidence 00:07
It was very, very suspicious
- NARRATOR: And later, could a recently leaked letter - Alcatraz Escape: The Lost Evidence 00:14
- NARRATOR: And later, could a recently leaked letter
- NARRATOR: John and Clarence Anglin were - Alcatraz Escape: The Lost Evidence 00:39
- NARRATOR: John and Clarence Anglin were
I hear all the stories about, oh, Frank Morris, you know, - Alcatraz Escape: The Lost Evidence 00:06
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 00:09
He's the one who came up with this plan,
- Growing up, Mom said they could make anything - Alcatraz Escape: The Lost Evidence 00:05
- Growing up, Mom said they could make anything
- KEN: They were the MacGyvers of the 1950s. - Alcatraz Escape: The Lost Evidence 00:05
- KEN: They were the MacGyvers of the 1950s.
- NARRATOR: Over the course of 15 months, the Anglins tapped - Alcatraz Escape: The Lost Evidence 00:17
- NARRATOR: Over the course of 15 months, the Anglins tapp...
We know that Clarence knew how to stitch. - Alcatraz Escape: The Lost Evidence 00:04
We know that Clarence knew how to stitch.
- They made not only a boat out of it but they - Alcatraz Escape: The Lost Evidence 00:06
- They made not only a boat out of it but they
They actually painted portraits of their girlfriends. - Alcatraz Escape: The Lost Evidence 00:05
They actually painted portraits of their girlfriends.
Well, the only reason that they did that, - Alcatraz Escape: The Lost Evidence 00:08
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 00:10
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 01:00
- NARRATOR: By June 11th, 1962, with the holes in their cel...
They, they had already started planning, I think, - Alcatraz Escape: The Lost Evidence 00:05
They, they had already started planning, I think,
[energetic music] - Alcatraz Escape: The Lost Evidence 00:44
[energetic music]
I want them to know that these were more than criminals. - Alcatraz Escape: The Lost Evidence 00:05
I want them to know that these were more than criminals.
But what got them sent to Alcatraz is, - Alcatraz Escape: The Lost Evidence 00:06
But what got them sent to Alcatraz is,
Let's put 'em in Alcatraz, we can keep them there." - Alcatraz Escape: The Lost Evidence 00:09
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 00:04
They had brothers and sisters who cared about them.