🤣 😂 😂. Actually the fish were already escape last 1962 together with the prison brothers so it's safe to drain it now and other species are in hibernation mode so it's also safe.
Alcatraz officially says, that no one has ever escaped our prison. What? What about those 3 dudes that escaped and were never seen again? The way I look at it they did escape if they were not in the prison and no one can find them, they escaped, However, they might not have made it out of the water and that's true, but they were never in that prison again. Those dudes escaped!
@@JosephBloggs-jk5lv they did not hitched a ride they when with yo mama just ask yo mama about before ya say anything here yo mama know where they went cause after they escape yo mama helped them with yo papa yo uncle yo aunty ya all family helped them
Don't forget to smell the roses every once in a while. Time goes by so quick, it's easy to forget about all those little things that make life meaningful.
When my Dad was in High School he swam from S.F. to Alcatraz as a prank and made it within 100 yds. before being picked up by the U.S.C.G. Dad was a strong swimmer and said it wasn't nearly as hard as they want you to believe. Ironically my Dad later joined the C.G.
While the cold water, choppy current, and threat of sharks would kill you. Most said what got inmates that made it out to the bay, was that they died tired. Fact is, they weren’t used to the cold water, and they weren’t fit swimmers. They were middle-aged criminals that hadn’t seen exercise in years. If they were more fit and healthy, they’d have a chance. Otherwise, the bay would be their graves.
Several years ago, Mythbusters did an episode on this and showed that it is possible to get the raincoat raft across the bay to arrive at the foot of the Golden Gate Bridge, so it is plausible that the convicts did escape on the raft.
yes and they also made it very clear that they dont believe the prisoners survived. they only concluded it as "plausible" because a raincoat raft would stay afloat in perfect conditions, which we already knew was possible.
I am curious about how many rafts they built before actually producing a seaworthy one. Television shows have a habit of editing things like that out. Remember, the inmates had to do their escape in an untested prototype.
I remember a report back in the 80's I think during a story about this escape, that stated that a family member of one of the inmates received a post card from South America stating they made it and that the FBI were following up of course there was nothing more from the government as they did not want to make these guys into some sort of hero or something.
With their determination and IQ, they used the current to get the raft further quicker. Once the got out beyond the bridge, the current let them go to get to shore. Just my thoughts. The reason they said they didnt survive was to keep the reputation of alcatraz.
The Anglin brothers were expert swimmers. They participated in the competitions they have in the great lakes, so the cold water was nothing they weren't accustomed to.
Frank Morris reportedly ranked in the top 2% of the general population in intelligence, as measured by IQ testing (133). The Anglin brothers were skilled swimmers and have been swimming in the frigid waters since they were a kid. Those men were smart and capable! Never underestimate the power of determination. They definitely survived, made it out alive and lived a lowkey life.
I was reportedly going to hit the lottery, as measured by MY IQ testing. Oh, and I have been swimming in sub-frigid waters in my neighbor's backyard, since before I was a kid. So, when did you meet these smart and capable people? Tell us about your brunch that you had with them after they definitely survived and lived a lowkey life.
Been in a couple of Capones properties here had bought down in Florida.. The Bay area.. Pasco,Tampa, Port Richey area... Crazy how small the world really is
I live in California. I do repairs in the Bay Area as a matter fact I’m on the bridge right now on the outskirts of the east.. every single time I see Alcatraz never gets old. The rock is forever alluring from every angle.
I've learned so much more as an adult watching youtube over the years than I ever learned in school. Not to mention the way information is taught in school is so boring, I would have paid attention more if it was as interesting as youtube.
A boat without lights found near the Rock the night of the great escape, according to the local police, a stolen car and many more, could be the missing pieces of the puzzle of the true story about Frank Morris's team.
The Booes should been put to test with the same weight as the escapees, along with their "partial" equipment. All 3 tests failed for not representing the same "weight condition" , for the comparison of what could have happened. Great documentary, thank you.
And take into consideration of them rowing towards Angel island, or another possibility of them rowing east around the back of the island and use the current to push them closer to San Francisco.
it could be even slightly more into a detail. To me, it seems slightly more general and less professional than for example Air Crash Investigation. But still great!!!
There absolutely were successful escape attempts from Alcatraz, now they may not have lived very long after escaping but they most definitely did escape the prison.
look up sarah thomas craig lenning farallon island swim over 25 miles and 15 hours in worst conditions and tell me a 4k ft swim from Alcatraz isn't possible or maybe even easy for some.
I really thought Alcatraz was a boring tourist trap, but it was the most interesting tour I’ve done, also after the tour watch the movie escape from Alcatraz, it’ll reinforce how brazen of an escape it was and you’ll recognize exactly where the actors were in the prison.
I've taken the tour twice - both tours were the last ones of the day taken at the end of October. While inside Alcatraz the sun would go down and you could see the city lights across the bay through the small windows while dim, bare light bulbs lit the walk ways between the cells. That must've been torturous for the inmates, to be able to see the free world yet never getting to experience it.
@@kristenr8311 I heard the last tour of the day is the best, I went on the second to the last and it was dark when the tour ended and the dark added a bit to the tour, the s.f. Skyline was cool.
I finally gave this place a visit this past weekend after living in the bay area my whole life. Very neat to see. Dunno why my family never went or why I didn't see it sooner. The ex-prisoner they have in this document was there singing the book he wrote about his stay there. Deffently going back again!
The last time I saw the details of this story it contained the gem that the raft was found. Found on the southern shore. At the very least they find both ores, both vests, no bodies. It looks to me like they made it.
They were excellent Swimmers and many have swum the path from Alcatraz to land and made it. The Police almost ALWAYS lie. The FBI had to lie here as well to save face! Google the article "The proof that 3 men survived their escape from Alcatraz."
The ranger says that the three and their raft was never found, but they did find a raft on the next island over made of raincoats. I have watched many documentaries over the years that neglect this fact, yet then a few do mention the raft. They also found one paddle that the material was traced back to Alcatraz.
Law enforcement to this day wants the American public to believe that they died during the escape. They’ll NEVER accept or admit defeat. Those men successfully escaped.
@@damikey18 I believe it to be possible. There was a documentary a few years ago that shed much light on a very plausible theory. There was a ferry schedule found in Morris' cell with the last ferry at 11pm, I believe. The inmates had also stolen quite a bit of rope and worked their way around the island to the boat dock, tied on to the ferry, and let the ferry pull them across the bay. They would have let out all the slack in the rope (150' I believe) so that they couldn't be seen in the dark. They grew up in Florida and that's the kind of stuff we do here (I'm from FL as well). The theory made sense to me so I do see it as possible.
They were excellent Swimmers and many have swum the path from Alcatraz to land and made it. The Police almost ALWAYS lie. The FBI had to lie here as well to save face! Google the article "The proof that 3 men survived their escape from Alcatraz."
How many people have swam from Alcatraz to the San Francisco? Thousands! I've done it three times. Once for practice, and twice as part of a triathlon. Timing with the tide in and out is quite easy. This program is overly dramatic. Morris and the Eglins undoubtedly made it. And probably so did the other two dudes. I swam with a wet suit, but there were tough guys in our group who swam it without a wet suit. How many have swam from Alcatraz? Thousands -- every year!!! No big deal. AND, the program doesn't deal with the fact that there is an in flowing tide to almost match the out flowing tide -- there was more outflow because of rivers running into the Bay. But the tides go in and out. They could have been washed in as well as out.
Well said. Too many non-swimmers/sedentary people continue to spread the myth that it is an impossible swim to survive and anyone trying it would die. What nonsense. And they only say that because they believe it is impossible for them to do means it is impossible for anyone to do. In reality, as you said, the actual swim is rather pedestrian and way over glorified in the media. Further, further photographic evidence show the Anglin brothers in Brazil with a pic taken in 1975, recently verified by AI facial recognition to both of them in the same photo an exact match.
Mythbusters did an episode on this over 20 years ago and they recreated the raft and conditions and determined that they could have made it to Angel Island.
Our swim team does the Alcatraz swim every year. A swim from the prison to the shore. It is done every year and only takes about 45 minutes. Not a big deal.
I admit to having no clue, but an escapee had to swim under the cover of darkness. Did your swim team get the luxury of swimming near the changing of the tide? A crossing during an incoming tide would seem much easier too since you're gonna come ashore SOMEWHERE.
@@AaryannaFinley it's a common swim done quite often and while not for a novice, anyone who has adequate fitness can do it. And that's someone who is just recreationally participating. Never underestimate the strength and stamina of one who is escaping being trapped from freedom.
20:20 But what does this underwater landscape of the golden gate, have to do with escaping Alcatraz?” 😂 I asked myself that question after i completely forgot this was a documentary about the escape and not the bay 😂
Sharks were extremely rare in the 1940s. SF Bay had too much fresh water from river discharge. Sand sharks were abundant but are small and don't attack humans.
Like Mark Twain said. The coldest winter I ever experienced was a summer in San Francisco. I visited San Francisco a few times but when I llived there for a few months one winter it was miserable. They all probably went from hypothermia before they drowned.
They were excellent Swimmers and many have swum the path from Alcatraz to land and made it. The Police almost ALWAYS lie. The FBI had to lie here as well to save face! Google the article "The proof that 3 men survived their escape from Alcatraz."
SF isn't even that cold. Especially during summer it can get really hot. Mark Twain must have experienced an extremely rare cold summer. Even the coldest summers are still warm.
MythBusters recreated this successfully. Using raincoats and wooden paddles, they left Alcatraz and made it to land. Might want to include this in yr documentary also. Alcatraz Escape MythBusters: Season 2, Episode 8
they only concluded it as "plausible" because remains were never found. they also recognized that it is EXTREMELY unlikely they survived, especially considering their belongings and the broken raft were found washed up and the men were never seen alive again. and no, the mythbusters did not make it to land from alcatraz lmao. it was a scaled down version of what could have happened. i'd recommend you watch the episode again because they make it pretty clear they don't think the prisoners actually made it out alive. they just confirm that a raincoat raft would've worked if the conditions were perfect.
@@disposable3167 but you havent seen it i guess because they DID make it to shore. “The MythBusters theorized that the escapees used the tides to go to a different location. The makeshift raft crafted and crewed by the MythBusters team successfully made it across the bay and made it to the Marin Headlands. They declared it "Plausible" because the fate of the prisoners remains unknown.”
@@CyborgMaMa Lets not forget many people make this swim every year, there is a website dedicated to it. Just dont know if the escapees factored in the current.
MythBusters is full of 💩💩. Stop believing everything you are told. MythBusters or anyone else doesn't know the weather conditions of this area that night or the Ocean Currents flow that evening.
They planned not for months but years, The Anglin Brothers and Morris. The current there is unbelievably strong in SF Bay with Alcatraz located centrally plus the water is cold. I was at Alcatraz just a week ago on vacation from the East Coast and was my third visit. You have right to opinion that they got away but because they planned well?
@johnc.8298 No "trial run" is a great point. No way to genuinely test the raft. These were career criminals, and the Anglin brothers weren't very bright. Highly unlikely they made it to shore and lived off the grid forever.
@jamesage24 They made it. Just go to Southwest Georgia and ask any of their relatives. Their mother got roses anonymously every Mother's Day. The family knew who they were from. They knew where they were. That family is close and they knew exactly where they were.
Alcatraz couldn't be broke out of too ! I know they made it, not saying how but I know. A letter was sent years later saying they were alive and doing well, no return address. It went perfect as planned and conditions were pretty good for survival. DB Cooper too was a trained survivalist, met him in Mexico 1981 when I was a YOUNGER GUY great guy !
3 men escape the island, never to be seen again. Your first assumption is that they're dead? Seems like a conspiracy so the upper echelon can say "noone has ever successfully escaped". I small somethimg fishier than a drained bay.
@@thejetset3357 There’s a group that does the “Alcatraz swim“ every year. And the water temperature in June is in the 70s in San Francisco Bay not icy cold like these national Park Rangers keep talking about. So it’s plausible.
@@robertfyfe6185 I don't think we'll ever know but I would like to think so. IDK how old you are but with Cooper back then, America needed a hero & he accepted the challenge. 🥰 The Vietnam War, nixon, lack of civil rights...equals or surpasses living under trump. If you were to ask anyone except law enforcement, everyone hoped he made it. 😘
They did. It’s been proven. There’s a picture of two men who were doing something like moving wood (I can’t remember exactly what), but someone said they looked like the Anglin brothers. Years later, they did this thing where they could scan their faces and accurately get their identities. It was in fact the Anglin brothers
@@Jeffy-2024 The photo you're referencing was taken over 10 years after the "escape"; complete with beards & sunglasses. It's only proof that people see what they want to see.
0:57 Um, definitely escapable. 3 people escaped and were never seen from again. Almost certainly died in the water and their bodies just were never found. But they still *left Alcatraz* and were never incarcerated there again. That's an escape in my book. Make that 5 people
They are most likely dead by now through natural causes. But it's true all three made it and lived for decades. There is the photo of the Anglin brothers in Brazil that was recently verified by AI facial matching that it is 99.99% both of them in the pic taken in 1975.
When the U.S. Bureau of Prisons opened Alcatraz in 1934, there were cells for 1000 inmates, yet this prison never held more than 250 at any time. In fact, Al Capone was the sole occupant of his cell block section.
@@alphadog1961 At the time, Al Capone was suffering the after-affects of an earlier contracted STD. In addition, he had many enemies amongst the inmate population. Alcatraz Warden Johnson felt that for all concerned, keeping Capone in isolation (same as with inmate Robert Stroud) was the best course of action.
Growing up in the Bay Area, went to Alcatraz several times. It was always interesting. You do have to wear layers, becuase you will be cold, hot, wet, dry. As for the inmates that (DID) escape, well, if they made it to land, Good on them, but probably not. Still fascinating!
Ya I went there too. Remember they said that sometime in the morning hrs a car was stolen from angle island. Car theft never happened there but it did that night. Also Alcatraz was known for being un able to escape and they didn’t want to admit. Also they said that everything usually washes up on the bay and no. Human remains even clothes were never recovered. I think they made it. After that they paid close attention to men practicing swimming strokes!
I dont claim to be a professional swimmer but that distance from Alcatraz to the mainland is quite short. I could easily do that swim. As for the water temp, well I'm guessing that the Adrenaline that the body has during such daring escape would negate any major issues. Those guys made it ALIVE.
They were excellent Swimmers and many have swum the path from Alcatraz to land and made it. The Police almost ALWAYS lie. The FBI had to lie here as well to save face! Google the article "The proof that 3 men survived their escape from Alcatraz."
The 3 men who escaped are alive. But the 1 is heavily injured. They found a boat roaming by when they escape. They promise to pay the owner a good fortune. This is the story of my grandfather telling me when i was kid. He's a coast guard in the area.
At about 9:30, narrator introduces Parsons as a scientist with the "United States Geographical Survey," which doesn't exist, but the caption onscreen correctly names the agency as "United States Geological Survey."
They completely ignore the fact that 3 healthy men on a raft could easily paddle to shore once they were out of the bay. They obviously rode the current and once they were out of the bay they paddled to shore. People don't realize just how fit and athletic prison inmates can get. The prison atmosphere itself causes very high testosterone levels.
I agree. They were excellent Swimmers and many have swum the path from Alcatraz to land and made it. The Police almost ALWAYS lie. The FBI had to lie here as well to save face! Google the article "The proof that 3 men survived their escape from Alcatraz."
If John Paul Scott made it to the base of the Golden Gate Bridge wouldn't that prove it wasn't impossible to swim to freedom? The fact he was apprehended doesn't negate the fact he did successfully escape the island and swim across the bay.
At minute 20:56 It popped into my thoughts that maybe Frank M and fellow escapees new of and used these currents to slingshot out to a waiting boat in the open ocean. These tides are well known to local boaters. Didn't they have a homemade flashlight that might have aided the signal to a waiting boat? Why fight nature? Why not use those powerful currents to assist their escape instead of fighting against them? Thoughts?
Yet not even once addressing the very title given to this series' episodes. Not even once no matter the episode. Oh, define science before blindly applying it. There was NO science utilized in this series. Science would have included the reality that a swim from the island to shore is far more than possible. Science would have taken the escapees health and physical conditions into account. This was nothing but a repeat of all other shows which relied upon profit from advertisers.
not scientific by any stretch ...there was little of no mention of investigating what happens when the tide slacks and then inflows into San Fran Bay. Great drama about sweeping escapees out to sea, but zero consideration for escapees being swept inland towards Freemont or San Pedro Bay on incoming tides. Nat Geo FAILS.
The lack of information on the escape made by John Patrick Mason in 1962 is disappointing...and the fact that he used his knowledge to return to the one place he swore he'd never go back to in order to help the FBI rescue a group of hostages taken by a platoon of wayward Marines is a whole other story for another day...
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I've been sitting here binge watching the whole draining it series for so long I had to pause It and go drain something myself.
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Pretty wild that NatGeo was able to drain the bay like that. I hope the fish are ok.
😅me 3!
🤣 😂 😂. Actually the fish were already escape last 1962 together with the prison brothers so it's safe to drain it now and other species are in hibernation mode so it's also safe.
There is an entire series of drain the oceans from them. Everything from the Titanic to war ships and so many other things
No fish were harmed during the making of this document
They should do a documentary on draining Washington DC😂
Alcatraz officially says, that no one has ever escaped our prison. What? What about those 3 dudes that escaped and were never seen again? The way I look at it they did escape if they were not in the prison and no one can find them, they escaped, However, they might not have made it out of the water and that's true, but they were never in that prison again. Those dudes escaped!
@@yaad2226 Oh snap a yo mama joke! What a comodian! 🚽
@@NoNORADon911 yo mama miss them yo mama joke??
@@JosephBloggs-jk5lv they did not hitched a ride they when with yo mama just ask yo mama about before ya say anything here yo mama know where they went cause after they escape yo mama helped them with yo papa yo uncle yo aunty ya all family helped them
@@yaad2226 ?
@@JosephBloggs-jk5lv ask yooooooooooooo mamaaaaaaaaa
Thanks National Geographic for the great documentaries. Getting it on UA-cam is terrific.😃
@Repent and believe in Jesus Christ Yet, you are here posting...you should be praying
@@theirmom4723 yet, here you are posting...you should be praying
Yup. Glad this this for everyone because I will watch. No hoarding.
Don't forget to smell the roses every once in a while. Time goes by so quick, it's easy to forget about all those little things that make life meaningful.
Where did they store the water that they drained?!❤😂
@@lindalaw8368they just put it on the other side of the golden gate bridge
When my Dad was in High School he swam from S.F. to Alcatraz as a prank and made it within 100 yds. before being picked up by the U.S.C.G. Dad was a strong swimmer and said it wasn't nearly as hard as they want you to believe. Ironically my Dad later joined the C.G.
While the cold water, choppy current, and threat of sharks would kill you. Most said what got inmates that made it out to the bay, was that they died tired. Fact is, they weren’t used to the cold water, and they weren’t fit swimmers. They were middle-aged criminals that hadn’t seen exercise in years. If they were more fit and healthy, they’d have a chance. Otherwise, the bay would be their graves.
Several years ago, Mythbusters did an episode on this and showed that it is possible to get the raincoat raft across the bay to arrive at the foot of the Golden Gate Bridge, so it is plausible that the convicts did escape on the raft.
S1 E11: Alcatraz Escape
yes and they also made it very clear that they dont believe the prisoners survived. they only concluded it as "plausible" because a raincoat raft would stay afloat in perfect conditions, which we already knew was possible.
I am curious about how many rafts they built before actually producing a seaworthy one. Television shows have a habit of editing things like that out. Remember, the inmates had to do their escape in an untested prototype.
And then the raft vanished into thin air?
@@BushidoNinja and they vanished into thin air?
17:00 “The monitors show a strange landscape below.”
The landscape: featureless.
Brilliant viewing, thank you so much!
Time to watch. Glad this is for everyone.
I remember a report back in the 80's I think during a story about this escape, that stated that a family member of one of the inmates received a post card from South America stating they made it and that the FBI were following up of course there was nothing more from the government as they did not want to make these guys into some sort of hero or something.
Yeah two of them were in Brazil.
That was fantastic! Good job Nat. Geo. I really enjoyed this one!
I remember watching it, they hid out in some mountain and they found some relics from them were they were camped!
Love watching documentaries like this.
I will watch.
With their determination and IQ, they used the current to get the raft further quicker. Once the got out beyond the bridge, the current let them go to get to shore. Just my thoughts. The reason they said they didnt survive was to keep the reputation of alcatraz.
The Anglin brothers were expert swimmers. They participated in the competitions they have in the great lakes, so the cold water was nothing they weren't accustomed to.
Frank Morris reportedly ranked in the top 2% of the general population in intelligence, as measured by IQ testing (133). The Anglin brothers were skilled swimmers and have been swimming in the frigid waters since they were a kid. Those men were smart and capable! Never underestimate the power of determination. They definitely survived, made it out alive and lived a lowkey life.
Agreed. Athletes do that swim roundtrip everyday.
I agree with you
I was reportedly going to hit the lottery, as measured by MY IQ testing. Oh, and I have been swimming in sub-frigid waters in my neighbor's backyard, since before I was a kid. So, when did you meet these smart and capable people? Tell us about your brunch that you had with them after they definitely survived and lived a lowkey life.
@@scottnathanphoto LOL
@@Rosie05610 Yeah. It's a fact. Search Alacatraz swim here. Countless people have done it.
Thank you National Geographic for sharing this series.😊
You can be the first to sign up to be one of the 3 guys!
Time for me to watch. No hoarding.
As someone who escaped Alcatraz several times, I found this video very entertaining
Say what? Dets!
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Good for u ..
So cool, my grandfather was a guard there and was there when they brought Al Capone in. I’ve heard so many stories about it.
You should write them down and post it.
Been in a couple of Capones properties here had bought down in Florida.. The Bay area.. Pasco,Tampa, Port Richey area... Crazy how small the world really is
@@robertmistkowski9879 One near Hayward WI also. My grandpa lived in the area at the time.
I live in California. I do repairs in the Bay Area as a matter fact I’m on the bridge right now on the outskirts of the east.. every single time I see Alcatraz never gets old. The rock is forever alluring from every angle.
So informative.generally speaking, People who put UA-cam to good use can really learn a lot of amazing things that schools never teach
Yea that's kinda why UA-cam is popular
Now it’s one of the best resources as a teaching aid when wanted/needed. 👍🏻
this documentary is pseudo informative, entertainment at best
Schools just teach you how to become a Working Drone for the Elite and nothing more.
I've learned so much more as an adult watching youtube over the years than I ever learned in school. Not to mention the way information is taught in school is so boring, I would have paid attention more if it was as interesting as youtube.
Wonderful!! Can Nat-Geo drain the swamp in DC too?
Half the show was them telling us they will drain the bay 😂
yeah, i got mad and skipped to the end.
This vid, quite simply, is horsecrap.
FACTS, kinda annoying.
Appealing to the slow. Also, this was probably made with TV and Commercials in mind.
It's for tv commercial breaks my friend, this was not formatted for youtube originally.
A boat without lights found near the Rock the night of the great escape, according to the local police, a stolen car and many more, could be the missing pieces of the puzzle of the true story about Frank Morris's team.
Plus the missing extension cord that was by the dock
I love National Geograpic Documentaries!
The Booes should been put to test with the same weight as the escapees, along with their "partial" equipment. All 3 tests failed for not representing the same "weight condition" , for the comparison of what could have happened. Great documentary, thank you.
Totally agree
not to mention that they should have tested it from the location they started their journey
buoys*
bouys should have been dropped closer to the island same as a raft being deployed
And take into consideration of them rowing towards Angel island, or another possibility of them rowing east around the back of the island and use the current to push them closer to San Francisco.
Maybe they should have 3 guys with a similar build try to make it in a homemade raft using the same materials and see what happens.
Right! That makes to much sense.
They did and they made it,I even think Mythbusters did it
@@Mile9homesteadalaska I remember that episode of Mythbusters.
thats kinda dangerous
@@KhrisWithK not exactly like the escape. They'd have boats to film it all and make sure everyone is ok.
Love watching documentaries like this.. Amazing Documentary, very detailed, easy to understand. Love it️.
it could be even slightly more into a detail. To me, it seems slightly more general and less professional than for example Air Crash Investigation. But still great!!!
Nice. I will watch because this is for everyone.
There absolutely were successful escape attempts from Alcatraz, now they may not have lived very long after escaping but they most definitely did escape the prison.
Yes, they did, but surviving is no way
@@aarongarcia1101 that's an opinion
look up sarah thomas craig lenning farallon island swim over 25 miles and 15 hours in worst conditions and tell me a 4k ft swim from Alcatraz isn't possible or maybe even easy for some.
It's not a successful escape if you die lol part of the prison was the bay. They had to make it to land to successfully escape.
@@BushidoNinja everyone dies, they successfully escaped the prison no one actually knows if any of them survived.
I really thought Alcatraz was a boring tourist trap, but it was the most interesting tour I’ve done, also after the tour watch the movie escape from Alcatraz, it’ll reinforce how brazen of an escape it was and you’ll recognize exactly where the actors were in the prison.
I've taken the tour twice - both tours were the last ones of the day taken at the end of October. While inside Alcatraz the sun would go down and you could see the city lights across the bay through the small windows while dim, bare light bulbs lit the walk ways between the cells. That must've been torturous for the inmates, to be able to see the free world yet never getting to experience it.
Never taken the tour even though i lived near by. But when i do i will have call of duty in mind 😂
night or day?
@@kristenr8311 I heard the last tour of the day is the best, I went on the second to the last and it was dark when the tour ended and the dark added a bit to the tour, the s.f. Skyline was cool.
I finally gave this place a visit this past weekend after living in the bay area my whole life. Very neat to see. Dunno why my family never went or why I didn't see it sooner. The ex-prisoner they have in this document was there singing the book he wrote about his stay there. Deffently going back again!
The last time I saw the details of this story it contained the gem that the raft was found. Found on the southern shore. At the very least they find both ores, both vests, no bodies. It looks to me like they made it.
They were excellent Swimmers and many have swum the path from Alcatraz to land and made it. The Police almost ALWAYS lie. The FBI had to lie here as well to save face! Google the article "The proof that 3 men survived their escape from Alcatraz."
Thank you for speaking the truth
The ranger says that the three and their raft was never found, but they did find a raft on the next island over made of raincoats. I have watched many documentaries over the years that neglect this fact, yet then a few do mention the raft. They also found one paddle that the material was traced back to Alcatraz.
Law enforcement to this day wants the American public to believe that they died during the escape. They’ll NEVER accept or admit defeat. Those men successfully escaped.
So do you think that they successfully escaped and survived?
@@damikey18 I believe it to be possible. There was a documentary a few years ago that shed much light on a very plausible theory. There was a ferry schedule found in Morris' cell with the last ferry at 11pm, I believe. The inmates had also stolen quite a bit of rope and worked their way around the island to the boat dock, tied on to the ferry, and let the ferry pull them across the bay. They would have let out all the slack in the rope (150' I believe) so that they couldn't be seen in the dark. They grew up in Florida and that's the kind of stuff we do here (I'm from FL as well). The theory made sense to me so I do see it as possible.
@@DrumMenace Kudos to the men that escaped I guess one can only hope that they spent the rest of their lives doing good
They were excellent Swimmers and many have swum the path from Alcatraz to land and made it. The Police almost ALWAYS lie. The FBI had to lie here as well to save face! Google the article "The proof that 3 men survived their escape from Alcatraz."
The Mythbusters tested this story years ago. They made it to freedom!
Myth-busters… yes the final word… hilarious
@@GaryG63 No, your the final word, hilarious too
I visited Alcatraz when I was a kid in the 90s and I thought it was super cool
How many people have swam from Alcatraz to the San Francisco? Thousands! I've done it three times. Once for practice, and twice as part of a triathlon. Timing with the tide in and out is quite easy. This program is overly dramatic. Morris and the Eglins undoubtedly made it. And probably so did the other two dudes. I swam with a wet suit, but there were tough guys in our group who swam it without a wet suit. How many have swam from Alcatraz? Thousands -- every year!!! No big deal. AND, the program doesn't deal with the fact that there is an in flowing tide to almost match the out flowing tide -- there was more outflow because of rivers running into the Bay. But the tides go in and out. They could have been washed in as well as out.
Well said. Too many non-swimmers/sedentary people continue to spread the myth that it is an impossible swim to survive and anyone trying it would die. What nonsense. And they only say that because they believe it is impossible for them to do means it is impossible for anyone to do. In reality, as you said, the actual swim is rather pedestrian and way over glorified in the media. Further, further photographic evidence show the Anglin brothers in Brazil with a pic taken in 1975, recently verified by AI facial recognition to both of them in the same photo an exact match.
The tour is awesome. We met a former prisoner in 1996 when we visited the rock. It was a awesome site
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Surely I would love to visit Alcatraz before the end of my life. It really sounds like a fascinating place, with lots of history woven into it!
Mythbusters did an episode on this over 20 years ago and they recreated the raft and conditions and determined that they could have made it to Angel Island.
I believe Myth Busters said there was a witness that said a boat was waiting for them.
S1 E11: Alcatraz Escape
@@kaceykelly7222 That was also brought up on Unsolved Mysteries as well. Could've easily picked them up.
Our swim team does the Alcatraz swim every year. A swim from the prison to the shore. It is done every year and only takes about 45 minutes. Not a big deal.
I admit to having no clue, but an escapee had to swim under the cover of darkness. Did your swim team get the luxury of swimming near the changing of the tide? A crossing during an incoming tide would seem much easier too since you're gonna come ashore SOMEWHERE.
@@AaryannaFinley it's a common swim done quite often and while not for a novice, anyone who has adequate fitness can do it. And that's someone who is just recreationally participating. Never underestimate the strength and stamina of one who is escaping being trapped from freedom.
@@AaryannaFinleyYou can see the city lights at night. Swim toward them. And the water temp in June is 70 degrees.
20:20
But what does this underwater landscape of the golden gate, have to do with escaping Alcatraz?” 😂
I asked myself that question after i completely forgot this was a documentary about the escape and not the bay 😂
The intelligence of some individuals does not extend to lower individuals. Case point.
As an airline pilot flying in and out of SFO the view of Alcatraz always gave me a few seconds of pause knowing all the mystique that surrounds it.
Just ONE of my favorite offerings of the National Geographic Channel. A quality channel and quality UTube channels!!
This is for everyone so I will watch.
fun thought...Morris and the Anglen's made a drill out of a fan motor. What if they made an outboard type trolling motor out of one, too?
Maybe some chicken was waiting for em with a jet ski 😂
If they were able to get off the rock, by definition they successfully escaped. It doesn't matter if they died, disappeared or were later recaptured.
I was in Loma Prieta in '89. Lived in Monterey at the time. I can say I never want to be in another major quake again.
Sharks were extremely rare in the 1940s. SF Bay had too much fresh water from river discharge. Sand sharks were abundant but are small and don't attack humans.
I love when they drain waters, it’s so interesting.
Like Mark Twain said. The coldest winter I ever experienced was a summer in San Francisco. I visited San Francisco a few times but when I llived there for a few months one winter it was miserable. They all probably went from hypothermia before they drowned.
it’s not that cold in August
They were excellent Swimmers and many have swum the path from Alcatraz to land and made it. The Police almost ALWAYS lie. The FBI had to lie here as well to save face! Google the article "The proof that 3 men survived their escape from Alcatraz."
Ppl swim this all the time . Google Diaz Brothers alcatraz .
SF isn't even that cold. Especially during summer it can get really hot. Mark Twain must have experienced an extremely rare cold summer. Even the coldest summers are still warm.
The water temperature in San Francisco Bay is 70° in June. Do five seconds of research.
What stands out is the use of the metric system by the USGS. All other referrals to measurement are in vague imperial units.
Good doco.
Amazing Documentary, very detailed, easy to understand. Love it❤️
Thank you for studying the water beneath & surrounding the alcatraz prison. Truly, nobody could have ever escape
Nick Diaz could
Chef hahaha yep he swims it
"...most infamous prison in the world...", "...most notorious criminals in the world". The writer's world is apparently quite small.
I worked at San Quentin (ret.).
I concur.
Who else fell asleep 💤 and woke up to this and started watching!!!!
MythBusters recreated this successfully. Using raincoats and wooden paddles, they left Alcatraz and made it to land. Might want to include this in yr documentary also.
Alcatraz Escape
MythBusters: Season 2, Episode 8
they only concluded it as "plausible" because remains were never found. they also recognized that it is EXTREMELY unlikely they survived, especially considering their belongings and the broken raft were found washed up and the men were never seen alive again.
and no, the mythbusters did not make it to land from alcatraz lmao. it was a scaled down version of what could have happened.
i'd recommend you watch the episode again because they make it pretty clear they don't think the prisoners actually made it out alive. they just confirm that a raincoat raft would've worked if the conditions were perfect.
@@disposable3167 but you havent seen it i guess because they DID make it to shore.
“The MythBusters theorized that the escapees used the tides to go to a different location. The makeshift raft crafted and crewed by the MythBusters team successfully made it across the bay and made it to the Marin Headlands. They declared it "Plausible" because the fate of the prisoners remains unknown.”
@@CyborgMaMa Lets not forget many people make this swim every year, there is a website dedicated to it. Just dont know if the escapees factored in the current.
@@disposable3167 they did escape. They hide under the dock and the boat that does the shift changes towed them to safety, This was released years ago.
MythBusters is full of 💩💩. Stop believing everything you are told. MythBusters or anyone else doesn't know the weather conditions of this area that night or the Ocean Currents flow that evening.
This was facinating! Thanks for posting.
Amazing Documentary, very detailed, easy to understand. Love it️. Love watching documentaries like this..
So pleased i found this channel. Thank you National Geographic.👍
Im pretty sure these three survived. Thank u National Geographic for this documentary❤
On the tour they mentioned that the prisoners were given hot showers to prevent prisoners from acclimating to the cold water
I thank they made it back in the day 😊
Those three men didn't plan for months, pull off the escape and then all drown. They got away.
They planned not for months but years, The Anglin Brothers and Morris. The current there is unbelievably strong in SF Bay with Alcatraz located centrally plus the water is cold. I was at Alcatraz just a week ago on vacation from the East Coast and was my third visit. You have right to opinion that they got away but because they planned well?
It’s bizarre that someone would think that is a logical way to think
Perhaps so but the odds were against them in many ways as this documentary laid out. They didn't have the benefit of a "trial run".
@johnc.8298 No "trial run" is a great point. No way to genuinely test the raft. These were career criminals, and the Anglin brothers weren't very bright. Highly unlikely they made it to shore and lived off the grid forever.
@jamesage24 They made it. Just go to Southwest Georgia and ask any of their relatives. Their mother got roses anonymously every Mother's Day. The family knew who they were from. They knew where they were. That family is close and they knew exactly where they were.
''officially'' as if ANYTHING any police agency or the government asserts can be believed.😂😂
This is one of my favorite videos. I have watched it so many times! I love the Drain the Oceans series.
Great job as always!
I love learning more about the Alcatraz so interesting
Perfect prison? There is no perfect prison. Anything is possible!👍👍👍👍👍🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
Alcatraz couldn't be broke out of too ! I know they made it, not saying how but I know. A letter was sent years later saying they were alive and doing well, no return address. It went perfect as planned and conditions were pretty good for survival. DB Cooper too was a trained survivalist, met him in Mexico 1981 when I was a YOUNGER GUY great guy !
It was likely they had help from Ellsworth Raymond Johnson AKA Bumpy (the Al Capone of Harlem)
3 men escape the island, never to be seen again. Your first assumption is that they're dead? Seems like a conspiracy so the upper echelon can say "noone has ever successfully escaped". I small somethimg fishier than a drained bay.
Your first assumption is they made it to shore, never got caught for committing a crime ever again, and lived happily ever after?
@@thejetset3357 There’s a group that does the “Alcatraz swim“ every year. And the water temperature in June is in the 70s in San Francisco Bay not icy cold like these national Park Rangers keep talking about. So it’s plausible.
I love how National Geographic does these programs.
They didn't drown...they spent the rest of their lives with D. B. Cooper on a tropical island, sipping margaritas. 🥰 🐚🐬🍍🥥🦞🏝🏖
Yes i think they had someone pick them up in a boat !And they took off ! ?
@@robertfyfe6185 I don't think we'll ever know but I would like to think so. IDK how old you are but with Cooper back then, America needed a hero & he accepted the challenge. 🥰 The Vietnam War, nixon, lack of civil rights...equals or surpasses living under trump. If you were to ask anyone except law enforcement, everyone hoped he made it. 😘
@@susiesweet8003 remember it well when I was a kid. It was so stinkin exciting.....
And that was funded by Andy Dufresne and his partner Red
The sea floor’s shape sent me to the shore and to my freedom! Keep examining it 😂😂
I think they made it...
They did. It’s been proven. There’s a picture of two men who were doing something like moving wood (I can’t remember exactly what), but someone said they looked like the Anglin brothers. Years later, they did this thing where they could scan their faces and accurately get their identities. It was in fact the Anglin brothers
@@Jeffy-2024
The photo you're referencing was taken over 10 years after the "escape"; complete with beards & sunglasses. It's only proof that people see what they want to see.
I think they did and I think they live in Argentina the family got post cards
0:57 Um, definitely escapable. 3 people escaped and were never seen from again. Almost certainly died in the water and their bodies just were never found. But they still *left Alcatraz* and were never incarcerated there again.
That's an escape in my book.
Make that 5 people
I've read an article years ago that they sent letters and told them they had escaped and were still living.
They are most likely dead by now through natural causes. But it's true all three made it and lived for decades. There is the photo of the Anglin brothers in Brazil that was recently verified by AI facial matching that it is 99.99% both of them in the pic taken in 1975.
We need this back.
When the U.S. Bureau of Prisons opened Alcatraz in 1934, there were cells for 1000 inmates, yet this prison never held more than 250 at any time. In fact, Al Capone was the sole occupant of his cell block section.
No human contact,like segregation.They either feared him or disliked him or possibly both.He was ill as well,was he not.
@@alphadog1961 At the time, Al Capone was suffering the after-affects of an earlier contracted STD. In addition, he had many enemies amongst the inmate population. Alcatraz Warden Johnson felt that for all concerned, keeping Capone in isolation (same as with inmate Robert Stroud) was the best course of action.
thanks for the episode, long time Bay Area resident
The 3 men did in fact escape Alcatraz. Thoughty2 has a amazing video covering the escape!
As old men near death, and no punishment likely, why hasn't one of them come forward to revel in the notoriety?
@@johnc.8298 just look up "Thoughty2 Alcatraz" the video should pop upp
@@NotSoTrippy cool! thx.
@@johnc.8298 did u end up finding the video? if so what did you think?
I love the dramatic way the narrator says DRAIN
10,000 times
Growing up in the Bay Area, went to Alcatraz several times. It was always interesting. You do have to wear layers, becuase you will be cold, hot, wet, dry. As for the inmates that (DID) escape, well, if they made it to land, Good on them, but probably not. Still fascinating!
Ya I went there too. Remember they said that sometime in the morning hrs a car was stolen from angle island. Car theft never happened there but it did that night. Also Alcatraz was known for being un able to escape and they didn’t want to admit. Also they said that everything usually washes up on the bay and no. Human remains even clothes were never recovered. I think they made it. After that they paid close attention to men practicing swimming strokes!
I dont claim to be a professional swimmer but that distance from Alcatraz to the mainland is quite short. I could easily do that swim. As for the water temp, well I'm guessing that the Adrenaline that the body has during such daring escape would negate any major issues. Those guys made it ALIVE.
@@scottmoering9810 Great whites disagree!
They were excellent Swimmers and many have swum the path from Alcatraz to land and made it. The Police almost ALWAYS lie. The FBI had to lie here as well to save face! Google the article "The proof that 3 men survived their escape from Alcatraz."
Hello everyone, this was the best tour I've ever taken. The mannequins, posed, and if anyone go to the Bay, you must take the tour. 🙌🏽
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@@sinickasdavis2159 Grand rising 🙏🏽
All 3 survived! One of them was my grandfather. RIP❤
They hide under the dock and the boat that does the shift changes towed them to safety. How did everyone forget this already ?
I hope so...you have a Legendary Grandfather.
The other two were my grandfather's RIP
Swam from there twice to San Francisco. It took me 38 minutes on a slack tide.
I've visited Alcatraz and it's location is very intimidating experiencing it.
Thank you for the amazing documentaries!
love watching this! thank you for uploading!
The 3 men who escaped are alive. But the 1 is heavily injured. They found a boat roaming by when they escape. They promise to pay the owner a good fortune. This is the story of my grandfather telling me when i was kid. He's a coast guard in the area.
At about 9:30, narrator introduces Parsons as a scientist with the "United States Geographical Survey," which doesn't exist, but the caption onscreen correctly names the agency as "United States Geological Survey."
They completely ignore the fact that 3 healthy men on a raft could easily paddle to shore once they were out of the bay. They obviously rode the current and once they were out of the bay they paddled to shore. People don't realize just how fit and athletic prison inmates can get. The prison atmosphere itself causes very high testosterone levels.
I agree. They were excellent Swimmers and many have swum the path from Alcatraz to land and made it. The Police almost ALWAYS lie. The FBI had to lie here as well to save face! Google the article "The proof that 3 men survived their escape from Alcatraz."
Cool 😎 thankyou 😊
I hope they got the fish out before they emptied the ocean lol
I was in a earthquake in San Diego CA Marine corps Base 1980 and the barracks began to shake and it shook my rack which is a bunk.
If John Paul Scott made it to the base of the Golden Gate Bridge wouldn't that prove it wasn't impossible to swim to freedom? The fact he was apprehended doesn't negate the fact he did successfully escape the island and swim across the bay.
It's not free per say but we do appreciate, they are paid per view like any other UA-cam channel
Didn’t one of the guys who escaped write letters to the government!!??
I wonder if a FOIA could be used to get any further information possible not released. 🤔
@@erinmac4750 No, the FBI reopened the case and the warrants still out for them until 2030. So maybe after 2030.
i like movies about old prison and there stories
At minute 20:56 It popped into my thoughts that maybe Frank M and fellow escapees new of and used these currents to slingshot out to a waiting boat in the open ocean. These tides are well known to local boaters. Didn't they have a homemade flashlight that might have aided the signal to a waiting boat?
Why fight nature? Why not use those powerful currents to assist their escape instead of fighting against them?
Thoughts?
brilliant ,,scientific ,,accurate,, exceptional analysis
Yet not even once addressing the very title given to this series' episodes.
Not even once no matter the episode.
Oh, define science before blindly applying it. There was NO science utilized in this series. Science would have included the reality that a swim from the island to shore is far more than possible. Science would have taken the escapees health and physical conditions into account.
This was nothing but a repeat of all other shows which relied upon profit from advertisers.
not scientific by any stretch ...there was little of no mention of investigating what happens when the tide slacks and then inflows into San Fran Bay. Great drama about sweeping escapees out to sea, but zero consideration for escapees being swept inland towards Freemont or San Pedro Bay on incoming tides. Nat Geo FAILS.
Ive been there a few times, the size of the place is crazy .
The lack of information on the escape made by John Patrick Mason in 1962 is disappointing...and the fact that he used his knowledge to return to the one place he swore he'd never go back to in order to help the FBI rescue a group of hostages taken by a platoon of wayward Marines is a whole other story for another day...
Thank you very much for the good video you uploaded, as always 👍
How do we know about the raft and what they made it out of/where it was launched if the escapees were never found?
That was interesting. That you National Geographic ❤
I went to Alcatraz a couple of times. I even went into one of the cells. Not sure if they allow that anymore. I went in the 1980s and 90s.
I got to go back in 1978, it was quite an experience getting put in that cell, I'll never forget it!