These Are The Craziest Prison Break Stories Ever

The Ultimate Prison Break: Alcatraz

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Three convicts, Frank Lee Morris and brothers Clarence Anglin and John Anglin, escaped from Alcatraz (also called “The Rock”) in 1962. The outlaws left behind heads they made from bars of soap, toilet paper and real hair in their beds to make the prison guards think they were asleep. Meanwhile, each night they used crude tools to dig a tunnel that led to a service corridor.

The events at Alcatraz escape have become one of the most famous prison escapes of all time. Like Dillinger, a film was made back of the events called Escape from Alcatraz, starring Clint Eastwood.