38. The 1962 Alcatraz Escape

Murder They Wrote with Laura Whitmore and Iain Stirling

BBC

Comedy, True Crime

4.3 • 757 Ratings

🗓️ 2 September 2024

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Iain looks at one of the most legendary escapes in Alcatraz history. An escape that involved DIY drills, papier-mâché heads and even a raft made out of raincoats. It’s a case that inspired Clint Eastwood’s ‘Escape From Alcatraz’ (as well as one of Iain’s favourite video games) and still manages to mystify investigators, historians and true crime aficionados to this day.

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0:42.3	Hello.
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0:52.3	I'm going to bash straight into today because it's very exciting because today my story is about Alcatraz.
0:55.7	We've spoken about Alcatraz before. So much. It feels like it's actually this sort of main seam of this podcast has always come up. Someone has stayed there. I say
1:00.8	stayed there like it's a guest house, but someone has been there against their will. Some people
1:04.9	didn't want to leave there. Some people did want to leave there. We've visited there. We've been
1:08.9	there. One of my favourite games of all time,
1:11.5	a way out, which I highly recommend is based on people. Is the rock based? I know the rock,
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