Alcatraz: The OG Scary Island

Right Answers Mostly

Claire Donald & Tess Bellomo

History, Tv & Film, Society & Culture

4.3 • 634 Ratings

🗓️ 26 May 2025

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

We've been traveling, we've been to prison, that’s right: it’s Alcatraz time. Join us as we unpack the infamous island’s dramatic history. From its days as a military fort to becoming the country’s most notorious federal prison. We talk famous prisoners like Al Capone and Machine Gun Kelly (no, not that one), escape attempts, and what life was really like on the OG scary island. Created and produced by Claire Donald and Tess Bellomo To learn more about our podcast go to our ⁠website ⁠ To sign up for our premium channel for THREE bonus eps a month for $7.99 go ⁠here Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	The
0:07.0	The Today, Tess, we are going to dive in to one of the most notorious prisons you've ever heard of.
0:33.6	Which I'm sure you've heard of so many prisons.
0:36.6	She's in her reputation era, Alcatraz.
0:40.3	Alcatraz is definitely in her reputation era.
0:43.3	Now we were talking about the one, the only Alcatraz.
0:46.3	Wow.
0:47.3	Wow.
0:48.3	Bethany, Wow.
0:49.3	Bethany, wow.
0:50.3	Tess, what do you know about Alcatraz?
0:51.3	Because when I started researching, I was like, oh, damn, this is a San Francisco story.
0:55.6	And I'm taking it for my San Francisco girly.
0:57.9	No, but I love when you do Bay Area stories more than I do.
1:02.6	And I really like, I love that.
1:03.9	Yeah, we have Patty Hurst.
1:06.2	And that might be it.
1:07.6	Oh, well, Manson, they started out, Charles Manson.
1:10.8	They started out in the Bay.
1:12.2	Yes,
1:12.7	and I'm always like,
1:13.6	tell me about
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