Alcatraz

Short History Of...

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🗓️ 17 October 2021

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Cloaked in secrecy, discussed by even the most hardened criminals as a place of terror, US Penitentiary Alcatraz is the most feared institution in the American penal system. From 1934 to 1963 more than 1500 prisoners pass through its gates, including Machine-Gun Kelly and Scarface himself, Alphonse Capone. But how did this island rock capture the public imagination? What was life really like inside? This is a Short History of Alcatraz. Written by Kate Simants. With thanks to Jolene Babyak, Alcatraz Historian and author of Breaking the Rock: The Great Escape from Alcatraz. For ad-free listening, exclusive content and early access to new episodes, join Noiser+. Now available for Apple and Android users. Click the Noiser+ banner on Apple or go to noiser.com/subscriptions to get started with a 7-day free trial. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:30.7	It's late November 1935.
0:33.2	A barge is pulling out of a San Francisco pier at nightfall.
0:38.0	Hancoft and shivering in a government issue shirt.
0:41.9	A man sits on a wooden bench bolted to the deck.
0:45.7	Beside him, a grim-faced guard holds a machine gun.
0:50.1	The man has been in the prison system since he was 13.
0:53.7	Juvenile to begin with, then state prison.
0:57.4	An armed robbery that crossed state lines
0:59.4	earned him a place in a federal jail.
1:02.7	This transfer is his reward for his failed breakout attempt
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