Infamous Alcatraz Inmates

Crime Countdown

Spotify Studios

True Crime, History

4.4 • 3.1K Ratings

🗓️ 28 September 2020

⏱️ 33 minutes

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We all agree that Alcatraz is the world’s most infamous prison, but who are its most infamous inmates? Alaina and Ash count down the most memorable criminals to ever go into Alcatraz, and a few who got out—or died trying. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Want to know something crazy?
0:05.3	Alcatraz, the most famous prison ever, only operated for 29 years before closing in
0:11.0	1963.
0:12.0	It's been famous for almost twice as long as it was open, and that might be because of
0:16.7	the prisoners at house.
0:18.4	Designed to be inescapable, it was reserved for those who committed the most heinous crimes,
0:23.9	or those who had proven they'd break out of pretty much anywhere else.
0:27.2	In its heyday, Alcatraz was the highest tech maximum security prison around.
0:32.4	Almost every criminal sent there was notorious.
0:35.1	As for the most notorious, that's what we'll decide today as we count down the 10 most
0:40.0	infamous Alcatraz inmates.
0:42.6	You want to know the least infamous Alcatraz residents?
0:45.5	It's the birds.
0:47.3	The name Alcatraz actually comes from the Spanish word for pelican, and since the prison
0:51.7	closed, they've flocked to the place.
0:54.7	Thousands of birds, historic prison, yeah, the silence is not creepy at all.
1:00.2	Hey all you weirdos, welcome to the podcast original, Crime Countdown.
1:19.1	I'm Ash.
1:20.1	And I'm Alaina.
1:21.1	Every week we'll highlight 10 fascinating stories of history's most engaging, and unsettling
1:26.1	crimes, all picked by the podcast research gods.
1:30.4	This episode we are counting down the top 10 infamous Alcatraz inmates.
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