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Everyone knows the story of the famous 1962 Alcatraz escape: How three inmates led by bank robber Frank Morris – handsomely played by Clint Eastwood in the 1979 movie – used dummy heads to fool guards ...

A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. On June 11, 1962, three prisoners at Alcatraz in San Francisco Bay staged an escape, leaving the island on a makeshift ...

Despite its reputation as ironclad, it was possible to escape Alcatraz. All it took was brains, guts and 50 raincoats. On June 11, 1962, three prisoners – Frank Morris and brothers Clarence and John ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In 1962, three of the United States' most dangerous criminals escape from the highest security prison in the country, eluding all ...

The questions have stymied law enforcement agencies, haunted family members and intrigued the public for more than half a century. Did the three men who escaped in 1962 from Alcatraz – then known as ...

It is hailed as America's greatest prison break. In June 1962, three inmates at Alcatraz fooled guards with papier-mâché heads, carved tunnels with spoons, stitched together a raft from raincoats and ...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — More than a million people visit Alcatraz Island every year to see the shuttered prison sitting in the San Francisco Bay, made famous by Clint Eastwood in the movie about the ...