Skip to content

Unexplainable.net

Watching The World Change

  • Future of Private Space Flight Reboots NASA Articles
  • Mysteries Of The Lost Ark Simply Unexplainable
  • Cats in Ancient Egyptian Culture: The Sacred Cat Explosion Ancient Civilizations
  • Men may soon carry babies Simply Unexplainable
  • The CONELRAD System and the Internet Information and Theories
  • Alien Movie Trivia: Alien (1979) cont. UFOs and Aliens
  • Mystery Fish Attacks Fisherman Simply Unexplainable
  • The Disturbing Message of Planet Sock Monkey, Magenta Beetsch Information and Theories

Escape from Alcatraz: the Later Years

Posted on April 28, 2012 By jim No Comments on Escape from Alcatraz: the Later Years
Mooker

If it wasn’t for freezing-cold temperatures of the water and being exhausted from an adrenaline-fueled escape to the other side, one man could have had a great story to tell of making it out of Alcatraz. In this article, you will learn about him and other inmates that dared to flee.

The 1945 Escape Attempt

John Giles was an inmate at Alcatraz that seemed to be working on the docks, but over the years, he managed to put together a full U.S. Army staff sergeant uniform. His plan was to blend in on a prison launch after changing into the uniform and boarding the launch. He did so on July 31, 1945. However, shortly after the launch departed for Angel Island, the guards learned that Giles was missing during one of the unscheduled head counts at the prison. When the boat reached Angel Island, he was greeted by prison officers, who returned the convict back to Alcatraz.

The 1956 Escape Attempt

A short-lived attempt to escape from Alcatraz came from Floyd Wilson on July 23, 1956, who was a no-show at his job at the dock. However, he was found after he had been hiding for several hours among large rocks along the shoreline.

The 1958 Escape Attempt

While working on the garbage detail, Aaron Burgett and Clyde Johnson overpowered a guard on September 29, 1958 and managed to jump into the waters. They tried to swim off of the island, but a police launch was sent. First, Johnson was recaptured, but Burgett disappeared. His body was uncovered floating in the bay two weeks later.

The 1962 Escape Attempt

On December 16, 1962, John Paul Scott and Darl Parker were the last two inmates on Alcatraz Island to attempt an escape. Scott used banjo strings and a makeshift saw as a way to cut through the bars on a window in the cell house. The inmates then bent the bars of a window and used a rope to lower themselves down to the ground, where they made their way to the shore.

Parker was found 100 yards from the main island on the rock formation nicknamed ‘Little Alcatraz.’ He had only escaped for 20 minutes. Scott was able to reach Fort Point on the mainland where he was discovered by a group of teenagers that found an unconscious man beneath the Golden Gate Bridge. He showed the signs of hypothermia and exhaustion, and was sent to a hospital. When he recovered from the cold, he was returned to the Rock. Scott is the only escapee documented to have reached the shore by swimming. His success in reaching the other side of freedom poked holes in the scare tactics used by the prison. Legend had it that the waters were filled with man-eating sharks or that swimmers would bleed to death by hitting razor-sharp rocks. But since a prisoner was able to swim about three miles to the shore, they not only started to disbelief the rumors, but also held onto the thought that Morris and the Anglin brothers might have really survived their previous attempt. Their bodies have never been found and depending on whom you talk to , they were cited as missing persons or dead by drowning.

Even though Alcatraz had shut down and Scott transferred to Leavenworth and then later to a jail in Illinois, he did not give up his dreams of escape. He made another attempt in Marion, but wound up dying in jail at the Federal Correctional Institution, Tallahassee, Florida in 1986.

John Paul Scott was sent to Alcatraz after being convicted of bank robbery and the possession of unregistered firearms in Lexington. He was sentenced to serve 30 years in prison. He was sent to the Island in 1959.

Darl Parker was a convicted bank robber and hijacker that was given a sentence of 52 years.

Information and Theories

Post navigation

Previous Post: The Battle of Alcatraz II
Next Post: Escape from Alcatraz: the 1962 Attempt

Related Posts

  • 2010 Archeology News Recap: June Information and Theories
  • Different Types of Dreams Part I Information and Theories
  • Mythical Beasts and Creatures: Japanese 2 Information and Theories
  • Current Knowledge and Study of the Gamma Ray Information and Theories
  • Exploring the Legend of Blackbeard Information and Theories
  • Research Base In Colorado on a 4th Dimensional Frequency Information and Theories

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Recent Posts

  • Mahavatar Babaji: The Yogi alive for 2000 years
  • Spirituality and science conflict
  • Conspiracies and myths about spirituality
  • Know your Ki: Reiki
  • 10 amazing plants to promote spirituality and positivity

Recent Comments

No comments to show.

Archives

  • January 2021
  • December 2020
  • November 2020
  • October 2020
  • August 2020
  • July 2020
  • May 2020
  • June 2018
  • February 2018
  • July 2016
  • May 2016
  • February 2016
  • September 2015
  • July 2015
  • May 2015
  • April 2015
  • March 2015
  • January 2015
  • December 2014
  • November 2014
  • July 2014
  • March 2014
  • February 2014
  • January 2014
  • December 2013
  • November 2013
  • October 2013
  • September 2013
  • August 2013
  • July 2013
  • June 2013
  • May 2013
  • April 2013
  • March 2013
  • February 2013
  • January 2013
  • December 2012
  • November 2012
  • October 2012
  • September 2012
  • August 2012
  • July 2012
  • June 2012
  • May 2012
  • April 2012
  • March 2012
  • February 2012
  • January 2012
  • December 2011
  • November 2011
  • October 2011
  • September 2011
  • August 2011
  • July 2011
  • June 2011
  • May 2011
  • April 2011
  • March 2011
  • February 2011
  • January 2011
  • December 2010
  • November 2010
  • October 2010
  • September 2010
  • August 2010
  • July 2010
  • June 2010
  • May 2010
  • April 2010
  • March 2010
  • February 2010
  • January 2010
  • December 2009
  • November 2009
  • October 2009
  • September 2009
  • August 2009
  • July 2009
  • June 2009
  • May 2009
  • April 2009
  • March 2009
  • February 2009
  • January 2009
  • December 2008
  • November 2008
  • October 2008
  • September 2008
  • August 2008
  • July 2008
  • June 2008
  • May 2008
  • April 2008
  • March 2008
  • February 2008
  • January 2008
  • December 2007
  • November 2007
  • October 2007
  • September 2007
  • August 2007
  • July 2007
  • June 2007
  • May 2007
  • April 2007
  • March 2007
  • February 2007
  • January 2007
  • December 2006
  • November 2006
  • October 2006
  • September 2006
  • August 2006
  • July 2006
  • June 2006
  • May 2006
  • April 2006
  • March 2006
  • February 2006
  • January 2006
  • December 2005
  • November 2005
  • October 2005
  • September 2005
  • August 2005
  • July 2005
  • June 2005
  • May 2005
  • April 2005
  • March 2005
  • February 2005
  • January 2005
  • December 2004
  • November 2004
  • October 2004
  • September 2004
  • August 2004
  • July 2004
  • June 2004
  • May 2004
  • April 2004
  • March 2004
  • February 2004
  • January 2004
  • December 2003
  • November 2003
  • October 2003

Categories

  • Ancient Civilizations
  • Benjamin Fulford Story
  • Cryptology and Monsters
  • Eating Healthy
  • Ghost And Demons
  • Information and Theories
  • Mars Coverage
  • Meditation And Spirituality
  • Mysteries
  • NASA Articles
  • Other Exciting News
  • Personal Accounts
  • Pictures And Multimedia
  • Political Conspiracies
  • Recent Submissions
  • Religion Articles
  • Self Improvement
  • Simply Unexplainable
  • Space and Astrology
  • Technology Articles
  • True Stories
  • UFOs and Aliens
  • Unexplainable Video Library
  • Unexplainable Weather
  • 50 Ancient Chinese Herbs to Consider (30 – 33) Information and Theories
  • Biblical Connections to Familiar Phrases and Sayings IX Religion Articles
  • Bird Die Off Looks Like Only the Beginning Simply Unexplainable
  • Insights from the Gospel of Peter Religion Articles
  • RH Negative Blood-Type And Reincarnation Mysteries
  • Wet Nurses in Ancient Egyptian Times Ancient Civilizations
  • Who Is Jerome? Translations and Quotes Religion Articles
  • This is info on a new device which generates Life UFOs and Aliens

Copyright © 2023 Unexplainable.net.

Powered by PressBook News Dark theme