Alcatraz Escape Documentary: The Overlooked Evidence

[@lukem1286]

This is a really well made video that deserves more views. I just had it randomly recommended to me and now im gonna do a deep dive into your catalogue. Keep up the quality and im sure these will garner plenty of views

[@VuldarYT]

Thank You Lukem, do check out my latest uploads as well!

[@justkittensbeingkittens5892]

Same! Yt algorithm sometimes sends you great vids like this

[@mackhomie6]

Yeah. This guy is smart and does good stuff.

[@lubomirkubasdQw4w9WgXcQ]

i agree

[@Zedsdead83]

I too concur…

[@randallclemons8638]

I don't think they left West behind. You said it yourself "in their haste they dropped a paddle, life jacket, and raft, on the roof". It's wests own fault he gave up so easily and never thought they would leave him the means to escape. They didn't drop that by accident. They left that for West in case he made it. But he never even took a minute to think about it or look.

[@ahhamartin]

That's what I thought.

[@michaelbiscay9836]

Thank you! I was about to make this exact comment.

[@ForeverSweetx3]

I feel bad for West though. But, that's what I thought to. The extra life jacket and raft was for West.

[@dimension4RC]

Was looking for someone saying the same thing. How convenient to leave all the necessary equipment for an escape? Not by accident.

[@jayvee5686]

​@@dimension4RC precisely what happened. They left one oar, one raft, and one life jacket for him. They did so much for West, but he simply couldn't keep up

[@Just.A.T-Rex]

Imagine being west and finding out later there was a raft, life preserver, and paddle left behind for you to take!

[@liampett1313]

Imagine getting in the water too late and having the tide push you in the wrong direction. Plus the boat left shortly after so he would of had no way to escape.

[@x6da9crain]

Hard lesson in procrastination 😬

[@deegee5333]

@@liampett1313better than going back and lying down.

[@nassiglutt6587]

​@@liampett1313imagine having paddles with two dudes who can swim in cold waters🤣

[@MrTVx99]

@@nassiglutt6587 In pitch black with rough waters? Good luck

[@ClarkBK67]

They should have taken him up on his offer to turn himself in, serve a year and given him cancer treatment in prison. Would have been nice to have definitive answers and who cares about punishing an 83 year old man with cancer who apparently managed to live a straight life for 40 years.

[@awkward_tendencies]

That would mean 1) the FBI admitting its failure to catch the men, and 2) giving him free healthcare on the taxpayers’ dime At this point, it’s a war of attrition. If the letter is true, the government is essentially executing him by refusing his healthcare. Cheaper for the taxpayers, and the FBI gets the last laugh

[@raylopez99]

@@awkward_tendencies True if you assume the facts presented. If the old man was media savvy he would have gotten social media involved and 'made a killing', pun intended.

[@Black_Ace14]

​@awkward_tendencies FBI shouldn't even give a small laugh. These dudes lived free for decades and FBI didn't even know where to look. They should be embarrassed for not even finding a clue

[@AdityaRamachandranx]

⁠@@raylopez99it’s always a risk, if he goes public with social media/traditional media, he will almost certainly get caught and probably have a long sentence, either way dying in the process, this time in jail. He probably wanted to live his short life in his own terms that being free, but did a last ditch desperate attempt.

[@doms5755]

@@raylopez99that pun doesn’t work. None of these guys are killers. My bad I’ll see myself out

[@quintenj21]

Imagine being late to the biggest best pulled off escape in history

[@dirkjensen969]

😂❤there was that guy who escaped from the Romans

[@rememberlike123]

Lol 😂

[@fluesque]

15:14 the trio were smart enough to change their escape plans knowing that West would possibly reveal the escape plan to authorities anyway

[@HDSME]

I agree!!! They figued he would talk!!!

[@gisellehernandez5138]

Yup I said the same thing

[@TheRealRusDaddy]

But they also seemed to plan for him to make it out of his cell since they left all three things he would need to escape on the roof for him

[@charliekezza]

Yeah but they probably would have beaten him if he didn't talk so the others would have known that and acted accordingly by changing their destination

[@derrekanderson1387]

They made it...FBI and investigators were embarrassed about letting three inmates escape from a supposedly inescapable prison, so they came up with the theories that they drowned and didn't make it...But there's too much evidence that Points to the three making it safely to the other side...Still the greatest escape in history!!!

[@SoyDuckHot]

I don't think it's the greatest escape. The amount of resources given to those inmates is kind of crazy. Shiratori using miso soup to escape solitary confinement is what I find to be most impressive and the guy escaped several times (just always kept getting caught). Steven Russell faking aids is also incredibly smart and impressive

[@jayvee5686]

They made it. The whole thing about them putting their raft in at 11 oclock being "too early" is the biggest load of horse crap. They're saying that 11 : 30 would be fine, but any earlier or later and the tide would have taken them back to the island. Well, they weren't taken back to the island. It says they wouldn't have survived, but what they mean is that they wouldn't have been able to make any forward progress, and would subsequently be pushed back to the island, which we know didn't happen. They likely struggled w/ paddling for a half hour, then started making progress when the tide shifted. It would have been an hour long ordeal anyway. A half hour? They would be in that raft for at least that long either way

[@matthewkendall8592]

​@@aleisterpook1730But they weren't paedophiles? What a ridiculous comment. Would you rather they have drowned in the bay or reformed and lived straight for 40 years?

[@derrekanderson1387]

@aleisterpook1730 I was obviously talking about how 3 men escaped, from an almost impossible to escape prison, surrounded by an ocean with strong currents and sharks...REGARDLESS of who those people were...You made them pedophiles, I said nothing of the sort...You're trying to say I support pedophiles? Just because I said that the Alcatraz escape is the greatest escape? You have some deep seeded issues that only a therapist could hopefully help you out with...Jeez buddy

[@derrekanderson1387]

@Bill_Dippertly I disagree, because they had to make the little resources they had work, and that wouldn't have been as easy in those days...But they made it work

[@brooklynnicole9236]

The FBI never could stomach being upstaged. This and the DB Cooper case are perfect examples

[@ChairmanPaulieD]

or the Zodiac murder cases that started happening in Dec 1968 .. the murder of Paul Stine the San Francisco cab driver on October 11, 1969 at Washington & Cherry St in the Presido Heights District in San Francisco is STILL “Unsolved Homicide” 🧐🤔

[@leelunk8235]

FACTS. COOPER AND THIS BOILED THEIR BLOOD

[@rancosteel]

The most expensive FBI failure was The Unabomber.

[@littleblackduck3134]

No you just don't want to accept the facts

[@brooklynnicole9236]

@@littleblackduck3134 "facts". Your Mom lied. You're not special. Sorry

[@BX138]

I saw the movie 'Escape from Alcatraz' in the theater when I was 9. For my 50th birthday, my wife's present was a trip to go see Alcatraz for real.

[@bunnyfrosting1744]

Was it cool to see in person?

[@SageWhite-Rose]

I like that movie too.

[@mikemaine9]

I saw that movie on HBO as a kid in Michigan as well. I now live in the Bay area, and have been to it in person. Incredible experience taking the boat out there and touring the grounds.

[@a-bovea-ve-rage]

No one cares..

[@26MECH]

​@@a-bovea-ve-ragespeak for yourself sad guy lol I care

[@Brianvanmoustache]

Maybe instead of accidently leaving behind a raft, lifevest, & paddle in a panic, maybe they left those for west to use when he finally got out of his cell. Instead of "betraying him "

[@rr.studios]

What a dum bass😂

[@SilkyLew]

Well west wasn't too bright lol

[@Gumbocinno]

That's the kind of unselfish behavior you would never expect in those situations.

[@Mott2]

I don’t think the 3 men lost a paddle, a life jacket, or the 2nd boat by accident or in their haste. That was them leaving it for the 4th guy to use.

[@bravosava]

++ finally someone is awake.

[@Michael4x]

You are susceptible to forgetting things in a dire situation but not the things that literally your life depends on. They left those things purposely. Plus, you only get one shot so having redundancy items is most important.

[@Mott2]

@@Michael4x Agreed. I also think it is more evidence that they did not plan to use the inflatable to reach another island. I think they had arranged to be picked up by a boat. Had they planned to reach another island, they would have taken both boats incase anything happened to boat #1.

[@anonymousperson3023]

A paddle and life jacket is very explainable. 3 men against a strong current. It's life or death. You drop the things that are useless to you in life or death situations. What do 3 men not need? 4 life jackets and 4 paddles. They only need 3 of each

[@Mott2]

@@anonymousperson3023 That does not explain the dropping of the 2nd boat though. If you are in a life or death situation because your boat is sinking, what do you need more than anything else? A second boat.

[@Septell]

If they made it and stayed out of prison all their lives.. I think staying out of prison all their lives is smarter than the actual escape.

[@davidchristensen811]

Yeah, it's speculated that the escape failed because 30 or 40 years later there was no evidence of the ecapees being alive. But it's not like you're going to walk into a police station 40 years after escaping and say, "Here I am, you've been looking for me for decades". No, you escape from prison and you fade into the background noise. Far into the background noise.

[@jasmith1867]

I doubt they were model citizens. They could have went to jail a few times and never had their true identities known.

[@LeoLau-ip9bv]

@@jasmith1867 theyn woulden't take the risk after Alkatraz

[@LeoLau-ip9bv]

plus you know they escaped

[@anonymousperson3023]

​@@davidchristensen811 You forgot one part with that argument: You still need resources to live. You can't just fade into the background with no resources unless you completely change your living style to be primitive. That's why when people escape, robberies are a common go to crime because they need money to get resources to survive. So unless you're telling me all 3 of them went into primitive, wilderness experts, they had to have committed crimes soon after they escaped. Either that or they moved to another country

[@MichaelRector-qf7xp]

When you're that motivated and desperate there's not much you can't do

[@startedskating86]

The Mythbusters used the available supplies and they made it. They didn't have the same motivation as those guys.

[@seaturtledog]

The water in the bay is cold but if you are fit and moving you can survive for hours.

[@YoureASquidYoureAKid]

@@seaturtledogand the adrenaline probably kept them alive

[@eddiearniwhatever]

Also I think the escapees were in way better shape than the Mythbusters who aren't very athletic.

[@caitlynr7295]

Yeah, if the Mythbusters - who aren't even crazy fit guys or anything - could make it, then 3 prisoners who were desperate and determined to escape, and were probably flooded with adrenaline given the intense situation, absolutely could as well. The fact that people in the decades since have regularly made this so-called impossible, death-sentence swim is proof enough to me. And that's even assuming they didn't have someone on the outside waiting with a boat! Like, I'm really supposed to believe these men who planned their escape so thoroughly for over a year had NO real plan on how to handle getting to shore? That they were unprepared? Sorry, I just don't. I definitely think they made it and the FBI didn't want to admit it, because it was embarrassing that 3 men could escape from a prison the government spent so much money on and claimed was inescapable. Plus while the prison was still open they probably didn't want anyone else thinking they could raft or swim to shore.

[@rkglpwy]

Did you watch the video? It’s litterally in it

[@blaketankersley2449]

they purposely left 1 life jacket 1 raft and 1 paddle for the dude that was late

[@KingBritish]

Another great topic. Thoroughly enjoyed it. Thanks! 👍🏻

[@VuldarYT]

@King British As always, thank you for your nice words and I am glad you enjoyed it 🙂

[@Outcry4truth]

Nine minutes in and I got to say I'm so impressed by Morris, very resourceful and crafty, what life could have been for him had he not been a convict

[@jwc3116]

good looking guy too i might add

[@ryanboscoe9670]

​@@jwc3116 weird

[@smolvampirelady]

crawling into bed after being left behind is such a mood

[@MrShanester117]

You heard people say “such a mood” so you have to say “such a mood” but it makes absolutely zero sense here. What else was he going to do? Yikes

[@windmillie]

@@MrShanester117taking this too seriously dude 😭 they can use internet lingo all they want it’s not hurting anyone

[@kruksog]

​​@@MrShanester117they mean it's such a distinct, powerful feeling, one many people are familiar with, and can draw to mind immediately. Happy to translate for you. It's not meaningless. Let the kids talk how they want to talk. Lord knows I talked like a dork when I was 16.

[@iamthebroker]

@@MrShanester117there was a raft, paddle and life jacket left behind…. He could have gone on with it.

[@williamboyle8918]

@@MrShanester117 your cray cray Mr. Mid

[@KlaustoFausto]

I feel like they left the paddle, vest and raft for West to flee as well. He jumped to the conclusion that they betrayed him too early, instead of searching if they left the spare equipment for him

[@TheeIdol]

The fact that a car was stolen in San Francisco that same night, and not a single body was found..

[@justsignmeup911]

Cars are stolen every day.

[@dennisneo1608]

A car? One single car was stolen in all San Fransisco?

[@ChrysusTV]

A car stolen in San Francisco! I guess all other criminals knew of the escape and left all the cars untouched for them to use. Truly a very detailed plan.

[@DeckofLies]

Hundreds of people saw this comment and decided to give it a like. Hundreds.

[@Deebo277]

​@@DeckofLiesIt's at 88 likes, not even one hundred.

[@grizbear9519]

The 1975 picture from a farm in Brazil has shown by experts to be the Anglins. Period. The feds have NEVER wanted to admit the men made it. It makes them look like fools and they can't have that. These men knew how to operate once out. Most escapees don't have a plan for after their escapes. Amazing story!

[@petergreen5337]

❤exactly

[@GhostsGenocide]

Very good documentary!

[@VuldarYT]

Awesome mate, Thank You!

[@anamericanman]

Frank Morris was smart, he knew that crossing the water on their own would be unlikely, and that their best shot was to get towed by the boat leaving at midnight. That was the plan all along, and a detail they may not have shared with anyone because they wanted the authorities to believe they never made it, what was really ideal.

[@littleblackduck3134]

He wasn't smart he was desperate and willing to risk his life in an escape attempt, that cost him his lfe

[@anamericanman]

@@littleblackduck3134 So, all the evidence that they survived, AND no bodies or other evidence they drowned, and you still believe? I bet you believe Bo Jiden won fair and square, right? Handy Sook was real, and we went to the moon? The big bad bug of 2019 was real despite the hospitals being empty and ONE THOUSAND other problems with the narrative?

[@Sennodev]

@@littleblackduck3134sound jealous lmao

[@Factchecker9111]

​@@littleblackduck3134that, and he was smart

[@caitlynr7295]

@@littleblackduck3134 i doubt you'd have been able to mastermind an *actually viable* escape plan in his situation. the man had brains.

[@Macken-n9l]

Dude imagine being the warden of that prison and getting a postcard from your escaped prisoners.

[@Giraphics]

😹😹

[@mus139]

The Warden's daughter has been bitter about the escape since the 1960s..She's made untold documentaries and books.

[@iwaswrongabouteveryhthing]

you should look up the postcard bandit in Australia

[@iecrime]

I think whoever runs this channel did a banger job in telling the story.

[@blaketankersley2449]

banger

[@crakz5088]

Ye sometimes he didn’t go in full details about the escape which was annoying

[@dariusdafigga]

A BANGER job huh 🗣️

[@crakz5088]

@@dariusdafigga muahahahahh

[@GrouseAttack]

It’s tough for me to decide which is less likely: they drowned and their bodies were never found. OR, they made it and their true identities were never uncovered.

[@leelunk8235]

DIDNT DROWN MADE IT

[@ALmizzle415]

The theory that makes the most sense to me is the nat geo one. They escaped, were picked up by a boat, that took them out of the country. In another country they could have laid low. There’s arguments for them not making it though.

[@leelunk8235]

@@ALmizzle415 SO YOUR THEORY IS YOU DON'T KNOW, CAUSE YOU IN BOTH DIRECTIONS MY BOY

[@bertrandlewis4906]

Career criminals never re offending is highly unlikely but not impossible.

[@Alexlfm]

@@bertrandlewis4906 True, but the fact that Morris, after he escaped from the previous prisons was caught each time after he committed yet another burglary makes me question if he could have kept his nose clean. For someone with his profile it would seem highly unlikely that he suddenly stopped.

[@chrisgreer8571]

Warden: It would take a trained world class athlete to make it through the heavy tides Years later Gradeschooler: shut up and hold my juicebox

[@jackcarpenters3759]

i don't know what age gradeschool is, but at my athlethics club those children run faster than grown man. So you have the average gradeschooler which is weak, and you have the athletic gradeschooler that are more athletic than the average grown untrained man.

[@ganiniii]

I was a kid when I saw Clint Eastwood's film adaptation. I've never had a run in with the law. I am not planing anything that might put me anyway near jail but I have always had a fascination for prison escapes. Monte Cristo, Papillon, Alcatraz! These stories capture my attention like no other.

[@RealSquares]

Very true

[@wailingalen]

Me too!!!😅

[@JamesWyatt-o5j]

Sounds like a potential business plan for an 'Air BnB' :)

[@Illadelphia]

Caviezel did an amazing job in COMC

[@KevinVenturePhilippines]

It's easy to want to root for the underdog in historical cases such as this, so I have always tried to just stay objective. That water was beyond cold, and that current was no friend. However you bringing in the evidence of their swimming abilities and that picture. For the first time in my 50+ years, I actually think they made it. So interesting, thank you! I had to subscribe to your channel for the great work!

[@VuldarYT]

Thank You, do checkout my other videos as well!

[@Jan-Sokolowski]

when a person is really, really determined, he can do things he was never capable of

[@mus139]

Like Drowning?

[@TheGoonSquadd]

Dang you hit the algorithm!! All these new comments on a year old video! I subbed

[@BertBuild]

How

[@Illadelphia]

By far the best video I’ve seen on this. You deserve the sub!

[@UNUSUALUSERNAME220]

The implication that the guards did not know Morris was an escape risk is absurd! The reason Morris was on Alcatraz was because he was an extreme escape risk. Morris's biggest challenge would be staying out of prison, once he escaped. When you look at the rates of recidivism, it would be difficult for one person not to return to prison, three is practically impossible.Armed robbery and burglary was Morris's profession. The Anglin brothers may have been capable of doing something other than commit armed robberies, but that would have taken time and resources that they did not have access to after they escaped. When those men escaped, they had no money, no transportation and wet clothes, all of those things make it very difficult to get far away from a prison you just escaped from. As time passes, details get forgotten, changed and invented. I look at all of them with a grain of salt. I've heard many different versions concerning "scientific data" and the plausibility concerning that event, and most of it seems intentionally ambiguous depending on which side of the story benefits the person or group presenting the data. As far as the eye witnesses are concerned, I put them into the same category as people that have seen a ghost, or Bigfoot. The biggest aspect of belief in anything, is wanting what you believe to be true.

[@UNUSUALUSERNAME220]

@@MM-lg4ni Yes, I see your point. I have edited my comment accordingly. I do not know what "stream of consciousness method" I was using, but my point seemed to get lost in the tall weeds. Here I am trying to look smart while talking about IQ, and now I feel foolish. I should have proofread my statement before I commented, thanks for enlightening me. The type of test that is given to prisoners has a low ceiling so it caps out at 130, I don't know where he got the 133 number from. The tests that are given are similar to the ones they give in the military, so they are standardized to the point where taking them multiple times could increase your score to a noticeable (not significant) degree. My roundabout point is that this event (not unlike many) has become more myth than fact. I do not understand why people wish for the outcome of this event to be different than the evidence would suggest.These are not the guys people should be rooting for, they were armed robbers and thieves and there is a reason they were in prison, and on Alcatraz! These three men were also not getting any younger, and if you would have run into them on this night, there is a good chance that they would have done anything they had to do to get away. Another 20 or 30 years added to any one of these men's sentences, would have been devastating. And they all knew that, that's what makes them dangerous! I did not mean to imply that they were not smart or clever, but I think that they are all given much more credit than they deserve. They were all hardened criminals, and people should keep that in perspective. I will take your comment to heart and not delve into areas in which I am neither educated in, or at least have the insight to comment on appropriately! Cheers!

[@UNUSUALUSERNAME220]

@@MM-lg4ni Absolutely friend! I appreciate intelligent interactions in these forums and look forward to anyone that reminds me that I am not as smart as I think I am! My Dad used to tell me, "The dumbest person in the room, is the one that assumes they are the smartest person in the room." I need to be reminded of that, because frankly, You Tube is not the place to expect intellectually stimulating interactions! Any subject matter that would lean in that direction is a bit to academic for my taste, so I feel it's necessary to step foot in the arena where emotion tends to be the predominate asset over intelligence. I need to have my head handed to me every once in a while to remind me of the bar I am setting in expecting insightful discourse. You're doing me a favor by knocking me down a bit, I'm to self centered to be introspective. And your English is quite good, if it is a second language. Much better than those who employ it's use as their mother tongue! Thank you again for reminding me not to talk it, when I can't walk it!

[@leelunk8235]

NEWS FLASH ALL INMATES ARE AN ESCAPE RISK. YOU THINK THEY WANT TO SERVE A LIFE SENTENCE ON THE ROCK. SILLY😂

[@UNUSUALUSERNAME220]

@@leelunk8235 Who is this comment directed at? Me? Is that for me? OK, yes! All inmates are an escape risk. And, no. No prisoner wants to do life on the rock. I guess that's it then? OK. Thanks for playing.

[@leelunk8235]

@@UNUSUALUSERNAME220 DIRECTING TO YOU. 1ST YOU WROTE A BOOK INITIALLY FULL OF NONSENSE

[@TylerWest1776]

Amazing documentary. I have researched this topic for years and I cannot think of a single thing of importance that is missed!

[@DavidRichTheForth]

THIS DOCUMENTARY IS FANTASTIC!!!!!

[@ososkid]

Grew up fascinated with this topic. We used to go on field trips to Alcatraz in grade school. I don’t know if they made it, but I do know this, it’s not as hard as it’s always been made out to be. I have been swimming, surfing, and playing in the Pacific Ocean of Central and Northern California for over 40 years and I’ve never understood this idea that that swim was some sort of automatic death sentence. It be uncomfortable and it would be dangerous. Hell, I’d admit at the wrong time and tide your odds are in death’s favor, but for someone young enough, in fairly good shape, and determined to succeed the odds are in their favor. People act like it was a done deal and the DoC folks would just assume you believe their prisons are impossible to escape from. Would they go as far as letting a couple get away if the public and prisoners think them dead? That’s hardto believe, but then again, nobody ever talks about the guys who were never seen again after an Alcatraz break in the 30s

[@markzepp481]

You’re exactly right as someone who’s been surfing for well over a decade now yes that swim would be difficult but nowhere near impossible and it can be done especially if you’re desperate enough I never understood why they always just labeled it an automatic death sentence people have survived way worse

[@joelglanton6531]

​@@markzepp481 I agree with both of you guys. Determination and desperation usually aren't looked at as factors for some reason. Sometimes the easiest way to get a man to complete a grand and arduous undertaking is to try and convince him that his journey would be impossible.

[@ososkid]

@@joelglanton6531 I’ve never heard anyone speculate if someone could have been waiting in a boat and pulled them up out of the water. Granted, it’s hard to find a swimmer in the dark and the timing would have to have been perfect but it’s not impossible. Especially if the raincoats that made the boats were that traditional yellow. I have no idea what color they were

[@TheScandoman]

​@@ososkid I just did, but, now, I can't find the post I just did...😮

[@ahhamartin]

THIS. I reguarly commercial dive and swim in the TN river in winter, in fresh water that is nearly as cold but not near as bouyant as the Bay. My brother was stationed at Coronado with some folks who would choke up laughing at the "couldn't survive" assessment.

[@zizo_tf2]

only 20k subscribers is crazy. Your channel is going to blow up for sure bro. Instant subscribe.

[@VuldarYT]

Thank You Mate, do checkout my other uploads as well!

[@TheGoonSquadd]

@@VuldarYT dude 5 thousand subs in 2 days! You are def getting traction! This is quality work keep it up

[@chelseaannemayte]

64k now!

[@drbigmdftnu]

I've read some and seen several videos, but yours had a lot of little details I hadn't seen before. I think they made it. So many things point to it.

[@VuldarYT]

Thank You, do check out my latest uploads as well.

[@BX138]

LOTS of people have made the swim from Alcatraz to SF. I believe they made it.

[@kixigvak]

I've swum from Alcatraz a number of times. The real question is what the tide was doing when they stepped off the rock. If the tide was wrong they went straight out thru the Golden Gate. If the tide was right they could have had breakfast in Sausalito.

[@pauljcohen2007]

@@kixigvak in another documentary I had saw there was another prisoner who actually gave them the tide tables so they knew exactly when to go.

[@CanuckTony]

They likely made it. 3 bodies not found is a compelling argument alone

[@tonib5899]

Yes. They want us to believe they planned this for a couple of year and somehow didn’t plan for the last few minutes and tides. When Myth Busters re enacted it exactly, they reached shore and their lives didn’t really depend upon it neither. Calling it escape proof just because it’s an island assumes no one can create anything that can float. Bad assumption.

[@valppx]

that's exactly what i believe!!

[@zackgibson3389]

Swept out to sea? Bodies don't float for longer than a few days

[@valppx]

@@zackgibson3389 Yea, and at least 1 of the 3 would've washed ashore eventually

[@oneflyguy1949]

how is that when the tides would have taken the bodies out to sea and been eaten by sharks and fish

[@filmdirt]

Great coverage! I was planning to cover this escape after I review the movie but thinking twice now!

[@VuldarYT]

Thank You !

[@joelglanton6531]

The movie is so good. I have great memories of watching it with my father when I was young.

[@ZsebtelepHUN]

Definitely made it. And i just love how the wikipedia article is titled "1962 Alcatraz Escape *Attempt* ". Seems like somene couldnt handle being upstaged. The funny thing is there is a huge discussion on that wikipedia page about that single word *attempt*, with the majoroty of users trying to get that word removed, but somehow it is still there, for god knows whose interest. That wasnt an attempt man, they made it out of the prison. That escape was a success. Whether they made it to the shore is like 95% likely.

[@antifa_communist]

Yes but there's no definite proof. It's likely, but it's still possible they didn't

[@ZsebtelepHUN]

​​@@antifa_communist They made it out of the prison. I hope we both agree on that detail at least. Thats why its not an attempt. They succeeded. Even if they had sat down on the grass outside and let the guards escort them back to the prison, it still counts as a successful escape. Who cares if they managed to boatride some miles afterwards or no..

[@redminote7334]

That's right, tesó. Bojler eladó

[@whatever_12]

What more mesmerising is this took place in 1960s.. A time when access to information wasn't as easy, Just To find out about the vulcanizing of rubber in prison must been purely luck. If only this genius mastermind had knew another path in life

[@johnathanmclean1077]

yeah this escape would not even be possible today with all the technology and shit.

[@rbunpat]

Hey youtube, the new algorithm is working. This video is really good!

[@Alexander_Marin7]

Better than Netflix. Amazing video, makes you wonder if they all survived.

[@BrahemeDays-g5r]

Scumbag move to show up to a mother's funeral just to arrest her son.

[@CrimeWithC]

I get what you mean but should they pause efforts for one day like it’s a game?

[@legendmaster1989]

@@CrimeWithCthey do so with war so 🤷‍♂️

[@CrimeWithC]

@@legendmaster1989 Tbh if they wait until proceedings are done, let the criminal mourn, and then arrest him at the end, I don't see that as a huge ethical issue at all. Would only be a scumbag move during or before he is able to bury her.

[@Giraphics]

Agreed and they were bankrobbers. Maybe if they were charged with a different crime I'd have a different opionion, but cmon man

[@skynetecho]

Wow WOW wow.... .. It's like a short movie... Many thanks for this video . .. always fascinated by the Alcatraz escape ... Please upload some more like this one..

[@michaelvandeborne9382]

how this doesn't have 6M views? amazing quality, congrats!

[@mephistopheles7388]

They have accomplished the hardest 2 parts of their escape! Planning, drilling, making rafts, decoys and life jacket without getting noticed, then the actual escape from the building which is next to impossible. The last part that was crossing the bay would be the EASY part, considering they have rafts and life jacket! Common sense, they survived! I'm 200% sure of that.

[@cjester85]

Brilliant and Awesome take. Cheers🍻

[@VanRidge7]

Very glad the algorithm is picking this up! Great channel.

[@manahil558]

Another storyteller I've found! I loved it. Thanks youtube showing me these hidden amazing yt channels! Subbed! ❤

[@GhostGaming-010]

I watched many movies as a kid.. But this movie stuck by me the most. Really fascinating how they managed this, truely the greatest escape in history! Brb going to watch it again

[@cherylmackey2942]

Look at the handwriting on the post card to the governor or Warden & the letter in 2013 to the SFP Especially how the letter T was written. I believe they made it.

[@Wh4L205]

They definitely made it. And that picture of the brothers living in Brazil 🇧🇷

[@SoyDuckHot]

so you think they perished?

[@BlairAir]

​@@SoyDuckHot "made it" in terms of an escape attempt, would never, under any interpretation mean "perished" 1. They executed a daring and well planned escape, and many believe that, in the attempt to regain their freedom, they absolutely "made it" -tell me what part of that sounds anything remotely like someone saying they "perished".

[@SoyDuckHot]

@@BlairAir I don't remember your comment

[@BlairAir]

@Bill_Dippertly - actually not my comment. I was confused by your reply to @cherylmackey2942 - where you said "so yo think they perished?" - no biggie an possibly out of context, but hee comment and the other 2 responses were all saying they believe the 3 men "made it" to freedom. Then your reply says "so you think they perished?" - unless you were simply being sarcastic?

[@johnsherby9130]

Solid video man! Never really watched or cared about any of the movies on the topic but this was a great watch.

[@Mr.Inman14]

I will say they definitely made it. They probably had help as you described. Only puzzling detail was the boat that found the body floating in the water wearing prison pants.

[@very5ick112]

no one knows i am dbcooper

[@techyrock]

was good to watch a Buzzfeed type documentary, you even used their tracks haha

[@ahhamartin]

Excellent presentation. As for the authorities' dismissal of the inmates being able to make the swim; you do NOT need an "athletic" build to distance swim, just technique. Someone with the brothers' level of experience could expend very little energy in the water. I call it "treading water in a direction" and my out of shape, half century old self regularly crosses the TN river and back with NO floatation during swims that average three hours. They had floatation and acess to wool garments (retain warmth even when soaked), were comparably young, and prison inmates in those days were active and used to a rough life. The brothers were known to swim around ICE in fresh water far less bouyant than the Bay; they could have done it.

[@Just.A.T-Rex]

They did do it.

[@johnfox9169]

I can't make up my mind in this case as they're pros and cons about their ability to traverse the bay under fairly difficult conditions. However, for some reason, I hope they DID make it and then lived straight, productive lives. Excellent video!!

[@jamesevans8520]

Yo brother . Loving all these 😂. Binge watching your great videos now, commented on the pizza bomber video earlier 😅

[@VuldarYT]

Mega Thanks James, appreciate it !

[@blue.berry.]

I really love to watch your videos! It would be helpful to also have the measurements in SI units in the screen, so the non-USA viewers can also get a better picture of the distances. But very high quality content anyway!

[@CRAIG5835]

RESPEC Frank and the lads. Exit Stage Right! Smarter than the Average Type Bear.

[@jumpinjojo]

Respec, eh?

[@charleswest6372]

What a coincidence the 3 were next to each other in cells.

[@bretnicholson]

Great video. I think the facial recognition of the photo is very compelling evidence.

[@Bollibompa]

Oh my, this is really good. On par with Bobby Broccoli and Lemmino.

[@thomasrussell4674]

Thank you for a genuinely good video, you've genuinely contributed more for the viewing public, thank you.

[@ChrisHughes-q1v]

Great job! You can tell your intrest in the subject . This made me sub. I'm about to binge! 😅

[@VuldarYT]

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[@peteranthonyproductionsinc548]

Great job on this piece. Detailed.

[@Alex-rn6rr]

this video is awesome dude, keep up the good work

[@VuldarYT]

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[@rejanedesevigne]

Excellent job! Well done! I lived in the bay area at that time and i remember as a child going to see alcatraz. Ive heard of these 3 escapees, but i heard that they made it. So i just grew up believing someone wasnt telling the truth about the prisoners because warden and guards didn't want to get into trouble

[@johnnaybor9367]

I'm a captain and have been to Alcatraz and your video is great. they made it to a shore without of a doubt in my opinion. whether by being picked up or with their own vessel it would not be as challenging as everyone seems to think. That bay can be rough based on weather and current but with any type of floatation device you could make it to a shore. I feel they left the life raft, jacket, and paddle on the roof for west or he made it out with them and he chickened out so they agreed to go in one raft. The actual interesting part to me is that they had enough freedom on The Rock to be able to build dumby heads paddles rafts life jackets which required an estimated 50 rain coats. Also the fact that they where able to dig through the walls it seems to me that the guards did beyond less then the minimum of their duties. Alcatraz was more or less a political stunt to show citizens that they where cracking down on crime in a dramatic and harsh way during a time of intense criminal activity. If you have been there you realize the truth that it is not as grand as its portrayed and the capacity vs the cost must have been laughable.

[@KieranGledhill-n5m]

Man this is such a good quality video. I used to love watching the buzz feed unsolved videos, and you have used the same visual style and music and I’m loving it. Thanks my man.

[@michaelmorrison4201]

Awesome video! Lot of info I didn't hear about or know it was confirmed before. Great job putting it all together and making it interesting and easy to follow!

[@VuldarYT]

Thank You Michael, appreciate it !

[@jackcooper7934]

What great work you did narrating! Damn good job. Your video is so good. It delayed me from taking care of my duties getting firewood in the house for warmth. Well done.

[@billynaff3218]

This is great. Interesting one that I have never yet heard anyone talk about…. I have read as many books as I can get my hands on about Alcatraz, prisoner and guard stories etc. And only once, in Robert shrouds book I think it was, he talks about the escape and the fact they did not use spoons to scratch through the brick work or the cell. He says that at the time work was being done on the cell block roof inside the building. It was very dusty hot and horrible work that some of the prisoners were working on. With sheeting to hold the dust back. They cashed some drills out of fan motors that they used to drill out the brick work from the back of the cells and just scrapped the last small amount with spoons from inside their cells. He goes on to say that it was so dusty and horrible that the guards, unbelievably, didn’t go behind the sheeting very often to check on the prisoners working. Whilst I have only found this one snippet of information, it sounds much more realistic to me. And too embarrassing for the authorities to admit to. And along with the other omissions like the, we never found a raft. I think this has more merit and truth behind it.

[@Jmasdoni]

This channel is a goldmine!!!!!

[@Na7lasterone]

Great video pal. Keep up the good work

[@VoRLiN]

Awesome video! I love the animation and storytelling.

[@ronnie3054]

Very good KZbin video :)! My bf & I just watched it. We love how you make the videos. You are straight to the point and use real evidence. Very cool! Thanks for making

[@VuldarYT]

Thank You and welcome onboard 😊

[@burtharbenson8860]

That time ticking clock ⏰ sound in the background was such a great idea. This channel is upper echelon , should have 5m subs.

[@VuldarYT]

Glad you liked it!

[@AdityaDevm]

good work man , indeed a good piece of information

[@MaxwellsSilverHammer-]

Excellent video. Well done!👍

[@DarinW-gx3mm]

Clint Eastwood was the perfect choice to play Frank Morris. Frank Morris even looked a little like a young Clint Eastwood. I really hope they did make it. I really admire those 3 men.

[@kruksog]

You admire robbers and cons? I'm not saying you're wrong. And I appreciate it if you do. I'm just used to people being against anyone convicted by the justice system.

[@DarinW-gx3mm]

@@kruksog I admire the ingenuity of the escape that they concocted

[@Fosi94]

This channel is gold.

[@cosmicvoid239]

12:38 they went through so much trouble not only making all that equipment but in this entire plan themselves it could've been haste but I feel like they said "give him a chance, if he makes it to the roof he can make it on his own"

[@bobmills2371]

Glad I found ur channel, really enjoyed this.

[@iamwavingnotdrowning]

Subscribed... This channel deserves many more subscribers. Very LEMMINO ish...

[@VuldarYT]

Thank You, appreciate it!

[@peternjogu2686]

Respect to whoever worked on the visuals of this video 🙌🏽

[@VuldarYT]

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[@joewright2304]

There is a definite possibility that they made it.

[@ChrysusTV]

This guy watched the video.

[@mus139]

Made it to the edge of the water?

[@OsmXXXX]

Great video! Keep up the good work.

[@wailingalen]

I love how all 1950s mugshots look like Hollywood papparazzi shots

[@sminem99]

after watching the video, I was sure that you have at least 1 million subscribers as the video is very well made lol. like+sub

[@VuldarYT]

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[@beethimbles8801]

I think…… your channel is way overdue to explode. And I can wait to see you get your 100k!

[@VuldarYT]

Thank You, You and me both!

[@williamchatman2682]

Great presentation 👏 and well explained

[@phillipvallance2197]

Beautiful and really well produced video, except than and there,i think background music is a bit too much.

[@ThomeeGuapo]

Don’t know if this could be helpful but is it said in an article that I’ve read that Morris would’ve been most likely flee to Argentina where he died and got burry with another name. Knowing how smart he was, it could have been possible, 1. He was a lonely wolf and 2. Being together with the brothers would have been suspicious of 3 mans hanging out. Shoutout for the video creator !! Top notch 🙏❤️🔥

[@honda116969]

They beat the system, embarrassed the shit out of the FBI & law enforcement, so they say that they drowned or got eaten by a shark 🦈. These dudes were certified badasses! I'm glad they escaped Alcatraz & glad it never got solved. Really 🆒 story, Just as interested now at over 40 years old as I was as a young child learning about Alcatraz. Awesomeness 💯 %

[@LEE-BX5VC]

Enjoyed your video, thank you.😊

[@Erikaaaaaaaaaaaaa]

It reminds me a bit of DB Cooper. The authorities can't very well come out and say "Oh yeah, we screwed up, sorry". They need to maintain the "Crime doesn't pay" stance no matter what to dissuade potential future criminals.

[@RetroRogue.]

Anybody who hasn’t watched it go watch Escape from Alcatraz. Clint Eastwood, Fred Ward and others. One of my favorite movies.

[@Eds7570]

I remember seeing it when I was in high school. It was excellent.

[@OscarNassar1]

Love the Buzzfeed Unsolved theme including the music, animations, script etc.

[@berv9169]

same i been looking for a channel that posts videos just like them

[@seferino]

Wow. I like it . well researched and dedicated effort you put in your videos. 💯💯💯👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👀

[@VuldarYT]

Thank You