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30.A Merry Christmas

In 2015, the History Channel released a documentary that showcased new evidence that could confirm the successful escape of the Anglin brothers on that fateful night. For one, they had sent a signed Christmas card to their family, and experts confirmed that the handwriting matched that of the suspect’s. However, they just couldn’t confirm the actual date of delivery.

The Anglin family also showed a picture that was taken of the brothers in Brazil in 1975. After forensic analysis, experts confirm that the men in the picture was “more than likely” the infamous John and Clarence.

Yet this compelling tale was far from over…

31.Family Contact

Another fact that eventually came to light that could confirm that they managed a success escape from the impenetrable Rock was a deathbed confession from another one of the Anglin brothers, a man named Robert. He claimed that he had contact with John and Clarence from 1963 to 1987 but eventually lost touch with them.

The truth is that the rest of the Anglin family hasn’t wanted to actively search for John and Clarence in Brazil because Interpol still has an open investigation on them. If they found their siblings, many questions could finally be answered, but they would have to pay for it.

32.The Last Survivor

In the incredible 2013 letter from the supposed John Anglin, he both denied and gave credibility to some of the rumors that had been circulating regarding their escape. “Yes we all made it that night but barely!… I’m 83 years old and in bad shape. I have cancer,” wrote ‘John Anglin.’ “Frank passed away in October 2008. His grave is in Argentina under another name. My brother died in 2011.”

A bit lower in the letter, he claimed that he could say where he’s been living since the great escape from Alcatraz. He writes, “This is the real and honest truth. I could tell you that for seven years of living in Minot, North Dakota and a year in Fargo,” which he claimed that he had resided in until 2003. Some sections of the letter were illegible, and yet a BBC report claimed that the letter said he had lived in Seattle “for most of my years after the Escape.”

You’ll never guess what he said next!

33.Back in Cali

The author who claimed to be John Anglin then included the simple phrase, “Living in Southern California now.” How could this be? This man, who had pulled off one of the craziest jail-breaks in all of history, was living a mere few hours south of San Francisco?

This supposed John Anglin was in terrible health and desperate for medical attention, even if he had to spend more time behind bars. The letter tried to strike a deal with the authorities. But would they go for it?

34.A Strange Deal

The letter says, “If you announce on TV that I will be promised to first go to jail for no more than a year and get medical attention, I will write back to let you know exactly where I am. This is no joke…”

Before they could agree to any deal, the authorities first had to look into the letter. They had to investigate the details of the letter and figure out if they could find any more information hidden in its contents.

35.Verification

The US Marshals said that the FBI lab carefully analyzed the letter to look for DNA traces on the paper, fingerprints, and clues in the handwriting that they could compare to other samples that they had. What did they find?

A local CBS station, KPIX in San Francisco, reported “the FBI’s results were inconclusive.” One expert claimed that the FBI’s conclusion “means yes, and it means no, so this leaves everything in limbo.” Nobody could truly verify the authenticity of the letter.

36.No Credible Evidence

At one time, the US Marshals Service claimed that “it is possible” for the three men to have made it out alive. After publishing the letter in January of 2018, a representative from that service said to the Washington Post that they believed that they letter was not real. So, said the same article, “The Marshals Service has continued to investigate leads and said it will do so until the men are proven deceased, or until they turn 99.”

Still, at the time that FBI ceased its investigation in 1979, they claimed that “for 17 years we worked on the case, no credible evidence emerged to suggest the men were still alive, either in the US or overseas.”

37.US Marshals Statement

At the time of the letter’s release, the local CBS station, KPIX, said that they couldn’t name the source of the sensational document. The US Marshals gave a statement in regard to this. They said, “There is absolutely no reason to believe that any of them would have changed their lifestyle and became completely law-abiding citizens after this escape.”

Remember, the US Marshal had continued to pursue the case even after the FBI has closed their case, so we need to respect their opinion. Still, will we ever know what actually occurred on that fateful night?

38.The Case Goes Cold

A team of researchers in 2014 used computer modeling technologies to determine that, if they had in fact left sometime around midnight, then the current would have helped them to reach land alive and well. But what actually transpired?

“There’s an active warrant, and the Marshals Service doesn’t give up looking for people,” said Deputy US Marshal Michael Dyke during a 2009 interview with NPR. It looked like the case had run cold nonetheless.

30.The Last Guard Left

Jim Albright, the final guard to leave the Alcatraz penitentiary, decided to give an interview with San Francisco’s ABC 7 in March of 2018 to honor the 55th anniversary of Alcatraz’s closing its doors. He was on active duty during the time of the escape, so they asked him whether they thought the men had survived, like in the account of the letter, or if he thinks they had met their end in the cold waters.

He responded, “It depends on whether you’re talking to me or you’re talking to their mother. I believe they drowned, I really do.” According to his opinion, the author of the letter from ‘John Anglin’ is just someone who wants free cancer treatment.

40.Nobody Knows

Still, up to this very day, nobody knows the truth about the fates of Frank Lee Morris, John Anglin, and Clarence Anglin. Did they make it or not? We also don’t know if the authorities ever contacted the author of the 2013 letter.

Either way, if they are still alive, John would be 86 years old, Clarence would be 87, and Frank would have just celebrated his 90th birthday. Even if they are old men at this point, the authorities will still be looking for them for at least one more decade.


lalasticlala,Mynd44,Dominique

I ve seen a movie based on this story by Clint Eastwood...These men went against all odds to escape the fortress.

Isn't this some fun and educative thread? Lalasticlala please push it up..

daddytime:
Isn't this some fun and educative thread? Lalasticlala please push it up..

It is educative but still very inconclusive

decatalyst:
It is educative but still very inconclusive

HAhahhaha..Manhood Yakubu of INEC don reach here..

Pls Mods move this to front page.
Lalasticlala

I read it from the beginning and just couldn't stop

Gadgetmobil:
Pls Mods move this to front page.
Lalasticlala

I read it from the beginning and just couldn't stop

No mind the mods dem joor..

Very interesting! I enjoyed it.

Wow.. they could have just followed up with the author of that letter....

This is the best story I have had on nairaland...God bless the op

This is ridiculous, dis is like a movie.

That was a lot of hard work..... Thanks for sharing!

Will finish later

Wow! This is interesting!
I enjoyed reading it. I wished they found the m

Wow! This is interesting!
I enjoyed reading it. I wished they found them

I remember escaping from Kirikiri Maximum Prisons in 1984.

We were15 on the chain gang, the prison team sent to break down rocks on a quarry in Badagry.

I was down with hard labour...25 to life for yet another murder. FG thought it was the 15th, it was actually the 24th.

The jail warden, Sergeant Okoro, was a bald headed nasty m***fvcker straight from Hell...

3 guys that had planned this escape for weeks - Garba, Obinna and i

6 armed guards were on the 15 of us....we were at least 300 miles from civilization.


In blistering scorching sun, sweat was pouring from our bodies, the salt stinging our eyes as we brought down the sledgehammers again and again.



Garba started coughing violently, the signal for show-time. He was spitting out his lungs practically.

Prison or Tuberculosis, it was a toss up what would kill him first.

Just as the 2nd guard bent over Garba, Okoro with his beady eyes that missed nothing, KNEW something was amiss.

Obinna coming from behind, grabbed the bent over guard by the throat and squeezed …..

His handcuffs sank into the neck of the fat ass guard, there was a fine mist of blood that splashed everywhere.


ALL HELL BROKE LOOSE!

The prisoners descended on the guards like ants on sugar. 3 prisoners to each guard.

Okoro shouted "KILL THE RATS" and gunshots rang out, blood everywhere, skulls crushed with hammers.


I immediately took off and ran in the direction of the swamps.

I had packed alligator pepper, the extra-strong one Yorubas like into both pockets; stolen over 2 weeks from kitchen duties.

I quickly sprayed it behind, any dog that followed my scent would get a nasty noseful.


I kept hearing screams, wails, gunshots and dogs barking.


15 mins into my lung bursting run close to the river, all fell silent. It was the silence of a graveyard at midnight, eerie and tense.

Panting, i rested against the tree and listened carefully with every single cell of my body.


I heard them faintly doing a head count. The rebellion had been quashed !

I heard shouts and dogs barking ....coming closer and closer....


To be continued. ...

Nickijoy:
Wow.. they could have just followed up with the author of that letter....

They probably did. In fact, they definitely did. Just wouldn't document it because it wasn't favorable.

If they did escape, then they would sweep it away. But if it was sham, they would tell the world it was. And it turned out to be true, so, they swept it away.


lalasticlala
Mynd44


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