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Witness History: Alcatraz: The strangest escape

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21/03/2023 GMT

Alcatraz: The strangest escape

BBC World Service - Witness History, Alcatraz: The strangest escape

Three prisoners escaped from the maximum security US jail, Alcatraz in June 1962

Three prisoners escaped from the maximum security US jail on the island of Alcatraz in June 1962.

In June 1962 three prisoners escaped from the maximum security US jail on the island of Alcatraz.

They achieved this using a homemade raft, papier-mâché and... spoons.

In 2013, Ashley Byrne spoke to Jolene Babyak who was living on the island at the time.

A Made in Manchester production for BBC World Service. 


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