How It All Began
In early 1962, rumors spread around the Alcatraz prison yard of three prisoner's plans to escape. Most of the inmates scoffed at the idea. They thought that the place was impenetrable because that's what the authorities told them, but these three individuals could see through the facade.
Frank Lee Morris
Frank Morris became friends with Clarence and John Anglin when he was serving a prison sentence in Atlanta. The three friends found themselves jailed near one another when they all eventually got moved to Alcatraz. Together, they devised a plan to escape...