Years ago, my dad gave me a sweatshirt that said, "Alcatraz Swim Team". I wore it. My dad had a good sense of humor. I miss my dad, he died in 2017. RIP
Another book, for those interested in Alcatraz history, is the one the late Jim Quillen wrote in the early 1990's "Alcatraz From the inside". It's a simple read, but I met the man in 1995 when Dad took my brother & I on vacation in SF. He went on to work in the medical field.
I actually met Jim Quillen on a tour of Alcatraz. He signed my copy of the book he wrote about his time on "The Rock", and talked about his time there too. He was truly repentant about the actions he did that got him in trouble with the law and eventually to Alcatraz.
This was awesome. My mom was a prison guard for 10 years. Her short answers and facial expressions tells me, they see Alot of things they can't talk about but never forget.
My buddy was a prison guard for the adult prison a couple years ago. He actually told me about the things he saw in his short time there. He had to transfer to the juvenile facility because he was depressed and just not in q good mental state because of everything he had to witness
It's been thirty years, give or take, since I visited Alcatraz. In the visitor center I met former inmate Jim Quillen, a kidnapper. Mr. Quillen was granted a full pardon by President Carter, and had written a book "Alcatraz from Inside", which he was selling there in the center. There were few people visiting that day, so I had time to talk to the author as he signed my copy. One thing in particular that I asked was if he was ever nostalgic for the place. As a submariner I can well understand how enduring close quarters and a grinding schedule can result in attitudes that mellow with the years. But no, he denied any nostalgia for the place. In fact he said that he had never once set foot inside the prison proper since being released. Later as I read his book, I noted a photograph of him in the dining hall showing where he had attempted his escape. Well, memory is a funny thing. Mr. Quillen passed in 1998. I hope he found peace.
⚫️ Me neither, but once I heard this fact it instantly made *COMPLETE SENSE* !¡! ⚫️ I-mean if they didn’t, then it would be pretty “retarded” … ⚫️ You can’t have a very *secure* island prison if you are running a ferry to the mainland ( at least) twice a day, if not 4 times a day or more !¡!
My grandfather worked for the US Bureau of Prisons from the mid-1930s to the late-1960s. He and my grandmother (and my mother when she was a child) always lived "on the reservation", the housing area that was incorporated into the prison grounds. Other than being on an island (about a 10 minute boat ride to/from "the mainland") there is little exceptional that is recounted here about the lifestyle of corrections officers and their families. He worked at the penitentiary in Springfield MO when "The Birdman" Bob Stroud came after transfer from Alcatraz. My grandfather said that Stroud was a cold-blooded murderer and gave off that vibe even as a sick old man. He was really annoyed at the Burt Lancaster movie that made Stroud look like a kindly intellectual.
Do one for Guantanamo Bay! I deployed with the Navy and the ship needed repairs so we were at GITMO for 2 weeks. It wasnt bad at all. Arcade, bowling alley, restaurants, a club, multiple bars, you can go fishing and spear fishing, and much more. It probably would get old to be stationed there for a long time but in the short term, GITMO was pretty fun haha.
Strange to hear the kids have memories of sharks... I've heard many times that guards lied to prisoners about shark infested waters to deter escape attempts.
There are sharks almost everywhere in the ocean but especially around the shore. If your in the sea; you are near sharks. The exceptions are places like the poles and that huge swathe of the south eastern pacific where very few animals exist at least at the surface.
Better as a name for an American cooking 🍳 school 🏫. Although a Alcatraz theme dinner that has it's own bowling ally would be a fantastic tourist attraction { in America 🇺🇸 } . ♑️ ✍️🇦🇺🇳🇴
My grandpa Sam Keller, integrated from Hungary around 1890. Joined the US Army around 1900 and was a prison guard at Alcatraz around 1905 before it was a federal pen
The Coast Guard reported finding one of the prisoners’ paddles on 14th June off the south coast of Angel Island and workers found a wallet containing details of the Anglins the same day. Six days later, shredded rubber believed to be from the prisoners’ raft was washed up on the shore near the Golden Gate Bridge; the following day a deflated life jacket was picked up by a prison boat floating fifty yards from Alcatraz Island. These scattered remnants were all that was ever recovered of the men and the tools they’d used to escape. Despite no bodies being found, the FBI quickly concluded that the three prisoners had drowned. From the first year of the men’s escape right up until the present day, there have been plenty of people who say the FBI was wrong to pronounce the men dead. As early as Christmas 1962, various members of the Anglin family claimed they received cards and postcards from the brothers. The two men’s mother received a bunch of flowers sent to her anonymously every year up until her death in 1973, and her funeral was allegedly attended by two unusually tall men wearing heavy makeup. Family members believe they were John and Clarence Anglin attending in disguise. ⛓️
I work at a locked MI/CD inpatient treatment facility. It’s extremely stressful due to the pent up anger in the clients and the occasional violence. I can’t imagine what it was like for the Alcatraz guards.
I have a friend that worked at a facility like that years ago. He was transorting a patient by elevator and suddenly the patient got very violent and banged my friend's head against the control panel/ floor level buttons. My friend have been on disabilty ever since and has major migraine headaches quite often. He has been like this for more than 20 years now.
My stepmother grow up on the island, her father was a guard there. it was something she never really talked about, at least to me, and we only really did shortly before she passed. She told me about taking the ferry to the city every day for school and coming back, and how it was a little hard to make friends as much of the time you were pretty stuck in a small area. i wanted her to add to the oral history of the children who grew up there but sadly she didn't last long enough to make it back down. She lived there from being very young to a teenager, so got to know what all was going on. I really wish i'd learned more about it from her.
I was lucky enough to sleep overnight on Alcatraz for a weekend. This was back in the early 90s, when I was in the Boy Scouts. We did some volunteer cleanup and got a private tour. That place is much, _much_ creepier at night after all the tourists leave. The fog rolls in, and you can't see the city anymore. It's like you're trapped in this little pocket of reality where nothing exists but the island. On the other hand, the audio tour is way more interesting when you don't have to deal with the crowds. We got to sleep in cells in Block D, but of course we brought our own sleeping bags. Looking back, that was such a great and unique experience. Oh, and in case anyone thinks I'm lying, try Googling 10 unbelievable places Boy Scouts have camped. It's featured on an article. I tried linking to it directly here, but TH-cam autodeleted it.
Some years ago, I was able to sleep overnight as a guest with the Boy Scouts on Alcatraz. It was very interesting, not scary or haunted. The cool thing was walking the halls at night all by myself to go to an outside bathroom. Also, seeing San Francisco from the island, I could imagine how the prisoners felt, the city so close but so far away!!!
I've been fortunate to visit Alcatraz about four times. Once, the late ex-prisoner Jim Quillen was there, selling his book, and signing autographs. I still have the copy he signed for me.
Some years ago we took the tour of Alcatraz while we were in San Francisco. Really incredible a huge facility. I still remember the cell of Frank Morris
I visited the rock once (on the tour boat). I do suggest anyone visiting San Francisco, make a reservation to visit, although visiting once is enough. I think it was closed because it was expensive to operate. That along with no room to expand. If you want to build a Federal prison now, a capacity of 336 just won't do.
I worked for corrections for thirty years. I never took the job home, but they knew not to jump out at me, even in jest. Sirens still make me anxious sometimes, but man, I'm glad I'm no longer there. I have two sons who work there now, and I told them if one day they couldn't go back inside, I would back them up, 100%.
I was at a party ,and a prison guard was there. A girl he barley knew grabbed him from behind , he spun around and punched her in the face. Half the people there were mad at him , he explained that he's a prison guard and that's his natural response to being grabbed from behind.
If the guard’s families lived on the island, stands to reason so did the guards. If trouble arose, the maximum amount of guards could be mustered quickly, and perhaps stop things from getting worse. If they lived on shore, they might not even be at home when needed. No cell phones or pagers in those days. If guards lived on shore, they would likely be spread out over many square miles. Even if they were all at home, they couldn’t all get to the dock at the same time. So the ferry would be making dozens of crossings, wasting time, and costing the taxpayers more for fuel costs. Not to mention the daily boat costs if they lived ashore. Guards couldn’t leave until their relief arrived. So go get guards, then take guards they’re replacing home. That’s four trips per shift. Plus the costs for additional boat crew and wear and tear on the boats, causing more in repairs. If there were bad weather, the boat might not be able to make the trip at all. And guards probably didn’t make a whole lot of money. Free housing on the island would be a major perk, allowing the guards to spend the money on their wives and kids, and maybe some left over to put aside for emergencies or their children’s educations. Add up the time making the trip to shore, then travel to wherever they lived, and doing that again to return to the island, that’s a big chunk of time spent on commuting. You know any housing anywhere near the shore and dock would be hideously expensive, so the trip from the boat dock to their distant hovel would be time consuming, max. Living on the island freed up a lot of time to spend with the family, that would otherwise be wasted commuting. Happy wife, happy life. free housing would also reduce guard turnover, in what must have been a difficult and dangerous job to fill. Plus, guards and their fams could socialize with each other. It might be hard for a random neighbor to relate to a guard, and vice versa. Living amongst fellow guards meant they, at any time, could talk to someone who could completely relate to any problem or worry about the job. And the most important reason for guards not to live on shore? Safety. If a guard pissed off an inmate, said inmate could contact outside thugs and harm or kill the guard and/or his family. That could lead to coercion of the guards. Inmate: “I know where your family lives. My thug brother followed you home last Wednesday. Bring me (whatever an inmate could want), or something could happen to them and you.” Pretty soon either the guards quit, or the inmates would be running the prison. I’m surprised you didn’t give a few minutes thought as to good reasons for guards to live on the island. I’m sure you could have thought of everything I just said.
Can you do videos on ADX Supermax in Florence, Colorado aka the Alcatraz of the Rockies? Both on guards and inmates. I hear the people of Florence take immense pride in the prison.
Angola in Louisiana - They once hosted a motorcycle run through the middle of the prison and the inmates sold things they made to the bikers. Prisoner rodeos and other fascinating things. Not sure what they currently do. Parchman in Mississippi - Last time I visited someone, the farm was still being worked. And camp 29 is were the last deadly riots were. I think that occurred in 2020. Parchman is a very busy place. Intake and orientation, discipline, farm workers, manufacturing goods, death row inmates, and the list goes on... I would really love to see what your research can bring to light regarding these two correctional facilities.
I've always wanted to go visit alcatraz but when it was open. Now it's just a ghost and the fake ghost stories ha e turned it cheesy. Some crazy bad dudes have been kept there and they barely bring them up, only the famous escape story... that place has so much horrible history that is crazy interesting
FYI: San Quentin has housing for Guards just outside the gates of the prison. I found it odd to see kids playing with a ominous prison in the background.
Great episode. I was able to visit Alcatraz once. Had forgotten the guards families lived there. I would like Sing Sing as an episode. TIA for consideration.
Sounds like Alcatraz was a nice place to work. I worked as a Correctional Officer for 18 years in four different prisons. I wouldn't like living on the island.
Frankly it did not sound all that bad living on the rock however periodically scary on the same note. I personally would fear the safety of my own family and children more so than anything however if it was not for that, free housing of decent accomodations with decent food and federal full pay seems cushy untill escapes occur obviously.
Sounds like prison for the housewives. Having to be escorted everywhere by your significant other, where it’s unsafe to leave the apartment complex? Nightmare.
One of my criminal justice professors back in the 1980s lived there for a few years as his father was a guard there. The only thing he mentioned about it was the sight of the island while riding the daily ferry to and from high school over in San Francisco.
My great grandpa lived in SF and was a guard at the rock from 1939 until 1958. My dad lived on the Island. Was best friends with Chuck Stucker. Thats him on the slide looking at Chuck. Grand Pop said he knew Al Capone. Called him boss. Said he was a picky eater but loved the cookies. He kept a spotless cell.
Damn kids are so lucky these days to have TH-cam channels like Weird History. When you have a school project on something all you gotta do is watch a TH-cam video on it.
Anna Thumann wrote an interesting story of her life as an Alcatraz kid in "Alcatraz Schoolgirl". I just did a search on "Growing up on Alcatraz" and discovered more than one written by children who lived there as school kids. I'm going to have to get my Kindle out.
I love the postcard with a picture of alcatraz with „wish you were here“ written on it😂
Had better food than anywhere
“Just commit a really serious crime, and you can be here to!”
Reminds me of rose boquet with text of "May your death be swift and painful and me being there to watch it".
Years ago, my dad gave me a sweatshirt that said, "Alcatraz Swim Team". I wore it. My dad had a good sense of humor. I miss my dad, he died in 2017. RIP
My sincere #condolences 🪦 to you. 😪 ♑️✍️🇦🇺🇳🇴
I'll bet he smiled at you every time you wore it 😊
@@monacoofthebluepacific2571 Thanks for writing that. I recall my dad smiling.
@@Friendship1nmillion Thanks
Your Father sounds like he was a cool dude.
Another book, for those interested in Alcatraz history, is the one the late Jim Quillen wrote in the early 1990's "Alcatraz From the inside". It's a simple read, but I met the man in 1995 when Dad took my brother & I on vacation in SF. He went on to work in the medical field.
I actually met Jim Quillen on a tour of Alcatraz. He signed my copy of the book he wrote about his time on "The Rock", and talked about his time there too. He was truly repentant about the actions he did that got him in trouble with the law and eventually to Alcatraz.
Same here in 1996. Interesting listening to his experience
"my brother and me" not "my brother and I"
@@suzycreamcheesez4371 I'm not an English teacher.
@@QuasiTraction apparently. obviously. evidently. aloha nui loa!
This was awesome. My mom was a prison guard for 10 years. Her short answers and facial expressions tells me, they see Alot of things they can't talk about but never forget.
My buddy was a prison guard for the adult prison a couple years ago. He actually told me about the things he saw in his short time there. He had to transfer to the juvenile facility because he was depressed and just not in q good mental state because of everything he had to witness
It's been thirty years, give or take, since I visited Alcatraz. In the visitor center I met former inmate Jim Quillen, a kidnapper. Mr. Quillen was granted a full pardon by President Carter, and had written a book "Alcatraz from Inside", which he was selling there in the center. There were few people visiting that day, so I had time to talk to the author as he signed my copy. One thing in particular that I asked was if he was ever nostalgic for the place. As a submariner I can well understand how enduring close quarters and a grinding schedule can result in attitudes that mellow with the years. But no, he denied any nostalgia for the place. In fact he said that he had never once set foot inside the prison proper since being released. Later as I read his book, I noted a photograph of him in the dining hall showing where he had attempted his escape. Well, memory is a funny thing. Mr. Quillen passed in 1998. I hope he found peace.
Thank you for sharing. 🥰
Yep. Met him in 1995.
Ya ok
@@scottp4063 in the 90s he would be there and you could meet him so it’s true
Interesting cause I never knew about the guard's families living on the island. Great video as always!
⚫️ Me neither, but once I heard this fact it instantly made *COMPLETE SENSE* !¡!
⚫️ I-mean if they didn’t, then it would be pretty “retarded” …
⚫️ You can’t have a very *secure* island prison if you are running a ferry to the mainland ( at least) twice a day, if not 4 times a day or more !¡!
right
If you take a tour to Alcatraz, they usually tell you this stuff
They had a school too kids would ride the same boat
My grandfather worked for the US Bureau of Prisons from the mid-1930s to the late-1960s. He and my grandmother (and my mother when she was a child) always lived "on the reservation", the housing area that was incorporated into the prison grounds. Other than being on an island (about a 10 minute boat ride to/from "the mainland") there is little exceptional that is recounted here about the lifestyle of corrections officers and their families. He worked at the penitentiary in Springfield MO when "The Birdman" Bob Stroud came after transfer from Alcatraz. My grandfather said that Stroud was a cold-blooded murderer and gave off that vibe even as a sick old man. He was really annoyed at the Burt Lancaster movie that made Stroud look like a kindly intellectual.
Very interesting!
There's a penitentiary in Springfield mo?
There was a camp in Vietnam that was called Alcatraz
"Many were housed in building 64." Shows picture with buildings, none are numbered 64.
The real building was 69, but due to demonetization of youtube he is not allowed to say that.
@@mikatu Explain, please.
I thought it was just me! I was like… I don’t see it.
@@JohnnyAngel8 It's a joke. Not a very good one, but a joke anyway.
Do one for Guantanamo Bay! I deployed with the Navy and the ship needed repairs so we were at GITMO for 2 weeks. It wasnt bad at all. Arcade, bowling alley, restaurants, a club, multiple bars, you can go fishing and spear fishing, and much more. It probably would get old to be stationed there for a long time but in the short term, GITMO was pretty fun haha.
Strange to hear the kids have memories of sharks... I've heard many times that guards lied to prisoners about shark infested waters to deter escape attempts.
There are no sharks there.... We are talking about San Fran, not Malibu.
@@mikatu There is definitely sharks in the sf bay
There are sharks. There’s been captured videos of sharks eating seals in the sf bay
But there are sharks, Just look up the red triangle online
There are sharks almost everywhere in the ocean but especially around the shore. If your in the sea; you are near sharks. The exceptions are places like the poles and that huge swathe of the south eastern pacific where very few animals exist at least at the surface.
Better than any history class I've ever taken 😌
send ur teacher the video. all of these are educational material that can be shown in classes!
I'm a CO at ASP and honestly its a good job but it is a bit stressful. Some of the stories I hear from the old guys are crazy as hell.
How is 'Alcatraz Bowling Alley' not a band name already?
Better as a name for an American cooking 🍳 school 🏫. Although a Alcatraz theme dinner that has it's own bowling ally would be a fantastic tourist attraction { in America 🇺🇸 } . ♑️ ✍️🇦🇺🇳🇴
My grandpa Sam Keller, integrated from Hungary around 1890. Joined the US Army around 1900 and was a prison guard at Alcatraz around 1905 before it was a federal pen
The Coast Guard reported finding one of the prisoners’ paddles on 14th June off the south coast of Angel Island and workers found a wallet containing details of the Anglins the same day. Six days later, shredded rubber believed to be from the prisoners’ raft was washed up on the shore near the Golden Gate Bridge; the following day a deflated life jacket was picked up by a prison boat floating fifty yards from Alcatraz Island. These scattered remnants were all that was ever recovered of the men and the tools they’d used to escape. Despite no bodies being found, the FBI quickly concluded that the three prisoners had drowned.
From the first year of the men’s escape right up until the present day, there have been plenty of people who say the FBI was wrong to pronounce the men dead. As early as Christmas 1962, various members of the Anglin family claimed they received cards and postcards from the brothers. The two men’s mother received a bunch of flowers sent to her anonymously every year up until her death in 1973, and her funeral was allegedly attended by two unusually tall
men wearing heavy makeup. Family members believe they were John and Clarence Anglin attending in disguise. ⛓️
2:20 - There is no “building 64” on the map shown. Did anyone else notice this?
Cause 63 is the last building listed.
I work at a locked MI/CD inpatient treatment facility. It’s extremely stressful due to the pent up anger in the clients and the occasional violence. I can’t imagine what it was like for the Alcatraz guards.
MI/CD?
@@Tracy-xe9zu “mentally ill/chemically dependent,” all of the clients are court committed
I have a friend that worked at a facility like that years ago. He was transorting a patient by elevator and suddenly the patient got very violent and banged my friend's head against the control panel/ floor level buttons.
My friend have been on disabilty ever since and has major migraine headaches quite often. He has been like this for more than 20 years now.
@@nazfan01 Don't take anything for granted. Life can throw a curve without warning and make you pine for the days you thought you were miserable.
Clients ?
My stepmother grow up on the island, her father was a guard there. it was something she never really talked about, at least to me, and we only really did shortly before she passed. She told me about taking the ferry to the city every day for school and coming back, and how it was a little hard to make friends as much of the time you were pretty stuck in a small area. i wanted her to add to the oral history of the children who grew up there but sadly she didn't last long enough to make it back down. She lived there from being very young to a teenager, so got to know what all was going on. I really wish i'd learned more about it from her.
Crazy how the Battle of Alcatraz ended up being Bo2s Mob of The Dead. Imagine how quickly shit went from joy to confusion to total hell in their heads
I was lucky enough to sleep overnight on Alcatraz for a weekend. This was back in the early 90s, when I was in the Boy Scouts. We did some volunteer cleanup and got a private tour. That place is much, _much_ creepier at night after all the tourists leave. The fog rolls in, and you can't see the city anymore. It's like you're trapped in this little pocket of reality where nothing exists but the island. On the other hand, the audio tour is way more interesting when you don't have to deal with the crowds. We got to sleep in cells in Block D, but of course we brought our own sleeping bags. Looking back, that was such a great and unique experience. Oh, and in case anyone thinks I'm lying, try Googling 10 unbelievable places Boy Scouts have camped. It's featured on an article. I tried linking to it directly here, but TH-cam autodeleted it.
Some years ago, I was able to sleep overnight as a guest with the Boy Scouts on Alcatraz. It was very interesting, not scary or haunted. The cool thing was walking the halls at night all by myself to go to an outside bathroom. Also, seeing San Francisco from the island, I could imagine how the prisoners felt, the city so close but so far away!!!
@@rdaw33 Nice! Did they give your group a private tour? We got to go through the gun gallery and onto the roof.
@@Polymathically I don't remember the roof, but we got to see a lot, including the laundry building, gun gallery and other "non public" areas.
I've been fortunate to visit Alcatraz about four times. Once, the late ex-prisoner Jim Quillen was there, selling his book, and signing autographs. I still have the copy he signed for me.
I read his book.....and loved it. He had a real mean streak when he was younger,his crime was committed in my city.
Someone else commented this too! Lmao he’s just always there 😂 imagine
I do love these videos, they're so good to listen to once in a blue moon when you haven't for a while.
Some years ago we took the tour of Alcatraz while we were in San Francisco. Really incredible a huge facility. I still remember the cell of Frank Morris
Imagine the schoolyard cred a kid growing up on "The Rock" must have had.
3rd Grader #1: Have you seen the new kid?
3rd Grader #2: Yeah. That's Little Timmy. Just transferred out of the joint.
School house rock.
Weird History Sunday is 🔥
Knew a guard that worked the rock never talked about Robert Stroud. Only said he was a horrible, despicable man.
I'd like to learn more about Penn State Prison... Or USP Atlanta
These random ones are my favorite kind
I visited the rock once (on the tour boat). I do suggest anyone visiting San Francisco, make a reservation to visit, although visiting once is enough. I think it was closed because it was expensive to operate. That along with no room to expand. If you want to build a Federal prison now, a capacity of 336 just won't do.
I did the boat tour in 1980 and without a reservation, walked up cold to the booth and bought a ticket on the next boat out. Probably just lucky.
This was superior work. Thank you very much.
I worked for corrections for thirty years. I never took the job home, but they knew not to jump out at me, even in jest. Sirens still make me anxious sometimes, but man, I'm glad I'm no longer there. I have two sons who work there now, and I told them if one day they couldn't go back inside, I would back them up, 100%.
I was at a party ,and a prison guard was there. A girl he barley knew grabbed him from behind , he spun around and punched her in the face. Half the people there were mad at him , he explained that he's a prison guard and that's his natural response to being grabbed from behind.
I was surprised the families stayed living on the island as I'd only think there would be a boat for transferring shifts
If the guard’s families lived on the island, stands to reason so did the guards. If trouble arose, the maximum amount of guards could be mustered quickly, and perhaps stop things from getting worse. If they lived on shore, they might not even be at home when needed. No cell phones or pagers in those days. If guards lived on shore, they would likely be spread out over many square miles. Even if they were all at home, they couldn’t all get to the dock at the same time. So the ferry would be making dozens of crossings, wasting time, and costing the taxpayers more for fuel costs. Not to mention the daily boat costs if they lived ashore. Guards couldn’t leave until their relief arrived. So go get guards, then take guards they’re replacing home. That’s four trips per shift. Plus the costs for additional boat crew and wear and tear on the boats, causing more in repairs. If there were bad weather, the boat might not be able to make the trip at all. And guards probably didn’t make a whole lot of money. Free housing on the island would be a major perk, allowing the guards to spend the money on their wives and kids, and maybe some left over to put aside for emergencies or their children’s educations. Add up the time making the trip to shore, then travel to wherever they lived, and doing that again to return to the island, that’s a big chunk of time spent on commuting. You know any housing anywhere near the shore and dock would be hideously expensive, so the trip from the boat dock to their distant hovel would be time consuming, max. Living on the island freed up a lot of time to spend with the family, that would otherwise be wasted commuting. Happy wife, happy life. free housing would also reduce guard turnover, in what must have been a difficult and dangerous job to fill. Plus, guards and their fams could socialize with each other. It might be hard for a random neighbor to relate to a guard, and vice versa. Living amongst fellow guards meant they, at any time, could talk to someone who could completely relate to any problem or worry about the job. And the most important reason for guards not to live on shore? Safety. If a guard pissed off an inmate, said inmate could contact outside thugs and harm or kill the guard and/or his family. That could lead to coercion of the guards. Inmate: “I know where your family lives. My thug brother followed you home last Wednesday. Bring me (whatever an inmate could want), or something could happen to them and you.” Pretty soon either the guards quit, or the inmates would be running the prison. I’m surprised you didn’t give a few minutes thought as to good reasons for guards to live on the island. I’m sure you could have thought of everything I just said.
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"Child resident of Alcatraz" sounds like a Creepypasta title.
I’ve always wanted to hear and see your take on ✨Fort Knox✨
Do a video on Attica State Prison in NY. There was an uprising in 1971 that lead to the highest number of deaths in US prison history.
A+ video!
LOVE IT! Fascinating topic and history, that would be a unique experience!
Can you do videos on ADX Supermax in Florence, Colorado aka the Alcatraz of the Rockies? Both on guards and inmates. I hear the people of Florence take immense pride in the prison.
Angola in Louisiana - They once hosted a motorcycle run through the middle of the prison and the inmates sold things they made to the bikers. Prisoner rodeos and other fascinating things. Not sure what they currently do.
Parchman in Mississippi - Last time I visited someone, the farm was still being worked. And camp 29 is were the last deadly riots were. I think that occurred in 2020. Parchman is a very busy place. Intake and orientation, discipline, farm workers, manufacturing goods, death row inmates, and the list goes on...
I would really love to see what your research can bring to light regarding these two correctional facilities.
Just dropping a comment to help a brother out ❤
I’d love a weird history on Eastern State Penitentiary!
I second this! ☝🏼
Great video.....I have always been fascinated by prison stories or histories......
Wow call of duty is so popular they made an island in honor of it? What!?!
I have travelled quite a bit, but Alcatraz made a big impact on me.
This was a super fascinating video
Can you do a video on the jails of new Orleans during hurricane Katrina being occupied and abandoned
What about US Federal prison? Is it really Club Fed? And as comfy as has been suggested?
Maybe a video on London’s Bedlam secure hospital
Very cool videos. Always learn new things.
Fascinating as always. I would love a weird history video on North Brother island
Would love for you to do videos on Landsberg Prison as well as Spandau prison. Both in Germany.
Fucking love the rage against the machine mention!
learned abit from this video! How about a video of Attica prison in N.Y, State?
I've always wanted to go visit alcatraz but when it was open. Now it's just a ghost and the fake ghost stories ha e turned it cheesy. Some crazy bad dudes have been kept there and they barely bring them up, only the famous escape story... that place has so much horrible history that is crazy interesting
FYI: San Quentin has housing for Guards just outside the gates of the prison. I found it odd to see kids playing with a ominous prison in the background.
That's insane.
The last time I came this early, I ended up with another child.
I'd like to see a video on the prison riot at Attica prison
Great episode. I was able to visit Alcatraz once. Had forgotten the guards families lived there.
I would like Sing Sing as an episode. TIA for consideration.
The worst part about prison were the dementors
Thanks for this! 👮
I love your channel. Never a disappointment
Making a video of videos..wow the talent is just amazing
I would love to hear more about Attica, SingSing, San Quentin and the Supermax prison in Florence, AZ. Love what you do, thanks!
Florence Supermax is in Colorado, not in Arizona. There is a prison in Florence, AZ but it's not the one you're thinking of.
I’d love to visit one of the most haunted spots in California. Can’t wait to go!
Port Arthur, Tasmania was a hell hole for the recidivist convict. Conditions were brutal and well worth doing a video about.
I have an Alcatraz USP tin cup, it's my favorite coffee and tea cup, and is always an excellent conversation piece.
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@@Anbu-x1So sweet! Thanks ❤️
@@Anbu-x1 well that was cringe
Sounds like Alcatraz was a nice place to work. I worked as a Correctional Officer for 18 years in four different prisons. I wouldn't like living on the island.
As soon as I saw “Guards lived on the island with their families” I thought of Al Capone Does My Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko.
Frankly it did not sound all that bad living on the rock however periodically scary on the same note. I personally would fear the safety of my own family and children more so than anything however if it was not for that, free housing of decent accomodations with decent food and federal full pay seems cushy untill escapes occur obviously.
Sounds like prison for the housewives. Having to be escorted everywhere by your significant other, where it’s unsafe to leave the apartment complex? Nightmare.
Wow! Very interesting! I didn't know that the guards families lived there too! I visited Alcatraz in the 70's as a child. It was fascinating!
I believe those brothers really did escape, they held up a bank with water pistols. I know there's a lot of evidence that shows they made it.
One of my criminal justice professors back in the 1980s lived there for a few years as his father was a guard there. The only thing he mentioned about it was the sight of the island while riding the daily ferry to and from high school over in San Francisco.
I was able to visit Alcatraz in 2016. Very fascinating! I never knew about the take over of the island in the 70's by Native Americans....
That's odd because when I visited Alcatraz back in 2019, our tour told us about the takeover of the island.
man, I would be worried every day for my husband and children's safety if living there
What about how was hygiene in the Vietnam War? I’m sure that’s interesting
The hochie hochie tunnels { of the Veitnam War } ARE more interesting { I've been there , as a tourist 🧳, Not as a soldier 🥷 } . ♑️ ✍️🇦🇺🇳🇴
@@Friendship1nmillion those too would be an awesome topic! Put it in a comment so Weird History sees itB
_Now_ I want to see videos about both of your ideas! 😄
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I'd love to hear about Attica and Sing Sing or Leavenworth
My great grandpa lived in SF and was a guard at the rock from 1939 until 1958. My dad lived on the Island. Was best friends with Chuck Stucker. Thats him on the slide looking at Chuck. Grand Pop said he knew Al Capone. Called him boss. Said he was a picky eater but loved the cookies. He kept a spotless cell.
yes i was waiting for more alcatraz videos!!
The actor Benjamin Bratt lived on Alcatraz growing up!
Mother of the Bride was recently the #1 film on Netflix (he is on that film).
love the vids!
Damn kids are so lucky these days to have TH-cam channels like Weird History. When you have a school project on something all you gotta do is watch a TH-cam video on it.
Do one about Angola
Sad to hear they held the last annual gathering
Not really considering it was such a miserable place for so many
So happy to see you back to REAL Weird History! What the heck was with that PUNK'D episode?!?!
People are so socially sanitized today. I miss the days that made us learn to be responsible ... like it or not.
How much did they make? It's definitely different than what average guards do.
"Building 64" would make an great Coen Brothers film.
not a prison per se, but would be interested in learning what life was like in a Victorian era workhouse. great channel.
Would love to have stayed there as a kid. How cool.
Any chance the timeline videos come back? 👉🏽👈🏽
A similar report on Gitmo would be interesting.
I doubt that's possible..
Have you done a video on Missouri State Penitentiary?
Anna Thumann wrote an interesting story of her life as an Alcatraz kid in "Alcatraz Schoolgirl". I just did a search on "Growing up on Alcatraz" and discovered more than one written by children who lived there as school kids. I'm going to have to get my Kindle out.
where's building 64?
Wait, Taco Bell workers at night are allowed to wear capes?! Who knew!
I worked at Taco Bell. Only true on Halloween, if you wanted to dress up as Superman. All other times, it's whatever the current Taco Bell uniform is.
That’s one place I would like to visit.
Let’s hear about Angola of Louisiana
LOVE THE CHANNEL LOVE THE LECTOR LOVE THE SCRIPT
There are loads of pictures of Robert Stroud online so why use a picture of Burt Lancaster who played Stroud in the movie.
If I was going to see the inside of Alcatraz then I’d rather of been on the side of the guards than the inmates.
Lol no kidding