What It Was Like To Be A Prison Guard at Alcatraz

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  • The federal penitentiary on Alcatraz Island, located off the coast of San Francisco, CA, opened in 1934. Until it closed nearly three decades later, Alcatraz was reserved for some of the most ruthless criminals. Life at Alcatraz was not just about confinement and punishment but discipline and routine. Not everything about Alcatraz was considered undesirable; in fact, some convicts even requested doing time at "The Rock."
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  • @davea6314
    @davea6314 2 ปีที่แล้ว +322

    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

    • @Friendship1nmillion
      @Friendship1nmillion 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      My sincere #condolences 🪦 to you. 😪 ♑️✍️🇦🇺🇳🇴

    • @monacoofthebluepacific2571
      @monacoofthebluepacific2571 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      I'll bet he smiled at you every time you wore it 😊

    • @davea6314
      @davea6314 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      @@monacoofthebluepacific2571 Thanks for writing that. I recall my dad smiling.

    • @davea6314
      @davea6314 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@Friendship1nmillion Thanks

    • @erincooper539
      @erincooper539 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Your Father sounds like he was a cool dude.

  • @KendlickLama
    @KendlickLama 2 ปีที่แล้ว +139

    I love the postcard with a picture of alcatraz with „wish you were here“ written on it😂

    • @pineapplesideways3820
      @pineapplesideways3820 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Had better food than anywhere

    • @tomasmillen
      @tomasmillen 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      “Just commit a really serious crime, and you can be here to!”

    • @vksasdgaming9472
      @vksasdgaming9472 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Reminds me of rose boquet with text of "May your death be swift and painful and me being there to watch it".

  • @lindacoolbaugh962
    @lindacoolbaugh962 2 ปีที่แล้ว +115

    Interesting cause I never knew about the guard's families living on the island. Great video as always!

    • @Renwoxing13
      @Renwoxing13 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ⚫️ 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 !¡!

    • @quanbrooklynkid7776
      @quanbrooklynkid7776 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      right

    • @kittykittybangbang9367
      @kittykittybangbang9367 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      If you take a tour to Alcatraz, they usually tell you this stuff

    • @MadCap760
      @MadCap760 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      They had a school too kids would ride the same boat

  • @NewMessage
    @NewMessage 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    How is 'Alcatraz Bowling Alley' not a band name already?

    • @Friendship1nmillion
      @Friendship1nmillion 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      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 🇺🇸 } . ♑️ ✍️🇦🇺🇳🇴

  • @SultanKhan66
    @SultanKhan66 2 ปีที่แล้ว +56

    "Many were housed in building 64." Shows picture with buildings, none are numbered 64.

    • @mikatu
      @mikatu 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      The real building was 69, but due to demonetization of youtube he is not allowed to say that.

    • @JohnnyAngel8
      @JohnnyAngel8 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@mikatu Explain, please.

    • @AnnaAnna428
      @AnnaAnna428 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I thought it was just me! I was like… I don’t see it.

    • @SultanKhan66
      @SultanKhan66 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@JohnnyAngel8 It's a joke. Not a very good one, but a joke anyway.

  • @QuasiTraction
    @QuasiTraction 2 ปีที่แล้ว +101

    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.

    • @seansasser2575
      @seansasser2575 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      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.

    • @scotte17887
      @scotte17887 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Same here in 1996. Interesting listening to his experience

    • @suzycreamcheesez4371
      @suzycreamcheesez4371 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      "my brother and me" not "my brother and I"

    • @QuasiTraction
      @QuasiTraction 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@suzycreamcheesez4371 I'm not an English teacher.

    • @suzycreamcheesez4371
      @suzycreamcheesez4371 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@QuasiTraction apparently. obviously. evidently. aloha nui loa!

  • @Wardner213
    @Wardner213 2 ปีที่แล้ว +65

    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.

    • @mikatu
      @mikatu 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      There are no sharks there.... We are talking about San Fran, not Malibu.

    • @r1boi521
      @r1boi521 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      @@mikatu There is definitely sharks in the sf bay

    • @emilynam6084
      @emilynam6084 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      There are sharks. There’s been captured videos of sharks eating seals in the sf bay

    •  2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      But there are sharks, Just look up the red triangle online

    • @physetermacrocephalus2209
      @physetermacrocephalus2209 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      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.

  • @emmgeevideo
    @emmgeevideo 2 ปีที่แล้ว +65

    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.

  • @Seventeen_Syllables
    @Seventeen_Syllables 2 ปีที่แล้ว +83

    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.

    • @FelisThis
      @FelisThis 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Thank you for sharing. 🥰

    • @QuasiTraction
      @QuasiTraction 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yep. Met him in 1995.

    • @scottp4063
      @scottp4063 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Ya ok

    • @damnmuggle
      @damnmuggle 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@scottp4063 in the 90s he would be there and you could meet him so it’s true

  • @cadillacdeville5828
    @cadillacdeville5828 2 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    Better than any history class I've ever taken 😌

    • @randomoverpopulatedworldid3286
      @randomoverpopulatedworldid3286 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      send ur teacher the video. all of these are educational material that can be shown in classes!

  • @bresams2917
    @bresams2917 2 ปีที่แล้ว +83

    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.

    • @jeremykeiser9621
      @jeremykeiser9621 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      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

  • @pamelamays4186
    @pamelamays4186 2 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    Imagine the schoolyard cred a kid growing up on "The Rock" must have had.

    • @WindFireAllThatKindOfThing
      @WindFireAllThatKindOfThing 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      3rd Grader #1: Have you seen the new kid?
      3rd Grader #2: Yeah. That's Little Timmy. Just transferred out of the joint.

    • @thegreencat9947
      @thegreencat9947 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      School house rock.

  • @ReflectionMirrored
    @ReflectionMirrored 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    2:20 - There is no “building 64” on the map shown. Did anyone else notice this?

    • @chrisswimm4948
      @chrisswimm4948 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Cause 63 is the last building listed.

  • @alexandercanella4479
    @alexandercanella4479 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    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.

  • @NewMessage
    @NewMessage 2 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    "Child resident of Alcatraz" sounds like a Creepypasta title.

  • @johnmilonas9143
    @johnmilonas9143 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Knew a guard that worked the rock never talked about Robert Stroud. Only said he was a horrible, despicable man.

  • @Nick-4K
    @Nick-4K 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Wow call of duty is so popular they made an island in honor of it? What!?!

  • @unchained3502
    @unchained3502 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Clint Eastwood escaped!! i seent it!

  • @rockcantdock667
    @rockcantdock667 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Fucking love the rage against the machine mention!

  • @michaelbeckman2656
    @michaelbeckman2656 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    I'd like to learn more about Penn State Prison... Or USP Atlanta

  • @redswift31
    @redswift31 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    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.

  • @dstranger
    @dstranger 2 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    I was surprised the families stayed living on the island as I'd only think there would be a boat for transferring shifts

    • @620john620
      @620john620 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      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.

    • @booba2141
      @booba2141 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      This is a bad comment

  • @Polymathically
    @Polymathically 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    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.

    • @rdaw33
      @rdaw33 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      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!!!

    • @Polymathically
      @Polymathically 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@rdaw33 Nice! Did they give your group a private tour? We got to go through the gun gallery and onto the roof.

    • @rdaw33
      @rdaw33 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@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.

  • @TexasTOMB
    @TexasTOMB 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The last time I came this early, I ended up with another child.

  • @trevorslinkard31
    @trevorslinkard31 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    What about how was hygiene in the Vietnam War? I’m sure that’s interesting

    • @Friendship1nmillion
      @Friendship1nmillion 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The hochie hochie tunnels { of the Veitnam War } ARE more interesting { I've been there , as a tourist 🧳, Not as a soldier 🥷 } . ♑️ ✍️🇦🇺🇳🇴

    • @trevorslinkard31
      @trevorslinkard31 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Friendship1nmillion those too would be an awesome topic! Put it in a comment so Weird History sees itB

    • @LisaBowers
      @LisaBowers 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      _Now_ I want to see videos about both of your ideas! 😄

    • @trevorslinkard31
      @trevorslinkard31 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@LisaBowers HYPE IT UP

  • @rogerauclair1670
    @rogerauclair1670 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    There are loads of pictures of Robert Stroud online so why use a picture of Burt Lancaster who played Stroud in the movie.

  • @supportyourtroopsathletes6460
    @supportyourtroopsathletes6460 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    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.

    • @skillswiper
      @skillswiper 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      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.

  • @darkwarriormaster9644
    @darkwarriormaster9644 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    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.

  • @JohnnyAngel8
    @JohnnyAngel8 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    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.

  • @edwardlincoln5680
    @edwardlincoln5680 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    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

  • @KattMurr
    @KattMurr 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    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....

    • @kittykittybangbang9367
      @kittykittybangbang9367 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      That's odd because when I visited Alcatraz back in 2019, our tour told us about the takeover of the island.

  • @honorladone8682
    @honorladone8682 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    How much did they make? It's definitely different than what average guards do.

  • @benchippy8039
    @benchippy8039 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Maybe a video on London’s Bedlam secure hospital

  • @tonypreston7278
    @tonypreston7278 2 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    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.

    • @Tracy-xe9zu
      @Tracy-xe9zu 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      MI/CD?

    • @tonypreston7278
      @tonypreston7278 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@Tracy-xe9zu “mentally ill/chemically dependent,” all of the clients are court committed

    • @nazfan01
      @nazfan01 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      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.

    • @jasondashney
      @jasondashney 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@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.

    • @user-ru9gf7ky2y
      @user-ru9gf7ky2y 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Clients ?

  • @TXnine7nine
    @TXnine7nine 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Would love for you to do videos on Landsberg Prison as well as Spandau prison. Both in Germany.

  • @rickkinki4624
    @rickkinki4624 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    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.

    • @rogerlivingston248
      @rogerlivingston248 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I read his book.....and loved it. He had a real mean streak when he was younger,his crime was committed in my city.

    • @Kassidwyer
      @Kassidwyer 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Someone else commented this too! Lmao he’s just always there 😂 imagine

  • @mikenixon2401
    @mikenixon2401 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    People are so socially sanitized today. I miss the days that made us learn to be responsible ... like it or not.

  • @lukesnare8063
    @lukesnare8063 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Feeding sharks? We're wrong there are no sharks in that area of water

    • @OneOfThoseTypes
      @OneOfThoseTypes 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      There are plenty of smaller sharks in the San Francisco Bay, and sometimes large ones.

    • @lukesnare8063
      @lukesnare8063 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@KAT-dg6el there are no sharks IN THAT AREA OF THE WATER. Learn to read. I know this because I've been there for a tour twice and the guide states both times there are NO SHARKS IN THIS AREA OF THE WATER

    • @lukesnare8063
      @lukesnare8063 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@KAT-dg6el The reason being is the bay is so polluted no other fish can survive. Back when Alcatraz was an active prison there were more sharks around however. What detoured potential escapees more then anything was the extremely cold water and the strong currents that the bay has which sharks didn't stick around.

    • @lukesnare8063
      @lukesnare8063 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@KAT-dg6el So of course there's sharks I'm not that dumb I'm saying there aren't sharks in that area meaning they don't stick around if anything they just pass through.

  • @fearsomename4517
    @fearsomename4517 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    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.

  • @thaotongfoodie
    @thaotongfoodie 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I love weird history ❤️

    • @anbux5744
      @anbux5744 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Weird history, give this woman a shout out!😎

    • @thaotongfoodie
      @thaotongfoodie 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@anbux5744So sweet! Thanks ❤️

    • @chickentomato9584
      @chickentomato9584 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@anbux5744 well that was cringe

  • @nickywh1t3
    @nickywh1t3 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    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.

  • @GeographyNuts
    @GeographyNuts 2 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    I am learning so much, I didn't even know I wanted, but very interesting.

  • @alicerivierre
    @alicerivierre 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    You'll never take me alive, Copper! Just kidding, great video, man!

  • @MsRotorwings
    @MsRotorwings 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    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.

  • @roachtoasties
    @roachtoasties 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    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.

    • @joeyjamison5772
      @joeyjamison5772 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      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.

  • @OPERATIONSAMUELINCIDENTKANDAKH
    @OPERATIONSAMUELINCIDENTKANDAKH 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    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. ⛓️

  • @twatkc
    @twatkc 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The picture shown of George Kelly, right at the beginning of the video, is the wrong George Kelly. Shown is George Kelly a well known American psychologist, therapist, educator and personality theorist.

  • @penew8692
    @penew8692 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Let’s hear about Angola of Louisiana

  • @alcoholically4280
    @alcoholically4280 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    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

  • @gardenlifelove9815
    @gardenlifelove9815 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    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

  • @Alicious_Al
    @Alicious_Al 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I’d love to visit one of the most haunted spots in California. Can’t wait to go!

  • @johnmccree8941
    @johnmccree8941 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I would like to know some history about Menard Correctional Center in Chester Illinois.... home of the Popeye statue.

  • @audreyh3231
    @audreyh3231 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What about US Federal prison? Is it really Club Fed? And as comfy as has been suggested?

  • @Anzaldua3012
    @Anzaldua3012 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Make a video about Guantanamo and all the violence and torture American soldiers indulged in. (and got away with)

  • @katiesioux7757
    @katiesioux7757 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    You didn't mention why the wall said " indians welcome" , because natives tiok it over once and meet there yearly

  • @chrischurchill9473
    @chrischurchill9473 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I never understand the weird voices the Americans use in these videos, yes it's interesting but please just use your normal voice.

  • @NASCARFAN93100
    @NASCARFAN93100 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Weird History Sunday is 🔥

  • @tg9374
    @tg9374 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Can you do a video on the jails of new Orleans during hurricane Katrina being occupied and abandoned

  • @michaelgrande4623
    @michaelgrande4623 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    “As American as apple pie” is such a dumb statement. Apple pie comes from England.

    • @OneOfThoseTypes
      @OneOfThoseTypes 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      It probably doesn't even come from there either.

  • @BikerGirlFrawg
    @BikerGirlFrawg 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    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.

  • @garycarpenter2980
    @garycarpenter2980 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I'd love to hear about Attica and Sing Sing or Leavenworth

  • @korbinbyrd4689
    @korbinbyrd4689 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    As soon as I saw “Guards lived on the island with their families” I thought of Al Capone Does My Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko.

  • @DoomFinger511
    @DoomFinger511 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The worst part about prison were the dementors

  • @PacoOtis
    @PacoOtis 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Pitiful video! Don't waste your time!

  • @TylerNiemon
    @TylerNiemon 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I’d love a weird history on Eastern State Penitentiary!

    • @susieqz813
      @susieqz813 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I second this! ☝🏼

  • @angeladial8325
    @angeladial8325 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wait, Taco Bell workers at night are allowed to wear capes?! Who knew!

    • @roachtoasties
      @roachtoasties 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      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.

  • @stirgy4312
    @stirgy4312 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    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

  • @richdouglas2311
    @richdouglas2311 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This was superior work. Thank you very much.

  • @akistaanderson4840
    @akistaanderson4840 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Just dropping a comment to help a brother out ❤

  • @ilovechrist9780
    @ilovechrist9780 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. - John 3:16 from the Bible ❤❤

    • @allanhill7179
      @allanhill7179 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Simple myth. Why are you preaching lies here?

  • @kayfse8373
    @kayfse8373 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I'd like to see a video on the prison riot at Attica prison

  • @nessieburgess
    @nessieburgess 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I would love to hear more about Attica, SingSing, San Quentin and the Supermax prison in Florence, AZ. Love what you do, thanks!

    • @SamIAm10262
      @SamIAm10262 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      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.

  • @Lmarkty
    @Lmarkty 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Alcatraz did a good job trying to recreate Rebirth Island

  • @theWiggster1
    @theWiggster1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    where's building 64?

  • @Killacam1992
    @Killacam1992 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    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.

  • @kurinabaker6095
    @kurinabaker6095 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Do a video about the Auburn prison. It was the first prison to use the electric chair.

    • @kurinabaker6095
      @kurinabaker6095 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      The prison is in Auburn New York

  • @rickhall8119
    @rickhall8119 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Do 1 on Mansfield Prison in Mansfield, OH.

    • @terrybellar1846
      @terrybellar1846 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I AGREE, DO A STORY ON O.S.R I WAS AN INMATE THERE AT 18 I'M 64 NOW! I COULD TELL SOME INTERESTING STORY'S ABOUT THAT PLACE!

  • @Tralala691
    @Tralala691 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Would love to have stayed there as a kid. How cool.

  • @mikedoucette8581
    @mikedoucette8581 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    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.

  • @ianblackney6596
    @ianblackney6596 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I would like to see in side sing sing

  • @Beastmode_Mr2
    @Beastmode_Mr2 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Sean Connery managed to escape.

  • @txgunguy2766
    @txgunguy2766 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    USP Alcatraz regulation #5:
    "You are entitled to food, clothing, shelter and medical assistance. Anything else you get is a privilege."

    • @QuasiTraction
      @QuasiTraction 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      "Take all that you eat, eat all that you take"

  • @davegoldspink5354
    @davegoldspink5354 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Absolutely brilliant thanks so much for sharing I found this one both interesting and entertaining. Thought it was funny you could buy postcards at Alcatraz. If you go by the hate comments I’ve been getting after I commented on the sad state of the old abandoned once beautiful homes and neighbourhoods in Detroit getting a wish you were here postcard from Alcatraz would be like getting a postcard from my own “prison island” home of Australia during the Wuh@n Flu pandemic. 🙄🙄🙄😂🤣😂

  • @da_figaro8723
    @da_figaro8723 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    What is it like: … *WHITE*

  • @simplemanlovetocanoe6274
    @simplemanlovetocanoe6274 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    learned abit from this video! How about a video of Attica prison in N.Y, State?

  • @youareawesome5236
    @youareawesome5236 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Sounds like an awesome job.

  • @Algeriadzpower
    @Algeriadzpower 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    🇩🇿🇩🇿🇩🇿🇩🇿♥️🇩🇿🇩🇿🇩🇿🇩🇿

  • @groermaik
    @groermaik 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    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%.

    • @WiIdbiII
      @WiIdbiII 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      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.

  • @latanyam.267
    @latanyam.267 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I’ve always wanted to hear and see your take on ✨Fort Knox✨

  • @jamesduhon2595
    @jamesduhon2595 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Do one about Angola

  • @hgaston01271
    @hgaston01271 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Shawshank prison

  • @Oldbmwr100rs
    @Oldbmwr100rs 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    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.

  • @tylerhackner9731
    @tylerhackner9731 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Wow

  • @tahlulabang
    @tahlulabang 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I had a couple of great uncles that went to Alcatraz for making counterfeit money

  • @raymondlim3271
    @raymondlim3271 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    👍👍👍👍🧙🧙🧙good job

  • @layna-heyhey
    @layna-heyhey 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    man, I would be worried every day for my husband and children's safety if living there

  • @btetschner
    @btetschner 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Eating ANOTHER Weird History meal!
    Eating FROSTED CHERRY POP-TARTS*†...while watching this Weird History video!
    Since the last scene of Seinfeld was from a prisoner guard's view and since Jerry Seinfeld directed and co-written by Jerry Seinfeld.
    * From the Weird History video "Why Do Pop Tarts Come In Twos?"
    † Great having Pop-Tarts in the pantry!

  • @joshdrew3588
    @joshdrew3588 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Sad to hear they held the last annual gathering

    • @skillswiper
      @skillswiper 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Not really considering it was such a miserable place for so many

  • @lluhty2644
    @lluhty2644 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Glock dookie

  • @douglax2248
    @douglax2248 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wyoming Territory Prison at Laramie WYOMING. Interesting place.