About this episode
The history of Alcatraz Island is written by the escape attempts. In the earliest days of American occupation, it was a fort. And from the very beginning, military prisoners tried to escape. As the fort became obsolete, the facility transitioned into a full-time military prison, and prisoners kept trying to escape. Then barracks on the island are converted into a civilian prison, and the real escape attempts begin. For more details, please visit www.blackbarrelmedia.com . Our social media pages are: @blackbarrelmedia on Facebook and Instagram , and @bbarrelmedia on Twitter . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices