Episode 352: Escape from Alcatraz Revisited with Updates
The Rock. An island all to its own housing the country's most dangerous criminals. Isolated and dangerous, escape was impossible. Until one fateful night, when three men were willing to risk it all for freedom. Did they succumb to the dark waters of the Pacific ocean or did their impossible scheme actually work? This week's episode is Escape from Alcatraz Revisited with Updates.
SOURCES:
Secrets of the Dead: Alcatraz Escape, PBS: https://www.pbs.org/video/secrets-dead-alcatraz-escape/
Deathbed confession, ABC30: https://abc30.com/news/new-leads-in-alcatraz-escapees-manhunt/1351556/
Alcatraz Escape, FBI: https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/alcatraz-escape
Alcatraz inmates survived infamous 1962 escape, letter suggests, CBS News: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/alcatraz-inmates-survived-infamous-1962-escape-letter-suggests/
The Alcatraz Escape’s Forgotten 4th Man, Coast to Coast AM: https://www.coasttocoastam.com/article/video-the-alcatraz-escape-s-forgotten-4th-man
Trump said nobody’s ever escaped from Alcatraz. Oh really?, San Francisco Chronicle: https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/alcatraz-escapes-trump-20311304.php
Alcatraz Reality Capture Project Showcased at Geo Week 2025, Geo Week News: https://www.geoweeknews.com/news/alcatraz-reality-capture-geo-week-2025-pete-kelsey-lidar-photogrammetry
Digitizing the Rock: How Pete Kelsey and RealityScan 2.0 Brought Alcatraz into the Epic Ecosystem, RealityScan: https://www.realityscan.com/en-US/spotlights/digitizing-the-rock-how-pete-kelsey-and-realityscan-2-0-brought-alcatraz-into-the-epic-ecosystem
How Mapping Experts Built the Biggest 3D Dataset of Alcatraz Island, GIM International: https://www.gim-international.com/case-study/how-mapping-experts-built-the-biggest-3d-dataset-of-alcatraz-island
Trump post on Truth Social (July 1, 2025): https://archive.is/Hfjru
Trump renews plan to reopen Alcatraz, this time with sharks, SF Chronicle: https://archive.is/cmiDk
How one man just rewrote the history of Alcatraz, CNN:
https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/11/travel/alcatraz-3d-mapping-pete-kelsey-nps
