A man manages to get out of Alcatraz and, fifty-five years later, sends the FBI a letter that made us shudder

Discovered is an odd letter purportedly written by one of the three well-known inmates who broke out of Alcatraz in 1962.

A letter written in 2013 to the San Francisco police by someone going by the name John Anglin was never made public until today.

“John Anglin is my name,” the letter begins. “I escape Alcatraz in June of 1962. That evening, we did manage to make there, but barely!

The three individuals who managed to elude capture remain on the most wanted list, along with potential current looks.

What is stated there?
Frank Morris, John and Clarence Anglin, and another prisoner—John Anglin—are said to have survived long after their release from custody fifty years prior.

According to the author, Morris passed away in 2005 and Clarence Anglin in 2008.

“If you say on TV that I will only have to go to jail for a year and get medical care, I will write back and let you know exactly where I am,” the author says in an attempt to haggle with the police.

“I’m eighty-three years old and not feeling well.” I’ve been struck by cancer.

According to the letter, John Anglin spent eight years of his life in North Dakota before spending the most of it in Seattle.

At the time the letter was sent, he was reportedly residing in southern California.

Is this letter authentic?
According to CBS, the letter was sent over to San Francisco police five years ago, but they chose not to disclose it.

It was supplied to KPIX, a San Francisco television station, and originated from an unidentified source.

The US Marshals Service, which has been handling the case since 1978, forwarded the letter to the FBI lab for forensic handwriting examination.

The anonymous letter was matched to handwriting samples belonging to escapees John Anglin, Clarence Anglin, and Frank Morris, according to a statement released by the US Marshals Service. The outcome was “inconclusive.”

There was an undiscovered past beneath Alcatraz.

What is spoken by family?
The nephew of John and Clarence Anglin revealed to CBS that, even years after their escape, his grandmother would still get roses and cards signed by John and Clarence.

“I really haven’t decided whether I think it’s John reaching out or not,” stated John’s nephew David Widner.

Mr. Widner was furious that the letter wasn’t delivered to the family on time.

He said, “I feel like they should have at least reached out to the family and let them know it existed for him to say he had cancer and was dying.”

How did they escape?

Alcatraz is a federal jail reserved for the “worst of the worst,” but the three inmates who were imprisoned for stealing a bank demonstrated that it was not as “escape proof” as people believed.

It is believed that over the course of several months, the three inmates dug a tunnel out of their cells using spoons that had been sharpened.

The men constructed an inflatable raft out of raincoats. At night, they entered the ocean, and they were never seen again.

Today, the structure that was formerly a jail attracts over a million visitors to San Francisco each year.

Through a gap in the wall, John Anglin managed to get himself from his cell. Among the more fascinating aspects of the tour is this.

In the center of the bay, on a rocky outcrop, was constructed the jail. 1963 saw its closure, one year after the men’s escape.

The three individuals could not have swum across the icy waters of San Francisco Bay, according to the authorities at the time. Triathletes do precisely that these days.

Clint Eastwood appeared in the 1979 film Escape from Alcatraz, which popularized the escape.