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You know, no one gets off of Alcatraz, right?

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Right.

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You can try, but you're not gonna be successful.

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Wow, look at this.

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This is the cell.

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This is amazing.

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This is where they tunnel through.

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Yep.

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Right here.

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And somehow, these three guys might have just pulled off the impossible.

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All three of them made it off that island and made it to shore.

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100%.

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100% sure.

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This is a photo of John and Clarence in Brazil.

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It's getting real muddy.

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I got a good hit here.

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Oh, we got a coin.

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Hey, come here.

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We got a coin.

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Somebody set a scaping from prison.

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It was gonna be easy.

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Hang on.

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Alcatraz, federal penitentiary, the rock.

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America's most secure prison where the worst of the worst did hard time.

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A former military fortress surrounded by the frigid San Francisco Bay, Alcatraz was said to be escape proof.

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But on June 11th, 1960, the Alcatraz was shot down by a gun.

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This was the last time that Alcatraz was shot down in the Alcatraz.

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But it was only a few minutes after the last day of the battle in San Francisco Bay, Alcatraz was said to be escape proof.

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But on June 11th, 1962, three men attempted the impossible.

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Plotting for months, Car Thief, Frank Morris, and bank robbers John and Clarence Anglin,

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could survive the treacherous crossing,

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and Morris and the Anglans must have drowned.

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Or did they?

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Legends have swirled for 60 years

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that the three inmates made it to the mainland

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and slipped into the fog of history.

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Some say they vanished into South America

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with a stockpile of mob money.

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Now, new evidence has emerged,

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and a former FBI agent is reexamining the case.

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Working with members of the convict's family,

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a controversial photo is igniting a manhunt

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in the remote jungles of Brazil.

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Proof that the convict survived

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would shatter the rock's reputation

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and elevate the trio into the pantheon

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of criminal masterminds.

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But the only way to solve the case

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is to retrace their steps,

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follow the clues,

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and escape from Alcatraz.

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The only question is, are you in or out?

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My name is Josh Gates.

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Hello!

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Explorer.

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Adventurer.

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Amazing.

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Woo!

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And a guy who ends up in some very strange situations.

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Oh, s***!

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Woo! That was exciting.

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With a degree in archaeology

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and a passion for the unexplained,

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I travel to the ends of the Earth,

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investigating the greatest legends in history.

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Hey, let's push it!

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This is Expedition Unknown.

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My manhunt for America's most infamous escaped convicts

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is kicking into high gear behind the wheel of a true icon.

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This is a 1968 Mustang Fastback in Highland Green.

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Woo!

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This is the car that Steve McQueen raced

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through the streets of the city by the bay in the movie Bullet.

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It's a very famous car,

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and it's a very famous car in the world.

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Steve McQueen raced through the streets of the city by the bay

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in the movie Bullet.

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It's 460 horsepower V8 engine,

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his pure American muscle.

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Just like McQueen, I do all my own stunts.

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Here we go.

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Big hill.

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Bigger hill.

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Ho, ho, ho!

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And I just stalled it.

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I got it now.

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Alright, so maybe I'm no Steve McQueen.

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Let's face it, no one is.

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But in a few hours, I'll be starting my own investigation

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into the great escape.

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Immersed in fog well before sunrise,

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I head to the docks to meet retired FBI agent,

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Stuart Fillmore.

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Hey Josh, how are you my friend?

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I'm great, how are you?

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Great to see you.

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Last time I saw you, we were in jail together.

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We were, I'm with John Dillinger.

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I've always wanted to say that, yeah.

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Stuart was a collaborator in my hunt for the infamous gunslinger

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John Dillinger's Lost Loot.

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His latest passion project involves the most infamous prison

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of all time.

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You've worked a lot of cases over the years.

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I have, yeah.

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What got you interested in the Alcatraz escape?

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So, you know, even before I was in the FBI,

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this is a case that had fascinated me,

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partly because, you know, I've always, you know,

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been into gangsters and gunfighters, right?

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And I mean, this is Alcatraz.

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This is the rock.

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It had the worst of the worst.

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But the thing really about Alcatraz is this famous escape.

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You know, no one gets off of Alcatraz, right?

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You can try, but you're not going to be successful.

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And somehow these three guys might have just pulled off

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the impossible, you know, and made the escape.

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So let's talk about these guys.

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They were not criminal kingpits.

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They were not.

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No, they were very small-time crooks, really.

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Since their adolescence,

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their brothers John and Clarence Anglin

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teamed up to pull small jobs like break-ins and robberies

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until they got busted shortly after a bank heist.

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They were sentenced to 35 years behind bars.

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Frank Morris had a high IQ,

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but a low career in small-time crime.

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With a rap sheet starting at age 13,

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Frank's habit of breaking and entering

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eventually landed him a 10-year sentence

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in the Louisiana State Penitentiary.

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They were just run-of-the-mill crooks,

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but they were exceptional escape artists.

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So they had busted out of places before?

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Absolutely.

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So when these guys were arrested again,

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the thinking was,

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put them in a place they can't get out.

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Exactly.

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Put them in an escape-proof Alcatraz.

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Got it.

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And I guess technically speaking,

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they did escape Alcatraz, right?

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They did, yes.

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They got off the rock.

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Correct.

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We just don't know what happened to the next.

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We don't know what happened after that.

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The FBI has steadfastly maintained since 1962

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that the three inmates drowned attempting

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to cross the San Francisco Bay.

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But Stuart is taking a second look.

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Josh, this case may not be as cold as you think.

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OK.

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There's new leads.

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There's new evidence that could break this case wide open.

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Let's start at the scene of the crime.

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It's Alcatraz.

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Alcatraz.

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Out of the darkness comes a tugboat

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that Stuart has arranged to take us across the bay

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before Alcatraz opens to the public.

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That is, if we don't end up on the rocks.

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All right.

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Into the fog.

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A big part of what makes Alcatraz so formidable

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is this, right?

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It's the bay.

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It's the water, absolutely.

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Even once you get through the prison walls,

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you still have a mile and a quarter swim to dry land, right?

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Right.

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Alcatraz sits far from shore on a small, rocky island

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more than a mile from the waterfront of San Francisco.

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There's no bridge or tunnel to the rock.

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The only way on or off is by boat or a lethal swim.

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I mean, the water's freezing cold,

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so you're going to have to fight hypothermia.

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And then, believe it or not, you have to watch out for sharks.

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Don't forget the sharks.

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That's right.

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Sharks.

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11 different species in the bay, including the occasional great white.

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So all told, how many escape attempts happened at Alcatraz?

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So there were a total of 36 escape attempts

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over the 30 years that it was a prison.

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And how'd those work out?

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Well, not too good.

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Over 20 were captured before they ever got to the water.

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Right.

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Six were shot and killed, two drowned,

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and then there are several unaccounted for it

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that are presumed dead.

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Including our three guys.

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Including our three guys.

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All right, we've got a light coming out of the fog.

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Josh, that's Alcatraz.

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That's it.

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That's it, right there.

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The island of Alcatraz was utilized as a U.S. Army fortress

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in the mid-1850s, and from there,

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evolved into a full-time military prison

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before being turned into a civilian super-prison

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for the country's worst criminals.

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Including high-profile mobsters like Machine Gun Kelly,

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Al Capone, Whitey Bulger, and Mickey Cohen.

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And yet, somehow, three small-time hoods

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may have beaten the prisons

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supposedly insurmountable defenses.

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Over a six-month period,

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they chiseled their way out of their cells

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and made paper mache heads to camouflage their absence.

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They built a raft and life vests

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before escaping the rock and disappearing without a trace.

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Josh, here we are.

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Do you want to say it or do you want me to say it?

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I mean, is it okay if I say it?

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It's your show. Go ahead.

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Welcome to the rock!

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It's not a great connery, but it's all I've got.

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It's pretty good.

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It's better than my Nicholas Cage, believe me.

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Okay.

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All right, come on, let's get into it.

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Let's go.

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As the sun starts to break and the fog lifts,

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we revisit the preserved scene of the crime 60 years later.

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Whoa!

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Yeah. So, Josh, welcome to Alcatraz.

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We're in the main cell house here

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between cell block B and C,

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and this long corridor is known as Broadway.

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Okay, so other than the water out there,

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which is pretty lethal,

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what were these guys up against?

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Well, I mean, it's right before you.

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Steel and concrete.

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Right.

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I mean, when this place was built,

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it was the largest steel-reinforced concrete building in the world.

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Wow.

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Designed with one purpose, and that's to keep you in.

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And I'm imagining it was also pretty well guarded.

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It had six guard towers with over 60 guards.

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It had the highest ratio of guards to prisoners of any prison.

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Wow. Okay, so let's talk about our three guys.

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Where were they?

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Let me show you.

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Just around here.

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The first cell we visit belonged to the mastermind of the escape.

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Here's a cell of Frank Morris.

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Okay, so we've got one of our guys right here.

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Yep.

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The cells have been preserved to look just as they did

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on the night of June 11th, 1962.

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And then what about the Anglin brothers?

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They're a little further down, same row.

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So they're not right next to each other?

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Not right next to each other, although the brothers are.

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Okay.

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So here we are.

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This is the, this is John Anglin cell.

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Okay.

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And Brother Clarence right there.

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Wow, so they're side by side.

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Side by side.

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You want to take a closer look?

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Can we?

271
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Open up cell block B, level one.

272
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Perks of being a former FBI agent?

273
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It has its perks.

274
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Wow, look at this.

275
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This is the cell.

276
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This is amazing.

277
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Close up cell block B.

278
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What now?

279
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But no, Stuart.

280
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Stuart.

281
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Josh, you knew it would end up like this.

282
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It was inevitable.

283
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I have to say, though,

284
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now that I'm in here, it's incredibly small.

285
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I see in the back of all three of these cells

286
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a big hole in the wall.

287
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Each of these guys had to tunnel out of their cell.

288
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Right.

289
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How?

290
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There was a ventilation hole there.

291
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Okay.

292
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With a small ventilation grate in it.

293
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But they had to widen that.

294
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They had to widen it.

295
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They noticed that the concrete was somewhat brittle

296
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and could be chipped away.

297
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So for six months they are carefully,

298
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quietly toiling away at this.

299
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Yes.

300
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And then what, where does that hole lead?

301
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That leads to a utility corridor.

302
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So let me take you there now.

303
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Don't make me crawl through.

304
00:11:29,680 --> 00:11:30,680
Will you open this thing up, please?

305
00:11:30,680 --> 00:11:31,680
Get me out of here.

306
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Open up cell block B, level one.

307
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I see the governor got my letter.

308
00:11:38,680 --> 00:11:39,680
All right, come on.

309
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Let's go.

310
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We're about to walk the exact escape path

311
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the prisoners took from their cells.

312
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Do not expect to see this on your standard tour of the rock.

313
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Riding with Stuart has gotten me exclusive access.

314
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After half a year of meticulous preparation,

315
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the prisoners exited their cells through the vent shafts

316
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and ejected into a seldom visited maintenance corridor

317
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where the guards would not have been patrolling.

318
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This is crazy.

319
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There's just this maze passages behind cell blocks.

320
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Okay, this is the backside of one of the vent holes.

321
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So this is where they tunnel through.

322
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Yep.

323
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Right here.

324
00:12:19,680 --> 00:12:20,680
Look at that.

325
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That's unbelievable.

326
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So once they punch through this, where do they go from here?

327
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So they go up.

328
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Up?

329
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Yep.

330
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The prisoners climbed the pipes of the utility corridor

331
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to punch through into a large raw space above the cell block.

332
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When you come up here, we're going to take a lift.

333
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Okay.

334
00:12:43,680 --> 00:12:46,680
As you can see, kind of at the top of the cell block.

335
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Yeah, we're above everything here.

336
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Yes.

337
00:12:49,680 --> 00:12:52,680
So they climbed up from the utility corridor where we were earlier.

338
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There's a tarp up here that just gave them cover

339
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and they turned it into a workshop.

340
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A workshop?

341
00:12:58,680 --> 00:12:59,680
A workshop.

342
00:12:59,680 --> 00:13:00,680
What are they working on up here?

343
00:13:00,680 --> 00:13:03,680
So up here is where they're making the raft and life jackets

344
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out of stolen raincoats.

345
00:13:05,680 --> 00:13:06,680
Okay.

346
00:13:06,680 --> 00:13:07,680
Yeah.

347
00:13:07,680 --> 00:13:08,680
There were steam pipes up here that had enough heat

348
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that allowed them to fuse the rubber together of these life jackets.

349
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And after they made the dummy heads that we saw in the cells earlier,

350
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they could put those down and it would appear that they were sleeping

351
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and they had all the time in the world to do this.

352
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It's really, really clever.

353
00:13:23,680 --> 00:13:25,680
It's ingenious.

354
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These guys were dialed in.

355
00:13:26,680 --> 00:13:27,680
Okay.

356
00:13:27,680 --> 00:13:31,680
But all of this was child's play compared to what they had ahead of them.

357
00:13:32,680 --> 00:13:35,680
So Josh, if you look at the ceiling, just across there, there's a hole.

358
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Oh, that's their escape tunnel.

359
00:13:37,680 --> 00:13:39,680
That is the escape tunnel.

360
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That leads them to the roof.

361
00:13:40,680 --> 00:13:41,680
And then they're outside?

362
00:13:41,680 --> 00:13:42,680
Then they're outside.

363
00:13:42,680 --> 00:13:44,680
When they made their way to the roof,

364
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they walked along this way all the way down and then there was a drain pipe

365
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that was at the end of the building that's no longer there.

366
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30, 40 feet, they worked their way down the drain pipe.

367
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And it's the middle of the night.

368
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Middle of the night, pitch black, carrying all the gear they've got with them,

369
00:13:58,680 --> 00:14:00,680
right, the raft, their life jackets.

370
00:14:00,680 --> 00:14:01,680
Right.

371
00:14:01,680 --> 00:14:03,680
You know, they make their way down and then they work with all this gear,

372
00:14:03,680 --> 00:14:05,680
then they work downhill toward the water.

373
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After climbing down the vertical pipe and with most of the guards inside the prison

374
00:14:10,680 --> 00:14:14,680
after lights out, the men most likely scurry down the south side of the island

375
00:14:14,680 --> 00:14:16,680
toward the water and ferry dock.

376
00:14:16,680 --> 00:14:18,680
From there, who knows?

377
00:14:19,680 --> 00:14:24,680
The story of how three men fled Alcatraz has grown beyond history into legend.

378
00:14:24,680 --> 00:14:30,680
But in the archives of the rock, I'm being given rare access to actual items from the escape.

379
00:14:30,680 --> 00:14:32,680
Josh, this is Amanda Willepard.

380
00:14:32,680 --> 00:14:34,680
She's a curator with the Park Archives.

381
00:14:34,680 --> 00:14:35,680
Great to meet you.

382
00:14:35,680 --> 00:14:36,680
Me too.

383
00:14:36,680 --> 00:14:38,680
And these are original evidence items from the Alcatraz escape.

384
00:14:38,680 --> 00:14:39,680
You're kidding.

385
00:14:39,680 --> 00:14:40,680
I'm not kidding.

386
00:14:40,680 --> 00:14:41,680
This is the real deal.

387
00:14:41,680 --> 00:14:42,680
The real deal.

388
00:14:42,680 --> 00:14:43,680
Yep.

389
00:14:43,680 --> 00:14:44,680
Wow.

390
00:14:48,680 --> 00:14:51,680
These are original evidence items from the Alcatraz escape.

391
00:14:51,680 --> 00:14:52,680
Get out of here.

392
00:14:52,680 --> 00:14:53,680
These are the actual items.

393
00:14:53,680 --> 00:14:54,680
Actual items.

394
00:14:54,680 --> 00:15:01,680
I'm with retired FBI agent Stuart Fillmore investigating the infamous 1962 Alcatraz prison escape

395
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as we examine actual evidence left behind at the scene of the crime.

396
00:15:05,680 --> 00:15:06,680
The real deal.

397
00:15:06,680 --> 00:15:07,680
Yep.

398
00:15:07,680 --> 00:15:14,680
This is one of the actual fake vent grates, handmade from cardboard, layers of soap, and paint.

399
00:15:14,680 --> 00:15:18,680
It was used to cover the eroding concrete surrounding the air duct.

400
00:15:18,680 --> 00:15:22,680
They matched the paint color of the prison wall.

401
00:15:22,680 --> 00:15:23,680
Sure did.

402
00:15:23,680 --> 00:15:24,680
Crazy.

403
00:15:24,680 --> 00:15:27,680
This is prison DIY crafting at its finest.

404
00:15:27,680 --> 00:15:31,680
When we talk about these guys working on this for like six months, I mean, you can see it.

405
00:15:31,680 --> 00:15:32,680
You can see it right there.

406
00:15:32,680 --> 00:15:33,680
Yeah.

407
00:15:33,680 --> 00:15:34,680
It's evident.

408
00:15:34,680 --> 00:15:39,680
These are hand-made blades used for months to chisel away at the concrete in their cells.

409
00:15:39,680 --> 00:15:43,680
A handmade periscope to discreetly check for guards.

410
00:15:43,680 --> 00:15:46,680
These guys are so MacGyver, it's ridiculous.

411
00:15:46,680 --> 00:15:48,680
And here there is a small mirror.

412
00:15:48,680 --> 00:15:49,680
Right.

413
00:15:49,680 --> 00:15:50,680
If you can look inside there.

414
00:15:50,680 --> 00:15:51,680
Oh, right.

415
00:15:51,680 --> 00:15:54,680
So they would have looked through here and it's literally a periscope for them to see around

416
00:15:54,680 --> 00:15:56,680
the corner, I guess, out of their cell.

417
00:15:56,680 --> 00:15:58,680
What we think is that they wanted to see on top of the roof.

418
00:15:58,680 --> 00:16:03,680
When they made the final push out, they wanted to make sure that no one was on that roof.

419
00:16:03,680 --> 00:16:04,680
Incredible.

420
00:16:04,680 --> 00:16:07,680
A vacuum cleaner motor converted into a drill.

421
00:16:07,680 --> 00:16:12,680
And many of the ideas, like the life vests, came right out of the prison library from

422
00:16:12,680 --> 00:16:16,680
old issues of popular mechanics like this one.

423
00:16:16,680 --> 00:16:20,680
I love that one of the key items for their escape, they learned how to make from literature

424
00:16:20,680 --> 00:16:21,680
that was in the prison.

425
00:16:21,680 --> 00:16:22,680
Right in their hand.

426
00:16:22,680 --> 00:16:24,680
It was like a handbook for escape.

427
00:16:24,680 --> 00:16:25,680
It's unbelievable.

428
00:16:25,680 --> 00:16:26,680
See?

429
00:16:26,680 --> 00:16:27,680
Further education.

430
00:16:27,680 --> 00:16:28,680
It'll set you free.

431
00:16:28,680 --> 00:16:30,680
Really well.

432
00:16:30,680 --> 00:16:36,680
These men were bold, smart and meticulous planners who took their shot when the moment presented

433
00:16:36,680 --> 00:16:37,680
itself.

434
00:16:37,680 --> 00:16:40,680
There are a couple of items right over there that I think you're going to want to see.

435
00:16:40,680 --> 00:16:41,680
All right.

436
00:16:41,680 --> 00:16:42,680
Intriguing.

437
00:16:42,680 --> 00:16:43,680
Let's go.

438
00:16:43,680 --> 00:16:44,680
More goodies.

439
00:16:44,680 --> 00:16:45,680
What do we have?

440
00:16:45,680 --> 00:16:47,680
Oh, my word.

441
00:16:47,680 --> 00:16:50,680
Wow.

442
00:16:50,680 --> 00:16:56,680
So we partnered with the FBI to create these 3D scanned replica heads made from the original

443
00:16:56,680 --> 00:16:59,680
dummy heads used in the 1962 escape.

444
00:16:59,680 --> 00:17:00,680
Wow.

445
00:17:00,680 --> 00:17:05,680
And Josh, looking at these heads, is there anything that jumps out at you?

446
00:17:05,680 --> 00:17:07,680
Um, there are 4 of them?

447
00:17:07,680 --> 00:17:08,680
Exactly.

448
00:17:08,680 --> 00:17:10,680
So why are there 4 of them?

449
00:17:10,680 --> 00:17:13,680
Well, there was a 4th conspirator in the escape plan.

450
00:17:13,680 --> 00:17:18,680
A 4th inmate, Alan West, had been working with Morris and the Anglin brothers.

451
00:17:18,680 --> 00:17:24,680
But West was unable to get past his vent that night and the 3 others left without him.

452
00:17:24,680 --> 00:17:29,680
In exchange for not being charged, West gave up what he claimed was the escape plan to

453
00:17:29,680 --> 00:17:30,680
the FBI.

454
00:17:30,680 --> 00:17:35,680
According to his confession, the 3 inmates were going to paddle the raft 2.4 miles to

455
00:17:35,680 --> 00:17:39,680
Angel Island and from there, cross the bay to the city of Marin.

456
00:17:39,680 --> 00:17:41,680
But there's just one problem.

457
00:17:41,680 --> 00:17:46,680
The waters around San Francisco are as tough as any prison.

458
00:17:46,680 --> 00:17:52,680
When the tide goes out, as it was the evening the inmates escaped, billions of gallons of

459
00:17:52,680 --> 00:17:55,680
brush out of the bay and funnel under the Golden Gate Bridge.

460
00:17:55,680 --> 00:18:00,680
The FBI maintains that the men must have been swept out into the Pacific.

461
00:18:00,680 --> 00:18:05,680
The evidence in this room shows that the convicts covered every single angle of their escape,

462
00:18:05,680 --> 00:18:10,680
so it's hard to imagine that they didn't have a plan to deal with the bay and get to shore.

463
00:18:10,680 --> 00:18:12,680
Where do these life jackets turn up?

464
00:18:12,680 --> 00:18:17,680
Well, one of them was found on Angel Island, which is about maybe 2.5 miles north of Alcatraz.

465
00:18:17,680 --> 00:18:18,680
Okay.

466
00:18:18,680 --> 00:18:23,680
The other one was found on the ocean side past the Golden Gate Bridge at Fort Cronkite.

467
00:18:23,680 --> 00:18:24,680
Pretty far away.

468
00:18:24,680 --> 00:18:25,680
Yeah, pretty far away.

469
00:18:25,680 --> 00:18:27,680
And what about the raft that they escaped in?

470
00:18:27,680 --> 00:18:29,680
It was also found on Angel Island.

471
00:18:29,680 --> 00:18:33,680
So we've got the raft on Angel Island, one of the life jackets is there.

472
00:18:33,680 --> 00:18:35,680
Did they make it to Angel Island?

473
00:18:35,680 --> 00:18:38,680
The truth is, I don't know, but I know someone who might.

474
00:18:41,680 --> 00:18:43,680
Stuart and I catch a ferry back to the mainland.

475
00:18:43,680 --> 00:18:46,680
We jump in my whip and head for the docks.

476
00:18:48,680 --> 00:18:51,680
Josh, remember, Stephen Queen wrecked the car in the movie.

477
00:18:51,680 --> 00:18:52,680
I can't hear you, Stuart.

478
00:18:52,680 --> 00:18:54,680
Engine's too loud.

479
00:18:57,680 --> 00:19:03,680
Near Fisherman's Wharf, we meet up with two men who have been relentlessly studying the Alcatraz escape for decades,

480
00:19:03,680 --> 00:19:06,680
experts Mike Lynch and Ken Weidner.

481
00:19:06,680 --> 00:19:10,680
When it comes to the Alcatraz escape, no one knows more than these two guys right here.

482
00:19:10,680 --> 00:19:11,680
All right.

483
00:19:11,680 --> 00:19:14,680
Yeah, and Ken actually has a very personal connection to the escape.

484
00:19:14,680 --> 00:19:15,680
What's that?

485
00:19:15,680 --> 00:19:17,680
Well, John and Clarence are my uncles.

486
00:19:17,680 --> 00:19:18,680
Your brothers are your uncles?

487
00:19:18,680 --> 00:19:19,680
John and Clarence are my uncles.

488
00:19:19,680 --> 00:19:20,680
That's correct.

489
00:19:20,680 --> 00:19:22,680
What? Does that mean you know what happened to them?

490
00:19:22,680 --> 00:19:26,680
I think it's time we share the real story with the public and really let them know what happened.

491
00:19:26,680 --> 00:19:28,680
All right, I'm all for that.

492
00:19:28,680 --> 00:19:31,680
So when it comes to the real story, let's start with the rock right over there behind us.

493
00:19:31,680 --> 00:19:32,680
Yep.

494
00:19:32,680 --> 00:19:33,680
It's out of the fog now.

495
00:19:33,680 --> 00:19:34,680
Yep.

496
00:19:34,680 --> 00:19:35,680
What happened to your uncles?

497
00:19:35,680 --> 00:19:37,680
Did they make it off that island?

498
00:19:37,680 --> 00:19:40,680
All three of them made it off that island and made it ashore.

499
00:19:40,680 --> 00:19:41,680
100%

500
00:19:41,680 --> 00:19:42,680
100% sure.

501
00:19:42,680 --> 00:19:45,680
Now, the FBI's official take here is...

502
00:19:45,680 --> 00:19:46,680
Missing and presumed dead.

503
00:19:46,680 --> 00:19:48,680
We don't share everything with the FBI.

504
00:19:48,680 --> 00:19:49,680
Oh, there we go.

505
00:19:49,680 --> 00:19:50,680
These guys are withholding evidence.

506
00:19:50,680 --> 00:19:51,680
All right.

507
00:19:51,680 --> 00:19:54,680
What a lot of people don't realize is that there was a prison boat docked on the other side of the island

508
00:19:54,680 --> 00:19:59,680
that shuttled inmates and family members driven by the prison guards at regular times.

509
00:19:59,680 --> 00:20:02,680
And then on that night, at 11.15, the last boat went out.

510
00:20:02,680 --> 00:20:08,680
One thing that's overlooked in the FBI report is that there was 125 feet of electrical cord missing that night.

511
00:20:08,680 --> 00:20:12,680
They wanted to hitch a ride with the boat that was leaving at 11.15.

512
00:20:12,680 --> 00:20:15,680
What a perfect way to hook to that boat using that cord.

513
00:20:15,680 --> 00:20:19,680
That's really intriguing because if you're paddling out of there in this tiny homemade raft,

514
00:20:19,680 --> 00:20:23,680
why are you going to carry something as heavy as 125 feet of cord?

515
00:20:23,680 --> 00:20:29,680
Ken and Mike are convinced that the inmates secretly tethered their makeshift raft to the departing boat

516
00:20:29,680 --> 00:20:31,680
and caught a free ride across the bay.

517
00:20:31,680 --> 00:20:32,680
What do they do?

518
00:20:32,680 --> 00:20:35,680
They get towed out into the bay here and just let go at some point?

519
00:20:35,680 --> 00:20:39,680
We know for a fact that there was a boat out there to pick them up because there was an eyewitness,

520
00:20:39,680 --> 00:20:42,680
a police officer at the time by the name of Robert Chechi,

521
00:20:42,680 --> 00:20:45,680
who witnessed them being picked up by that boat.

522
00:20:45,680 --> 00:20:49,680
Chechi reports this happening and seeing this boat around midnight.

523
00:20:49,680 --> 00:20:53,680
So this matches up to the 11.15 boat leaving.

524
00:20:53,680 --> 00:20:54,680
You've heard of this guy?

525
00:20:54,680 --> 00:20:55,680
I have heard of him, yeah.

526
00:20:55,680 --> 00:20:56,680
And what do you make of this?

527
00:20:56,680 --> 00:20:58,680
Why do you think the FBI didn't take his account more seriously?

528
00:20:58,680 --> 00:21:00,680
Josh, I really don't have an answer.

529
00:21:00,680 --> 00:21:01,680
I don't know why they didn't.

530
00:21:01,680 --> 00:21:03,680
I actually find his story very credible.

531
00:21:03,680 --> 00:21:05,680
But he was kind of disregarded in all this?

532
00:21:05,680 --> 00:21:06,680
He was, yes.

533
00:21:06,680 --> 00:21:07,680
Okay.

534
00:21:07,680 --> 00:21:08,680
Well, you're building a good case here.

535
00:21:08,680 --> 00:21:13,680
But there is a question here, which is that these three guys were relatively small-time crooks.

536
00:21:13,680 --> 00:21:17,680
Could they really have arranged a pickup boat out in the harbor that night?

537
00:21:17,680 --> 00:21:18,680
Not what I'd help.

538
00:21:18,680 --> 00:21:19,680
You think they'd help?

539
00:21:19,680 --> 00:21:20,680
Yes, they did.

540
00:21:20,680 --> 00:21:21,680
Yes.

541
00:21:21,680 --> 00:21:22,680
Help from who?

542
00:21:22,680 --> 00:21:23,680
Mickey Cohen.

543
00:21:23,680 --> 00:21:24,680
From Mickey Cohen?

544
00:21:24,680 --> 00:21:27,680
The famous mob boss from Los Angeles.

545
00:21:27,680 --> 00:21:33,680
Mickey Cohen was a gangster, racketeer, and one-time enforcer for Al Capone.

546
00:21:33,680 --> 00:21:39,680
But when convicted of tax evasion in 1961, he was sentenced to Alcatraz.

547
00:21:39,680 --> 00:21:46,680
According to Ken, prior to their stay in Alcatraz, John and Clarence bragged of working for Mickey Cohen in LA.

548
00:21:46,680 --> 00:21:49,680
Ken thinks Mickey was willing to bankroll their escape.

549
00:21:49,680 --> 00:21:53,680
But even with help from the mob, the men still had to make it across the bay,

550
00:21:53,680 --> 00:21:57,680
something experts have long doubted was possible to survive.

551
00:21:57,680 --> 00:22:07,680
Could these three guys in a half-inflated raft really be towed behind a prison boat and not have the whole thing rip apart and fall apart?

552
00:22:07,680 --> 00:22:09,680
There's only one way to find out, right?

553
00:22:09,680 --> 00:22:10,680
No.

554
00:22:10,680 --> 00:22:11,680
Get in the water?

555
00:22:11,680 --> 00:22:12,680
Yes.

556
00:22:12,680 --> 00:22:13,680
You think this is possible?

557
00:22:13,680 --> 00:22:14,680
100%.

558
00:22:14,680 --> 00:22:15,680
I'll put money down.

559
00:22:15,680 --> 00:22:16,680
Definitely.

560
00:22:16,680 --> 00:22:17,680
Let's go do it.

561
00:22:17,680 --> 00:22:18,680
We need a boat.

562
00:22:18,680 --> 00:22:19,680
I've got a boat.

563
00:22:19,680 --> 00:22:20,680
Of course you do.

564
00:22:20,680 --> 00:22:21,680
All right, come on.

565
00:22:21,680 --> 00:22:24,680
Just as we discussed whether the raft could handle being towed against the tide,

566
00:22:24,680 --> 00:22:31,680
we're going to recreate the conditions by towing a similarly sized raft as the inmates behind a similarly powered vessel.

567
00:22:31,680 --> 00:22:37,680
Okay, wind is howling, tide is headed out.

568
00:22:37,680 --> 00:22:38,680
Tide is headed out.

569
00:22:38,680 --> 00:22:39,680
Yeah.

570
00:22:39,680 --> 00:22:43,680
So we're most likely matching the tidal conditions of when they escaped.

571
00:22:43,680 --> 00:22:44,680
Correct.

572
00:22:44,680 --> 00:22:45,680
Right?

573
00:22:45,680 --> 00:22:48,680
So we're near the spot where your uncles were.

574
00:22:48,680 --> 00:22:49,680
Right.

575
00:22:49,680 --> 00:22:50,680
60 years ago.

576
00:22:50,680 --> 00:22:51,680
So what are we doing next?

577
00:22:51,680 --> 00:22:52,680
We have a raft right here.

578
00:22:52,680 --> 00:22:53,680
Oh boy.

579
00:22:53,680 --> 00:22:56,680
We need to get it inflated and into the water.

580
00:22:56,680 --> 00:22:59,680
I was afraid you were going to say that.

581
00:22:59,680 --> 00:23:03,680
Not only is it incredibly dangerous to get into this water in a raft,

582
00:23:03,680 --> 00:23:06,680
but with six foot swells and a small craft advisory,

583
00:23:06,680 --> 00:23:11,680
we shouldn't even be out here in this boat.

584
00:23:11,680 --> 00:23:13,680
What do you think the temperature of this water is?

585
00:23:13,680 --> 00:23:14,680
High 40s.

586
00:23:14,680 --> 00:23:15,680
Perfect.

587
00:23:15,680 --> 00:23:16,680
That's what I was hoping you were going to say.

588
00:23:16,680 --> 00:23:17,680
High 40s.

589
00:23:17,680 --> 00:23:22,680
I've done a lot of stupid things in my life and this is one of them.

590
00:23:22,680 --> 00:23:24,680
But that's never stopped me before.

591
00:23:24,680 --> 00:23:28,680
We tether to the tow boat and prepare for our escape.

592
00:23:28,680 --> 00:23:30,680
Okay, raft's going in.

593
00:23:30,680 --> 00:23:35,680
Ken and I will attempt to use replica homemade paddles in the bow

594
00:23:35,680 --> 00:23:38,680
while Stuart tries to rudder in the stern.

595
00:23:38,680 --> 00:23:44,680
I'm doing my best not to think about the waves, temperature, and oh yeah, sharks.

596
00:23:44,680 --> 00:23:45,680
Get ready.

597
00:23:45,680 --> 00:23:46,680
It's just going to get nuts.

598
00:23:46,680 --> 00:23:48,680
Here we go.

599
00:23:48,680 --> 00:23:55,680
The raft reels out 100 feet behind the boat and we're at the mercy of the bay.

600
00:24:03,680 --> 00:24:07,680
The raft is nearly impossible to steer into the surf.

601
00:24:07,680 --> 00:24:10,680
Oh man, that's cold.

602
00:24:10,680 --> 00:24:13,680
Halfway across the bay and we're clinging for dear life

603
00:24:13,680 --> 00:24:17,680
as icy wave after icy wave washes through us.

604
00:24:19,680 --> 00:24:21,680
This is crazy.

605
00:24:29,680 --> 00:24:32,680
I'm actually doing this in complete darkness.

606
00:24:32,680 --> 00:24:33,680
Yes.

607
00:24:33,680 --> 00:24:34,680
Right?

608
00:24:34,680 --> 00:24:35,680
Yes.

609
00:24:35,680 --> 00:24:36,680
I'm not being able to see anything.

610
00:24:36,680 --> 00:24:37,680
No.

611
00:24:37,680 --> 00:24:41,680
In fact, conditions are so dangerous that Mike and the camera crew on the support vessel

612
00:24:41,680 --> 00:24:44,680
aren't doing much better than we are.

613
00:24:44,680 --> 00:24:45,680
I'm okay.

614
00:24:45,680 --> 00:24:47,680
I'm okay.

615
00:24:47,680 --> 00:24:48,680
Hang on.

616
00:24:48,680 --> 00:24:52,680
This might be one of the crazier things I've ever done.

617
00:24:52,680 --> 00:24:56,680
Nobody said escaping from prison was going to be easy.

618
00:24:59,680 --> 00:25:00,680
F***.

619
00:25:08,680 --> 00:25:09,680
F***.

620
00:25:11,680 --> 00:25:16,680
In the middle of San Francisco Bay, I'm recreating the infamous escape from Alcatraz.

621
00:25:16,680 --> 00:25:17,680
Hey!

622
00:25:17,680 --> 00:25:20,680
It's not going so well.

623
00:25:20,680 --> 00:25:21,680
Come on!

624
00:25:21,680 --> 00:25:23,680
Come on, come on!

625
00:25:23,680 --> 00:25:29,680
The guys reel me back in like a prize fish and the experience didn't come without a cost.

626
00:25:29,680 --> 00:25:32,680
So we lost our rope off the front.

627
00:25:32,680 --> 00:25:35,680
We lost our handle when we could air now.

628
00:25:35,680 --> 00:25:39,680
Our boat is wounded and rapidly deflating.

629
00:25:39,680 --> 00:25:40,680
We are sinking.

630
00:25:40,680 --> 00:25:45,680
But miraculously, the raft holds together long enough to get across the bay, which

631
00:25:45,680 --> 00:25:48,680
means Ken and Mike's theory still holds water.

632
00:25:48,680 --> 00:25:50,680
A ride, not so much.

633
00:25:55,680 --> 00:25:56,680
There we go.

634
00:25:56,680 --> 00:25:58,680
You want some Bob?

635
00:25:58,680 --> 00:25:59,680
All right.

636
00:25:59,680 --> 00:26:00,680
Did we make it?

637
00:26:00,680 --> 00:26:01,680
We made it.

638
00:26:01,680 --> 00:26:02,680
Are we free?

639
00:26:02,680 --> 00:26:03,680
We're free.

640
00:26:03,680 --> 00:26:04,680
All right.

641
00:26:04,680 --> 00:26:05,680
Nice work, man.

642
00:26:05,680 --> 00:26:06,680
Woo!

643
00:26:06,680 --> 00:26:09,680
Kids, do not try that at home.

644
00:26:11,680 --> 00:26:16,680
We limped back to port, now knowing that the convicts could have made it from Alcatraz to shore

645
00:26:16,680 --> 00:26:18,680
exactly as Ken and Mike suggest.

646
00:26:18,680 --> 00:26:24,680
And after changing into dry clothes, they're anxious to reveal where they think the men went from here.

647
00:26:24,680 --> 00:26:25,680
All right, well, that was fun.

648
00:26:25,680 --> 00:26:27,680
That was a lot of fun.

649
00:26:27,680 --> 00:26:31,680
I really do think there's a chance they could have made it.

650
00:26:31,680 --> 00:26:32,680
I do too.

651
00:26:32,680 --> 00:26:33,680
Total air grade.

652
00:26:33,680 --> 00:26:35,680
So, where'd they go?

653
00:26:35,680 --> 00:26:36,680
Brazil.

654
00:26:36,680 --> 00:26:37,680
Brazil?

655
00:26:37,680 --> 00:26:38,680
Brazil.

656
00:26:38,680 --> 00:26:39,680
That's not the answer I was expecting.

657
00:26:39,680 --> 00:26:40,680
They went to Brazil.

658
00:26:40,680 --> 00:26:41,680
Why?

659
00:26:41,680 --> 00:26:42,680
They went to Brazil.

660
00:26:42,680 --> 00:26:43,680
How do you know that?

661
00:26:43,680 --> 00:26:44,680
Because we have proof that they made it.

662
00:26:44,680 --> 00:26:46,680
Let's see it.

663
00:26:46,680 --> 00:26:48,680
What is this?

664
00:26:48,680 --> 00:26:54,680
This is a photo of John and Clarence in the early 70s in Brazil.

665
00:26:54,680 --> 00:26:55,680
This is them?

666
00:26:55,680 --> 00:26:56,680
That's them.

667
00:26:56,680 --> 00:26:57,680
That's John.

668
00:26:57,680 --> 00:26:58,680
That's Clarence.

669
00:26:58,680 --> 00:27:01,680
And they are standing next to, is it a termite mound?

670
00:27:01,680 --> 00:27:02,680
It's a termite mound.

671
00:27:02,680 --> 00:27:03,680
Yes.

672
00:27:03,680 --> 00:27:04,680
Okay.

673
00:27:04,680 --> 00:27:07,680
In front of a river near a termite mound, where did this photo come from?

674
00:27:07,680 --> 00:27:10,680
This came from an individual by the name of Fred Breezy.

675
00:27:10,680 --> 00:27:14,680
He was a drug runner, running drugs out of South America for quite a while.

676
00:27:14,680 --> 00:27:20,680
The brothers were actually participating with him before they got caught and went to Alcatraz.

677
00:27:20,680 --> 00:27:22,680
Remember Mickey Cohen?

678
00:27:22,680 --> 00:27:26,680
According to Ken and Mike, the mobster not only bankrolled the trio's escape,

679
00:27:26,680 --> 00:27:31,680
with the help of his associate Fred Breezy, he set the fugitives up for their new lives in Brazil

680
00:27:31,680 --> 00:27:34,680
with some significant seed money.

681
00:27:34,680 --> 00:27:36,680
And so Fred Breezy gives this photo to who?

682
00:27:36,680 --> 00:27:41,680
This went to my mother in 1992 when he came to meet with the Anglin family

683
00:27:41,680 --> 00:27:44,680
and tell them what happened to their brothers.

684
00:27:44,680 --> 00:27:47,680
After decades of wondering about John and Clarence's fate,

685
00:27:47,680 --> 00:27:53,680
Fred Breezy emerged from the shadows to spill a tale that shocked the Anglin family.

686
00:27:53,680 --> 00:27:56,680
And what story does he tell your mother?

687
00:27:56,680 --> 00:28:03,680
They bought a farm, started raising crops and cattle, and they had a really good life.

688
00:28:03,680 --> 00:28:06,680
If this is true, this is a bombshell.

689
00:28:06,680 --> 00:28:08,680
It changes history.

690
00:28:08,680 --> 00:28:13,680
Not only did these guys survive the escape, you're telling me they go on to lead full lives in South America?

691
00:28:13,680 --> 00:28:15,680
Full lives, married, children.

692
00:28:15,680 --> 00:28:18,680
Do you have any idea where this is?

693
00:28:18,680 --> 00:28:22,680
Yes, this is a village just north of Sampaolo.

694
00:28:22,680 --> 00:28:27,680
Okay, so now the question is, where is this? Exactly where is this, right?

695
00:28:27,680 --> 00:28:30,680
Maybe there's some evidence that they were there.

696
00:28:30,680 --> 00:28:33,680
So have you been down to try to figure out exactly where this is?

697
00:28:33,680 --> 00:28:36,680
I have not been down there yet, but I am planning to go.

698
00:28:36,680 --> 00:28:37,680
Planting to go where?

699
00:28:37,680 --> 00:28:39,680
As soon as your bags are packed.

700
00:28:41,680 --> 00:28:45,680
I need zero arm twisting to follow the fugitives trail to Brazil.

701
00:28:45,680 --> 00:28:51,680
Stuart will stay back in the States using his connections to see if he can positively ID the men in the photo,

702
00:28:51,680 --> 00:28:56,680
while Ken, Mike and I, jet from San Francisco to Sampaolo.

703
00:29:01,680 --> 00:29:07,680
Home to over 22 million people, this is the largest city in the Americas.

704
00:29:07,680 --> 00:29:14,680
A bustling metropolis brimming with enough art, food and culture that it practically vibrates to its own Sampa beat.

705
00:29:14,680 --> 00:29:19,680
Needless to say, it's certainly a place where getting lost in the crowd would be fairly easy.

706
00:29:19,680 --> 00:29:25,680
Ken and Mike have been working with a local investigator, Kyo Valela, who thinks he may have cracked the case.

707
00:29:25,680 --> 00:29:28,680
We arranged to meet him at a nearby bar.

708
00:29:29,680 --> 00:29:30,680
Kyo!

709
00:29:30,680 --> 00:29:31,680
Ken, how are you?

710
00:29:31,680 --> 00:29:33,680
How are you doing, man? How are you doing?

711
00:29:33,680 --> 00:29:34,680
Hey, Josh, this is Kyo.

712
00:29:34,680 --> 00:29:35,680
Josh, good to meet you.

713
00:29:35,680 --> 00:29:36,680
Hey, how are you?

714
00:29:36,680 --> 00:29:37,680
Oh, good.

715
00:29:37,680 --> 00:29:38,680
How's it going?

716
00:29:38,680 --> 00:29:39,680
I'm great.

717
00:29:39,680 --> 00:29:40,680
Is this your office?

718
00:29:40,680 --> 00:29:41,680
Yeah, very much. Every day.

719
00:29:41,680 --> 00:29:42,680
What's going on here? What is this?

720
00:29:42,680 --> 00:29:44,680
Happy hour, Friday, Brazil.

721
00:29:44,680 --> 00:29:45,680
I got to move to Brazil.

722
00:29:45,680 --> 00:29:46,680
Yeah.

723
00:29:46,680 --> 00:29:49,680
Okay, so they tell me you got some hot leads in this case.

724
00:29:49,680 --> 00:29:50,680
Yeah, absolutely.

725
00:29:50,680 --> 00:29:51,680
Yeah?

726
00:29:51,680 --> 00:29:52,680
Have a drink first.

727
00:29:52,680 --> 00:29:53,680
Yeah, I got to.

728
00:29:53,680 --> 00:29:54,680
Let's have a drink.

729
00:29:54,680 --> 00:29:55,680
Let's do it.

730
00:29:55,680 --> 00:29:56,680
I'm not worried about it.

731
00:29:56,680 --> 00:29:57,680
You've made a huge mistake.

732
00:29:57,680 --> 00:29:58,680
Yes, okay.

733
00:29:58,680 --> 00:30:00,680
Caparini is in hand.

734
00:30:00,680 --> 00:30:02,680
We should probably get down to business.

735
00:30:02,680 --> 00:30:04,680
Cheers, guys.

736
00:30:04,680 --> 00:30:07,680
I'm sorry.

737
00:30:07,680 --> 00:30:08,680
Kyo, I'm sorry.

738
00:30:08,680 --> 00:30:09,680
I was born to dance, Kyo.

739
00:30:09,680 --> 00:30:10,680
I'm sorry.

740
00:30:10,680 --> 00:30:11,680
I'm sorry.

741
00:30:11,680 --> 00:30:14,680
Samba, like Brazil itself, is a melting pot,

742
00:30:14,680 --> 00:30:16,680
a blend of African, European,

743
00:30:16,680 --> 00:30:19,680
and native instruments and rhythms.

744
00:30:22,680 --> 00:30:24,680
Huh, turns out the country that invented Carnival

745
00:30:24,680 --> 00:30:26,680
likes to party.

746
00:30:28,680 --> 00:30:33,680
One blast of an evening and a few aspirin later,

747
00:30:33,680 --> 00:30:37,680
Kyo is directing us 80 miles northeast of the city,

748
00:30:37,680 --> 00:30:40,680
following clues from the photo purporting to be the Anglin

749
00:30:40,680 --> 00:30:43,680
Brothers, as well as stories told by the mobster Fred

750
00:30:43,680 --> 00:30:44,680
Breezy.

751
00:30:44,680 --> 00:30:48,680
And one of those clues is coming up right now.

752
00:30:48,680 --> 00:30:50,680
Guys, you see this on our right-hand side?

753
00:30:50,680 --> 00:30:51,680
Yeah.

754
00:30:51,680 --> 00:30:52,680
It's like a GM plant?

755
00:30:52,680 --> 00:30:53,680
Exactly.

756
00:30:53,680 --> 00:30:56,680
So, Josh, believe it or not, 50 years ago,

757
00:30:56,680 --> 00:30:58,680
this was a Chevrolet plant.

758
00:30:58,680 --> 00:30:59,680
OK.

759
00:30:59,680 --> 00:31:02,680
And the reason why that's important is that Fred

760
00:31:02,680 --> 00:31:04,680
Breezy even said that there was a Chevrolet plant

761
00:31:04,680 --> 00:31:06,680
very close to where they live.

762
00:31:06,680 --> 00:31:09,680
And were there a bunch of Chevy plants in Brazil back then?

763
00:31:09,680 --> 00:31:11,680
There were only two in the whole country,

764
00:31:11,680 --> 00:31:13,680
and this is the only one in the whole area.

765
00:31:13,680 --> 00:31:14,680
OK.

766
00:31:14,680 --> 00:31:15,680
So maybe we're headed in the right direction.

767
00:31:15,680 --> 00:31:16,680
I think so.

768
00:31:16,680 --> 00:31:17,680
All right.

769
00:31:17,680 --> 00:31:18,680
I believe so.

770
00:31:19,680 --> 00:31:21,680
Using the GM plant as a starting point,

771
00:31:21,680 --> 00:31:24,680
Kyo searched the surrounding area for any visual indicators

772
00:31:24,680 --> 00:31:25,680
from the photo.

773
00:31:32,680 --> 00:31:34,680
Josh, please pull over here.

774
00:31:34,680 --> 00:31:35,680
Pull over here?

775
00:31:35,680 --> 00:31:37,680
Yeah, we have to go through the bamboo.

776
00:31:37,680 --> 00:31:39,680
Through the bamboo?

777
00:31:39,680 --> 00:31:40,680
OK.

778
00:31:40,680 --> 00:31:41,680
Thank you.

779
00:31:41,680 --> 00:31:42,680
Let's do it.

780
00:31:47,680 --> 00:31:48,680
This way, please.

781
00:31:48,680 --> 00:31:49,680
Here?

782
00:31:51,680 --> 00:31:52,680
Where are we going?

783
00:31:52,680 --> 00:31:56,680
Turns out we're going to see some evidence, mounds of it.

784
00:31:59,680 --> 00:32:00,680
Oh, my word.

785
00:32:07,680 --> 00:32:08,680
Where are we going?

786
00:32:08,680 --> 00:32:10,680
Outside of Sao Paulo, I'm looking for evidence

787
00:32:10,680 --> 00:32:13,680
that the three men who escaped Alcatraz in 1962

788
00:32:13,680 --> 00:32:16,680
may have survived and fled to Brazil.

789
00:32:16,680 --> 00:32:18,680
Oh, my word.

790
00:32:19,680 --> 00:32:21,680
They're a termite.

791
00:32:21,680 --> 00:32:24,680
They're a termite mound everywhere.

792
00:32:24,680 --> 00:32:25,680
Just like the photo.

793
00:32:25,680 --> 00:32:26,680
Look at this.

794
00:32:26,680 --> 00:32:27,680
It's like a spot on match.

795
00:32:27,680 --> 00:32:29,680
Kyo, incredible.

796
00:32:29,680 --> 00:32:30,680
Truly amazing.

797
00:32:30,680 --> 00:32:32,680
So we got termite mounds.

798
00:32:33,680 --> 00:32:34,680
I mean, Josh, look at this photo.

799
00:32:34,680 --> 00:32:36,680
And you tell me we're not in the right area.

800
00:32:36,680 --> 00:32:38,680
It's really compelling.

801
00:32:38,680 --> 00:32:41,680
I mean, obviously this termite mound from the photo

802
00:32:41,680 --> 00:32:42,680
would be long gone, right?

803
00:32:42,680 --> 00:32:43,680
These things wash away.

804
00:32:43,680 --> 00:32:44,680
Exactly.

805
00:32:44,680 --> 00:32:47,680
But here we are standing in front of one that looks just like it

806
00:32:47,680 --> 00:32:50,680
and cutting right through the scene here in the background.

807
00:32:50,680 --> 00:32:51,680
We've got a river.

808
00:32:51,680 --> 00:32:54,680
I mean, the case is getting strong.

809
00:32:54,680 --> 00:32:55,680
So think about it.

810
00:32:55,680 --> 00:32:59,680
50 years ago, they were standing somewhere in here,

811
00:32:59,680 --> 00:33:03,680
river behind them, and their best friends taking a picture of them.

812
00:33:03,680 --> 00:33:05,680
In much cooler shirts than any of us have on.

813
00:33:05,680 --> 00:33:06,680
In much cooler shirts.

814
00:33:06,680 --> 00:33:07,680
Right?

815
00:33:07,680 --> 00:33:10,680
So where do two guys on the run set up a farming and ranching operation?

816
00:33:10,680 --> 00:33:12,680
What's the closest farming town around here?

817
00:33:12,680 --> 00:33:14,680
Well, that would be Monteiro Lobado.

818
00:33:14,680 --> 00:33:15,680
Monteiro Lobado.

819
00:33:15,680 --> 00:33:17,680
That's the place we need to go to next.

820
00:33:17,680 --> 00:33:19,680
Monteiro Lobado.

821
00:33:19,680 --> 00:33:20,680
Come on, boys, let's go.

822
00:33:20,680 --> 00:33:25,680
The Anglans Trail has led us to Monteiro Lobado,

823
00:33:25,680 --> 00:33:28,680
a sleepy community a few miles away.

824
00:33:28,680 --> 00:33:32,680
If they and Frank Morris set up a nearby farm after escaping Alcatraz,

825
00:33:32,680 --> 00:33:34,680
this is where they would have done business.

826
00:33:34,680 --> 00:33:40,680
All right, let's go find some fugitives.

827
00:33:40,680 --> 00:33:48,680
And now for what we call in the investigators world a little legwork.

828
00:33:48,680 --> 00:33:53,680
Canvassing the area with flyers and talking to the town's more seasoned citizens

829
00:33:53,680 --> 00:33:58,680
to see if they can recall two or three Americans living in the area in the early to mid-70s.

830
00:33:58,680 --> 00:34:00,680
So not familiar?

831
00:34:00,680 --> 00:34:01,680
No.

832
00:34:01,680 --> 00:34:02,680
No? Okay.

833
00:34:02,680 --> 00:34:03,680
Obrigado.

834
00:34:03,680 --> 00:34:04,680
Thank you guys.

835
00:34:04,680 --> 00:34:05,680
Obrigado.

836
00:34:05,680 --> 00:34:06,680
Thank you.

837
00:34:06,680 --> 00:34:08,680
Of course, it doesn't hurt to talk to the younger residents as well.

838
00:34:08,680 --> 00:34:10,680
Have you seen this man?

839
00:34:10,680 --> 00:34:11,680
No?

840
00:34:11,680 --> 00:34:12,680
Are you free for dinner?

841
00:34:12,680 --> 00:34:13,680
No?

842
00:34:13,680 --> 00:34:14,680
Okay.

843
00:34:14,680 --> 00:34:15,680
Here we go.

844
00:34:15,680 --> 00:34:19,680
Historically, fugitives have used Brazil as a haven from the law,

845
00:34:19,680 --> 00:34:24,680
from bank robbers and politicians to Nazis fleeing justice after World War II.

846
00:34:24,680 --> 00:34:27,680
But no one in Monteiro Lobado has seen our guys yet.

847
00:34:27,680 --> 00:34:28,680
Thank you, sir.

848
00:34:28,680 --> 00:34:29,680
Obrigado.

849
00:34:29,680 --> 00:34:33,680
We've spoken to half of Monteiro Lobado without any leads,

850
00:34:33,680 --> 00:34:36,680
until one resident points us towards the outskirts of town.

851
00:34:36,680 --> 00:34:40,680
Muchíssimo obrigado.

852
00:34:40,680 --> 00:34:45,680
There, she has a friend with a story he's been waiting decades to tell.

853
00:34:45,680 --> 00:34:48,680
Here we go.

854
00:34:48,680 --> 00:34:50,680
Hello.

855
00:34:50,680 --> 00:34:54,680
Vicente, who has lived in Monteiro Lobado his whole life,

856
00:34:54,680 --> 00:34:58,680
says he remembers three English-speaking men in this area from when he was a teenager.

857
00:34:58,680 --> 00:35:01,680
So tell us what you remember about these guys.

858
00:35:01,680 --> 00:35:03,680
First of all, there were three of them?

859
00:35:03,680 --> 00:35:05,680
I don't remember how many people there were.

860
00:35:05,680 --> 00:35:10,680
There were three guys, and they were hiding out up in the hills near a natural shelter.

861
00:35:10,680 --> 00:35:11,680
What do you mean a natural shelter?

862
00:35:11,680 --> 00:35:15,680
Well, they were hiding out near a big rock shelter.

863
00:35:15,680 --> 00:35:16,680
A rock shelter, okay.

864
00:35:16,680 --> 00:35:18,680
And where was this?

865
00:35:18,680 --> 00:35:21,680
Aqui naitamos nessa posição aqui, ó.

866
00:35:21,680 --> 00:35:22,680
Ahá.

867
00:35:22,680 --> 00:35:23,680
In the hills.

868
00:35:23,680 --> 00:35:24,680
Ah.

869
00:35:24,680 --> 00:35:26,680
What ultimately happens to these guys?

870
00:35:26,680 --> 00:35:28,680
Então, através dessa de educar.

871
00:35:28,680 --> 00:35:31,680
The local sheriff decided to check on them.

872
00:35:31,680 --> 00:35:37,680
But as he hiked up and talked to these guys, instead of turning them out,

873
00:35:37,680 --> 00:35:40,680
he ended up on a deal with them.

874
00:35:40,680 --> 00:35:47,680
They hired the local sheriff to bring food for them as they were camping out for about two months, he said.

875
00:35:47,680 --> 00:35:49,680
Sorry, the sheriff is bringing them food?

876
00:35:49,680 --> 00:35:50,680
Yeah.

877
00:35:50,680 --> 00:35:52,680
This is now getting more and more interesting, right?

878
00:35:52,680 --> 00:35:57,680
I mean, when was the last time you heard about a sheriff turning into a meal delivery service for somebody?

879
00:35:57,680 --> 00:35:58,680
This is crazy.

880
00:35:58,680 --> 00:35:59,680
It's crazy?

881
00:35:59,680 --> 00:36:00,680
Yes.

882
00:36:00,680 --> 00:36:01,680
Right?

883
00:36:01,680 --> 00:36:02,680
Is it an easy place to reach?

884
00:36:02,680 --> 00:36:03,680
Só que esse tempo...

885
00:36:03,680 --> 00:36:04,680
Not an easy place to reach.

886
00:36:04,680 --> 00:36:06,680
Vehicles can't get there.

887
00:36:06,680 --> 00:36:11,680
It's up in the jungle, and the sheriff would use a meal to bring supplies.

888
00:36:11,680 --> 00:36:12,680
Okay.

889
00:36:12,680 --> 00:36:14,680
Can you describe how to reach this place, though?

890
00:36:14,680 --> 00:36:15,680
Consego.

891
00:36:15,680 --> 00:36:17,680
Vou desprecar como chegar.

892
00:36:17,680 --> 00:36:19,680
Yeah, he can tell you how to get there.

893
00:36:19,680 --> 00:36:20,680
You guys feel like a hike?

894
00:36:20,680 --> 00:36:21,680
I'm ready for a hike.

895
00:36:21,680 --> 00:36:22,680
Let's do it.

896
00:36:22,680 --> 00:36:23,680
Yeah.

897
00:36:23,680 --> 00:36:24,680
Okay.

898
00:36:24,680 --> 00:36:25,680
Thank you.

899
00:36:28,680 --> 00:36:34,680
Vicente's memory lines up perfectly with the timing and the description of the story told by Fred Brizzi.

900
00:36:34,680 --> 00:36:40,680
But to get confirmation, we're going to need to climb high into the Montecuera Mountains above Montero Lobado,

901
00:36:40,680 --> 00:36:42,680
and it's not a smooth trip.

902
00:36:43,680 --> 00:36:44,680
Wow, okay.

903
00:36:44,680 --> 00:36:46,680
This ain't much of a road.

904
00:36:46,680 --> 00:36:47,680
Not much.

905
00:36:50,680 --> 00:36:51,680
Okay.

906
00:36:52,680 --> 00:36:53,680
We're alive.

907
00:36:53,680 --> 00:36:54,680
We're alive.

908
00:36:54,680 --> 00:37:01,680
This steep ascent takes us far from the town into a wild environment with only two ruts in the ground to guide us.

909
00:37:01,680 --> 00:37:04,680
Until finally, there's no more road to ride.

910
00:37:08,680 --> 00:37:09,680
All right.

911
00:37:09,680 --> 00:37:11,680
Here we are at the beginning of the hike.

912
00:37:11,680 --> 00:37:12,680
Yeah.

913
00:37:12,680 --> 00:37:16,680
The end of the line is a remote home owned by a local farmer.

914
00:37:16,680 --> 00:37:19,680
He kindly agrees to help us get to the rock shelter.

915
00:37:19,680 --> 00:37:20,680
Si, si.

916
00:37:20,680 --> 00:37:23,680
Reachable via a narrow trail from his home.

917
00:37:23,680 --> 00:37:24,680
Here you go.

918
00:37:24,680 --> 00:37:25,680
One more.

919
00:37:25,680 --> 00:37:26,680
Metal detectors.

920
00:37:26,680 --> 00:37:27,680
Got it.

921
00:37:27,680 --> 00:37:28,680
You got that too?

922
00:37:28,680 --> 00:37:29,680
Got it.

923
00:37:29,680 --> 00:37:30,680
Okay, great.

924
00:37:30,680 --> 00:37:33,680
To go deeper into the mountains, we trade in our horsepower for some mule power.

925
00:37:37,680 --> 00:37:38,680
Okay, here we go.

926
00:37:38,680 --> 00:37:39,680
Let's get into it.

927
00:37:39,680 --> 00:37:40,680
This is it.

928
00:37:40,680 --> 00:37:41,680
Yep.

929
00:37:41,680 --> 00:37:42,680
Onward and upward.

930
00:37:43,680 --> 00:37:49,680
This hike isn't exactly a walk in the park.

931
00:37:49,680 --> 00:37:56,680
We're climbing an elevation of 2,000 feet and judging by the foliage, I'm half expecting a velociraptor to jump out.

932
00:37:59,680 --> 00:38:00,680
Look at this place.

933
00:38:00,680 --> 00:38:01,680
It's primordial.

934
00:38:13,680 --> 00:38:16,680
It's hot, muggy, and the air is getting thinner.

935
00:38:16,680 --> 00:38:17,680
Could be worse though.

936
00:38:17,680 --> 00:38:18,680
It could be raining.

937
00:38:18,680 --> 00:38:19,680
Woo.

938
00:38:22,680 --> 00:38:23,680
And there it is.

939
00:38:23,680 --> 00:38:24,680
Okay.

940
00:38:24,680 --> 00:38:26,680
It's going to be a wet one.

941
00:38:35,680 --> 00:38:36,680
It's getting real muddy.

942
00:38:36,680 --> 00:38:41,680
It's a hard, messy climb, but at long last, we reach our destination.

943
00:38:42,680 --> 00:38:43,680
I see the rock.

944
00:38:43,680 --> 00:38:44,680
Come on.

945
00:38:44,680 --> 00:38:45,680
There it is.

946
00:38:46,680 --> 00:38:47,680
Okay, let's get the gear under.

947
00:38:47,680 --> 00:38:48,680
Come on.

948
00:38:48,680 --> 00:38:55,680
This rock formation was described by our tipster Vincente as where the fugitives originally made camp in the early 70s.

949
00:38:55,680 --> 00:38:57,680
From one rock to another, I guess.

950
00:38:58,680 --> 00:39:00,680
All right, well, we're soaked, but we're alive.

951
00:39:00,680 --> 00:39:01,680
And look where we are.

952
00:39:01,680 --> 00:39:09,680
I mean, how ironic is it that we took shelter under this same rock that supposedly gave shelter to these guys?

953
00:39:09,680 --> 00:39:13,680
If you're trying to hide from the FBI, this is the way that you would go.

954
00:39:13,680 --> 00:39:15,680
And who's going to find you up here?

955
00:39:15,680 --> 00:39:16,680
Nobody.

956
00:39:16,680 --> 00:39:17,680
Nobody.

957
00:39:17,680 --> 00:39:18,680
This would be a perfect place to hide out.

958
00:39:18,680 --> 00:39:25,680
I think we should see if we can find anything metal that kind of proves somebody was actually here.

959
00:39:25,680 --> 00:39:28,680
And let's not forget, they might have had some money with them.

960
00:39:28,680 --> 00:39:32,680
So the story is that they had 75 grand, 25,000 each.

961
00:39:32,680 --> 00:39:33,680
Right, but maybe they hid stuff up here.

962
00:39:33,680 --> 00:39:34,680
Who knows?

963
00:39:34,680 --> 00:39:35,680
Exactly.

964
00:39:35,680 --> 00:39:37,680
We might actually find some of the 75,000.

965
00:39:37,680 --> 00:39:40,680
If we do find any, you know, it belongs to the family.

966
00:39:40,680 --> 00:39:42,680
So, here we go.

967
00:39:42,680 --> 00:39:45,680
It belongs to whoever makes it out of these jungles first.

968
00:39:45,680 --> 00:39:46,680
Are we ready?

969
00:39:46,680 --> 00:39:47,680
Yes.

970
00:39:47,680 --> 00:39:48,680
Let's do it.

971
00:39:48,680 --> 00:39:49,680
All right, let's look around.

972
00:40:02,680 --> 00:40:04,680
Josh, I think I found something.

973
00:40:04,680 --> 00:40:06,680
Got a hit on something.

974
00:40:07,680 --> 00:40:08,680
Right there.

975
00:40:08,680 --> 00:40:09,680
Okay, let's see.

976
00:40:09,680 --> 00:40:10,680
Good.

977
00:40:13,680 --> 00:40:14,680
What's that?

978
00:40:14,680 --> 00:40:15,680
What's that?

979
00:40:15,680 --> 00:40:16,680
Oh my gosh.

980
00:40:17,680 --> 00:40:18,680
What is that?

981
00:40:18,680 --> 00:40:19,680
I don't know.

982
00:40:19,680 --> 00:40:20,680
Looks metal.

983
00:40:21,680 --> 00:40:22,680
What if it's a lighter?

984
00:40:22,680 --> 00:40:23,680
I think that is a lighter.

985
00:40:23,680 --> 00:40:24,680
Look at that.

986
00:40:24,680 --> 00:40:25,680
I see it.

987
00:40:25,680 --> 00:40:27,680
That is a f***ing lighter.

988
00:40:27,680 --> 00:40:28,680
Oh my gosh.

989
00:40:28,680 --> 00:40:31,680
Now that is something that would have easily fallen out of his pocket.

990
00:40:31,680 --> 00:40:32,680
Totally.

991
00:40:32,680 --> 00:40:33,680
That is a very old lighter.

992
00:40:33,680 --> 00:40:34,680
You can see the hinge.

993
00:40:34,680 --> 00:40:35,680
Hinge is right here.

994
00:40:35,680 --> 00:40:36,680
It's broken.

995
00:40:36,680 --> 00:40:37,680
You can see that, right?

996
00:40:37,680 --> 00:40:38,680
The cap would be here.

997
00:40:38,680 --> 00:40:39,680
Right.

998
00:40:39,680 --> 00:40:40,680
And that's the hinge.

999
00:40:40,680 --> 00:40:41,680
It's busted off.

1000
00:40:41,680 --> 00:40:43,680
Somebody was up here a long time ago.

1001
00:40:43,680 --> 00:40:44,680
That gains.

1002
00:40:44,680 --> 00:40:45,680
Yeah.

1003
00:40:45,680 --> 00:40:46,680
Let's keep looking around here.

1004
00:40:46,680 --> 00:40:47,680
All right.

1005
00:40:50,680 --> 00:40:52,680
We continue searching near where we found the lighter.

1006
00:40:52,680 --> 00:40:55,680
This time, it's Mike who comes up big.

1007
00:40:56,680 --> 00:40:58,680
I found something over here in the crack.

1008
00:40:59,680 --> 00:41:00,680
Look at this.

1009
00:41:00,680 --> 00:41:01,680
Oh my god.

1010
00:41:01,680 --> 00:41:02,680
Look at that.

1011
00:41:02,680 --> 00:41:03,680
That's a jewel.

1012
00:41:03,680 --> 00:41:05,680
Head of like a spade, right?

1013
00:41:05,680 --> 00:41:06,680
Like a farm tool.

1014
00:41:06,680 --> 00:41:07,680
Is more of them?

1015
00:41:07,680 --> 00:41:08,680
There's one more.

1016
00:41:08,680 --> 00:41:09,680
Here's another one.

1017
00:41:09,680 --> 00:41:10,680
That's a digging hole right there.

1018
00:41:10,680 --> 00:41:11,680
What up?

1019
00:41:11,680 --> 00:41:12,680
Is that it?

1020
00:41:12,680 --> 00:41:13,680
There's one more thing I could see.

1021
00:41:13,680 --> 00:41:14,680
Oh my god.

1022
00:41:14,680 --> 00:41:15,680
Look at that.

1023
00:41:15,680 --> 00:41:16,680
Sicklehead.

1024
00:41:16,680 --> 00:41:18,680
So we've got a bunch of farming implements here basically.

1025
00:41:18,680 --> 00:41:20,680
This is just in the crack and the wall?

1026
00:41:20,680 --> 00:41:21,680
They're just in the crack right there.

1027
00:41:21,680 --> 00:41:23,680
Someone was living up here for sure.

1028
00:41:23,680 --> 00:41:24,680
They needed these tools.

1029
00:41:24,680 --> 00:41:25,680
Right.

1030
00:41:25,680 --> 00:41:26,680
You could use this to clear a campsite.

1031
00:41:26,680 --> 00:41:28,680
The fact that they were hiding them in the crack and the wall.

1032
00:41:28,680 --> 00:41:30,680
At some point in time, they might have wanted to come back for it.

1033
00:41:30,680 --> 00:41:31,680
That's right.

1034
00:41:31,680 --> 00:41:32,680
Exactly.

1035
00:41:32,680 --> 00:41:34,680
Hide something there because you're going to come back for it.

1036
00:41:34,680 --> 00:41:35,680
Exactly.

1037
00:41:35,680 --> 00:41:36,680
Crazy.

1038
00:41:36,680 --> 00:41:38,680
Let's keep looking.

1039
00:41:38,680 --> 00:41:43,680
So far, we've found some intriguing artifacts, but I'm holding out hope that something here

1040
00:41:43,680 --> 00:41:46,680
will tie the Anglans to this place.

1041
00:41:46,680 --> 00:41:48,680
Right there.

1042
00:41:48,680 --> 00:41:50,680
You got something going over there?

1043
00:41:50,680 --> 00:41:51,680
We do, Josh.

1044
00:41:51,680 --> 00:41:52,680
Yeah, we definitely got something.

1045
00:41:52,680 --> 00:41:53,680
You want to come check it out?

1046
00:41:53,680 --> 00:41:54,680
Yeah, what do you got?

1047
00:41:54,680 --> 00:41:56,680
There's something in there, Josh.

1048
00:41:56,680 --> 00:41:57,680
We have them quite.

1049
00:41:57,680 --> 00:41:58,680
You hear it?

1050
00:41:58,680 --> 00:41:59,680
It's still there.

1051
00:41:59,680 --> 00:42:00,680
It's deep.

1052
00:42:00,680 --> 00:42:01,680
It is definitely deep.

1053
00:42:01,680 --> 00:42:02,680
Oh, okay.

1054
00:42:02,680 --> 00:42:03,680
There's something right there.

1055
00:42:03,680 --> 00:42:04,680
There it is.

1056
00:42:04,680 --> 00:42:05,680
Right there.

1057
00:42:05,680 --> 00:42:06,680
We got a coin.

1058
00:42:06,680 --> 00:42:07,680
Hey, come here.

1059
00:42:07,680 --> 00:42:08,680
We got a coin.

1060
00:42:08,680 --> 00:42:09,680
It's a penny.

1061
00:42:09,680 --> 00:42:10,680
It's a U.S. coin.

1062
00:42:10,680 --> 00:42:11,680
Look at that.

1063
00:42:11,680 --> 00:42:25,680
Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco is home to Musée Mechanique.

1064
00:42:25,680 --> 00:42:28,680
Part museum, part arcade, and all fun.

1065
00:42:28,680 --> 00:42:30,680
I'll be here all week.

1066
00:42:30,680 --> 00:42:35,680
Inside is one of the largest collections of rare and unique vintage arcade games.

1067
00:42:35,680 --> 00:42:36,680
Oh, no.

1068
00:42:36,680 --> 00:42:41,680
Oh, that is cutting edge entertainment right there.

1069
00:42:41,680 --> 00:42:42,680
What?

1070
00:42:42,680 --> 00:42:48,680
It's a very entertaining way to spend a little time.

1071
00:42:48,680 --> 00:42:49,680
Hey, there's nude women in here.

1072
00:42:49,680 --> 00:42:50,680
And a lot of quarters.

1073
00:42:50,680 --> 00:42:52,680
This place is amazing.

1074
00:42:52,680 --> 00:42:56,680
But hey, if you're really lucky, you can try to make a little money back.

1075
00:42:56,680 --> 00:42:58,680
I think your mom's calling you.

1076
00:42:58,680 --> 00:42:59,680
She's right over there.

1077
00:42:59,680 --> 00:43:01,680
Sorry, kid.

1078
00:43:01,680 --> 00:43:02,680
Tough break.

1079
00:43:02,680 --> 00:43:06,680
Wait, you owe me $100.

1080
00:43:06,680 --> 00:43:09,680
We got a coin.

1081
00:43:09,680 --> 00:43:17,680
I'm in Brazil and have just uncovered what could be a major clue as to what really happened

1082
00:43:17,680 --> 00:43:22,680
to the three men who escaped from Alcatraz Penitentiary in 1962.

1083
00:43:22,680 --> 00:43:23,680
It's a penny.

1084
00:43:23,680 --> 00:43:24,680
It's a U.S. coin.

1085
00:43:24,680 --> 00:43:25,680
Look at that.

1086
00:43:25,680 --> 00:43:26,680
Yes.

1087
00:43:26,680 --> 00:43:27,680
That's a wheat penny for sure.

1088
00:43:27,680 --> 00:43:28,680
That's old.

1089
00:43:28,680 --> 00:43:29,680
1951.

1090
00:43:29,680 --> 00:43:30,680
Oh, my gosh.

1091
00:43:30,680 --> 00:43:33,680
What the hell else would this be doing here?

1092
00:43:33,680 --> 00:43:35,680
This is insane.

1093
00:43:35,680 --> 00:43:38,680
And this matches the story of the Americans being here.

1094
00:43:38,680 --> 00:43:39,680
That's right.

1095
00:43:39,680 --> 00:43:43,680
It totally corroborates this idea that three Americans were camped out here.

1096
00:43:43,680 --> 00:43:44,680
That's correct.

1097
00:43:44,680 --> 00:43:49,680
This whole story that these three guys escaped from Alcatraz and drowned in the bay, I think

1098
00:43:49,680 --> 00:43:50,680
we're rewriting that right now.

1099
00:43:50,680 --> 00:43:52,680
I think these guys made it.

1100
00:43:52,680 --> 00:43:54,680
Oh, no, I don't think I know.

1101
00:43:54,680 --> 00:43:55,680
No doubt about it.

1102
00:43:55,680 --> 00:43:56,680
I'll admit it.

1103
00:43:56,680 --> 00:44:00,680
Going into this mission, I was skeptical that the Anglons and Frank Morris even made it

1104
00:44:00,680 --> 00:44:02,680
to shore, let alone Brazil.

1105
00:44:02,680 --> 00:44:07,680
Now, though, I can't wait to return to headquarters where I share everything I've seen with retired

1106
00:44:07,680 --> 00:44:10,680
FBI agent, Stuart Fillmore.

1107
00:44:10,680 --> 00:44:14,680
He's been working here in the U.S. to get a positive ID on the photograph.

1108
00:44:14,680 --> 00:44:15,680
Stuart, how are you?

1109
00:44:15,680 --> 00:44:16,680
Josh, I am great.

1110
00:44:16,680 --> 00:44:17,680
How are you?

1111
00:44:17,680 --> 00:44:19,680
I'm very excited, actually.

1112
00:44:19,680 --> 00:44:22,680
Man, I heard that you found some exciting evidence in Brazil.

1113
00:44:22,680 --> 00:44:23,680
It was incredible.

1114
00:44:23,680 --> 00:44:29,680
First of all, the geography down there really closely matches Fred Breezy's description of

1115
00:44:29,680 --> 00:44:30,680
where these guys went.

1116
00:44:30,680 --> 00:44:32,680
We found a lot of termite mounds.

1117
00:44:32,680 --> 00:44:36,680
We found a location of an old Chevy plant, which is very rare down there.

1118
00:44:36,680 --> 00:44:40,680
But the thing that really blew my mind is we did find a local in this town that had a

1119
00:44:40,680 --> 00:44:47,680
distinct memory of three Americans in this era that were hiding up in the hills.

1120
00:44:47,680 --> 00:44:50,680
So it really matches up with the information and the intelligence we had.

1121
00:44:50,680 --> 00:44:52,680
Totally matches up.

1122
00:44:52,680 --> 00:44:53,680
It's amazing.

1123
00:44:53,680 --> 00:44:54,680
Totally.

1124
00:44:54,680 --> 00:44:56,680
So I'm dying to know about the photo.

1125
00:44:56,680 --> 00:45:02,680
So, Josh, I hooked up with some folks from a multi-international company called IdentTV.

1126
00:45:02,680 --> 00:45:07,680
They take old photographs and make effectively a facial fingerprint to try to find a match.

1127
00:45:07,680 --> 00:45:08,680
And?

1128
00:45:08,680 --> 00:45:13,680
Rather than me tell you, what I'd like to do is introduce you to the co-founder of IdentTV

1129
00:45:13,680 --> 00:45:15,680
to tell you exactly what he found.

1130
00:45:15,680 --> 00:45:17,680
Okay, let's get him in here.

1131
00:45:17,680 --> 00:45:18,680
Hello, how are you?

1132
00:45:18,680 --> 00:45:19,680
I'm Josh.

1133
00:45:19,680 --> 00:45:20,680
I'm Amaro.

1134
00:45:20,680 --> 00:45:21,680
Nice to meet you.

1135
00:45:21,680 --> 00:45:23,680
Tell me a bit about what you did with these photos.

1136
00:45:23,680 --> 00:45:25,680
So we did two things with those photos.

1137
00:45:25,680 --> 00:45:30,680
The first step was to scan into the computer both the mug shots of the Anglin brothers

1138
00:45:30,680 --> 00:45:33,680
and the mysterious photo from Brazil and compare them digitally.

1139
00:45:33,680 --> 00:45:38,680
So what the computer does is it actually creates different feature vectors from the face.

1140
00:45:38,680 --> 00:45:42,680
So if you think about it, it takes the face and it turns it into numbers.

1141
00:45:42,680 --> 00:45:46,680
And the closer the numbers match, the higher the score is.

1142
00:45:46,680 --> 00:45:52,680
So when you compare these Fred Breezy photos with the mug shots, what happened?

1143
00:45:52,680 --> 00:45:54,680
Well, why don't you take a look?

1144
00:45:54,680 --> 00:45:55,680
Okay.

1145
00:45:55,680 --> 00:45:59,680
With the faces and the photos converted to thousands of numerical values,

1146
00:45:59,680 --> 00:46:02,680
the computer meticulously calculates their similarity.

1147
00:46:02,680 --> 00:46:04,680
99% match?

1148
00:46:04,680 --> 00:46:05,680
Yes, Josh.

1149
00:46:05,680 --> 00:46:06,680
It's amazing.

1150
00:46:06,680 --> 00:46:10,680
At 99%, I assume that is the person?

1151
00:46:10,680 --> 00:46:13,680
Not an investigator, but I'll let the data speak for itself.

1152
00:46:13,680 --> 00:46:15,680
I'm already like jumping out of my chair here.

1153
00:46:15,680 --> 00:46:17,680
What's the second thing you did?

1154
00:46:17,680 --> 00:46:21,680
To remove bias, we gathered a thousand photos from the same time period.

1155
00:46:21,680 --> 00:46:23,680
Of just random people?

1156
00:46:23,680 --> 00:46:24,680
Just random people.

1157
00:46:24,680 --> 00:46:25,680
Okay.

1158
00:46:25,680 --> 00:46:30,680
And then we inserted the photos from Brazil into that data set and the results are staggering.

1159
00:46:30,680 --> 00:46:31,680
Let's see it.

1160
00:46:31,680 --> 00:46:37,680
Out of thousands of random photos, the mug shots are picked up as matches for the photo in Brazil,

1161
00:46:37,680 --> 00:46:41,680
again resulting in 99% accuracy.

1162
00:46:41,680 --> 00:46:42,680
Can we close the case?

1163
00:46:42,680 --> 00:46:44,680
I mean, is this a done deal?

1164
00:46:44,680 --> 00:46:48,680
So from a tech perspective, you never say 100%, it's always 99.99.

1165
00:46:48,680 --> 00:46:50,680
And Stuart, from your perspective?

1166
00:46:50,680 --> 00:46:54,680
I think this is as close to case closed as you can get.

1167
00:46:54,680 --> 00:47:02,680
We're now saying there's a 99% chance that we just rewrote the history of Alcatraz, the Anglans, and this escape.

1168
00:47:02,680 --> 00:47:04,680
It's a new story.

1169
00:47:04,680 --> 00:47:05,680
Yep.

1170
00:47:05,680 --> 00:47:06,680
It's awesome.

1171
00:47:06,680 --> 00:47:07,680
All the best, Stuart.

1172
00:47:07,680 --> 00:47:08,680
Thank you, and Amro, thank you both so much.

1173
00:47:08,680 --> 00:47:09,680
Thank you.

1174
00:47:10,680 --> 00:47:12,680
It's incredible.

1175
00:47:12,680 --> 00:47:18,680
60 years after the fact, we've shed new light on the mystery of the escape from Alcatraz.

1176
00:47:18,680 --> 00:47:25,680
With 99% certainty, facial recognition experts agree with the eyewitness accounts and mysterious photo.

1177
00:47:25,680 --> 00:47:33,680
Frank Morris and John and Clarence Anglin most likely crossed the San Francisco Bay and eventually made it to Brazil.

1178
00:47:34,680 --> 00:47:39,680
A year after their great escape, the deteriorating prison was shut down for good.

1179
00:47:39,680 --> 00:47:47,680
Today, Alcatraz has been faithfully preserved, a global icon of incarceration welcoming over a million visitors a year.

1180
00:47:47,680 --> 00:47:54,680
But because of three daring criminals, there is now an asterisk next to its escape-proof reputation.

1181
00:47:54,680 --> 00:47:58,680
Sometimes it turns out the impossible is possible after all.