One of the most notorious inmates is known as the "Birdman of Alcatraz," popularized by a 1962 film starring Burt Lancaster of the same name. The inmate's real name was Robert Stroud, who had spent 54 ...

President Trump expressed interest in reopening the infamous Alcatraz penitentiary Sunday after a South Florida TV station aired the 1979 Clint Eastwood film “Escape from Alcatraz.” ...

Some stories became lore that contributed towards the pop culture zeitgeist, like Clint Eastwood's 1979 film Escape from Alcatraz. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) says that during the ...

Alcatraz Island has loomed large in the American consciousness for nearly a century as a brutal prison full of notorious criminals from which escape is nearly impossible. The San Francisco island ...

They were executed for their role in the death of a correctional officer during the "Battle of Alcatraz" escape attempt in 1946. Yes, the "shark-infested waters" with "man-eating" sharks are only ...

Trump's directive has revived debate over the prison that once held Al Capone. President Donald Trump's surprise announcement over the weekend that he wanted to reopen and expand the notorious ...

They say it was impossible to escape from alive (with perhaps one famous exception). Now, Donald Trump wants to reopen Alcatraz prison and fill it with America's "most ruthless" criminals.

Last weekend, WLRN — a PBS affiliate that services South Florida, including Palm Beach and Mar-a-Lago — aired a rerun of Escape From Alcatraz, Clint Eastwood’s 1979 classic about the prison ...

They say it was impossible to escape from alive (with perhaps one famous exception). Now, Donald Trump wants to reopen Alcatraz prison and fill it with America's "most ruthless" criminals. It has been ...