The Great Escape

What truly sets this great escape apart is the fact that Alcatraz was constructed with the intention of being inescapable. Until it finally shut its gates in 1963, it was the dreaded home of the vilest criminals. The very thought of escaping this maximum-security fortress was a fool’s dream. Yet, someone dared to dream it, making this escape a remarkable feat in the annals of prison breaks.

Naturally, the iron bars and stern guards of incarceration never quashed the spirit of escapism. But what was the secret sauce in the audacious escape recipe of Anglin and his gang? How did they pull off a Houdini act that left so many others eating their dust in the annals of failed prison break attempts?