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John William Anglin, 32, was last seen on June 11, 1962, in San Francisco, California, as one of three infamous inmates who escaped from Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary. Anglin, along with his brother Clarence Anglin and fellow prisoner Frank Morris, executed one of the most daring prison escapes in U.S. history. The trio used handmade tools to dig through the walls of their cells, climbed to the roof of the prison, and launched a makeshift raft constructed from raincoats into the frigid waters of ...
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Last Seen: Jun 11, 1962

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