Perplexity: A Mystery Podcast Feat. Amanda & Trevin - The 1962 Alcatraz Escape Conspiracy

Episode Summary

Hey, everyone! Per our last episode, we are taking this week off, but we've got an episode from our friend Kaydra with Perplexity: A Mystery Podcast here for you! Kaydra's voice may sound familiar to you, as she played the ghost hunter in our big All-Star Halloween special.

No murders, just bad decisions.

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What This Episode Covers

• Hey, everyone! Per our last episode, we are taking this week off, but we've got an episode from our friend Kaydra with Perplexity: A Mystery Podcast here for you!
• Kaydra's voice may sound familiar to you, as she played the ghost hunter in our big All-Star Halloween special.
• We had the pleasure of joining her on her show, for this wacky prison escape episode, and it was a ton of fun.
• Go ahead and give her show a follow on socials and on your listening app! We will be back with a new episode next week.
• In this episode, Kaydra tells Trevin and Amanda the hilariously fascinating story of Frank Morris and the Anglin Brothers.
• These three men are allegedly the only individuals to have ever successfully escaped from Alcatraz prison in California.

Why Listen?

If you like true crime but think most true crime got a little too murdery, this episode brings petty crimes, dumb criminals, and dramatic storytelling without the heavy stuff.

Original Episode Description

Hey, everyone! Per our last episode, we are taking this week off, but we've got an episode from our friend Kaydra with Perplexity: A Mystery Podcast here for you!

Kaydra's voice may sound familiar to you, as she played the ghost hunter in our big All-Star Halloween special. We had the pleasure of joining her on her show, for this wacky prison escape episode, and it was a ton of fun. Go ahead and give her show a follow on socials and on your listening app! We will be back with a new episode next week.

In this episode, Kaydra tells Trevin and Amanda the hilariously fascinating story of Frank Morris and the Anglin Brothers. These three men are allegedly the only individuals to have ever successfully escaped from Alcatraz prison in California. But did they actually escape? The FBI claims the men drowned. Thank you to Ryan for recommending this topic.

Check out Trevin and Amanda with Live, Laugh, Larceny: A True Petty Crime Podcast wherever you listen to podcasts!

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SOURCES:

1) https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/alcatraz-escape

2) https://www.britannica.com/event/Alcatraz-escape-of-June-1962

3) Conspiracies Decoded episode: "Mystery at Alcatraz"

4) https://www.nps.gov/museum/exhibits/alca/escapes.html

5) https://www.cbsnews.com/news/alcatraz-inmates-survived-infamous-1962-escape-letter-suggests/

6) https://www.alcatrazhistory.com/

7) https://www.odysseyopenwater.com/history-of-swimming-from-alcatraz

8) https://fox59.com/news/national-world/new-evidence-in-60-year-old-alcatraz-prison-break/

9) https://nypost.com/2015/10/12/this-photo-could-finally-crack-a-notorious-alcatraz-cold-case/

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Take a break from the heavy and get petty.