The maximum-security federal penitentiary Alcatraz sits on 12 acres in the middle of San Francisco Bay and was conceived by J Edgar Hoover to house America's most dangerous criminals.
It was built to be escape-proof, and was until June 1962 when three men – Frank Morris and brothers John and Clarence Anglin – did the unimaginable. How did they manage this extraordinary feat in a top-security environment? Did they survive or drown?
Find out in this truth-is-stranger-than-fiction programme.
| CHANNEL |
Crime + Investigation (DStv 170) |
| PREMIERE |
30 December 2017 |
| TIMESLOT |
Saturday, 21h40 |
| REPEATS |
Sunday 31 December at 01h50 |