Carter Roy

In 2003, Mythbusters hosts Jamie Heinemann and Adam Savage attempted to build an identical raft and paddle it across the bay at night. A camera crew and safety personnel watched as the hosts and an assistant took off from the waters near Alcatraz. They paddled through the darkness, refilling the air in their rubber raft whenever it started sinking.

In 2003, Mythbusters hosts Jamie Heinemann and Adam Savage attempted to build an identical raft and paddle it across the bay at night. A camera crew and safety personnel watched as the hosts and an assistant took off from the waters near Alcatraz. They paddled through the darkness, refilling the air in their rubber raft whenever it started sinking.

It was exhausting, but eventually they made it to land. They washed up near the Golden Gate Bridge over three miles from the rock. Years later in 2016, experts at Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands used computer simulations to track a possible escape. they determined if the escapees cast off between 11.30 p.m.

It was exhausting, but eventually they made it to land. They washed up near the Golden Gate Bridge over three miles from the rock. Years later in 2016, experts at Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands used computer simulations to track a possible escape. they determined if the escapees cast off between 11.30 p.m.

It was exhausting, but eventually they made it to land. They washed up near the Golden Gate Bridge over three miles from the rock. Years later in 2016, experts at Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands used computer simulations to track a possible escape. they determined if the escapees cast off between 11.30 p.m.

and midnight, they would wind up at the Marin Headlands, underneath the Golden Gate Bridge, just like the Mythbusters team. And according to the model, if Frank Morris and the Anglins reached the Marin Headlands and tossed the oars back into the water, they would have probably floated back towards Angel Island, roughly where authorities discovered the ore.

and midnight, they would wind up at the Marin Headlands, underneath the Golden Gate Bridge, just like the Mythbusters team. And according to the model, if Frank Morris and the Anglins reached the Marin Headlands and tossed the oars back into the water, they would have probably floated back towards Angel Island, roughly where authorities discovered the ore.

and midnight, they would wind up at the Marin Headlands, underneath the Golden Gate Bridge, just like the Mythbusters team. And according to the model, if Frank Morris and the Anglins reached the Marin Headlands and tossed the oars back into the water, they would have probably floated back towards Angel Island, roughly where authorities discovered the ore.

However, if they left much earlier or later than midnight, they would have been swept out to the Pacific Ocean or toward Oakland. In either case, it would take hours longer to make landfall. But according to accounts from Alcatraz prisoners that night, they did leave around this midnight window.

However, if they left much earlier or later than midnight, they would have been swept out to the Pacific Ocean or toward Oakland. In either case, it would take hours longer to make landfall. But according to accounts from Alcatraz prisoners that night, they did leave around this midnight window.

However, if they left much earlier or later than midnight, they would have been swept out to the Pacific Ocean or toward Oakland. In either case, it would take hours longer to make landfall. But according to accounts from Alcatraz prisoners that night, they did leave around this midnight window.

And according to the Anglin family, the trio didn't even have to make it as far as the Golden Gate Bridge. As the Anglins tell it, Alan West was definitely lying. And they know exactly where Frank, John and Clarence went.

And according to the Anglin family, the trio didn't even have to make it as far as the Golden Gate Bridge. As the Anglins tell it, Alan West was definitely lying. And they know exactly where Frank, John and Clarence went.

And according to the Anglin family, the trio didn't even have to make it as far as the Golden Gate Bridge. As the Anglins tell it, Alan West was definitely lying. And they know exactly where Frank, John and Clarence went.

For decades, John and Clarence Anglin's surviving family has maintained that they know exactly what happened to the three missing inmates. And from the sound of it, the brothers were training for this escape their whole life. John and Clarence were two of 14 siblings born one year apart. They spent their childhoods migrating around the country doing farm work.

For decades, John and Clarence Anglin's surviving family has maintained that they know exactly what happened to the three missing inmates. And from the sound of it, the brothers were training for this escape their whole life. John and Clarence were two of 14 siblings born one year apart. They spent their childhoods migrating around the country doing farm work.

For decades, John and Clarence Anglin's surviving family has maintained that they know exactly what happened to the three missing inmates. And from the sound of it, the brothers were training for this escape their whole life. John and Clarence were two of 14 siblings born one year apart. They spent their childhoods migrating around the country doing farm work.

The family's poverty taught the boys to be resourceful. When they wanted bicycles, they built them from scraps. When they wanted to sneak out of the house at night, they built fake heads. Some of the brothers' first break-ins were through the ice of Lake Michigan so they could swim. These waters are as cold as those around Alcatraz, if not colder, but the Anglin brothers apparently enjoyed it.

The family's poverty taught the boys to be resourceful. When they wanted bicycles, they built them from scraps. When they wanted to sneak out of the house at night, they built fake heads. Some of the brothers' first break-ins were through the ice of Lake Michigan so they could swim. These waters are as cold as those around Alcatraz, if not colder, but the Anglin brothers apparently enjoyed it.

The family's poverty taught the boys to be resourceful. When they wanted bicycles, they built them from scraps. When they wanted to sneak out of the house at night, they built fake heads. Some of the brothers' first break-ins were through the ice of Lake Michigan so they could swim. These waters are as cold as those around Alcatraz, if not colder, but the Anglin brothers apparently enjoyed it.