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How Boston mobster Whitey Bulger helped with the escape from Alcatraz

How Boston mobster Whitey Bulger helped with the escape from Alcatraz




The 1962 escape from Alcatraz by three prisoners immediately became the stuff of legend – and quickly film – that has never been fully explained. A new book about brothers John and Clarence Anglin, who planned the caper to freedom with a third felon, claims the trio survived and made it to South America. It’s co-authored by the Anglins’ nephew, who tells Sheila Flynn the family secrets



Source link : https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/alcatraz-prison-escape-book-san-francisco-brazil-b2595105.html

Author : Sheila Flynn

Publish date : 2024-08-12 17:14:36

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