“When I glanced at the photo on my mobile, I saw this dark female figure in the picture. In that environment, Maldowitz got a nickname: “Butcher.” One such investigator was a writer named Michael Kouri, and not only did he claim to have established contact, but he said he had an entire conversation with the ghost of a former inmate.The man told him that he had been beaten, had his leg broken, and was placed in solitary confinement. Once the windowless door was slammed shut in these cells, the inmate was enveloped in complete darkness and silence. Thirty-six inmates were involved in these escapes attempts, 23 were captured, six were shot, two drowned, and as previously mentioned, five are “presumed dead,” but were never found.Among those who died was Arthur “Doc” Barker, who, with four others, got out of their cells and all the way to shore. “Sometimes I was just overwhelmed by fear,” he said. The lighthouse on Alcatraz Island has a similar story, as the original was built in 1854. Soon, deserters, escapees, and those convicted of treason began arriving.The prisoners here experienced nothing short of absolute hell. Sources say that the Ohlone people believed evil spirits occupied the island and sent their worst to fend for themselves. Eventually, they had to leave, as local officials cut their power and saw to it that running water was scarce. A former prison guard said that when a prisoner was sent to cell block D, they screamed uncontrollably as soon as the door slammed behind them and all they could see was pitch black. Not long after, planners realized the isolated setting would make for a great prison. The photograph depicts a ghostly figure staring through the glass window on the door. But when their key to the outside didn’t work, they became trapped, and decided they were going to battle it out with whomever or whatever came their way.Coy, Hubbard, and Cretzer were joined by two more inmates, and soon they had as many as 14 guards as hostages. Cast ; Crew; Details; Genre; Cast. Not one guest took another step forward, and Johnston could never explain why they heard what they did.Warden Johnston was peppered by questions from reporters the moment “Big Al” arrived at Alcatraz Penitentiary in 1934. I just kept looking at the picture over and over again.” Another tourist of visited Alcatraz in the 90’s was adamant that they saw the ghost of Robert Stroud, the Birdman of Alcatraz.
Share this post: Facebook Twitter WhatsApp Reddit E-mail. Perhaps it’s their screams that visitors hear today.When the first Spanish explorers entered the foggy mouth of San Francisco Bay, there were some 10,000 people living in the area. That night, three men (John and Clarence Anglin, and Frank Morris) tunneled out of their cells and braved the frigid waters of San Francisco Bay using makeshift life preservers.The plan was genius, and nearly flawless, as they even created paper-mache dummies (see photo) to fool the guards. In another favor by the guards, Capone was allowed to use his recreational time playing his banjo in the prison shower instead of going outside. Armed to the teeth, the three men took over and freed an entire cell block. “From that point onwards, I wasn’t interested in the Alcatraz tour anymore. There’s no way to corroborate their story, but according to them, while in the sewing room, Smoller suddenly felt an intense pain in her neck.Their equipment began picking up readings, and the pair swear up and down that they heard the buzzing of sewing machines. And cell 14D (you guessed it, in D Block) is “permanently” cold, reported to be on average 20-30 degrees less than the surrounding area. Eventually, they had to leave, as local officials cut their power and saw to it that running water was scarce. Many prisoners claimed that they weren’t alone in these cells and that they often saw glowing eyes inside the cell with them. He murdered at least two people, but while serving a life-in-prison sentence, he noticed a nest with three injured sparrows, and he took them in to nurse them back to health.Soon, Stroud had 300 canaries in his cell and even wrote a book called Visitors have reported many encounters with the paranormal, and while some may only be in the eye of the beholder, others actually have photographic proof. That’s not to mention at least five people that took their own lives.As mentioned previously, prisoners lived alone in their cells, as they were 45 square feet, with a bed, washbasin, and toilet (nothing more). Prisoners were given only four basic things - food, clothing, shelter and medical care. Using investigative research combined with primary audio, Morbidology takes an in-depth look at true crime cases from all across the world.Alcatraz Island, or The Rock, was home to a maximum-security federal prison known as the Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary.
But the explorers moved on from the island, never knowing that it was the site where lost souls lived their last days and that the most violent people in the land would call it home. It was home for the worst of the worst and over the years, 1,576 murderers, mobsters, and everything in between called Alcatraz home.Today, Alcatraz has become one of the biggest tourist destinations in the United States; tourists now flock to the very site that prisoners pined to flee.