Alcatraz escapees may have survived

Alcatraz prison’s reputation as never having a successful escape is being questioned amid new claims from the families of two escapees that the men made it away alive.

Brothers John and Clarence Anglin and Frank Morris chiselled through the walls of the prison in 1962, climbed on to the roof, and used a makeshift raft made from raincoats to paddle away into the night.

A new film has claimed the prisoners then ‘body-surfed’ behind a ferry leaving Alcatraz and were picked up by a criminal associate and taken to freedom.