Uploaded November 2021 | Updated September 2026, 28 minutes ago
Alcatraz Island in San Francisco was one of the most notorious federal penitentiaries in the nation. It's where they sent criminals that were too dangerous for other penitentiaries! Now a national park, over a million visitors flock to this desolate island each year to tour the prison complex remains and hear frightful fables about the residents. For this special Halloween edition, I'll take you on a terrifying tour through the history of Alcatraz and what make it the perfect horrifying haunt.
Photo Attributions:
Battery McClellan by National Park Service, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
San Francisco Maps by Google Maps 2021
Army Prisoners in Stockade by National Park Service, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Robert Stroud by Department of Justice, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Machine Gun Kelly by Memphis Police Department, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Al Capone by Federal Bureau of Prisons, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
James A Johnston by Work of a Federal Government employee whilst Johnston was warden of Alcatraz from 1934-1948, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Alcatraz Band Practice by Arnold W. Peters, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Blackjack Club by National Park Service, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Convict Letter by SAN FRANCISCO HISTORY CENTER, SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC LIBRARY. (sfpl.org/sfphotos)
Armory Bars by Adam Kliczek, http://zatrzymujeczas.pl (CC-BY-SA-3.0)
Battle of Alcatraz nps.gov/history/museum/exhibits/alca/exb/FederalPrison/Inmates/Escapes/1946Escape/Goga-18261d.html
Park Ranger by Ronnie Macdonald from Chelmsford, United Kingdom, CC BY 2.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), via Wikimedia Commons
Alcatraz Island in San Francisco was one of the most notorious federal penitentiaries in the nation. It's where they sent criminals that were too dangerous for other penitentiaries! Now a national park, over a million visitors flock to this desolate island each year to tour the prison complex remains and hear frightful fables about the residents. For this special Halloween edition, I'll take you on a terrifying tour through the history of Alcatraz and what make it the perfect horrifying haunt.
Photo Attributions:
Battery McClellan by National Park Service, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
San Francisco Maps by Google Maps 2021
Army Prisoners in Stockade by National Park Service, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Robert Stroud by Department of Justice, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Machine Gun Kelly by Memphis Police Department, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Al Capone by Federal Bureau of Prisons, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
James A Johnston by Work of a Federal Government employee whilst Johnston was warden of Alcatraz from 1934-1948, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Alcatraz Band Practice by Arnold W. Peters, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Blackjack Club by National Park Service, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Convict Letter by SAN FRANCISCO HISTORY CENTER, SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC LIBRARY. (sfpl.org/sfphotos)
Armory Bars by Adam Kliczek, http://zatrzymujeczas.pl (CC-BY-SA-3.0)
Battle of Alcatraz nps.gov/history/museum/exhibits/alca/exb/FederalPrison/Inmates/Escapes/1946Escape/Goga-18261d.html
Park Ranger by Ronnie Macdonald from Chelmsford, United Kingdom, CC BY 2.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), via Wikimedia Commons
