The UnXplained mit William Shatner

Harry Houdini At Work A man lowers a wooden box which contains Hungarian-born American magician, escape artist, and psychic debunker Harry Houdini into the East River as part of one of the beloved entertainers amazing feats of escapology, New York, July 7, 1912. Houdini returned to the surface within one minute of the box sinking below the water. (Photo by FPG/Getty Images)

Alcatraz, or as it’s more famously know, “The Rock” was opened by J Edgar Hoover as the final destination for his Public Enemy Number 1’s. Due to the high security, and the island’s location in the cold waters and strong currents of San Francisco Bay, it was supposed to be escape proof and America’s strongest prison. However, three inmates who were sent there, believed otherwise.