Length2h 51m
About this audiobook
On 11 June 1962, Frank Morris and brothers John and Clarence Anglin vanished from Alcatraz, the world’s most secure prison. No bodies or clear evidence of their fate were ever found, leaving a mystery unsolved for over sixty years. "Escape from Alcatraz" reconstructs this legendary escape with painstaking detail—digging with spoons, crafting a raft from raincoats, deceiving guards with fake heads—and explores its deeper meaning. The book fuses real events, FBI files, and philosophical reflection, examining confinement, identity, and the human drive for freedom. More than a prison break, it asks: can silence defeat the system? Is escape always physical—or also existential?
Audiobook details
Rating★★★★ 4.5 (2)
GenreTrue Crime, History
Length2 hrs 51 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateMay 13, 2025
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Chapter I - Part 1: The Rock as a Character
2Chapter I - Part 2: Geography of Isolation
3Chapter I - Part 3: From Fortress to Strength
4Chapter I - Part 4: The myth of the impossible
5Chapter I - Part 5: The island as final frontier
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6Chapter II - Part 1: Frank Morris, the cold strategist
7Chapter II - Part 2: Clarence and John Anglin, the Invisible Twins
8Chapter II - Part 3: Allen West, the prisoner who stayed behind
9Chapter II - Part 4: Other accomplices and their participation
10Chapter II - Part 5: Individual Motivations for Escape
11Chapter III - Part 1: The Regime of Silence
12Chapter III - Part 2: The All-Seeing Eye
13Chapter III - Part 3: The Guardians of the Rock
14Chapter III - Part 4: Timeless Clocks
15Chapter III - Part 5: Induced Loneliness
16Chapter IV - Part 1: One look, one shot
17Chapter IV - Part 2: Spoons, fans and papier-mâché heads
18Chapter IV - Part 3: Tunnels in the dark
19Chapter IV - Part 4: Silent Communication
20Chapter IV - Part 5: The Art of Hiding in Plain Sight
21Chapter V - Part 1: The Last Count
22Chapter V - Part 2: The empty cell
23Chapter V - Part 3: Walking in the Shadows
24Chapter V - Part 4: The Raft of Hope
25Chapter V - Part 5: The Leap into the Abyss
26Chapter VI - Part 1: The guard and the false head
27Chapter VI - Part 2: The burning island
28Chapter VI - Part 3: The FBI report
29Chapter VI - Part 4: The Impossible Trail
30Chapter VI - Part 5: The Closure that Never Closed
31Chapter VII - Part 1: Escape as a Symbol
32Chapter VII - Part 2: The Prisoner as Hero
33Chapter VII - Part 3: Prison as a Mirror
34Chapter VII - Part 4: Justice that does not make amends
35Chapter VII - Part 5: The memory that is not locked up
36Chapter VIII - Part 1: Alcatraz in Film, Television and Literature
37Chapter VIII - Part 2: The Fugitive as a Literary and Film Archetype
38Chapter VIII - Part 3: Narratives of confinement
39Chapter VIII - Part 4: Truth, fiction and memory
40Chapter VIII - Part 5: Rewriting History
41Chapter IX - Part 1: The Map of No Return
42Chapter IX - Part 2: Mystery as truth
43Chapter IX - Part 3: The myth that reveals us
44Chapter IX - Part 4: The questions we left open
45Chapter IX - Part 5: The silence that protects them
46Epilogue
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