Verkkoa mysterious letter has come to light purportedly from one of three inmates who famously escaped alcatraz in 1962. Someone claiming to be john. Verkkoand marking the 60th anniversary of the incident, the mystery could finally be solved once and for all as dna testing will reveal if the anglins went on to father children in. Verkkolearn about the most iconic prison escape in american history, when three inmates disappeared from alcatraz island on june 12, 1962. Verkkoa letter allegedly written by john anglin, one of the three men who broke out of alcatraz in 1962, says he survived and has cancer. The fbi says the. Verkkolearn how three inmates escaped from alcatraz in 1962 using a homemade raft and dummy heads, and how the fbi tried to find them. See the evidence, the clues, and. Verkkofrom its shady history and controversial conditions to its famous inmates and their harrowing efforts to escape,.