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| A Woman's Directory For Travel and Life. WAVE Journey is your one stop online resource for women oriented businesses and services around the world. WAVE Journey is for every woman to enjoy. If you love to travel, cook, garden, read or revel in outdoor activities this website is for you. If you are looking to connect with other like-minded women or if you are interested in finding businesses or services that cater to women, WAVE Journey is your number one online resource. A Night at the Rock... ~ continued Article by Kelly Saunders |
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Alcatraz Island in San Francisco is one of the most celebrated maximum-security
prisons in the world. Surrounded by water and almost impossible to escape, the
history behind this prison is captivating. Travel enthusiast and photographer,
Kelly N. Saunders, takes you on a journey inside the sinister prison walls.
prisons in the world. Surrounded by water and almost impossible to escape, the
history behind this prison is captivating. Travel enthusiast and photographer,
Kelly N. Saunders, takes you on a journey inside the sinister prison walls.
BIO:
Kelly Saunders is a freelance photographer currently living in
Richmond, Virginia, USA. Her next destination is Mykonos and
Corfu, Greece. Previously her work has been published in
www.diveglobalmagazine.com
Kelly Saunders is a freelance photographer currently living in
Richmond, Virginia, USA. Her next destination is Mykonos and
Corfu, Greece. Previously her work has been published in
www.diveglobalmagazine.com
Robert Stroud was another unruly inmate who,
unfortunately for him, never managed to escape. Due
to his intolerable behavior he was often a visitor to the
Hole and endured many forms of punishment during
his seventeen year tenure in Alcatraz. Stroud was
sent to Alcatraz after spending almost thirty years in
Leavenworth’s Federal Penitentiary in Kansas where
he was officially known as the “Bird Man”. Stroud’s
interest in birds, mainly canaries, started in
Leavenworth. It was there that he wrote two books
on the subject (listed below) and also made significant
scientific research and remedies on the canary’s
behavior and ailments. Being that there were no
windows in Alcatraz the “bird man” would not have
had any live subjects to study. So the tale of the
Birdman of Alcatraz was a Hollywood ploy to produce a
sell a story that would sound more interesting if tied to
the infamous prison.
unfortunately for him, never managed to escape. Due
to his intolerable behavior he was often a visitor to the
Hole and endured many forms of punishment during
his seventeen year tenure in Alcatraz. Stroud was
sent to Alcatraz after spending almost thirty years in
Leavenworth’s Federal Penitentiary in Kansas where
he was officially known as the “Bird Man”. Stroud’s
interest in birds, mainly canaries, started in
Leavenworth. It was there that he wrote two books
on the subject (listed below) and also made significant
scientific research and remedies on the canary’s
behavior and ailments. Being that there were no
windows in Alcatraz the “bird man” would not have
had any live subjects to study. So the tale of the
Birdman of Alcatraz was a Hollywood ploy to produce a
sell a story that would sound more interesting if tied to
the infamous prison.
And last but not least, Al Capone. The Napoli gangster who cultivated organized crime
in Chicago and eventually all of America started this life at an early age. Never finishing
high school, he relied on his wits and tough lessons learned from his days living in
Brooklyn, New York. Capone became one of the most notorious, high profile
masterminds by the time he moved to Chicago. He owned the city and the police and
everyone in it, or so he used to brag. Many of the ongoing wars with other crime
families were gruesome, bloody and the body count high. Although never convicted for
murder, Capone spent eleven years in an Atlanta prison for tax evasion and was
eventually transferred to the Rock. After his arrival on the Island his health was
declining from a disease known as paretic which was an advanced form of untreated
syphilis from his early days as a whorehouse pimp. He was eventually released due to
the severe nature of his medical condition and left to die at his family’s home in Florida
on January 25, 1947.
in Chicago and eventually all of America started this life at an early age. Never finishing
high school, he relied on his wits and tough lessons learned from his days living in
Brooklyn, New York. Capone became one of the most notorious, high profile
masterminds by the time he moved to Chicago. He owned the city and the police and
everyone in it, or so he used to brag. Many of the ongoing wars with other crime
families were gruesome, bloody and the body count high. Although never convicted for
murder, Capone spent eleven years in an Atlanta prison for tax evasion and was
eventually transferred to the Rock. After his arrival on the Island his health was
declining from a disease known as paretic which was an advanced form of untreated
syphilis from his early days as a whorehouse pimp. He was eventually released due to
the severe nature of his medical condition and left to die at his family’s home in Florida
on January 25, 1947.
Once the escape of the West group was
published and news traveled that Alcatraz was
no longer escape-proof, it lost its long-standing
reputation. By the end of the 1940’s, prisons
were being opened everywhere and Alcatraz
lost some of its glamour and notoriety. It was
too costly to keep the massive prison open and
any thoughts of renovating the deteriorating
grounds were lost. The prison finally closed in
1963 and is now owned by the Golden Gate
National Recreation department. Daily
walkable tours are given and transports are
provided by ferry to the Island from the piers
on San Francisco’s coastal bay area.
published and news traveled that Alcatraz was
no longer escape-proof, it lost its long-standing
reputation. By the end of the 1940’s, prisons
were being opened everywhere and Alcatraz
lost some of its glamour and notoriety. It was
too costly to keep the massive prison open and
any thoughts of renovating the deteriorating
grounds were lost. The prison finally closed in
1963 and is now owned by the Golden Gate
National Recreation department. Daily
walkable tours are given and transports are
provided by ferry to the Island from the piers
on San Francisco’s coastal bay area.
Alcatraz is an isolated place that spawns gruesome stories, conjures up horrifying
images from your darkest imagination and spooks you to no end. Even though
Alcatraz is now a tourist destination and audio walks through its dark corridors are
given, it will still haunt you.
images from your darkest imagination and spooks you to no end. Even though
Alcatraz is now a tourist destination and audio walks through its dark corridors are
given, it will still haunt you.
For more information visit these sites:
www.alcatrazhistory.com
http://www.virtuar.com/ysf2/alcatraz.htm
http://www.squidoo.com/Alcatraz
and books:
Letters from Alcatraz by Michael Esslinger
Dead Men Do Tell Tales by Troy Taylor
Diseases of Canaries by Robert Stroud
Stroud’s Digest on the Diseases of Birds by Robert Stroud
www.alcatrazhistory.com
http://www.virtuar.com/ysf2/alcatraz.htm
http://www.squidoo.com/Alcatraz
and books:
Letters from Alcatraz by Michael Esslinger
Dead Men Do Tell Tales by Troy Taylor
Diseases of Canaries by Robert Stroud
Stroud’s Digest on the Diseases of Birds by Robert Stroud
