Episode 90: Haunted Alcatraz Prison Island

Just 1.25 miles off the shore of San Francisco, an abandoned prison island with a macabre history of human suffering calls out to curious onlookers. Even before the famous Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary was built in 1933, the island served as a military prison for unfortunate souls. Deep underneath the solitary confinement cells in "D-Block", there are dungeons decorated with the carvings of inmates gone mad one hundred years ago. Just how haunted is "The Rock"? Listen and find out! Buy Our Merch: https://www.letsgethaunted.com Donate to our stupid show: https://ko-fi.com/dogmomusa Buy Venterra Farms CBD Products: https://www.venterrafarms.com & use code “HAUNTED15” at checkout for 15% off Check out the photo dump for this week’s episode: https://www.instagram.com/letsgethaunted Send us mail: PO BOX 1658 Camarillo, CA 93011 Send us your listener stories: LetsGetHauntedPod@gmail.com Haunted Music by @Mikeyblaster on Instagram Intro Fan Art by Philip Mletzko * ONLINE SOURCES* https://www.arcadiapublishing.com/Navigation/Community/Arcadia-and-THP-Blog/January-2018/%E2%80%8BHistory-of-Alcatraz-America’s-Most-Haunted-Priso https://www.historytoday.com/archive/months-past/alcatraz-prison-closes https://opensfhistory.org/news/2018/11/ https://www.california.com/an-insiders-look-at-alcatraz-island/ https://www.travelchannel.com/interests/haunted/articles/alcatraz https://calisphere.org/item/8ad63e60b123d90686fa81cef0d0dd47/ https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/06/18/ghost-of-young-woman-photographed-alcatraz-prison-pictures_n_5506629.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcatraz_Island Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices