Alcatraz escapes By tcdoll Aug 11, 1934 Alcatraz opening Apr 27, 1936 Joe Bowers attempts first escape and fails Dec 16, 1937 Theodore Cole and Ralph Roe attempts second escape and are presumed dead May 23, 1938 Thomas Limerick, Jimmy Lucas, and Rufus Franklin attempts third escape and fails Jan 13, 1939 Arthur "Doc" Barker, Dale Stamphill, William Martin, Henry Young, and Rufus McCain attempts fourth escape and fails May 21, 1941 Joe Cretzer, Sam Shockley, Arnold Kyle, and Lloyd Barkdoll attempts fifth escape and fails Sep 15, 1941 John Bayless attempts sixth escape and fails Apr 14, 1943 James Boarman, Harold Brest, Floyd Hamilton, and Fred Hunter attempts seventh escape and fails Aug 7, 1943 Huron "Ted" Walters attempts eighth escape and fails Jul 31, 1945 John Giles attempts ninth escape and fails Period: May 2, 1946 to May 4, 1946 Bernard Coy, Joe Cretzer, Marvin Hubbard, Sam Shockley, Miran Thompson, and Clarence Carnes attempts tenth escape and fails Jul 23, 1956 Floyd Wilson attempts to escape and fails Sep 29, 1958 Aaron Burgett and Clyde Johnson attempts twelfth escape and fails Jun 11, 1962 Frank Morris and brothers John and Clarence Anglin attempts thirteenth escape and are presumed dead Dec 16, 1962 John Paul Scott and Darl Parker attempts fourteenth escape and fails Mar 21, 1963 Alcatraz closing