General Description:
History:
Alcatraz Island is located in san fransisco bay. It recieve its name in 1775 when the spanish explorers charted San Fransisco Bay. In 1847, Alcatraz was taken over by the United States Military. In 1861, Alcatraz started to recieved Confederate prisoners here numbered from 15 ti 50. They consisted of soldiers, Convederate privateers, and southern symphatizers. They were confined in the dark basement of the guardhouse and conditions were grim. The men slept side by side, head to toe, lying on the stone floor of the basement.there was no running water, no heat and no sanitary facilities. Disease and infestation of lice spread from man to man and not surprisingly, overcrowding was a serious problem.They were often bound by six foot chains attached to iron balls and fed only bread and water.
The social upheaveal and the rampant crime of the !920's and 1930's brought new life to Alcatraz. And they decided that Alcatraz would be perfect location for such a penitentiary. In 1933, the facility was officially turned over aswarden of the new prison.The prison was bilt atop the old army fort. Apartments for the guards and their families were built on the old parade grounds and the lighthouse keeper's mansion was taken over for the warden's residence. alcatraz had been turned into an impreg nable fortress.
Ghost wandering around the prison.
According to sources, a number of guards who served between 1946 and 1963 experienced strange happening on Alcatraz. From the grounds of prison to the caverns beneath the buildings, there was often talk of people sobbing and moaning, inexplicable smells, and cold spot spectral apparitions. Even guests and families whi lived on the island claimed to occasionally see the ghostly forms of prisoners and even phantom soldiers.
Imagine..... you're there and you feel a strange thing and make the skin crawl .....
must have felt horrible .......
This is horror stories from me...
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