The Anglin Brothers
John and Clarence Anglin were two of thirteen children born to two seasonal farm workers in Georgia. Their family moved a lot due to their parents’ work, and before they knew it they were living in Florida. As a tradition, each year in June, the whole family would travel to the north to do cherry picking. Unbelievably, this fun family tradition would actually come in handy with their escape from Alcatraz.
The Anglin Brothers
Their First Crimes
The Anglin brothers loved the trips that their family took to the north. Being very close siblings, they spent as much time together as possible, and one of their favorite activities was swimming in lakes together. All the swimming that they did together actually helped them become very skilled swimmers. Once the two of them became adults, they started to pull off some daring bank robberies. In 1956 the pair was caught, but that would not be the end of their crime run.
Their First Crimes
