Breaking News! Frank Morris Alcatraz Escapee found living in Ireland!
Frank Morris the most famous convict ever to escape from Alcatraz prison and who was presumed to have drowned by authorities has
been found to be living under the assumed name of Padraic Welsh in a remote part of Connemara on the western coast of Ireland.
Frank now 83 years of age decided the time was right to break the silence and put the record straight after 47 years living a tranquil life in a remote part of the west of Ireland.
Recounting the night of June 11, 1962, Frank said the escape went ahead as planned and along with fellow escapees brothers John and Clarence Anglin they placed the dummies in their beds, escaped through the vents at the back of their cells and into the utility corridor. They then proceeded onto the roof and down to the bay. There they boarded the raft they had constructed and disappeared into the night to rendezvous with a boat which they had arranged to pick them up, they then destroyed the raft and scattered personal belonging into the bay to throw the authoritys off their trail.
Frank having relatives from the west of Ireland and an aunt living in Connemara had already organised passage to the Emerald Isle prior to escaping as for John and Clarence Anglin he never heard from them since and often wonders what became of them.
As for plans for the future Frank says he is quiet happy in the west of Ireland and is totally fluent in the Gaelic language and keeps fit by taking a swim every single day in the Atlantic.
There is a sparkle in his voice as he talks about the blockbuster movie “Escape from Alcatraz” where Clint Eastwood famously portrayed Frank and how much he would love to meet Clint and perhaps return to visit Alcatraz some day.
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Great Story this, Managed after an hour of ringing to get through to chat with Frank himself for MafiaToday.com
SOOOO will he be extradicted?
What a story !
Connemara is part of Galway in the west of Ireland which is famous for its 14 tribes one of which is Morris, which ties in with his Irish Roots.
Just pulled this from Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tribes_of_Galway
The Tribes of Galway (Treibheanna na Gaillimhe) were fourteen merchant families who dominated the political, commercial, and social life of the city of Galway in western Ireland between the mid-13th and late-19th centuries. They were the families of Athy, Blake, Bodkin, Browne, D’Arcy, Deane, Ffont, Ffrench, Joyce, Kirwan, Lynch, Martyn, Morris and Skerritt.
Wow i have just relised how big this is really, these guys really did survive hahaha thats amazing. They had peoples minds boggled for 47 years, i wonder what will happen to him :\ .. What does people think ? Good on him though !!
Whwer is this story on the Internet , WHEEERRREEE ????????
Guys, I was just checking to see which of you were awake, unfortunately as much as I would like it to be, this is just me using my active imagination seen as there were no other stories of interest to post, I thought I would invent one!
Yes its just a hoax, if it was real it would be on every news station around the world.
I suppose its quite possible that he is alive as he would still be only 87
Make sure your all awake on April 1st I might post they found Jimmy Hoffa!
Good one. hahahaha Great story.
Lame
hahahaha you had me going !
you made me look stupid when I told somebody this. clown
of course you havent talked to him,because im him and im living in north detroit under the name bill bixby!!!!!! catch me if you can biatches!!!!!!!!!!!!!1 hahahaha
and if you believe that one ive been chillin with whitey bulger and bigfoot livin off food stamps and reading MAFIATODAY everydaaaaayyyyyy
Really??? I agree, lame. I’m dissappointed in the BOSS
No respect for crime
Is this true?
YA KNOW?
Truly amazing story . Since my family are from Mayo [Ballinrobe] there is an outside chance we are distant relatives ??? Several of my Morris Great Aunts and Uncles emigrated to the US around 1890-1904 and I have been trying to trace any living relatives . If you read this Frank I wish you well and if there is any connection please do get in touch .
HA! TO: E. MORRIS, hate to do this to ya pal but that story was just that…a “STORY” made up by an idiot with a fantastic imagination. It was a hoax! Nevertheless, I had to laugh at your request to “Frank” to get in touch with you. LOL
Kind Regards~~
Great story – had me believing . What an idiot
) lol
Frank Morris, Clarence and John Anglin made the most daring escape attempt from Alcatraz ever. It provoked one of the biggest FBI manhunts in history. What these guys did was truly incredible, an amazing and ingenious escape. Personally it is hard to believe that these guys made it, but Frank Morris had an IQ of 133, and had made a few pervious escape attempts before he went to Alcatraz. Frank was a very clever guy, and if they made it into the raft and the raft stayed afloat, then there is every possibility that theymanaged the scape. I think that Franks plan was not (as reported) to try and get to Angel island…its too far away and the tides on that day would have made it impossible in there make shift raft. I think that Frank managed to research the tides and used then to get to the shore of San Francisco. I really hope he is alive. Oh, and i also read a book called ” Last Train to Alcatraz” I suggest you read it, Whitey was an inmate on Alcatraz and tells the storyof living behind bars from a brutal perspective. I was saddened to here he has now died.
TENEMOS ALGO EN SINALO GUARDADO SOBRE FRANK MORIS PRONTO SALDRA A LA LUZ Y TODO EL MUNDO SE ENTERARA QUE LO TUVIMOS ALLI EN UNA DECADA VIVIO CON MIS PARIENTES Y TENEMOS ALGO SOBRE FRANK MORRIS CUANDO CRUZO MEXICO EXCATAMENTE A LA 1 AM DE LA MAÑANA CUANDO TOCO LA PUERTA Y SOLICITO QUE SE LES AYUDARA Y ES CUANDO ENPESO UN VIDA MUY AGRAABLE NO SALIA, NISIQUIERA AL JARDIN DE LA CASA NI MUCHO MENOS ATRAS DE LA CASA PERO YA ESCIRBI UNA INFORMACION DE COMO FUE ES QUE LLEGO A MEXICO EN LA DECADA DE 1968 EN SINALOA DE COMO CRUZARON Y COMO LO HIZO (POR PARTE DE MIS TATARABUELOS) QUE DIOS LOS BENDIGA
Well, i thinnk this guy is one silky son of the bitch, and he was so clever. You know, if he has been found, then where is the news on the TV? Where are the reporters? There’s no fucking way that he has been found. Besides, if that was true, then do you want to calculate again? He’s 85 by now, not 83 years old
ya alll talk propa shittttt
Boss is a stupid idiot. I bet he likes to put on his pink mini’s on friday nights at the blue oyster
Just 1 thing. Boss is an IDI0T!!!!
PSSSHHTT.!! i new when i first read this article it was to good to be true. Frank Morris was a man of genius.! i can’t help but wonder if he ever knew or once thought about his escape going down history. WHAT HAPPEN TO FRANK MORRIS,, WILL NEVER KNOW…
Want to beleive that the 3 inmates succesfully escaped; but you think one of them would have turned up as old habits die hard. Wasn’t one dead body found in the SF bay in a prisoners uniform?
??? seriously, love frank, but seriously??? thanks though it’s cute….
Frank Morris is my grandfather. He died many years ago but did come back to the us. I don’t get where you got this information from but clearly it’s wrong. Im sorry.
Frank was highly intellegent. He would not have left anything to chance. When he got into the water, he would have had a plan in place, he would not have let his escape depend on the currents or tides and he would have known the water temperatures and the time to death. I say he had a boat waiting for him at a safe distance.
Good on him, look at it this way, he became a law abiding citizen, isn’t that what alcatrez was supposed to produce?
Don
Hey Frank here i think u guys are all stupid thinking i got into a stupid raft. i went out onto a small speed boat i had hidden on the side of the mountain. I killed both brothers and placed on in the ocean and one on the san francisco bay in an officer uniform then snuck into the city and met up with my relatives who were stationed there. Then they smuggled me out of the city in there trunk and i am now living alone in the outskirts of tennesee
I always figured that they made it. It would have been a real embarrassment for the feds to admit they made it. Just wish he would tell us what happened to the Anglin brothers. They must have kept in contact.
I thinks it funny how some people on hope they got away. Are you guys forgetting that they were criminals? To end up in Alcatraz you did some pretty horrific things. Dont get me wrong I love mafia movies and rooting for the bad guy in MOVIES… But in real life not a chance. Look at this way if they escape and were about to do you harm do you think they would think about it if said “Hey, I glad you guys escape, i was rooting for you.” No they would have no choice but to kill you because now you know who they are and they cant any chances of going back there.
This was a good “fake” story though even though some of the people who commented have a few screws loose
My pop’s name is Frank Morris they must be related which would be cool!!
Bullshit that’s retarded
no way
Machan, you are great
frank morris did escape as i was told by my grandmother i have a picture of his father as he is my relative his name is morris klapp and he moved to the everglades. I would imagine he is deceased by now.congratulations to him for pulling this off
I think that Frank is still alive and he will have to live with what he did. Yessss GO FRANK!!!!!!
I think its pretty damn impressive that he was able to evade detection for all these years. I say that should just let the man be.
The FBI has to say, “Oh, they most likely died!”. They have to say it, because they got beat, and can’t ever own up to it. Frank Morris made ‘em look bad. He beat ‘em, and they don’t like to lose, ever. They want us to believe that the combined kicking strength of 3 strong young men, in no way could have made that swim! Please. Give it a rest. They got away. Learn from it. Live with it! I’ve stood on the banks of those shores. 3 guys working together to kick their way across that channel would not be impossible. It’s more like 50/50
Really, come on. You know this story is not true. Every network in the states would be trying to pay him for interview.
This story is bullshit. Frank is a smart man, IQ of 133. He could have survived, but I’m not relying on this to tell me that. I believe he survived, myth busters proved it is possible to make it across. This guy is damn close to a super genius, his IQ Is in the top 5%. Although this is made up, Frank Morris did escape and could still be alive now.
Ha ha ha… But I an still alive !!!
It is possible they made it but highly unlikely. They would have turned up somewhere.