Fake head - Alcatraz evasion (1962)

The Anglin Brothers, Frank Morris and Allen Clayton West made fake heads of cotton, soap and human hair. They placed the painted heads in their beds to cover their escape in 1962.

Photo taken in the National Park website: here

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