A lot of dark secrets about Alcatraz have been revealed over the years, and now a group of scientists has found one more buried under the former prison's walls. Researchers from Texas A&M University, ...

TV and movie mogul J.J. Abrams ("Lost," "Super 8") is hoping you’ll be as haunted by “Alcatraz” as he was by his visits to the long-abandoned prison island. “It feels a little bit like a ghost house, ...

Florida is moving to close the infamous “Alligator Alcatraz” immigration detention center in the Everglades because it has grown too expensive to operate, according to The New York Times. The ...

Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary officially closed on March 21, 1963, after 29 years of operation. It remains one of the most famous prisons in the world and has become one of the most popular National ...