Escape from Alcatraz

The Mystery of the Three Men Who Escaped from the Rock (Encounter: Narrative Nonfiction Stories)

By: Eric Braun

Narrated by: anonymous

What's more exciting than a prison break? Frank Morris and John and Clarence Anglin escaped from Alcatraz in 1962 and have never been caught. Many authorities are certain they died crossing San Francisco Bay. Relatives claim they made it to Brazil. The theories of what happened to them are endless.

Find out the facts from people who dealt with the men and the case firsthand. This is one mystery you'll definitely want to solve.

©2017 Eric Braun (P)2017 Capstone Publishers, Inc.

Escape

I liked it followed what we saw at Alcatraz last year. Provided a unique perspective that supported the theories about the prison break.

Quick history

Good quick intro of an interesting story.
Will do some further research on the subject

Fine for free

Listened for free. Would have been disappointed had I paid for it. Story was fine.

Excellent!

This book was a very good listen for one that was less than 2 hours long. It was easy for me to follow (paired with a faint familiarity from the movie I watched several decades ago) and was a nice "change of pace" from the longer books I am constantly listening to.

Interesting but...

• the narrator did a fine job. however, there's a "problem" with how the narration is edited: it keeps on pausing after each page. at first, it's bearable, but after a couple of pages in, i couldn't help but feel unnerved.

• some of the details provided conflict with those provided by other sources i've read/listened to regarding the infamous escape. but that's to be expected, i suppose, as all rely on secondhand information mostly.

Easy to listen to

Just enough information to keep it interesting but not too much to overwhelm and confuse the facts

Editing (?) Issues

Good story, not too long, reader very good, EXCEPT every 60 seconds or so, there would be a gap or delay in the readers narrative. Like it was poorly edited, patched together with a stapler - happened over and over in the middle of a sentence. annoying, but otherwise, a good story and enjoyable.

Informative and interesting

The only weird thing is the pauses in narration that so many people mention. But it wasn’t a big deal and didn’t take away from the book. I thoroughly enjoyed it and found it really informative and interesting.

Realistic

I liked the the descriptions of the men's capabilities, background and emotions. I also liked the description of the search for them.

Mechanical

This sounds like AI is reading it. The music at the beginning and end is way too dramatic.