Alcatraz has enchanted tourists, conspiracy theorists and paranormal investigators with its exciting and mysterious history.

A new study has found US Civil War-era tunnels and buildings buried beneath the famed Alcatraz island prison in San Francisco, California. Historians had long-suspected that the notorious federal ...

Many former prisons around the world have been turned into museums that anyone can visit today. There’s so much to learn from ...

A mysterious letter has come to light purportedly from one of three inmates who famously escaped Alcatraz in 1962 ... KPIX from an unnamed source. The US Marshals Service, which has been ...

The Alcatraz East Crime Museum is open from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily. It's located at The Island in Pigeon Forge and there are several free parking lots available on-site. Tickets cost $26.95 for ...