The idea of a remote island often brings up images of palm trees, coronas, and relaxation. Paradoxically, an island can also be terrifying. You are surrounded by water on all sides and can feel cut off from modern society. Sometimes things so terrifying can occur on remote islands that it seems the energy of these events linger and transform these island paradises to island horrors.
ALCATRAZ ISLAND
Located in the San Francisco Bay, Alcatraz Island is famous for having a maximum security federal prison built on it. This prison was in operation from 1933 to 1963 and it housed some of the most infamous criminals of the twentieth century. “Machine Gun” Kelly, Al Capone, and “Doc” Baker are among the people who were put behind bars in this notoriously brutal prison.
In 1972 it was opened to the public as a national recreation area. Since this time visitors, security guards, and other employees have been reporting paranormal activity. People report hearing sobbing and clanging against cell bars with no source. Others claim to hear the ghost of the infamous Al Capone. AL Capone spent his dying years on Alcatraz Island. Capone was known to sit in the shower room playing his banjo instead of going to the yard during recreation time. Some have claimed that you can still hear Capone picking his banjo to this day.
The reports of ghosts also date back to when the prison was still in operation. One of these stories is said to have to do with a prisoner who was in Cell 14D. The prisoner screamed in horror all night claiming there was a green-eyed monster in his cell that was trying to kill him. The next morning the guards found the man in his cell, dead. He had been strangled. After this event, the guards would often come up with one extra prisoner during head count. The other prisoners would claim to see the ghost of the prisoner of Cell 14D standing in line and vanish after being counted.
