I got nailed in a lower comment for suggesting that  Betteridge&#x27;s law applies here (I know I know.. Betteridge&#x27;s law isn&#x27;t hard and fast and it&#x27;s SO over&#x2F;passe), but we live in an age where bullshit reigns and I&#x27;m willing to double down...<p>This is from the Telegraph, a paper who at this point basically reprints press releases on science and history with sensational titles (Not that they&#x27;re the only guilty ones). Other major sources of this specific spin on the article are the Daily Mail and the New York Post (SfGate takes a slightly less sensational approach to the new evidence).<p>Clearly your crap detector should be tingling when you see these sources as the main sources and then bang! you find it: There&#x27;s a new History Channel show premiering soon about this very escape - Alcatraz: Search for the Truth.<p>Gee I wonder why this is making the rounds? Will it end just like any other search for history show in the annals of television: &quot;inconclusive evidence: the mystery is still out there and we&#x27;ll keep searching we promise&quot;<p>This is a different form of PG&#x27;s Submarine PR hit <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.paulgraham.com&#x2F;submarine.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.paulgraham.com&#x2F;submarine.html</a> and frankly it makes me mad&#x2F;sad that its so high up on a site like HN.<p>Feel free to continue downvoting me into oblivion and I&#x27;ll continue shouting into the void.