Former Alcatraz Prisoner Returns to Reunite With Ex-Guards

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  • Опубликовано: 24 авг 2018
  • For three years Alcatraz was home for William Baker. The ex-con returns every year to revisit his past. The Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary, now a national park, was open for nearly 30 years from 1934 to 1963. It housed some of the country's most notorious criminals, including Al Capone. It was also home to the prison guards and their families. They reunite each year to swap stories from days gone by. InsideEdition.com’s Leigh Scheps ( / leightvreporter ) has more. #InsideEdition

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  • @darno8863
    @darno8863 5 лет назад +1171

    "I just needed a car real quick for a get away, for something i was doing"

    • @ashleywatkins1380
      @ashleywatkins1380 4 года назад +20

      Lmao!

    • @Nikita.___.Gladko_562
      @Nikita.___.Gladko_562 4 года назад +51

      Homie was prolly smashin his gf and heard her dad in the living room

    • @DoubleOddJosh
      @DoubleOddJosh 4 года назад +9

      Or maybe he killed a prost!tute because he didn't want to pay her

    • @BENPAAA1
      @BENPAAA1 4 года назад +3

      I’m reading a book called am copone dose my shirts

    • @kalebglaze4866
      @kalebglaze4866 3 года назад +6

      Didn't want to be late for his probation meeting

  • @Zwizard247
    @Zwizard247 4 года назад +427

    1:17
    bottom left
    um, that seagull just multiplied

    • @davidschafer544
      @davidschafer544 4 года назад +18

      Bro. I was almost finished watching whole thing.now i gotten relisten to it for this comment. Totally worth it lmfao

    • @apqjfflcoaiwiwu9876
      @apqjfflcoaiwiwu9876 4 года назад +15

      Theres also an audio glitch

    • @riftey98
      @riftey98 4 года назад +3

      Zwizard247 😂😂🤣🤣

    • @ramirocontreraz3076
      @ramirocontreraz3076 4 года назад +1

      Lol 😂

    • @punchy77855
      @punchy77855 4 года назад +4

      Honestly my favorite part

  • @peaceatlast8286
    @peaceatlast8286 5 лет назад +1335

    It’s nice to see he learned his lesson and came out a descent person.

    • @wmvnotmp4
      @wmvnotmp4 5 лет назад +154

      He literally said he was still committing crimes when he left

    • @isaacmemtorie3347
      @isaacmemtorie3347 5 лет назад +9

      I thought the same thing. He even made crime his life by retiring from it lol.

    • @PhiDinhHoan
      @PhiDinhHoan 5 лет назад +1

      2:32
      ruclips.net/video/HJyTqPqE7_I/видео.html

    • @vulcan65
      @vulcan65 5 лет назад +9

      descent?

    • @miniena7774
      @miniena7774 5 лет назад +7

      A descent into the unknown?

  • @xxxtencents1641
    @xxxtencents1641 5 лет назад +1692

    What if the prisoners that escaped returned

    • @adrianna986
      @adrianna986 5 лет назад +103

      Clutch Time
      Most of them died trying to escape 😂

    • @hassamkkkk5721
      @hassamkkkk5721 5 лет назад +94

      FlashBack Mary “most”’, not all though, the big 4 who escaped probably lived

    • @k0j_
      @k0j_ 5 лет назад +15

      hassam Kkkk they did live

    • @cole5446
      @cole5446 5 лет назад +11

      You getting tazed BOIIII

    • @Viotix.
      @Viotix. 5 лет назад +19

      hassam Kkkk 3 escaped the 4th one didn’t make it to the roof in time

  • @padentuel5013
    @padentuel5013 4 года назад +259

    Up next “Gunshot survivor reunited with the man that shot him”

    • @gabster2430
      @gabster2430 4 года назад +5

      Paden Martin thats actually a video on dr Phil lol

    • @void7234
      @void7234 4 года назад +1

      Gabster link plz :)

    • @joshuas.686
      @joshuas.686 4 года назад +1

      @@void7234 it's not a happy video like this, tho

    • @sundownfilms9058
      @sundownfilms9058 3 года назад

      REMATCH

  • @Wxtst.3
    @Wxtst.3 4 года назад +124

    " I became a better criminal here."
    Daaaang, what a G.

    • @JohnDoe-mp1zk
      @JohnDoe-mp1zk 8 месяцев назад

      Thats always an option if you want. what else do you have to do. Most of them always get caught, so how good do they get

  • @danii4769
    @danii4769 4 года назад +90

    When I went for a school trip he signed my ticket I felt special 🥺

  • @luluharshie3929
    @luluharshie3929 4 года назад +155

    Imagine a kid living on the same island with the most dangerous and ruthless criminals

    • @Rubyy_from.da209
      @Rubyy_from.da209 3 года назад +4

      Lulu Harshie today I went to San Francisco and pass alcratrz and under golden state bridge 🌉

    • @JamesK7911
      @JamesK7911 Год назад +1

      I bet criminals back then were a little more curtesy though

    • @misfit2714
      @misfit2714 Год назад +1

      @@JamesK7911 no... not at all

    • @James007HungerZone
      @James007HungerZone Год назад +4

      Prisoners always had a rule against harming kids and they dont take kindly to people who do.

    • @huylam3951
      @huylam3951 11 месяцев назад

      @@James007HungerZone Expect one of them prisoner has suitable for kids.

  • @DevilDogDen1775
    @DevilDogDen1775 2 года назад +29

    My dad was a guard there from 1956 until 1962... I was born at the old French hospital in SF and lived on the island with my mom and dad. I honestly don't remember very much as I was only two years old when my dad got transferred. But I still have lots of pictures....

  • @kalel311superman9
    @kalel311superman9 3 года назад +25

    that guard had a hell of a first day at Alcatraz

  • @donutly
    @donutly 4 года назад +15

    Just came from alacatraz. William Baker now works at the bookstore at Alcatraz. He is actually a pretty sweet guy. It’s like, for a moment, you wouldn’t think of him as a former prisoner.

  • @zoewashburn4678
    @zoewashburn4678 5 лет назад +64

    I've met him actually, he did a book signing last year at Alcatraz

    • @punkrockcentral1812
      @punkrockcentral1812 2 года назад +2

      i’ve met him too in 2017

    • @alondra.chicken2
      @alondra.chicken2 2 года назад +1

      He did one today too.

    • @rabihaahmed
      @rabihaahmed 2 года назад

      He died in 1998, doubt you saw him 😂

    • @zoewashburn4678
      @zoewashburn4678 2 года назад +1

      @@rabihaahmed um... He published his book in 2013, and I don't think this video was punished before 1998.

  • @josueaguilar5658
    @josueaguilar5658 5 лет назад +40

    I met this guy a couple years ago and bought his book and he signed it wow never thought I’d see him on here

  • @ChillFrost
    @ChillFrost 5 лет назад +39

    *reunited and it feels so good.*

  • @bananaman729
    @bananaman729 5 лет назад +174

    *When you meet the enemy you fought years ago* How yA bEeN bOi

  • @twiznizzlenore7822
    @twiznizzlenore7822 4 года назад +36

    Oh my God , that older inmate guy has gotta be the most coolest grandpa in the world !! I would love to meet him and hear some of his stories :)

  • @andiebrit65
    @andiebrit65 3 года назад +5

    I met Bill when we visited Alcatraz a couple years ago; nice man and I really enjoyed the book. Thanks for signing it for me Bill and for the hug and picture. Great memory!

  • @cuttiekitty8967
    @cuttiekitty8967 5 лет назад +5

    I went to San Francisco this summer and the Alcatraz prison tour is AWESOME!!!!!

  • @RayMak
    @RayMak 5 лет назад +223

    He is a good man now

  • @shadow33xfn61
    @shadow33xfn61 4 года назад +28

    When will the ones that escaped return for a visit?

  • @JooshySushi
    @JooshySushi 3 года назад +13

    Why does the 96 year old man look like 72

  • @myrnahernandez6244
    @myrnahernandez6244 3 года назад +1

    What incredible stories. Thanks for sharing 💕

  • @cmunoz2943
    @cmunoz2943 5 лет назад +621

    4:40
    6ix9ine’s grandma? 🌈🦄👵🏼

  • @braxtynnovinsky3459
    @braxtynnovinsky3459 3 года назад +10

    It’s funny to see how people have changed

  • @ace_akira7004
    @ace_akira7004 5 лет назад +41

    Bro I went there recently and saw him!

  • @spencer5870
    @spencer5870 5 лет назад +4

    Imagine him being your grandpa best Grandpa ever!!!

  • @andrewglinski4722
    @andrewglinski4722 5 лет назад +209

    0:44 when she says “he comes back to the rock once a year” I thought of Dwayne Johnston 😂

  • @aurax2332
    @aurax2332 5 лет назад +7

    I met him in real life. For my tour, he was there! He seems nice now!

  • @alexaandsara1971
    @alexaandsara1971 5 лет назад +8

    I live near San Fran and I went to Alcatraz and that guy was there who was a former prisoner and he is our neighbor

  • @vickiefinney6073
    @vickiefinney6073 5 лет назад +2

    I visited Alcatraz 11 years ago and it really was an awesome tour.

  • @felicityfreeman9240
    @felicityfreeman9240 3 года назад +5

    The day I went to tour Alcatraz I got to meet him and he signed his book for me

  • @Senura101
    @Senura101 5 лет назад +82

    Must have good memories 🤣😂

    • @PhiDinhHoan
      @PhiDinhHoan 5 лет назад

      2:32
      ruclips.net/video/HJyTqPqE7_I/видео.html

  • @mashhouralmuhtaseb2800
    @mashhouralmuhtaseb2800 4 года назад +1

    I just met this guy today......the nicest guy in the world!

  • @connor3670
    @connor3670 5 лет назад +3

    Glad he got out and made his life for the better!

  • @teemsmeek
    @teemsmeek 4 года назад +5

    1:18 What the hell is going on with that bird.

  • @yevgenydodzin9849
    @yevgenydodzin9849 4 года назад +7

    That 96 year old guard looks like his 60 wow! May he live to 120

    • @marshalthompson8192
      @marshalthompson8192 4 года назад +1

      He looks like nicholas cage in his prison photo

    • @SIMSANITYY
      @SIMSANITYY 4 года назад +1

      He just died bro

    • @muuse2684
      @muuse2684 Год назад

      @@SIMSANITYY 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣💀💀💀💀💀

  • @sophiedelanoche8006
    @sophiedelanoche8006 5 лет назад +23

    0:30
    When someone gives me a bad Christmas present and I pretend to like it.

  • @wazeeki2945
    @wazeeki2945 4 года назад +15

    He signed my shirt when I was 7

  • @garrettpitt2057
    @garrettpitt2057 4 года назад +8

    Man I would love to know William personally 😂

  • @Pistolgrip
    @Pistolgrip 5 лет назад +39

    Why can’t some of my family work there Bc that’s a badass story for show and tell 😂

    • @laysswavy1650
      @laysswavy1650 4 года назад +2

      They would probalbly die in riots

  • @hotelbastard7853
    @hotelbastard7853 3 года назад +1

    Amazing stories.

  • @ItzJustMia
    @ItzJustMia 5 месяцев назад +1

    I definitely remember studying Alcatraz in high school, definitely a fascinating landmark even if it was a place for the bad, knowing that families were raised there was unreal, I guess it made sense since they were on a small island in the middle of the open ocean! I’m just glad seeing prisoners and guards alike visiting this place even after decades!

  • @dianequelch3771
    @dianequelch3771 Год назад +2

    Those who have been in prison and come out and never go back I say a very well done thumbs up

    • @JohnDoe-mp1zk
      @JohnDoe-mp1zk 8 месяцев назад

      that wasnt these guys though.

  • @Galax960
    @Galax960 5 лет назад +3

    Got his book signed by him, Awesome guy!

  • @racciacrack7579
    @racciacrack7579 5 лет назад +1

    Imagine walking with a old man and you ask something and he says he was a prisoner here

  • @bellashmella8096
    @bellashmella8096 5 лет назад

    This is so amazingly cool!!!

  • @sadserb3360
    @sadserb3360 4 года назад

    Inside edition got the most banger videos

  • @SM-ht7qf
    @SM-ht7qf 5 лет назад +6

    When she says come back to the rock 0:44, I think of Dwayne Johnson

  • @benjamindanielsen5204
    @benjamindanielsen5204 5 лет назад +1

    When you and your childhood enemy run into each other and you actually like each other now.

  • @grinchgrunch1756
    @grinchgrunch1756 5 лет назад +13

    The Unsolved Boys ayyy

  • @YeLongMah
    @YeLongMah 5 лет назад +3

    I met that guy!! I was there when he was! I have a signed book and photo

  • @shannongeorgiapeach76
    @shannongeorgiapeach76 3 года назад +10

    @4:38 I hope to be like Joan when I'm her age, rocking the colorful hair.

  • @nonyabusiness999
    @nonyabusiness999 4 года назад +6

    I'm going to buy a copy of his book...using counterfeit money...

  • @panamablack9671
    @panamablack9671 2 года назад +1

    I'm so glad I survived those days on the rock.

  • @auraangel1372
    @auraangel1372 5 лет назад +5

    So cool

  • @adameshkeri1635
    @adameshkeri1635 5 лет назад

    Good on you mate

  • @jainorman3425
    @jainorman3425 3 года назад +1

    I wouldn't shake their hands and never went back

  • @m.asquino7403
    @m.asquino7403 4 года назад +7

    As a former CO who In there right mind would want to return to the facility they retired from and recall all there experiences. I hated it and left a state facilty after 10 years

    • @BayouBoy2443
      @BayouBoy2443 Год назад

      Just because you hated it doesn’t mean everyone else did

    • @JohnDoe-mp1zk
      @JohnDoe-mp1zk 8 месяцев назад

      thats understandable. most people have no idea what a CO has to go up against. day in and day out. Constant stress. I dont think O would be rushing back

  • @Nicole-st1iz
    @Nicole-st1iz 5 лет назад +1

    I went to Alcatraz and it was sooo awesome

  • @punkrockcentral1812
    @punkrockcentral1812 2 года назад +1

    i’ve met this guy and have his booked signed by him!

  • @yeetyeet8840
    @yeetyeet8840 5 лет назад +2

    I got to meet William, he was very nice and I got his signature on the book he made

  • @nathanw8048
    @nathanw8048 5 лет назад +7

    The opening music sounds like FFVI Magitek Research Facility

  • @rickhall4402
    @rickhall4402 4 года назад +1

    Younknow if you go through things together and as you get older your prospective changes. Soldiers go through wars and will site down and break bread with the enermy. Would you say thats normal or just a respect for each other. Bravo gents

  • @Sulz
    @Sulz 5 лет назад +3

    I hope the case of the 3 escapees gets solved some time.

  • @sparkyjohnson7989
    @sparkyjohnson7989 5 лет назад +4

    I slept there as a Cub Scout it was the coolest thing I’ve ever done

  • @codyorr4330
    @codyorr4330 4 года назад +2

    I got the pleasure of meeting Bill at a book signing at Alcatraz

  • @VMeGaMRedZV
    @VMeGaMRedZV 5 лет назад +1

    *Escape from Alcatraz* movie was great! We will never know, whether those convicts dead or alive.

  • @foad1337
    @foad1337 4 года назад +2

    I read the book Alcatraz #1259, on my trip in USA, me and my wife went out to the rock to check the place out, and it just so happens that Baker where over there signing his book. I talked with him for a while, he seemd like a nice old man. It was pretty cool coz I did meet a part of living american history. With Bakers own word "go out there and meet me before I die".

  • @BrandoninOrlando
    @BrandoninOrlando 5 лет назад +1

    One of the best places I've ever been

  • @aCtHype
    @aCtHype 4 года назад +11

    Did he just say he learned counterfeit in there and said that’s what he did when he got out

  • @ideklmao8155
    @ideklmao8155 5 лет назад +1

    OMG!!!! When I was at alcatraz he was there signing books!

  • @phoebevanderhorst7760
    @phoebevanderhorst7760 Год назад

    I'm went to Sherman Elementary School with the kids of the guards on Alcatraz. My first deskmate was Johnnie Lou Ashton. She lived on the island until the Escape and then her father was transferred to Leavenworth. I remember being so devastated that I lost my desk mate.

  • @hatemustache4218
    @hatemustache4218 3 года назад

    Wholesome

  • @meowblackcat4661
    @meowblackcat4661 5 лет назад +53

    Open for 30 years?!😱

    • @emilyschmidt8682
      @emilyschmidt8682 5 лет назад +9

      Meow BlackCat IKR it’s not that long at all!!

    • @chris7400
      @chris7400 5 лет назад

      Emily Schmidt its is a long time

    • @alexnikoofficial1238
      @alexnikoofficial1238 5 лет назад +1

      DeltaOutlaw93 no it’s not

    • @chris7400
      @chris7400 5 лет назад

      Alexniko I plus the years before the prison on Alcatraz

    • @Eclipse-em6ez
      @Eclipse-em6ez 4 года назад

      No it wasn't it's a lie

  • @dodoalsaleh4820
    @dodoalsaleh4820 5 лет назад +7

    This reminded me of unsolved

  • @hannah_dancer9012
    @hannah_dancer9012 3 года назад

    I was there on that day and I got a postcard and the book signed by him!

  • @its_anonymous1289
    @its_anonymous1289 4 года назад

    Shanks through tears of joy

  • @Mitron805
    @Mitron805 5 лет назад +5

    Nice

  • @perejohnson6846
    @perejohnson6846 5 лет назад

    that must be soo scary

  • @theoddone2675
    @theoddone2675 5 лет назад +2

    When you see an abusive ex for the first time

  • @julianna9974
    @julianna9974 5 лет назад +1

    I met him and got his autograph when I went there

  • @evanschultz8267
    @evanschultz8267 5 лет назад +1

    I was there and got my book signed by him

  • @lsnipzl5051
    @lsnipzl5051 5 лет назад +1

    I saw Becker when I went to Alcatraz he signed my baseball!

  • @Boris.K
    @Boris.K Год назад

    Just met the guy, he is here signing his book and taking pictures with you. Right on pier 33 where they do tours to the prison.

  • @user-rh5yf2wz8l
    @user-rh5yf2wz8l 5 лет назад

    96! He looks MUCH younger!

  • @thedirection6369
    @thedirection6369 3 года назад

    Once upon a time it was a breath taking place.

  • @MrJoint888
    @MrJoint888 2 года назад +1

    That’s a cool old man he’s laugh 😂

  • @aye_yo_david
    @aye_yo_david 3 года назад

    What a madlad

  • @yourownpersonaljesus2108
    @yourownpersonaljesus2108 5 лет назад

    Hard-hitting journalism here...

  • @philcomo3366
    @philcomo3366 4 года назад +2

    Funny how some people can spend 6 years somewhere then 70 years later he says that’s all I know...

  • @2phonebabykeem913
    @2phonebabykeem913 5 лет назад

    That laugh at the beginning was too funny

  • @treeoworld4268
    @treeoworld4268 4 года назад +1

    I saw him today

  • @adri6658
    @adri6658 3 года назад +1

    Imagine being in jail with Al Capone 😳😳😳😳

  • @user-kh5yy3lk3e
    @user-kh5yy3lk3e 5 лет назад +1

    Wow I read about this im school it's so interesting im glad I learned this it's in San Francisco

  • @bluwolf098
    @bluwolf098 4 года назад +3

    Alcatraz Alumni, legit sounds like high school

  • @erikc394
    @erikc394 5 лет назад +1

    The 93 year old looks 73 and the 89 year old looks 65. Evidently the water there was pretty nice

  • @danii4769
    @danii4769 5 лет назад +1

    When I went to Alcatraz he was there signing tickets I still have mine

  • @the_n_pass5086
    @the_n_pass5086 5 лет назад

    Thats cool he reunited with prison officers

  • @vipergang102
    @vipergang102 5 лет назад +8

    EARLY SQUAD WHERE U AT?

  • @ZayneDaSamoan
    @ZayneDaSamoan 4 года назад +2

    This story is sick why go back to jail after they release you