Episode

MythBusters: Alcatraz Escape

Name: MythBusters: Alcatraz Escape
Released: 2003-12-12
Cast: Robert Lee, Adam Savage, Jamie Hyneman, Kari Byron, Tory Belleci

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Overview

Could prisoners really have escaped Alcatraz without a trace? Does a duck's quack echo? Can a stud finder really prove if human beings have been guinea pigs in mind-control experiments.

Details

Series: MythBusters
Season: Season 1
Episode: Episode 11
Air date: 2003-12-12

Episode context

Alcatraz Escape is Episode 11 in Season 1 of MythBusters. It aired on 2003-12-12.

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