"BuzzFeed Unsolved" might of ended but that doesn't mean rewatching the old videos has too or researching more haunted places or true crime events. *Que the happy dance*

Located off the Coast of San Franciso Bay, California Alcatraz Island has held America's most dangerous criminals during its years of operation from 1934 to 1963. Alcatraz prison was nicknamed "The Rock" due to being on an Island. The Island was eventually shut down due to high operating cost but serves as a tourist attraction.

Quick fun fact, it was also the site of the first American Lighthouse on the West Coats and it served as a defense fort during the Civil War.

Alcatraz, under the ruling of the U.S. Justice Department, would house criminals that were determined to be far too dangerous or difficult to be handled by other prisons throughout the United States. Each prisoner had their own cell and one guard was hired for about every three prisoners.

The Alcatraz prison, according to Federal Bureau of Prisons viewed it as "the prison system's prison". The average criminals held were around 260-275. Surprisingly, many prisoners considered the living conditions to be better at Alcatraz than other Federal prisons.

There was a highly structured, daily routine designed that taught the inmates to follow rules and regulations. Once prisoners would learn to follow rules and earn rights throughout their stay which was typically around 5 years, the would be transferred to another Federal prison to finish their sentence and be released.

Some of the famous inmates held at Alcatraz were; Al Capone (no surprise there), George "Machine Gun" Kelly, Robert Stroud or known as "The Birdman of Alcatraz".

Since I've already discussed Al Capone, let's see what sort of trouble the other two caused to end up in Alcatraz.

George "Machine Gun" Kelly's reputation began as an underground gangster with several arrests and serving multiple jail sentences. Kelly would find himself in Alcatraz Prison in September of 1934, one of the first groups of prisoners.

Some of Kelly's crimes included robbing banks, illegal trafficking, smuggling liquor and kidnapped a wealthy oil tycoon and business that would lead him to Alcatraz.

Compared to his criminal activities outside of the prison, Kelly was described as a "model inmate". He worked as an altar boy in the prison chapel, worked in the laundry and served out his time quietly, surprisingly compared to the life he once had.

Probably the most famous inmate, Robert Stroud was convicted of manslaughter, murdering a bartender, and causing trouble in prisons he was held at. While in prison, he would intimidate the other inmates and stabbing fellow inmates.

But, after stabbing a prison guard to death he ended up getting life without parole and eventually transferred to Alcatraz in 1942. His nickname, "The Birdman of Alcatraz" was coined due to having raised nearly 300 birds in his cells and studying their habits and physiology which would later benefit research on canary species.

So, he might have stabbed some people but at least he was doing some science on the side to further research.

Full of fun facts and a rich history, Alcatraz Island has something new to learn and enjoy if you are to ever visit.