Is Alcatraz Haunted Or Haunted?

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. Alcatraz is haunted because a park ranger heard a strange banjo noise from the shower room. On his last days there Al Capone used to hide in the shower room with his banjo.

2. Alcatraz is haunted because Warden Johnston heard someone sobbing from inside the prison walls, and then a cold wind passed by.

3. Alcatraz is haunted because the night guards always hear and see sightings of the ghosts.

One morning, near the shower room a park ranger heard a strange noise by the shower room. It sounded like a banjo. Some people say that in his last days there Al Capone often took his banjo and hid it in the shower room.

Some nights when night watchmen are walking around they hear strange noises. They think that men are running around upstairs;

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