Episode 448: Alcatraz Part I - Bird Is the Word
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Stroud's Birds
Robert Stroud was given alcohol and a blowtorch to cook bird food. By 1922, the entire prison staff had become fascinated by Stroud's birds. With so many birds came so many bird droppings. A Stroud cell was soon filled with hundreds of birds. Every inch of Stroud's being was permeated with the smell of bird shit combined with his two pack a day smoking habit.
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