At alcatraz you don't get sent to prison, *prison gets sent to you*

"Just take a left at the endoplasmic reticulum to reach the tennis courts"

Man don't you love it when you're minding your business and then over the years Alcatraz prison pulls up on the coast and decimates the entire city?

I have a feeling that this landmark is sentient and can self-duplicate.

This gives the phrase "The powerhouse of the cell" a whole new meaning

Hey I just noticed something: In the section for projected movement, Alcatraz mostly rotates in place until 1970, and only then it starts to move towards the coast. In real life, the prison closed down in 1963. So that means, all this time the bodies of dead prisoners were being fed to the island. However, after the prison closed down, it no longer had a steady source of sustenance, and started heading towards the mainland in search of a new food source...

God dammit... its a prison cell...

Seems to me like Alcatraz has grown into a cancerous parasite, possibly due to the many deaths of the prisoners there and those odd ruins

Alcatraz is easily one of the most dangerous and under-utilized monuments in the entirety of the Monument Mythos thus far.

I'm sending this to my biology teacher without context

So: -The Statue of Liberty has something imprisoned in it (and it gets out sometimes) -The Lincoln Memorial is a prison for one person (???) -Mount Rushmore has giant fungal growths just jetting out of it (Currently on daily anti-fungal treatment) -Alcatraz is actual cancer (and it has spread to west texas) In the next stunning entry into this series, we will find out how the Grand Canyon is actually the Devils Anus! Jokes aside, I do quite like the series. Outside of LINCOLNLOOKER (which has more of an occult vibe to it), these are all very unique takes on (super-)natural horror. Additionally, the different ways these are portrayed are quite nice. LibertyLurker has a documentary vibe, LincolnLooker is more an investigative Interview, RushmoreRevenge has a found-footage quality to it and now this has a nice scientific paper/military strategy vibe to it, what with the reference to radiation therapy and very nicely drawn diagrams. Keep up the good work, Itching to see more!

So let me get this straight: Alcatraz was a living organism, basically a LITERAL cell, which was seemingly quite content to just spin in place until they closed the prison, which seemingly cut off it's food supply. At that point, and ONLY at that point, it started to head towards the mainland, obviously looking for food, which would obviously be an extremely big problem. And the American Army's best idea to deal with this problem isn't to, y'know, reopen the prison and feed the thing again, no, their best idea is to TREAT IT WITH RADIATION when we've been able to link cancerous growths and radiation SINCE THE EARLY 1900's. Whoever decided that the NUKE IT route was the best route was not a very smart person.

The sheer fact that a giant landmass was moving as fast as a speedboat was low key kinda creepy

“GODDAMNIT JOHN YOU GAVE ALCATRAZ CANCER WE’RE ALL DOOMED” “excuse me what” “THE PRISON, JOHN IT WAS A GIANT CELL” “a prison cell?” “YES” “…very funny rick” “LOOK OUTSIDE” “HOLY SHIT”

Before therapy: Normal After therapy: Eldridge horror

The Alcatraz Cell: -Created by the U.S. Government in an attempt to have enough prisons -Attempted to be killed by Radiation therapy -Has the capacity to move, and replicate -Communicates via a siren, Siren becomes louder if it considers something a threat -Usually attacks whatever it considers a threat by a pack motive, the original Alcatraz leading the rest -If an animal that the island considers a threat walks on the surface, the Alcatraz Cell releases a mysterious pathogen that slowly rots the animal from the outside, killing it within a painful 14 hours. The 2003 Alcatraz Attack: -After the attempt to kill it by radiation therapy, Alcatraz Cell considered the U.S. a threat. -In 1990, the Alcatraz Cell was beginning to duplicate in the Pacific Ocean -1995, Alcatraz Cell(s) stopped duplicating and began to move towards Texas -Ocassionally, some cells would get lost. This would cause the lost cell to blare a light siren. It seemed to be aware of non threatening humans that just wanted to help it. -Humans that it considered a threat would be infected with a biological agent that slowly deteriorated their flesh. -In 2000, the Navy started to fire against the Alcatraz Cells. This caused the cells to duplicate, and they eventually overtook the ships. -In 2003, the Alcatraz Cells reached Texas. There, citizens described a blaring siren that grew louder and louder by the second. -After what seemed like years of fighting, the Army ceased fire. The Alcatraz Cells were given the entire Gulf of Mexico. -In total, 6,857 people went deaf, and 91 died to the mysterious pathogen. -17 years later, the Alcatraz Cells have begun to make landfall again. -As of now, 54 cells have been counted that are part of the hivemind.

"As of 2020 the Alcatraz Zone extends to West Texas" that's just terrifying

As of 2021 the housing situation has been fixed by renovating the cells to apartments.

That's a really cool concept, but I don't get how Alcatraz could move so quickly after therapy when previously it would've taken decades to reach the coast.

"This is getting out of hand! Now there is two of them!"

"Alright, what were the results of our semiannual inspection?" (long cigar draw) "Ya prison's got cancah." "I-I'm sorry?" (sigh) "Look pal, whaddya got between dem ears? Ya prison's got cancah. Not my problem. That'll be $200."

Mob of the Dead protags accidentally brought the Alcatraz from hell and now it has consumed half of America.

Sorry about Alcatraz, that's my fault. Passed some rough kidney stones and it just floated away. You know how it is.

I love when Alcatraz reproduces by mitosis

The big question is exactly how this all ties into the developing storyline in season two. It could very well be that some of the earlier videos were more of a one shot than a cohesive story, but the early world building that’s been cohesive throughout makes me think otherwise.

Alcatraz seems to either have been built or mutated into a sort of entity with its blueprints with similar structures to that of a giant cell. It is also quite capable of self-duplication, and has been responsible for the Alcatraz Attack of 2004. This attack involved a number of anomalous "islands" assaulting Western Texas, exposing a significant amount of unsuspecting people to a pathogen of unknown origin. The outbreak was thankfully contained before it could deal any amount of significant damage and the government paid a significant amount in monetary compensation to any survivors. However, they did suppress and remove any records regarding this incident until it was dug up recently. Good night, 098

"and on the map we have *t h e r u i n s,* The tennis court, and *the rough endoplasmic reticulum* " I'm starting to wonder what horrors dwell in the tennis court if its in the same area as the previously mentioned "unusual" objects

Al Capone is PISSED

Shout out to the Caretaker

All wackiness aside, I'm just imagining the immense fear and terror the inmates must have felt seeing a cell break down their cellmate before it would inevitably devour them

"THERE IS NO PROPHECY, THERE IS ONLY ME".

Frank Morris: At last, I am free. Alcatraz: haha.. .no.

THERE IS NO PROPHECY! THERE IS ONLY ME!

Honestly, if I'd been forced to contain violent criminals for decades, I'd probably snap and gradually evaporate the West Coast too.

1:23 Obviously that's the Alcatraz Endoplasmic Reticulum, everyone learns that in biology class

Here after the Ed Dwight paradox. Literal chills omg, it’s been a wild ride.

Other analog horrors have plots centered around mind control, fake people, infection, haunted tapes, etc. but this one was just like What if Alcatraz underwent mitosis and honestly I kind of love it. amazing work, i am thoroughly confused and terrified

I- at first my brain was like "mmm yes the mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell" as a joke, and I realized-

How do you not have more subscribers? These are some of the most unique and interesting takes on horror that I've ever really seen!

i watched the start and thought "lmao that looks like the Golgi complex" but it actually was

Your animation and editing have improved a ton, nice work

I'm at "ALCATRAZOSIS" now-is Alcatraz a gigantic single-cellular organism?

mitochondria is the powerhouse of the alcatraz

The music gives me caretaker vibes

What I love about this episode is that I figured out the basic idea without even getting through the 1st minute, and it still had me all the way through. Wish I found this a year ago.

“Sir, it seems that Alcatraz is heading towards us. What will we do?” “There is nothing we can do..”

RIP San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego, Sacramento, Las Vegas, Phoenix, Tucson, Albuquerque, Santa Fe, and El Paso

It's all starting to make a little more sense each time.

i never knew alcatraz had a golgi apparatus

This video makes the word "prison cell" more biogically logical...

“Honey i need you to pick the kids up from school that fucking island came over and ate our house”

Get the slideshow/projected movement music as it's own thing. It's super catchy

THERE IS NO PROPHECY. THERE IS ONLY ME.

This is the most elaborate set up for a "prison cell" pun I've ever seen.

We’ve come full circle. Alcatraz saved humanity

The speed change in the expansion of the Alcatraz Zone is very strange.

ALCATRAZ CHECKMATE

0:00 - Observing the island 2 days before it is hit by Radiation in a test 0:22 - Island Diagram 0:49 - Morgue ( A place to store bodies ) 1:34 - Observing the island 1 day before it is hit by Radiation in a test 1:41 - "Alcatrazosis" A diagram explaining how the island can reproduce and duplicate via Mitosis 2:24 - Observing the island during Radiation testing 2:40 - The island projected to move toward land because of it being shut down and no longer being fed prisoners 3:04 - The island consumes people or objects on land to continue growing and reproducing 3:27 - Observing the island 1 day after it is hit and provoked by Radiation testing

Everybody gangsta till the *island start walking*

"Wait, it's all Alcatraz?" "Always has been"

Riveting prequel to the Mystery Flesh Pit : The Mystery Prison Cell !

the most terrifying thing about this series is the old timey 40s music with the crackle sound effect over it. if you know you know

Ok, so I went to Alcatraz twice. Once as a kid and once as an adult. It's a creepy place with a heavy vibe. But I'm going to put my two cents in here and say that the island didn't eat dead prisoners, it fed off of live prisoners souls. I think we can see proof of that in the state of decay of the city by the bay in 2022. If you take a look at the condition of SF these days, I'd say there isn't a soul left there. Ok, maybe a few, but whoa, it's bad.

There are so many puns and dad jokes in this comment section and I love it.

Fun fact: There’s an entire subsection of Alcatraz Island that was dedicated to baking bread for the prisoners’ consumption.

Gives the "Prison cell" a whole new meaning

The surveillance society was proposed by Thomas More to account for his version of what a Utopia might be like. The panopticon was the prisons concept for blinding prisoners to the idea they were all being watched all the time. Orwell’s 1984 proposed a similar system with telescreens. Out in the wide world away from closed institutions there had to be a way of evoking the same feeling. Fear is easy to spread with good media. Surveillance, like an island is a metaphor for isolation.

Both times I saw the "__ days before therapy" thing,I just thought of the island sitting in the stereotypical therapy chair,somehow having been shrunken down,and with a therapist sitting across from it,asking it questions. Also,I'm going to nickname the island "Alcaty" because nobody can stop me.

The scariest thing is that the simulation expected the Alcatraz Zone in 2020 to still be located in the San Francisco Harbor IF THE ISLAND WAS LET UNTOUCHED, but the nuclear treatment has accelerated the process and Alcatraz has already eaten half of the continent by that year. Doing nothing would have saved milions of lives for decades.

Back in the day, they said you couldn’t escape Alcatraz. But they were proven wrong. But now, you really can’t escape Alcatraz. It’s here. It’s there, everywhere. Sometimes, something that’s proven wrong can become right. And sometimes, the consequences are nasty. Very nasty.

I really like this video. It makes you wonder not only what Alcatraz is, but also how does it move?? Does it simply float on the surface, does it have a cluster of tendrils and arms underneath that drag it along the sea bed… it’s left to the imagination.

This soundtrack is giving me "Everywhere at the end of Time" flashbacks

What im getting at here is alcatraz is basically its own form of living entity that is trying to expand a zone idk but love the video anyways

This series is interesting as it seems like these occurrences are an accepted facet of life not unlike natural disasters; the thing under Liberty, the Alcatraz cell, they're all just dangerous natural phenomena.

Dammit, we lost Texas to a sentient island

A video claiming that Alcatraz is a gigantic sentient cell is *not* what I thought I'd see today. God I love this series and I've only just begun watching it

When I first watched this episode, I just thought "huh, Alcatraz is a living organism, neat" and didn't give it any mind. But THEN the AlcatrazApocalypse happens. AND the Alcatraz Checkmate. AND Donald Trump's death on Alcatraz island. The music from this episode is engraved in my very pores, I swear, it gives me goosebumps every time I hear a reprise of its theme; the Alcatraz episode only gains more and more relevance as the story progresses.

these videos are genuinely amazing.

I just realized, throughout the video you can see a bunch of parts of a animal cell in the layout of the island, like the mitochondria at 0:43-0:47 or the endoplasmic reticulum at 1:21-1:25 and then the whole alcatrazosis just so happens to look just like mitosis, so my theory is that this thing is literally a big ‘ol cell. This also makes sense cuz its a jail. (Jail… like cell? Jail-cell)

This has a scp foundation vibe to it. Mystery Anomaly’s Weird stuff

Ladies and gentlemen, rejoice! For San Francisco has finally been wiped off the map.

never thought i would see cell division in an analog horror video but here we are

I love how mellow all the music is in this series

The Last Son of Alcatraz will sit the throne

I loved the part where Alcatraz said “It’s Alcatrazin time” and Alcatrazed the whole American population

Alcatraz becoming a hivemind organism is the funniest thing in all of fiction

"Is that a mitochondria or a golgi thing? No, that's a silly guess lmao" Little did I know

1:25 Yup....that's a Golgi Apparatus.

i love the ads at the end of the video, help you cope with the horrible things you just watched

"So it's a map of Alcatraz and... Wait is that a freaking Rough Endoplasmic Reticulum?"

This would make a good character

Holy balls! Who knew some minor character would be a main component/villain more than the main villain itself

that is called bio-fusion ( when metal/stone become organic cells )

bro this is weird but I let my 2 year old niece have one of my earbuds while I was watching this & she just stared at the computer & listened for like ten minutes LMAO and she’s super high energy, so ig the shining music chilled her out

Admittedly, I found out about this via Wendigoons fist video about it. But after his recent upload I came over to check it out for myself and , honestly, there's a reason his videos about it are so lengthy. There's such rich development in even he most unassuming entry, and seriously Alex, what you've done here is incredible, and everyone else, show this man some love. I hope you continue creating, both inside and outside of this world you've built. Your work is captivating.

"Everybody gangsta till you scape Alcatraz and the island starts chasing you" -Al Capone, probably

First the moon, neptune, the statue of liberty, mount rushmore, and now alcatraz?!?! cant have shit on earth

It's interesting how the music is unsettling here, yet is triumphant to hear in the Nixonverse finale

"Hey Bobby you still want to go on that fishing trip?" "I don't know let me check the weather real quick" **Looks out window** "Well it doesn't look like a storm is approaching so- WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT?!"