WYSJ-CD

The escape from Alcatraz in 1962 forces the government into a merciless manhunt, but the three inmates are never found; the family of the escaped Anglin brothers searches for answers to its very public mystery.

Four men conspire to break out of one of the most notorious prisons in American history; three of them break out using a makeshift raft and vanish.

Investigators research whether three prisoners who escaped from Alcatraz Island prison in 1962 could have survived the icy waters of San Francisco Bay.

Criminals who are experts at getting away.

This two-hour special features an in-depth account of the recent breakout of escaped killers Richard Matt and David Sweat from Clinton Correctional Prison in upstate New York.

Breakfast technology slices, squeezes, sorts, and cooks to keep orange juice fresh and cereals flaked; explore USS Stennis meal preparation for sailors, Tyson bacon processing, Sunkist orange squeezing, and McDonald's McGriddle pancake production.

Each year in the U.S., 280 million hens lay 80 billion eggs, one of the world's most affordable sources of protein; charting an egg's journey from the henhouse to the breakfast table; how powdered eggs are manufactured.

The versatile and nutritious potato; the potato's mysterious origins in South America's Andes; potato knishes in New York City; farming exotic potatoes in Maine; large-scale potato production in Iowa and Pennsylvania.

How wheat feeds the world; wheat becomes everything from bread to beer; a custom harvester follows ripening wheat fields from Texas to North Dakota; exporting wheat; grinding grain into flour; Widmer Brothers Brewery; Wheatware.

Corn is the largest agricultural crop in the world, and it is used in more than 3,000 diverse items, ranging from food to the plastic wrap for packaging it.

Tea ranks as world's second most popular drink with ancient origins; explore Lipton's Suffolk plant producing teabags, Charleston Plantation's cultivation, Boston Tea Party history, Clipper Ships bringing Chinese tea, and modern herbal varieties.

Coffee traces origins from Ethiopia over 1,000 years ago to today's Starbucks explosion; American giants Hills Brothers, Maxwell House, and Folgers process billions of beans while coffeehouses historically brewed political and artistic progress.

The sugar industry developed through Caribbean slavery and British control desires; sugar played critical roles in American independence while modern Hawaiian plantations process cane stalks into raw sugar, corn syrup, and various sweetener forms.

Breakfast technology slices, squeezes, sorts, and cooks to keep orange juice fresh and cereals flaked; explore USS Stennis meal preparation for sailors, Tyson bacon processing, Sunkist orange squeezing, and McDonald's McGriddle pancake production.

Each year in the U.S., 280 million hens lay 80 billion eggs, one of the world's most affordable sources of protein; charting an egg's journey from the henhouse to the breakfast table; how powdered eggs are manufactured.

The versatile and nutritious potato; the potato's mysterious origins in South America's Andes; potato knishes in New York City; farming exotic potatoes in Maine; large-scale potato production in Iowa and Pennsylvania.

How wheat feeds the world; wheat becomes everything from bread to beer; a custom harvester follows ripening wheat fields from Texas to North Dakota; exporting wheat; grinding grain into flour; Widmer Brothers Brewery; Wheatware.

Corn is the largest agricultural crop in the world, and it is used in more than 3,000 diverse items, ranging from food to the plastic wrap for packaging it.

Tea ranks as world's second most popular drink with ancient origins; explore Lipton's Suffolk plant producing teabags, Charleston Plantation's cultivation, Boston Tea Party history, Clipper Ships bringing Chinese tea, and modern herbal varieties.

Coffee traces origins from Ethiopia over 1,000 years ago to today's Starbucks explosion; American giants Hills Brothers, Maxwell House, and Folgers process billions of beans while coffeehouses historically brewed political and artistic progress.

The sugar industry developed through Caribbean slavery and British control desires; sugar played critical roles in American independence while modern Hawaiian plantations process cane stalks into raw sugar, corn syrup, and various sweetener forms.

Breakfast technology slices, squeezes, sorts, and cooks to keep orange juice fresh and cereals flaked; explore USS Stennis meal preparation for sailors, Tyson bacon processing, Sunkist orange squeezing, and McDonald's McGriddle pancake production.

Each year in the U.S., 280 million hens lay 80 billion eggs, one of the world's most affordable sources of protein; charting an egg's journey from the henhouse to the breakfast table; how powdered eggs are manufactured.

The versatile and nutritious potato; the potato's mysterious origins in South America's Andes; potato knishes in New York City; farming exotic potatoes in Maine; large-scale potato production in Iowa and Pennsylvania.

How wheat feeds the world; wheat becomes everything from bread to beer; a custom harvester follows ripening wheat fields from Texas to North Dakota; exporting wheat; grinding grain into flour; Widmer Brothers Brewery; Wheatware.

Corn is the largest agricultural crop in the world, and it is used in more than 3,000 diverse items, ranging from food to the plastic wrap for packaging it.

Tea ranks as world's second most popular drink with ancient origins; explore Lipton's Suffolk plant producing teabags, Charleston Plantation's cultivation, Boston Tea Party history, Clipper Ships bringing Chinese tea, and modern herbal varieties.

Coffee traces origins from Ethiopia over 1,000 years ago to today's Starbucks explosion; American giants Hills Brothers, Maxwell House, and Folgers process billions of beans while coffeehouses historically brewed political and artistic progress.

The sugar industry developed through Caribbean slavery and British control desires; sugar played critical roles in American independence while modern Hawaiian plantations process cane stalks into raw sugar, corn syrup, and various sweetener forms.

Scientists and military specialists theorize ways that the planet might be vulnerable to a potential alien invasion and if the human race has the necessary means to fight back.

Ancient monuments point toward stars in the sky; ancient texts contain references to flying objects.

After years of silence and secrecy, the U.S. government reveals possible evidence of extraterrestrial life, with analysis from scientific and military experts.

The theory that alien technology helped ancient humans build megalithic stone structures.

Structures and artifacts throughout the world point to advanced technology in the distant past; exploring the possibility that alien technology may have helped ancient humans.

Ancient people described monsters and visitors from the sky; these beings might be aliens, or the product of alien experimentation on humans.

Authors, astronomers and theoretical physicists examine the different technologies that would be required to bridge the stars.

Scientists and military specialists theorize ways that the planet might be vulnerable to a potential alien invasion and if the human race has the necessary means to fight back.

Ancient monuments point toward stars in the sky; ancient texts contain references to flying objects.

After years of silence and secrecy, the U.S. government reveals possible evidence of extraterrestrial life, with analysis from scientific and military experts.

The theory that alien technology helped ancient humans build megalithic stone structures.

Structures and artifacts throughout the world point to advanced technology in the distant past; exploring the possibility that alien technology may have helped ancient humans.

Ancient people described monsters and visitors from the sky; these beings might be aliens, or the product of alien experimentation on humans.

Authors, astronomers and theoretical physicists examine the different technologies that would be required to bridge the stars.

Scientists and military specialists theorize ways that the planet might be vulnerable to a potential alien invasion and if the human race has the necessary means to fight back.

Ancient monuments point toward stars in the sky; ancient texts contain references to flying objects.

After years of silence and secrecy, the U.S. government reveals possible evidence of extraterrestrial life, with analysis from scientific and military experts.

The theory that alien technology helped ancient humans build megalithic stone structures.

Structures and artifacts throughout the world point to advanced technology in the distant past; exploring the possibility that alien technology may have helped ancient humans.

Nate is an artist and world-traveler discovering creators, innovators, and artists from the past and today.

Exploring the Cassini spacecraft and its sibling lander, Huygens and their scientific studies.

Featuring lessons that guide teenagers to learn about ways to help the environment.

The team digs out plans for an Islamic windmill design.

Amelia Earhart disappears without a trace during an around-the-world flight.

Pilot Charles Lindbergh conquers the Atlantic.

Commentary creates in-depth portraits.

The leader of a radical polygamous sect was called to account for allegedly arranging illegal marriages between his followers and underage girls.

Counting down the most hated person in America.

Interviews with journalists, publishers and others tell the story of Larry Flynt, publisher and champion of free speech.

English naturalist Charles Darwin developed the theory of evolution despite a variety of obstacles, including illness, despots and lethal seas.

Rumors of incest and murder tar the reputation of Lucrezia Borgia.

Hunted until he was gunned down by the FBI, gangster John Dillinger was a charismatic and mythical figure.

Amelia Earhart disappears without a trace during an around-the-world flight.

Pilot Charles Lindbergh conquers the Atlantic.

Commentary creates in-depth portraits.

The leader of a radical polygamous sect was called to account for allegedly arranging illegal marriages between his followers and underage girls.

Counting down the most hated person in America.

Interviews with journalists, publishers and others tell the story of Larry Flynt, publisher and champion of free speech.

English naturalist Charles Darwin developed the theory of evolution despite a variety of obstacles, including illness, despots and lethal seas.