Robert Stroud
publication date: Tuesday, August 28, 2007 (part of Round XXXI)
category: Crime
clue: He couldn't leave his island, so he befriended creatures who could.
explanation: Stroud was known as the "Birdman of Alcatraz," an inmate at the island prison who had (in an earlier incarceration) famously befriended canaries. more…
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, Justin Woods, Denise Sawicki, Joanna Woods, Mike Rothstein, Steve Dunn, Amy Austin, Mike Eberhart, Aaron Shurtleff, David Mitzman, Elliot Farney, Jerry Mathis, Tony Peters, Scott Horowitz, Chris McKinnon, Michael Paul Cote, Shawn Brandt, Wendy Hampson, Greg Bair, Jason Evans, and Tom Leggett
player landmarks: This was the last goo solved by Chris McKinnon.
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