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Robert Stroud

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Murderer

The Resume

    (January 18, 1890-November 21, 1963)
    Born in Seattle, Washington
    Convicted of manslaughter for killing a man who allegedly raped his girlfriend
    Served time at McNeil Island, Washington (1909-12); Leavenworth, Kansas (1912-42); Alcatraz, California (1942-59); and the Medical Center for Federal Prisoners in Springfield, Missouri (1959-63)
    Wrote ‘Stroud’s Digest on the Diseases of Birds’
    Known as the Birdman of Alcatraz

Why he might be annoying:

    He was transferred to Leavenworth after stabbing an inmate who was involved with him in a narcotics smuggling ring and assaulting a hospital orderly who reported on the ring to the prison administration.
    He fatally stabbed guard Andrew Turner (March 26, 1916).
    He was sent to Alcatraz after it was discovered that he had been distilling alcohol from birdseed.
    His nickname was inaccurate since he was not allowed to keep birds at Alcatraz.

Why he might not be annoying:

    His father was an abusive alcoholic.
    Despite having only a third-grade education, he became a self-taught expert on bird diseases.
    He developed a treatment for avian hemorrhagic septicemia.
    J. Edgar Hoover bought as a gift for his mother one of the canaries Stroud raised.

Credit: C. Fishel


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 5 Votes: 80.0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 20 Votes: 90.0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 30 Votes: 93.33% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 62 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 375 Votes: 48.80% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 22 Votes: 45.45% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 19 Votes: 47.37% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 9 Votes: 44.44% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 9 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 13 Votes: 53.85% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 17 Votes: 47.06% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 23 Votes: 69.57% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 18 Votes: 72.22% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 89 Votes: 64.04% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 67 Votes: 44.78% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 61 Votes: 75.41% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 60 Votes: 66.67% Annoying