D.B. Cooper: The Man Who Hijacked A Plane, Took $200,000 and Vanished Pt. 1
6/16/202628 min
On the day before Thanksgiving, 1971, a man named D.B. Cooper walked up to an airport counter, paid cash for a one-way ticket, and boarded a commercial flight. By the time the plane landed, he had collected $200,000 in ransom, strapped it to his body, and jumped out the back of a jet. No one has seen him since.
In the first of three episodes on D.B. Cooper, Katie Ring takes you back to November 24th, 1971: who this man was, how he pulled off one of the most audacious crimes in aviation history, and what the evidence left behind actually told investigators.
This episode involves descriptions of a hijacking and the threat of violence. Please listen with care.
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Katie Ring· Host0:47
On the day before Thanksgiving 1971, a man in a suit walked up to an airline counter, paid cash for a one-way ticket, boarded a plane, ordered a bourbon and soda, lit a cigarette, and then somewhere over the dark forests of southwest Washington at 10,000 feet in the rain, dressed in a business suit and loafers, jumped out of the back of a jet with $200,000 in cash strapped to his body. No one has seen him since. For over 50 years, the FBI hunted one of the most audacious criminals in American history. They've chased leads, interviewed suspects, and tested evidence. But today, the case remains exactly where it was the morning after