The unsolved case of the airplane skyjacking by a man named DB Cooper remains the only unsolved American skyjacking.
Join us on D.B. Cooper- Episode 3 and Bonus as we take you along this wild story! You may listen here on our website, or wherever you get your podcasts!
"As the rest of the country was settling in and finalizing holiday meals, a man in his mid forties with unremarkable features, yet a quiet and steady demeanor walks through the Portland International Airport. It’s Thanksgiving Eve- Nov 24- 1971. He approaches the ticket agent at Northwest Orient Airlines and requests to purchase a one- way ticket to Seattle aboard flight 305- a mere 25 minute journey in the air.
The Boeing 727 holds the man, and 36 other passengers. He is kindly served a bourbon and soda, but before settling in for the rest of the flight, he brings a briefcase to his lap and calls over to the stewardess once again. What she witnesses next, will change not only the course of the flight, but her life, for everyone on board is about to become involved in the most notorious unsolved flight- hijacking in American history. Her eyes glance into the man’s case and widen as she realizes what she is seeing- a bomb. "
True Crime & Headlines: with Jules and Jo
Release Date: May 2, 2023
Sources:
https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/obituaries/story/2019-07-09/army-paratrooper-suspected-in-notorious-d-b-cooper-skyjacking-dies-in-bankers-hill-home
https://www.newsweek.com/db-cooper-suspects-identity-hijacking-rob-rackstraw-dick-briggs-1726313
https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/db-cooper-suspect-was-surveyor-brother-worked-for-boeing/
https://www.history.com/news/who-was-d-b-cooper
https://www.thestranger.com/slog/2021/11/22/63035743/the-10-weirdest-revelations-from-the-fbi-files-on-db-cooper-for-the-50th-anniversary-of-his-escape
“***07/12/16 Update: The FBI has redirected resources allocated to the D.B. Cooper case to focus on other investigative priorities” fbi.gov
https://www.history.com/news/who-was-d-b-cooper
https://www.columbian.com/news/2019/jul/11/d-b-cooper-suspect-robert-rackstraw-dies/
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