On the 7th of April, 1972, United Airlines Flight 855, was en route to Los Angeles. 20 minutes after making a stopover in Denver, a passenger is noticed holding a hand grenade. From there, things get hectic! Is this a DB Cooper copycat? Or even DB Cooper up to his old tricks again? Tune in to hear this wild story!

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REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING:

deathinthewestpod.com S2

https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/richard-floyd-mccoy-jr

https://www.nytimes.com/1972/04/08/archives/hijacker-gets-500000-bails-out-of-jet-over-utah-hijacker-gets.html

https://fearoflanding.com/history/the-odd-story-of-richard-floyd-mccoy-jr/

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