<p>This special flashback episode, from March 16, 2018, discusses D. B. Cooper and the most infamous unsolved hijacking in US history.</p>
<figure id="attachment_3187" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-3187" style="width: 359px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://bytesizedbiographies.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Cooper-crew.jpeg"><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="wp-image-3187 size-full" src="https://bytesizedbiographies.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Cooper-crew.jpeg" alt="" width="359" height="278" srcset="https://bytesizedbiographies.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Cooper-crew.jpeg 359w, https://bytesizedbiographies.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Cooper-crew-300x232.jpeg 300w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 359px) 100vw, 359px" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-3187" class="wp-caption-text">Some of the crew members from the plane Cooper hijacked</figcaption></figure>
<figure id="attachment_3189" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-3189" style="width: 321px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://bytesizedbiographies.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Cooper-Wanted-poster.jpeg"><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="wp-image-3189 size-full" src="https://bytesizedbiographies.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Cooper-Wanted-poster.jpeg" alt="" width="321" height="563" srcset="https://bytesizedbiographies.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Cooper-Wanted-poster.jpeg 321w, https://bytesizedbiographies.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Cooper-Wanted-poster-171x300.jpeg 171w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 321px) 100vw, 321px" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-3189" class="wp-caption-text">Initial crude wanted poster circulated by the FBI</figcaption></figure>
<figure id="attachment_3191" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-3191" style="width: 495px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://bytesizedbiographies.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/DB-Cooper-wanted-poster.jpeg"><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="wp-image-3191 size-full" src="https://bytesizedbiographies.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/DB-Cooper-wanted-poster.jpeg" alt="" width="495" height="502" srcset="https://bytesizedbiographies.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/DB-Cooper-wanted-poster.jpeg 495w, https://bytesizedbiographies.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/DB-Cooper-wanted-poster-296x300.jpeg 296w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 495px) 100vw, 495px" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-3191" class="wp-caption-text">Richard McCoy, wanted poster circulated after he escaped from a federal penitentiary</figcaption></figure>
<figure id="attachment_3193" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-3193" style="width: 491px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://bytesizedbiographies.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Cooper-Rackstraw.png"><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="wp-image-3193 size-full" src="https://bytesizedbiographies.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Cooper-Rackstraw.png" alt="" width="491" height="280" srcset="https://bytesizedbiographies.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Cooper-Rackstraw.png 491w, https://bytesizedbiographies.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Cooper-Rackstraw-300x171.png 300w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 491px) 100vw, 491px" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-3193" class="wp-caption-text">Another potential D. B. Cooper, Robert Rackstraw.</figcaption></figure>

This special flashback episode, from March 16, 2018, discusses D. B. Cooper and the most infamous unsolved hijacking in US history. Some of the crew members from the plane Cooper hijacked Initial crude wanted poster circulated by the FBI Richard McCoy, wanted poster circulated after he escaped from a federal penitentiary Another potential D. B. Cooper, Robert Rackstraw.

<p>This special flashback episode, from March 16, 2018, discusses D. B. Cooper and the most infamous unsolved hijacking in US history.</p>
<a href="https://bytesizedbiographies.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Cooper-crew.jpeg" rel="noopener noreferrer"></a>Some of the crew members from the plane Cooper hijacked
<a href="https://bytesizedbiographies.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Cooper-Wanted-poster.jpeg" rel="noopener noreferrer"></a>Initial crude wanted poster circulated by the FBI
<a href="https://bytesizedbiographies.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/DB-Cooper-wanted-poster.jpeg" rel="noopener noreferrer"></a>Richard McCoy, wanted poster circulated after he escaped from a federal penitentiary
<a href="https://bytesizedbiographies.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Cooper-Rackstraw.png" rel="noopener noreferrer"></a>Another potential D. B. Cooper, Robert Rackstraw.

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