Episode 15: D.B. Cooper: The Sky Bandit

The FBI's composite sketches of D.B. Cooper.

On Thanksgiving Eve, 1971, a man calling himself Dan Cooper hijacked an airliner, collected $200,000 in ransom money, and parachuted out of the plane, never to be seen again. Who was D.B. Cooper, and did he survive his jump? *NOTE: We incorrectly state in the opening of the episode that the hijacking occurred in 1972. That was a typo in our notes; the incident actually took place in 1971.* Resources: https://www.google.com/amp/www.foxnews.com/us/2017/08/21/fbi-reportedly-accepts-new-evidence-with-possible-link-to-db-cooper.amp.html https://thedbcooperhijacking.wordpress.com/2017/03/20/on-request-the-two-page-outline-on-christiansen-and-geestman-in-the-d-b-cooper-case/#more-1484 https://themountainnewswa.net/2012/02/23/suspects-in-the-db-cooper-skyjacking-sketches-pictures-and-comparisons/ http://citizensleuths.com/ Buzzfeed Unsolved: The Strange Disappearance of D.B. Cooper The Skyjacker That Got Away (The History Channel) Music: Lobby Time by Kevin MacLeod Circles in the Sky by Cinematic Waves Brittle Rille by Kevin MacLeod Killers by Kevin MacLeod Twisted by Kevin MacLeod Cold Funk by Kevin MacLeod All used under the Creative Commons License.