On the afternoon of November 24th, 1971, a man that called himself Dan Cooper approached the counter of Northwest Orient Airlines in Portland, Oregon. He was wearing a business suit and raincoat and was holding a briefcase. He paid $20 for his one-way ticket in cash, and it was flight #305 for Seattle, Washington on a Boeing 727. After boarding the plane, he handed the stewardess a note and told her he had a bomb. He demanded 4 parachutes and $200k and released most of the passengers but kept the pilots and some crew members. He jumped from the plane and the only evidence left behind was 8 cigarette butts, a hair on the headrest and a clip-on necktie. The FBI has closed this case and it's up to the citizen sleuths to solve the mystery of the hijacking.

Website:
https://www.drinkingthecoolaid.com/

Resources:

• A brief history of airline security, hijackings and metal detectors - Servers & Storage (ibm.com)
• Update on the murder of Earl Cossey, an analysis of his role in the DB Cooper case | The Mountain News – WA (themountainnewswa.net)
• D.B. Cooper Hijacking — FBI
• CooperCon 2022 // DB Cooper Skyjack Mystery Annual Event
• Mysterious Disappearances: Robert Richard Lepsy - Mysterious Disappearances
• The Hunt for DB Cooper – looking for the Amboy chute | The Mountain News – WA (themountainnewswa.net)
• Who Was D.B. Cooper? - HISTORY
• "D.B Cooper: What Really Happened" by Max Gunther. (1985) - D.B. Cooper (dbcooperhijack.com)
• Earl Cossey dead: Man who packed parachutes for skyjacker D.B. Cooper murdered | Daily Mail Online
• D.B. Cooper Hijacking - The Unsolved Mystery Continues (cultofweird.com)
• New Netflix documentary series ‘D.B. Cooper: Where Are You?!’ reexamines an infamous folk legend | The Seattle Times
• FBI — D.B. Cooper Redux
• A reporter’s role in the notorious unsolved mystery of ‘D.B. Cooper’ - Columbia Journalism Review (cjr.org)
• The Woman Who Might Have Been D.B. Cooper | Mental Floss
• The Hunt for DB Cooper – Who’s Who in the DB Cooper investigation | The Mountain News – WA (themountainnewswa.net)
• D.B. Cooper - Crime Museum
• The Problem With The Boei

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On the afternoon of November 24th, 1971, a man that called himself Dan Cooper approached the counter of Northwest Orient Airlines in Portland, Oregon. He was wearing a business suit and raincoat and was holding a briefcase. He paid $20 for his one-way ticket in cash, and it was flight #305 for Seattle, Washington on a Boeing 727. After boarding the plane, he handed the stewardess a note and told her he had a bomb. He demanded 4 parachutes and $200k and released most of the passengers but kept some of the pilots and some crew members. He jumped from the plane and the only evidence left behind was 8 cigarette butts, a hair on the headrest and a clip-on necktie. The FBI has closed this case and it's up to the citizen sleuths to solve the mystery of the hijacking.

Website:
https://www.drinkingthecoolaid.com/

Resources:

• A brief history of airline security, hijackings and metal detectors - Servers & Storage (ibm.com)
• D.B. Cooper Hijacking — FBI
• The Hunt for DB Cooper – looking for the Amboy chute | The Mountain News – WA (themountainnewswa.net)
• Who Was D.B. Cooper? - HISTORY
• Earl Cossey dead: Man who packed parachutes for skyjacker D.B. Cooper murdered | Daily Mail Online
• D.B. Cooper Hijacking - The Unsolved Mystery Continues (cultofweird.com)
• New Netflix documentary series ‘D.B. Cooper: Where Are You?!’ reexamines an infamous folk legend | The Seattle Times
• FBI — D.B. Cooper Redux
• A reporter’s role in the notorious unsolved mystery of ‘D.B. Cooper’ - Columbia Journalism Review (cjr.org)
• The Woman Who Might Have Been D.B. Cooper | Mental Floss
• The Hunt for DB Cooper – Who’s Who in the DB Cooper investigation | The Mountain News – WA (themountainnewswa.net)
• D.B. Cooper - Crime Museum
• The Problem With The Boeing 727's Rear Door (simpleflying.com)
• D.B. Cooper letter, newly released by FBI, offers startling coded clue that might reveal skyjacker - oregonlive.com
• New suspect in D.B. Cooper skyjacking case unearthed by Army data analyst; FBI stays mum - oregonlive.com
• Overview of 'Snap-on' Tie from Penneys (ci

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15-year-old Kara Robinson was kidnapped in broad daylight by a serial killer, Richard Evonitz on June 24th, 2002.  She was held captive for 18 hours but managed to escape and lead the police to her captor.  Kara shares a lot about trauma and how to overcome it on her TikTok.

Website:
https://www.drinkingthecoolaid.com/

RESOURCES: 

• Watch Escaping Captivity: The Kara Robinson Story Episode: Escaping Captivity: The Kara Robinson Story - NBC.com
• Teen abducted by serial killer Richard Evonitz as she watered plants in the front yard: ‘I assumed he was a friend’ | 7NEWS
• Kara Chamberlain (@kararobinsonchamberlain) TikTok | Watch Kara Chamberlain's Newest TikTok Videos
• How Kidnapping Survivor Kara Robinson Escaped 18 Hours of Torture - E! Online (eonline.com)
• Survivor | Kara Robinson Chamberlain
• Slain Girls' Cases Closed - The Washington Post

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Joseph David Wolfgang Pichler is a child actor that disappeared on January 5th, 2006, when he was 18 years old.  A note was discovered in his car that talked about his desire to be a "stronger brother" and he wanted his belongings to go to his younger brother, but his family does not believe this is a suicide note.
 
Website:
https://www.drinkingthecoolaid.com/

RESOURCES:

• The Chilling Case Of Child Actor From 'Beethoven' Who Has Been Missing Since 2006 (ladbible.com)
• The Disappearance of a Former Child Actor | Missing #23 | by Nicole Henley | Of Misdeeds and Mysteries | Medium
• Former child actor missing (archive.ph)
• Joseph David Wolfgang Pichler – The Charley Project
• Without a Trace: Two Lives, No Signs (kitsapsun.com)
• Joe Pichler, The Child Actor Who Disappeared Without A Trace (allthatsinteresting.com)
• Joe Pichler - Wikipedia
• The Disappearance Of Joseph Pichler | Missing & Unidentified People (wordpress.com)

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13-year-old Leigh Occhi disappeared from her home in Tupelo, Mississippi during Hurricane Andrew, on August 27th, 1992.  Her mother, Vickie Felton, arrived home that morning and found blood in the house, but her daughter was missing.   This case remains unsolved.  If you have any information, you can call the Tupelo Police Department at 662-841-6491. Tips can also be submitted anonymously through the Crime Stoppers of Northeast Mississippi at 1-800-773-8477.

Website: https://www.drinkingthecoolaid.com/
Resources:

• Hurricane Andrew - Wikipedia
• Leigh Occhi, The Girl Who Disappeared From Her Own Home In 1992 (allthatsinteresting.com)
• Leigh Marine Occhi – The Charley Project
• Missing in Mississippi: What Happened to Leigh Occhi? | by Jenn Baxter | Medium
• The Disappearance of Leigh Occhi – Stories of the Unsolved
• Open: The Case of Leigh Occhi on Apple Podcasts

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20-year-old Karen Rodriguez was kidnapped and murdered by the Zetas Cartel.  Her mother, Miriam, investigated the case on her own and hunted down every person that was involved.  Some of the men that were in prison for killing her daughter ended up escaping and Miriam was murdered as well.

Website:
https://www.drinkingthecoolaid.com/

Resources:

• Los Zetas - Wikipedia
• Meet Miriam Rodriguez; The Mother Who Hunted Her Daughter's Killers Across Mexico - One By One (buggedspace.com)
• How a vigilante mom used disguises to hunt down cartel members involved in her daughter's murder | Daily Mail Online
• Mexican mum who investigated daughter's death is killed - BBC News
• She stalked her daughter’s killers across Mexico, one by one - World News (wionews.com)
• She Stalked Her Daughter’s Killers Across Mexico, One by One - The New York Times (nytimes.com)
• Mexico: Mother Took Down the Drug Cartel Who Killed Her Daughter (insider.com)
• 36 Liam Neeson Quotes | Famous Quotes

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Matthew Shepard was brutally attacked and tortured by Aaron McKinney and Russell Henderson on October 6th, 1998.  His attackers tied him to a fence, and he died in a hospital a few days later.  His death set off a nationwide debate about hate crimes and homophobia that led to the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act (2009).   

Website:
https://www.drinkingthecoolaid.com/  

RESOURCES:

• Vigil for Matthew Shepard – Oct. 14, 1998 | Archives of Women's Political Communication (iastate.edu)
• Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act | The First Amendment Encyclopedia (mtsu.edu)
• Our Story - Matthew Shepard Foundation
• Amazon - The Meaning of Matthew: My Son's Murder in Laramie, and a World Transformed: Shepard, Judy: 9780452296381: Books

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Matthew Shepard was brutally attacked and tortured by Aaron McKinney and Russell Henderson on October 6th, 1998.  His attackers tied him to a fence, and he died in a hospital a few days later.  His death set off a nationwide debate about hate crimes and homophobia that led to the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act (2009).   

Website:
https://www.drinkingthecoolaid.com/  

RESOURCES:

• Vigil for Matthew Shepard – Oct. 14, 1998 | Archives of Women's Political Communication (iastate.edu)
• Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act | The First Amendment Encyclopedia (mtsu.edu)
• Our Story - Matthew Shepard Foundation
• Amazon - The Meaning of Matthew: My Son's Murder in Laramie, and a World Transformed: Shepard, Judy: 9780452296381: Books

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Dorian Corey was a legendary drag queen who was featured in the documentary Paris is Burning.  She passed away from complications due to AIDS On August 29th, 1993.  Her caregiver, Lois Taylor, went to Dorian's apartment with two men to sell some of her items and they found a mummy inside a garment bag.  The mummified remains belonged to Robert "Bobby" Worley.

 Website:
https://www.drinkingthecoolaid.com/

RESOURCES:

• The Drag Queen and The Mummy | PDF | Plea | Rape (scribd.com)
• Dorian Corey & the Mummy in Her Closet - Demiworld Podcast
• Dorian Corey - Wikipedia
• A Gender Variance Who's Who: Sally’s Hideaway and Sally’s II - nightclub (zagria.blogspot.com)
• Paris Is Burning (film) - Wikipedia
• New York Magazine - Google Books

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Colleen Stan hitchhiked out of Eugene, Oregon on May 19, 1977.  She was kidnapped by Cameron and Jan Hooker and held as a sex slave for seven years.  She was locked in a small coffin-like wooden box the Hookers kept under their bed.  Colleen was forced to sign a slavery contract and she was told about an organized crime group called "The Company" that could harm her or her family if she didn't comply.  Colleen is a survivor.
https://www.drinkingthecoolaid.com/

RESOURCES:

• SNAPPED S99 E7 Notorious: The Girl in the Box 
• Perfect Victim by Christine McGuire and Carla Norton

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