In our very first episode of the That’s Wild Podcast, Lauren takes you on a wild ride through one of the greatest unsolved mysteries in American history. In 1971, a man known only as D.B. Cooper hijacked a plane, demanded $200,000, and then vanished into thin air after parachuting into the night. Who the hell was he? How did he pull off this daring escape? And where did he disappear to? From FBI investigations to wild conspiracy theories, we’re unpacking it all.

Sources:

• Bruce A. Smith, D.B. Cooper and the FBI: A Case Study of America's Only Unsolved Skyjacking
• Geoffrey Gray, Skyjack: The Hunt for D.B. Cooper
• FBI Vault, D.B. Cooper Case Files (vault.fbi.gov/d.b.-cooper)
• History.com, “Who Was D.B. Cooper?”
• National Geographic, “D.B. Cooper: The Hijacking That Still Haunts the FBI”