D.B. Cooper: The Hijacker Who Got Away

MYS181: Fifty years ago, Dan Cooper boarded a short flight to Seattle and then hijacked the plane. After getting $200,000 in ransom, he parachuted out of the plane, never to be seen again. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli ask who he really was, how he pulled off the plot, and what happened to him after. Get all new episodes automatically and for free: Follow by Email | Watch this episode and subscribe on YouTube Help us continue to offer Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World. Won’t you make a pledge at SQPN.com/give today? Links for this episode: * Geoffrey Gray’s book Skyjack: The Hunt for D. B. Cooper * Skipp Porteous & Robert Blevins’s book Into the Blast * Drew Beeson’s book Paratrooper of Fortune * Robert H. Edwards’s book D. B. Cooper and Flight 305: Reexamining the Hijacking and the Disappearance (Nov. 24) * Chuck Brodsky’s album with “The Ballad of D.B. Cooper” * D. B. Cooper * FBI files on D.B. Cooper * Dan Cooper comics * Dan Cooper skydiving cover * How “D.B.” Cooper got his name * Aircraft hijacking * Monty Python “Take this bus to Cuba!” * Skydivers weigh in on the jump * Vapor lock * Terroristic threat * Cooper vane * Please spread the word about the podcast. Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! * Purchase the books and other material from this and other episodes at the Mysterious World Bookstore. * Join the conversation at the Starquest Facebook page and the Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World Facebook page. * Send your feedback or comments to [email protected] or send a tweet to @mys_world * You can also leave a voice message on the Mysterious Feedback Line at (619) 738-4515 Mysterious Headlines * Dino DNA find in China challenged * Confidence-Based Scale for Alien Life Detection This Episode is Brought to You By: Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World is brought to you in part through the generous support of Aaron Vurgason Electric and Automation at