4: Licking County Jail & DB Cooper

Last week was a lot, so this week we are going to chill out a bit. What's more calm than haunted prisons and plane hijackings? Wes teaches us about an old Ohio county jail that spooks people even from out of state. Abigail dives into the mystery of DB Cooper and the potential suspects of one of the most prolific unsolved crimes. Follow our Instagram and Twitter: @penandpugatory Sources: “Old Licking County Jail, Newark, Ohio.” Haunted Rooms America, Haunted Rooms America, 24 Feb. 2020, www.hauntedrooms.com/ohio/haunted-places/old-licking-county-jail-newark. “Old Licking County Jail.” OhioHauntedHouses.com, Ohio Haunted Houses, 2011, www.ohiohauntedhouses.com/real-haunt/old-licking-jail.html.Baum, Gary. “Has the Mystery of Skyjacker D.B. Cooper Finally Been Solved? A TV Newsman's Obsessive Quest.” The Hollywood Reporter, The Hollywood Reported, 20 Dec. 2019, www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/has-mystery-skyjacker-db-cooper-finally-been-solved-1236196?cmpid=email-hist-mysterious-2019-0920-09202019. “D.B. Cooper: Everything You Need to Know in 5 Minutes.” Home - Citizen Sleuths, Tom Kaye, citizensleuths.com/db-cooper-what-you-need-to-know.html. “D.B. Cooper Hijacking.” FBI, FBI, 18 May 2016, www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/db-cooper-hijacking. Engle, Jane. “U.S. Aviation Security Timeline.” Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2011, www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2011-jun-12-la-tr-airline-safety-timeline-20110612-story.html. Gardiner, Bryan. “Off With Your Shoes: A Brief History of Airport Security.” Wired, Conde Nast, 14 June 2013, www.wired.com/2013/06/fa_planehijackings/. Krakow, Morgan. “He Died Claiming to Be a Disabled Veteran. But Many Believe He Was Hijacker D.B. Cooper.” The Washington Post, WP Company, 11 July 2019, www.washingtonpost.com/history/2019/07/10/he-died-claiming-be-disabled-veteran-many-believe-he-was-hijacker-db-cooper/. Morton, Ella. “Who Was D.B. Cooper?” History.com, A&E Television Networks, 13 May 2015, www.history.com/news/who-was-d-b-cooper. Perry, Douglas. “Robert Rackstraw, D.B. Cooper Suspect with Various Bizarre Oregon Connections, Dies at 75.” Oregonlive, The Origonian, 10 July 2019, www.oregonlive.com/news/2019/07/robert-rackstraw-db-cooper-suspect-with-various-bizarre-oregon-connections-dies-at-75.html. Smith, Bruce A. “DB Cooper – New Clues Surface in the Walter Reca Story.” WA, The Mountain News, 22 June 2020, themountainnewswa.net/2020/06/16/db-cooper-new-clues-surface-in-the-walter-reca-story/. Wrigley, Sylvia. “The Odd Story of Richard Floyd McCoy Jr.” Fear of Landing, 26 Oct. 2018, fearoflanding.com/history/the-odd-story-of-richard-floyd-mccoy-jr/.