EP 10 - PART 3 - WHO WAS D.B. COOPER (1-5)

On November 24, 1971, a man using the name Dan Cooper boarded Northwest Orient Flight 305. Once airborne, he passed the flight attendant a ransom note and showed her what he said was a bomb in his briefcase. He demanded $200,000 in cash and four parachutes. When the plane landed in Seattle, he collected the ransom and released the passengers and two of the crew then instructed the pilots to fly him to Reno. But somewhere between Woodland and Ariel, Washington, the hijacker strapped on the parachutes and jumped out of the plane with his loot, never to be seen again. Chapter 9 looks at the social and economic context in which the hijacking transpired, and Chapter 10 explores the facts of the case. You can read the entire book in these blog posts, or you can get the ebook version of all of Part 3 – Who Was D.B. Cooper? for free by clicking on the button at the bottom of this post. The entire anthology of Anthrax to Zodiac is for sale at Amazon.com.   To access full show notes click here.