59. Who Is D.B. Cooper?

Murder They Wrote with Laura Whitmore and Iain Stirling

BBC

Comedy, True Crime

4.3 • 757 Ratings

🗓️ 10 February 2025

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Iain digs into the mystery of D.B. Cooper’s famous 1971 plane hijacking and unravels some of the theories around his identity.

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