The Welcome everyone to 1001 Heroes, Legends, Histories, and Mysteries podcast.

This is your host, John Hagadorn.

And I wanted to let you know that we're partnering with the History Channel this fall

to help with their launch of their new show, History's Greatest Mysteries, which premieres Saturday,

November 14th at 9 p.m. Eastern with the final hunt for D.B. Cooper. The History Channel and

1001 Heroes, Legends, Histories, and Mysteries share a lot of common interest with regard to mysteries

we're trying to solve, and they contacted us to see if we would like to get interview time

with some of their episode hosts, to which we said, you bet, and how soon?

Coming up is our exclusive interview with Eric Ullis, a top D.B. Cooper investigator who has found

new evidence and is providing a new perspective to finding out who the mysterious D.B. Cooper investigator who has found new evidence and is providing a new perspective

to finding out who the mysterious D.B. Cooper really is. Before we begin, a little backstory for

those of you who have never heard of D.B. Cooper. On November 24, 1971, a man calling himself

Dan Cooper boarded Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 305 in Portland, bound for Seattle,

wearing a dark suit and a black tie.

While in the air, he opened his briefcase showing a bomb to the flight attendant and hijacked the plane.

The plane landed in Seattle, where he demanded $200,000 in cash, four parachutes, and food for the crew before releasing all the passengers.

With only three pilots and one flight attendant left on board, they took off from Seattle heading south.

Shortly after takeoff, Cooper donned the parachute, tied the bank bag full of $20 bills to himself, lowered the rear stairs,

and somewhere north of Portland jumped into the night, never to be seen again.

Although the FBI followed thousands of leads, this case has never been solved.

As we approached the 49th anniversary, the mystery surrounding the whereabouts of Cooper has captivated a nation and continue to remain a pop culture obsession, inspiring songs, movies, TV shows, and books.

With over 7,500 hours investigating this mystery, including analyzing evidence, interviewing witnesses, reading 20,000 pages of FBI case files,

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