D.B. Cooper Theories

Crime Countdown

Spotify Studios

True Crime, History

4.4 • 3.1K Ratings

🗓️ 23 November 2021

⏱️ 55 minutes

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A man known as D.B. Cooper hijacked a plane in elaborate style, collected a ransom, and disappeared. Ash and Alaina count down the list of suspects, hoping to identify this legendary unknown criminal. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	November 24, 1971, Portland, Oregon.
0:09.2	After buying a one-way ticket to Seattle with cash, a man who identified himself as Dan
0:14.0	Cooper, boarded Northwest Orient Airlines flight No. 305.
0:19.2	Wearing a suit with a black tie and sunglasses, he sat in the back of the plane, ordered a
0:23.9	bourbon in soda, then handed the flight attendant a note, letting her know that he had a
0:28.0	bomb in his briefcase.
0:29.9	He demanded four parachutes and $200,000.
0:34.2	After landing in Seattle, he got exactly that, and then let the flights 36 passengers off
0:39.4	the plane.
0:40.4	He then instructed the crew to take off and fly towards Mexico City.
0:44.8	But somewhere between Seattle and Reno, he jumped out of the back of the plane and disappeared,
0:50.7	only leaving behind his black tie.
0:53.0	The unsolved case of DB Cooper was closed in 2016, but our curiosity about this unknown
0:58.6	hijackers' real identity lives on.
1:01.5	And number one on our list of suspects checks a lot of boxes.
1:08.4	Hey all you weirdos, welcome to Crime Countdown, a Spotify original from Parkcast.
1:27.3	I'm Ash.
1:28.3	And I'm Elena.
1:29.5	Every week we'll highlight ten fascinating stories of history's most engaging and unsettling
1:35.1	crimes.
1:36.1	All picked by the Parkcast Research Gods.
1:39.6	This episode we're counting down the top ten DB Cooper Theories.
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