Skeptoid #552: The D. B. Cooper Mystery

Skeptoid

Brian Dunning

Paranormal, Urban Legends, Social Sciences, Skepticism, Conspiracy Theories, History, Science, Skeptic

4.6 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 3 January 2017

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

The world's only unsolved hijacking case is filled with misinformation.

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0:00.0	It was one of those perfect primes that earned itself a permanent place in American folklore,
0:09.5	and it was absolutely real.
0:11.7	It was 1971, and a hijacker loaded down with ransom money that he'd demanded and received,
0:18.5	parachute it out the back of an airliner over the Pacific Northwest, never to be seen
0:23.3	again, and never to be identified.
0:27.2	That was the true story of DB Cooper.
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