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American Skyjacker: The Final Flight of Martin McNally

THE LOST MEMOIR OF GARRETT TRAPNELL

American Skyjacker: The Final Flight of Martin McNally

Imperative Entertainment and Pegalo Pictures

Documentary, Society & Culture, History, True Crime

4.7855 Ratings

🗓️ 7 October 2025

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

A few years after the podcast’s release, the producers of American Skyjacker receive an email from a former television researcher, who had corresponded extensively with Martin McNally’s prison compatriot, fellow skyjacker Garrett Trapnell, while he was in prison. The correspondence led to the final on-camera interview the infamous convict ever did before he died in prison, for the ABC Network's true crime television series FBI: UNTOLD STORIES. However, subsequent correspondence after the filming of the episode led to Trapnell sharing something much more valuable – a copy of his unpublished autobiography, giving his first-person account of his life and crimes. Now, for the first time ever, excerpts of this lost memoir from Garrett Trapnell will be revealed… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hello American Skyjacker listeners.

0:08.0

It's been a minute, about five years since the podcast first debuted in the summer of 2020.

0:14.0

A lot has happened in that time, namely that the producers of American Skyjacker have turned this popular podcast into a documentary

0:22.1

film which will be available in some theaters and on streaming platforms.

0:27.3

This film has all of the great moments from Max Dory, jumping out of planes, hijacking planes,

0:33.3

prison escapes, and of course a Cadillac driving full speed across a runway to smash into a plane.

0:41.3

You're watching a documentary, but I think you'll find it feels like an action movie.

0:47.8

And you can learn more about where to see it at www.com.

0:58.7

Of course, we couldn't fit all the details from the podcast into our film. And that's where I come in. This feed right here will remain the most in-depth

1:05.9

account of Mack's Wild Ride. And to celebrate the film coming out, we're releasing bonus episodes.

1:13.3

It's been five years since we came to the end of Mack's story, but we've learned a lot

1:18.0

in five years.

1:19.7

So let's get into it.

1:21.7

As you may remember from the series, after Mack's initial hijacking of American Airlines Flight

1:26.9

119, he's arrested andacking of American Airlines Flight 119,

1:28.1

he's arrested and convicted of aircraft piracy,

1:31.9

and then he's sentenced to life in federal prison.

1:36.6

And it was here about four years after his conviction

1:39.8

that Mac met another hijacker.

1:43.2

A man who had already had a best-selling book written about him,

1:47.6

a true criminal force of nature.

1:50.9

Garrett Trapnell.

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