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The Man Who Vanished: D.B. Cooper's Sky-High Heist | The Missing Chronicles
In this episode of The Missing Chronicles, host Anita Abbott dissects the enduring mystery of D.B. Cooper, the only person in history to hijack a commercial airliner and vanish into thin air with $200,000 in ransom money. Set against the backdrop of Thanksgiving Eve, 1971, we explore how a calm, mid-forties businessman named Dan Cooper boarded Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 305 in Portland, Oregon, armed with nothing but a briefcase containing what appeared to be explosives. This true crime deep dive examines the psychological tension of the flight, from Cooper’s initial whisper to flight…
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