"The Wrap Sheet: D.B. Cooper — The Jump, The Money, And The Suspects" Heists, Hustles, And Homicide podcast

"The Wrap Sheet: D.B. Cooper — The Jump, the Money, and the Suspects"

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In this Wrap Sheet deep dive, we’re reopening one of the most infamous mysteries in American crime history - D.B. Cooper - and putting the legend under a microscope.

This isn’t a retelling of the hijacking.

This is the post-game breakdown.

We dig into how Cooper actually pulled this off, why the Boeing 727’s aft stairs made the crime possible, and whether survival after the jump was brilliant planning… or blind confidence fueled by bourbon and bad weather

We examine:

The mechanics behind the hijacking and mid-air jump
Why 1971 airport security made this crime possible
Whether Cooper died on impact, drowned, or disappeared quietly
The mystery of the ransom money found along the Columbia River
And why the suspects list goes far beyond Richard Floyd McCoy

Speaking of McCoy — we confront the elephant in the cabin.

We break down the modern evidence, including:

Parachute discoveries uncovered by independent researchers
Testimony from McCoy’s own children
And the strongest arguments for and against him being D.B. Cooper

We also explore other major suspects, including Robert Rackstraw, Kenneth Christiansen, Sheridan Peterson, William Gossett, Barbara Dayton, Richard Floyd McCoy...and explain why some theories collapse under the weight of physics, logistics, and common sense.

Was D.B. Cooper a criminal mastermind?

Or just a man who understood airplanes, people… and how to vanish?

One thing’s certain — this case refuses to stay buried.

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