BBC Storyville series has a documentary on the infamous 'DB Cooper' hijacking in 1971 at 9pm tonight (Monday). One of the great aviation mysteries.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000pqyw
DB Cooper Hijacking Programme
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BBC4. Got it now!
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I never realised there were so many 'genuine' D B Cooper's!
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Me neither. And there's a ton more on Wikipedia. McCoy looked the part but I wondered how secure his alibi was.
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Saw the the programme seemed somewhat disjointed, a lot of Walter Mittie's coming out the woodwork here! Whoever it was a competent parachutist but will will go down in folklore!!
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Thoroughly enjoyed this - beautifully shot and at the end the filmmaker basically told you what he thinks happened without telling you directly - ie there is a body out there in the Oregon wilderness with £200K next to it!
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Some $5,800 of that $200,000 was found in 1980. It was unearthed on a riverbank in Washington State.TEXANTOMCAT wrote: ↑Wed 25 Nov 2020, 3:50 pmThoroughly enjoyed this - beautifully shot and at the end the filmmaker basically told you what he thinks happened without telling you directly - ie there is a body out there in the Oregon wilderness with £200K next to it!
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Scientist uncovers new, minuscule clues on DB Cooper ransom money found in Washington
https://www.thevintagenews.com/2020/08/ ... som-money/
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So you're saying a bank teller did him in for making them change all those $ bills into pound notes?TEXANTOMCAT wrote: ↑Wed 25 Nov 2020, 3:50 pm...there is a body out there in the Oregon wilderness with £200K next to it!
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oke doke $195k!!
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One mystery is why none of the money was found in circulation. That led to the claims that the hi-jacker never survived the parachute jump. If he survived he may have had seconds thoughts after realising that the serials were recorded?
One investigator in 2020 is offering a $25,000 Reward Offered for DB Cooper $20 Bills.
One investigator in 2020 is offering a $25,000 Reward Offered for DB Cooper $20 Bills.
https://themountainnewswa.net/2020/05/1 ... iculation/It is estimated that among the $20 bills in circulation during the time of the skyjacking, approximately 0.5% are still in circulation today. Therefore, it is assumed that if DB Cooper’s ransom was eventually spent, approximately 50 of the missing Cooper twenties are still in circulation.
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So if DB Cooper never survived, all the suspects highlighted aren't in the frame and we will never know.
Unless he was able to launder the money somehow...
Unless he was able to launder the money somehow...
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Did they mention the titular hijacker actually called himself Dan Cooper and it was a journalist that introduced DB after interviewing a suspect with those initials, or was it wall-to-wall DB?
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