In November of 1971, passengers on a routine flight from Portland to Seattle settled in for an easy trip through Northwest skies, but one man on board had other plans. Mid-flight, he calmly revealed he carried a bomb and demanded $200,000 in cash and four parachutes. Hours later, somewhere over the stormy forests of Washington, he opened the rear staircase of the plane and leapt into the darkness⦠never to be seen again. Who was the mysterious man we now call D.B. Cooper and did he survive the jump?Join us on Instagram!Find episode sources at https://www.beneaththeevergreens.com/Thanks for listening! Join us every Monday for new episodes.Ā
In November of 1971, passengers on a routine flight from Portland to Seattle settled in for an easy trip through Northwest skies, but one man on board had other plans. Mid-flight, he calmly revealed he carried a bomb and demanded $200,000 in cash and four parachutes. Hours later, somewhere over the stormy forests of Washington, he opened the rear staircase of the plane and leapt into the darkness⦠never to be seen again. Who was the mysterious man we now call D.B. Cooper and did he survive the j...