Category: True Crime
""I have a bomb here and I would like you to sit by me."" That was the note handed to a stewardess by a mild-mannered passenger on a Northwest Orient flight in 1971. It was also the start of one of the most astonishing whodunits in the history of American true crime: how one man extorted $200,000 from a
""I have a bomb here and I would like you to sit by me."" That was the note handed to a stewardess by a mild-mannered passenger on a Northwest Orient flight in 1971. It was also the start of one of the most astonishing whodunits in the history of American true crime: how one man extorted $200,000 from an airline, then parachuted into the wilds of the Pacific Northwest, never to be seen again. The case of D.B. Cooper is a modern legend that has obsessed and cursed his pursuers for generations with everything from bankruptcy to suicidal despair. Now with "Skyjack," author Geoffrey Gray obtians a first-ever look at the FBI's confidential Cooper file, uncovering new leads in the infamous case. Starting with a crack tip from a private investigator, Gray plunges into the murky depths of the decades-old mystery to chase down new clues and explore the secret lives of the cases's most promising suspects. With explosive new information, " Skyjack" reopens one of the great cold cases of the twentieth century.
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