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D.B. Cooper Sleuth

Ryan Burns•crburnsesq.podbean.com
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Podcast about the investigation in the mystery of D.B. Cooper
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June D.B. Cooper Chat!

Things get a little spicy as a Reca supporter shows up in the live chat... Fun times!

Jun 27, 2025•3 hr 38 min•Ep. 60

Holding Seattle Hostage - D.B. Cooper Hijacking Part Three

In the third part of our narrative, things go a bit haywire while on the ground in Seattle. Normally it would only take one fuel truck to fill up a 727, yet it took not one, not two, not three, but four fuel trucks to refuel Flight 305. Cooper didn't handle this too well...

May 06, 2025•29 min•Ep. 56

Suspect Talk! Oh, and "Ryan is a liar!"

Bit of a fun episode of the Sleuth show. Tons of suspect talk and also much fun and good natured ribbing toward my BFF researcher known as Flyjack.

May 02, 2025•3 hr 38 min•Ep. 55

April 16th - Live Chat

We discuss Dr. James Roman as a suspect, other plausible suspects, and more.

Apr 17, 2025•2 hr 56 min•Ep. 54

Retired FBI Agent John Detlor - Only Surviving Original Cooper Case Agent

This is an interview I conducted with retired Special Agent John Detlor. He's the only surviving original NORJAK case agent. He was there the night of the hijacking, searched on the ground with the Army for Cooper, participated in the Sled Test, and also helped out in a "unique" way with a Cooper copycat hijacking.

Mar 09, 2025•28 min•Ep. 51

Brainstorming Session: Where Did the Witnesses Sit?

This would be best if watched on YouTube because of the use of graphics, but in this episode Ryan decides to try and figure out where the witnesses and some of the other passengers actually sat in the plane. Bill Mitchell himself stopped by in the YouTube chat to give us some insight!

Mar 03, 2025•1 hr 43 min•Ep. 50

New D.B. Cooper TV Show - Mike Davis joins the show

The History Channel has a new show out called Hunting History about the D.B. Cooper Case. My friend Mike Davis, former 82nd Airborne Paratrooper of the year, was featured in the show. He joins the show to discuss his experience and we also discuss a whole bunch of other Cooper stuff, specifically about the skydiving/parachuting element of the crime.

Feb 05, 2025•1 hr 59 min•Ep. 47

Cooper's Favorite Hostage - D.B. Cooper Hijacking - Part Two

This is Part Two of a multi-part series detailing the actual events of the hijacking aboard Northwest Orient Flight 305 on November 24th, 1971. This part focuses mainly on Tina Mucklow, Cooper's go-between with the outside world.

Jan 30, 2025•23 min•Ep. 46

January Ask Me Anything!

In this ask me anything session we discuss suspects a good deal, so if you like suspect talk, we do a lot of that.

Jan 22, 2025•3 hr 18 min•Ep. 45

Larry Carr joins the show

Former NORJAK case agent Larry Carr joins the show to discuss Cooper, his interesting and illustrious law enforcement career, and tales of pole vaulting, plus Ryan continues to rant and rave about what a poor suspect Richard McCoy is.

Jan 14, 2025•3 hr 20 min•Ep. 44

January Q&A

Among other topics discussed are sketches, veracity of eyewitness testimony, West Memphis 3, Loch Ness Monster, Bigfoot, Ralph Himmelsbach, Dan Gryder, alien life, pouty lips, and new Cooper TV show premiering this month.

Jan 04, 2025•2 hr 34 min•Ep. 42

Dan Cooper awakens on November 24th, 1971

With the limited evidence available, such as what he said to people and the known things he was carrying, I try to imagine what the hijacker's morning was like.

Dec 30, 2024•6 min•Ep. 41

D.B. Cooper's Tie: New Particle Discoveries with Tom Kaye

This is Tom Kaye's lecture given on November 15th, 2024 at the 2024 D.B. Cooper Conference in Seattle, Washington. He shares fresh insights into D.B. Cooper's tie and possibly points us in new directions to look for suspects.

Dec 04, 2024•1 hr 17 min•Ep. 38

D.B. Cooper Conference Preview with Darren Schaefer

My good friend Darren Schaefer, host of "The Cooper Vortex" podcast joins us to talk about the upcoming DB Cooper Conference in Seattle. Get your tickets at DBCooperEvents.com and come hang out with all of the cool kids!

Nov 08, 2024•2 hr 15 min•Ep. 36

Q&A with Martin Andrade, author of Finding D.B. Cooper

In this episode we discuss Barb Dayton, will the case ever be solved, the Max Gunther book, did Cooper live or die, was Cooper a military man, did Paul Cini inspire Cooper, and how many coincidences are there in this stupid case? Plus much more!

Oct 30, 2024•2 hr 12 min•Ep. 35

Ask Me Anything Livestream

Could the dynamite sticks have been road flares? Tena Bar money find location pinpointed? McCoy was NOT Cooper. Who was the best copycat? Just how old was Cooper, really? Man other topics as well.

Oct 16, 2024•2 hr 8 min•Ep. 34

Open Discussion with Chris Cunningham

Chris Cunningham and I discuss various topics including how they knew where and when Cooper jumped, the weather, what the pilots could or couldn't see from the air, some cool suspect talk, and more.

Oct 03, 2024•2 hr 3 min•Ep. 33
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