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Podcast: Dan Snow's History Hit
Episode: D.B. Cooper & the 70s Hijacking Craze
Description: On 23 June 1972, a man boarded American Airlines Flight 119 in St Louis. He sat most of the way to Tulsa before donning a wig and a pair of gloves in the restroom, taking out a gun and handing a member of the cabin crew a note.'Don't panic. This is a ransom hijacking.'To find out more about this man, what he hoped to gain from his crimes, and how he and others were inspired by D.B. Cooper, Don speaks to John Wigger. John is a Professor of History at the University...