Category Archives: DB Cooper

DB Cooper is coming to Graham – Tuesday, November 8, 2016

DB Cooper is coming to Graham! At least a local expert and author, Bruce A. Smith is coming to the Graham Library to present his findings on the famous skyjacker. DB Cooper is the only sky pirate in the history … Continue reading

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Puyallup Library to host an evening of DB Cooper discussion

by Bruce A. Smith If you crave more DB Cooper – even after the History Channel broadcasted their four-hour documentary and the FBI closed the case last month – you can partake in another Cooper fete at the Puyallup Library … Continue reading

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DB Cooper case closed – but not abandoned

by Bruce A. Smith DB Cooper World is in a tizzy this week, as the FBI announced late Monday that they have “administratively closed” their investigation. After 45 years of trying to solve America’s only unsolved skyjacking they are giving … Continue reading

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DB Cooper and the FBI – now in paperback

By Bruce A. Smith The only comprehensive book on this iconic hijacking, DB Cooper and the FBI—A Case Study of America’s Only Unsolved Skyjacking, is now in paperback. Published by CreateSpace, a print-on-demand title, it is available at Amazon and … Continue reading

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Slogging through the Amazon Swamp – True Survival Stories from the World of Self-Publishing

Bruce A. Smith It all began with a manuscript. I was a former newspaper reporter with a good story – the iconic tale of the famous skyjacker DB Cooper. The manuscript had a 32-page treatment that I sent to the … Continue reading

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Death in the DB Cooper “family” – Dona Elliott

by Bruce A. Smith Dona Elliott, the irrepressible owner of the Ariel Store and Tavern and acclaimed hostess of the Annual DB Cooper Festival, has died. Her son, Bryan Woodruff, told the Mountain News this week that Dona died of … Continue reading

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DB Cooper – Top Ten Questions for the FBI

by Bruce A. Smith In the past six months, there has been flurry of interest in the DB Cooper case from TV producers and documentarians. Some Cooper researchers are reporting up to six different outfits from the United States and the … Continue reading

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DB Cooper suspect, Ted Mayfield, killed in aviation accident

by Bruce A. Smith Long-time DB Cooper suspect, Ted E Mayfield, was killed Friday, August 28 in an aviation-related accident at his home in Sheridan, Oregon. He was struck on his arm while hand-starting an Air Coupe prop airplane and died … Continue reading

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DB Cooper cyber sleuths adopt the Mountain News as a chat room

Editor’s Note: Life at the Mountain News is becoming downright spicy. Daily, new characters from the cyber section of Cooper World are appearing here to pontificate, trash talk, or otherwise rub elbows with fellow aficionados of the Hunt for DB … Continue reading

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Remote Viewing – a new forensic tool in the Search for DB Cooper

~  By Bruce A. Smith The DB Cooper skyjacking is a stunning true-crime mystery – one of the top whodunits of American lore. The case is unsolved for decades, but now new investigatory techniques are being used, such as DNA … Continue reading

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