D.B. Cooper Sleuth

Join me and Jude Morrow, author or "Dan Cooper" as we spin the wheel and play Suspect Roulette where we cover and discuss the pros and cons of over 20 Cooper suspects.  

Bruce Smith, author of "DB Cooper and the FBI" is back! We discuss Tena Bar theories, Ted Braden, Max Gunther, and even cattle mutilations!

General Q&A on the Cooper Case!

Myself, Chris Cunningham, and John Limbach have formed Vortex Events LLC and are now running CooperCon, which will be rebranded as DBCooperCon. 

We discuss a variety of topics during this Ask Me Anything. Topics include: Who are the worst mainstream Cooper suspects, the Lincoln Assassination, world travel, the American Civil War, The Beatles, copycat hijackers, cigarettes, and tons more.

Member of the Vortex and a self-admitted casual Cooperite Robert Black joins me to discuss the various things that frustrate us about the D.B. Cooper case. Specifically, we discuss why Cooper HIMSELF is so hard to figure out. 

Chris Cunningham joins the show to do an inverse of our myths show. These are the facts of the case that we are CERTAIN or almost certain are true. 

Tom Kaye joins to discuss the latest on the scientific efforts to solve this mystery. 

Host of the Cooper Vortex podcast Darren Schaefer himself shows up to play Suspect Roulette with Ryan Burns. Both will have to defend and attack most of the named Cooper suspects out there in the Vortex. 

Captain Neil Hansen, famed Air America pilot, joins the show along with researcher Pat Boland to discuss his time in America and all things Cooper related. His insights were very profound. He also thinks he may have known Cooper. 

Cooper case wizard Chris Cunningham joins Cooper Sleuth Ryan Burns to answer audience questions. 

I'm joined in this episode by three skydivers of varying experience and skill level. Mark Meltzer is a veteran skydiver with over 1400 jumps across 54 years. Mike Davis is a skydiver and expert paratrooper, having won the 82nd Airborne's Paratrooper of the Year award. Jude Morrow, author of the novel 'Dan Cooper', is a beginner skydiver with 14 jumps on his record as of this recording. They offer...

Let's step inside Cooper's mind for a few moments. It may be more chilling than you realize. 

Ryan Burns is joined by the GOAT Cooper researcher, Bruce Smith, to discuss all things Cooper. 

On this episode, Ryan Burns is joined by Jude Morrow, author of "Dan Cooper", to discuss the actual words and phrases that we are fairly confident that Cooper used during the hijacking. His word choice and phraseology tells quite a story. 

Veteran Cooper researcher joins the show to discuss over 30 myths and misconceptions that remain prevalent in the cultural zeitgeist when it comes to the Cooper hijacking. 

In this episode Ryan is joined by Nicky Broughton to discuss a NCAA basketball tournament style bracket of Cooper suspects that was created on the DB Cooper Mystery Group Facebook page. 

One of the GOAT's in the Cooper World joins the show to discuss anything and everything about the Cooper case. It's Darren Schaefer from The Cooper Vortex. 

Ryan Burns is joined by Cooper researchers Pat Boland and Mary Johns to discuss whether the hijacker was a pilot of some sort. 

On this episode, Ryan Burns is joined by Eric Ulis and Wendina Ubaghs, who is the granddaughter of Milton Vordahl. They discuss all things Vordahl and also discuss what it's like to receive a message out of the blue from someone suggesting that your grandfather may have been one of history's most famous criminals. Apologies for Ryan's audio having that echo sound. 

Author John Limbach joins to discuss his new book "Where Was Skip?" about the soldier of fortune, conman, miscreant, and fake Cuban from Kansas called "Skip". In my mathematical suspect matrix I've created, Hall is currently holding the highest score for Cooper suspects. Images and film of Hall that accompany this podcast can be seen on my YouTube channel. 

The FBI have apparently begun the process of re-testing items from Cooper's evidence to collect a DNA profile. Their testing methods come with a downside, however, because they can only be utilized a certain way. We discuss this and more, including Eric's recent golf match with former FBI agent Larry Carr. 

Joining Ryan Burns this episode are Jude Morrow, author of "Dan Cooper", and Cooper researcher extraordinaire Chris Cunningham. Burns believes Cooper survived, Morrow believes he perished, and Cunningham is agnostic on the issue. The three sleuths debate the topic.  

Ted B. Braden is perhaps the most compelling Cooper suspect. He appears to check more boxes than any other suspect. He does have a few flaws that hurt him as a suspect, but are those flaws enough for him to be eliminated? Or was he actually the man himself, D.B. Cooper? Ryan Burns and Drew Beeson dive into the issue. 

A Live Q&A that took place on January 16th, 2024. The Q&A session is also available on the D.B. Cooper Sleuth YouTube Channel where many photographs and files were displayed on screen.