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A chronicle of the rise and fall of O.J. Simpson, whose high-profile murder trial exposed the extent of American racial tensions, revealing a fractured and divided nation.


“The crime that spawned an obsession.”
This documentary brings to life the stories of four people believed by their family and friends to be “DB Cooper,” a man who hijacked a 727 flying out of Seattle and jumped from the plane over the wilds of Washington State with a parachute and $200,000, never to be heard from again.
David Mills
D B Cooper

Peter Caulfield
Ron Forman

Miles Richardson
Duane Weber

Hannah Pauley
Tina Mucklow

Anne Wittman
Barbara Dayton
Marla Cooper
Jo Weber
Self
Tamsyn Kelly
Barbara Dayton's Friend
The Mystery of D.B. Cooper is a documentary, crime, history film released in 2020. Directed by John Dower, it stars David Mills, Peter Caulfield, Miles Richardson. This documentary brings to life the stories of four people believed by their family and friends to be “DB Cooper,” a man who hijacked a 727 flying out of Seattle and jumped from the plane over the wilds of Washington State with a parachute and $200,000, never to be heard from again.
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