A man buys a $20 plane ticket with cash. Thirty minutes later, the flight crew is handing him parachutes and $200,000 cash. Then… he disappears. No gun. No struggle. Just a calm voice, a rear stairway, and a case that has haunted the FBI ever since.

This week, we take you inside the unraveling of one of the boldest escapes in aviation history.

Sources Used

• FBI Case Files and Archived Reports on the Cooper Investigation
• Skyjack: The Hunt for D.B. Cooper by Geoffrey Gray
• D.B. Cooper: The Real McCoy by Bernie Rhodes and Russell Calame
• FBI.gov Official 2016 Closure Statement
• Witness interviews including Tina Mucklow and Bill Mitchell (passenger)
• Flight logs and aircraft records of N467US (Boeing 727-100)
• Tom Colbert’s investigative team and the decoded letters

A girl goes missing. But she never leaves her home.

In this chilling episode, we unravel the case of Josef Fritzl—the Austrian father who imprisoned his daughter Elisabeth in a hidden cellar for 24 years. While the world believed she’d joined a cult, Fritzl was raising two separate families: one in the light… and one in total darkness.

What begins as a missing person case unravels into one of the most horrifying deceptions in modern history.

When a teenage girl collapses in 2008, doctors start asking questions. And behind eight locked doors, the truth begins to surface.

Listen @Siblingsincrimepod everywhere

Content Warning: This episode contains discussion of sexual violence, incest, child abuse, and long-term captivity. Listener discretion is strongly advised.

Sources:

• The Guardian, “The basement torture chamber of Josef Fritzl,” 2008
• https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/apr/28/austria.internationalcrime
• BBC News, “Josef Fritzl: The man who imprisoned his daughter,” 2009
• https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-17820709
• Der Spiegel, “Fritzl Speaks: ‘I Knew What I Was Doing Was Wrong,’” 2008
• https://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/fritzl-speaks-i-knew-what-i-was-doing-was-wrong-a-552224.html
• ABC News, “Josef Fritzl Admits Imprisoning Daughter for 24 Years,” 2008
• https://abcnews.go.com/Health/story?id=5044586
• Reuters, “Neighbors relieved as Fritzl dungeon sealed off,” 2013
• https://www.reuters.com/article/us-austria-fritzl-idUSBRE95K0F520130621

Welcome to SIC!

When a double homicide shakes a Southern lakeside town, a teenage killer is sent to prison — and a grieving daughter is left to pick up the pieces. Years later, she returns to the family estate, determined to rebuild not just the house, but something deeper. What follows is a story of legacy, loss, and the radical choice to forgive the unforgivable.

In today’s episode, we explore a haunting true crime that spans decades, questions what justice really looks like, and challenges everything we think we know about redemption.

Sources:

1. https://people.com/crime/ark-woman-befriended-moms-killer-out-of-spiritual-obligation-and-then-he-murdered-her
2. https://people.com/crime/inside-the-bizarre-case-of-a-killer-striking-twice-23-years-apart-murdering-a-mother-and-daughter
3. https://www.oxygen.com/crime-news/authorities-say-travis-lewis-allegedly-killed-martha-mcmay
4. https://aymag.com/murder-mystery-murder-at-horseshoe-lake-part-1
5. https://teenkillers.org/juvenile-lifers/offenders-cases-state/arkansas-offenders/travis-lewis
6. https://www.reddit.com/r/TrueCrimeDiscussion/comments/1ccajjw/daughter_forgave_her_mothers_killer_gave_him_a