S213: The Hijacker, Part 2 - Martin McNally

Published: July 24, 2018, 6:42 p.m.

b'Martin McNally needed some cash, so what did he do? He hijacked an American Airlines flight with 90 passengers on board.\\nIf you haven\\u2019t listened to part one, check that out first.\\nToday\\u2019s episode, picks up where we last left off. It\\u2019s 1972, and Martin McNally just hijacked a plane heading to Tulsa, Oklahoma. His plan was simple\\u2026 Demand a half a million dollars, jump out of the plane, and disappear into the darkness of night.\\nAfter 15 seconds of freefall, McNally pulls the ripcord. He begins to spin out of control. The parachute whips out and blasts him in the face. McNally looks up at the canopy as it pulls him away from the Earth. Then he looks down, and he realizes that the money bag slipped out of his hands.\\nWhat now? He\\u2019s beat up, he lost all the money, and by the time he reaches the ground, there will be hundreds of FBI agents searching for him. What\\u2019s the point? McNally, considers ending it all.\\nYou definitely want to check out the rest of this story.\\nThis story was produced by Chris Knittel with the Burner Phone Podcast and was written and edited by me, Javier Leiva.\\nLINKS\\nChief of Police for Peru Indiana picks up Martin McNally | New York Times Article\\nCopter Hijacker Killed by Pilot Had Car With Weapons | New York Times Article\\nGarrett Trapnell | Wiki\\nFEATURED PROMO\\nAlready Gone\\nFall Line Podcast\\nMUSIC\\nThe Pretend Radio theme song was composed by Joe Basile with thechicken.net\\nAdditional music by Blue Dot Session\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices'