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On this day in conspiracies
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- 1953Frank Olson's deathGovernment & Intelligence
Olson is taken to New York by CIA officer Robert Lashbrook, ostensibly to see Dr. Harold Abramson, an allergist with CIA ties, about his distressed state. Over several days he is described as depressed and paranoid, and a return home is arranged and then reversed.
- 1971D.B. CooperUnsolved Crimes & Disappearances
A man buys a one-way ticket as 'Dan Cooper' for Northwest Orient Flight 305, Portland to Seattle, and orders a bourbon and soda before takeoff.
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