The 8 Most Intriguing Theories About Skyjacker D.B. Cooper

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One of the greatest unsolved mysteries of the last century is who was D.B. Cooper?

Who is D.B. Cooper? The question has persisted since November 24, 1971, when a mysterious man hijacked a flight from Portland to Seattle, demanded parachutes and $200,000, and skydived into folk-hero history. Cooper’s identity and fate remain unknown — and many theories about both abound.

Cheryl Eddy and i09 look at The 8 Most Intriguing Theories About Skyjacker D.B. Cooper.

Mayweather vs. Pacquiao: The Fight of the Century?

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Mayweather vs. Pacquiao: The Fight of the Century?

Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquio are finally meeting in the squared circle tonight to settle who is the best.  Many (including Manny) are calling this the Fight of the Century.

I grew up in the era of Ali, Frazier, Foreman, Robert Duran, Sugar Ray Lenard, Marvin Hagler, Tommy Hearns and others.  So many great champions and so many great challengers.  So would I call Mayweather vs Pacquiao the Fight of the Century?

Maybe, if you’re talking about the 21st Century.

SB Nation presents a solid case that Mayweather vs Pacquiao is the Fight of the Century in a well made video that is worth a few minutes of you’re time even if you’re not a fight fan.

Abraham Lincoln Autopsy’s Handwritten Notes

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Although the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln took place more than 150 years ago it still captures the imagination of most Americans.

The Fenimore Art Museum in Cooperstown, NY just opened a new installation, “Autopsy for a Nation: The Death of Abraham Lincoln,” marking the 150th anniversary of Lincoln’s assassination. The exhibit’s key items include handwritten notes by the physicians who conducted the President’s autopsy.

If you’d like to see the handwritten notes and transcriptions, you can at i09: True Crime.

The 20 Scariest Movies of All-Time

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The Entertainment Weekly staff came up with their list of the 20 Scariest Movies of All-Time.

The EW list is a pretty good one and using just their choices I came up with my top three:

  1.  The Exorcist: Not only scary while you’re watching it, but even more frightening when you think about it later.
  2. 28 Days Later: Fast moving zombies (and let’s not argue the point that they aren’t zombies) and humans that are equally as dangerous.
  3. John Carpenter’s The Thing: Isolated in an environment that can kill and unable to tell friend from monster.