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American Skyjacker: The Final Flight of Martin McNally

True Crime Society & Culture Documentary

Imperative Entertainment and Pegalo Pictures 15 episodes Oct 7, 2025

American Skyjacker: The Final Flight of Martin McNally explores the true-crime story of Martin 'Mac' McNally, a small-time crook who attempted to hijack a commercial airplane for a $500,000 payoff. It is set against the so-called 'Golden Age of Hijacking,' when more than 300 commercial planes were hijacked worldwide between 1967 and 1972, including over 130 in the United States. The ten-episode series follows McNally's scheme and the wild saga that unfolded after the hijacking. It combines historical context with a deeply personal account of an audacious mile-high crime.

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THE LOST MEMOIR OF GARRETT TRAPNELL Oct 7, 2025 43:26 A few years after the podcast’s release, the producers of American Skyjacker receive an email from a former television researcher, who had corresponded extensively with Martin McNally’s prison compatriot, fellow skyjacker Garrett Trapnell, while he was in prison. The correspondence led to the final on-camera interview the infamous convict ever did before he died in prison, for the ABC Network's tr

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Zihuatanejo | Chapter 10 Sep 8, 2020 48:51 After nearly 37 years behind bars, convicted skyjacker Martin 'Mac' McNally is released from prison into a world he does not recognize. As he tries to re-acclimate, we'll explore some of the lingering mysteries: Why did Mac do it? Why did he return to St. Louis? And where does he go from here? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hard Time | Chapter 9 Sep 1, 2020 37:27 Now re-sentenced to two consecutive life sentences, Mac will settle into the rest of his life behind bars. Unless, of course, he has one more escape attempt left in him... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Robyn’s Flight | Chapter 8 Aug 25, 2020 36:40 After the prison escape fails, Mac and Trap are put back on trial for their latest crimes. And in a shocking turn of events, an unlikely ally demands their release at the last minute, utilizing a familiar tactic — the hijacking of another airplane. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Legend of Allen Barklage | Chapter 7 Aug 18, 2020 37:40 As the dramatic prison escape unfolds, we'll focus on the pilot of the hijacked helicopter — a local hero of the St. Louis area named Allen Barklage, who is forced to make a life or death decision. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Writer, the Mother, and the Con | Chapter 6 Aug 11, 2020 45:53 As Mac and Trapnell execute their brazen prison escape, we'll explore the motivations of the third hijacker in our story: Barbara Oswald, the woman helping them escape via helicopter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Trap, The Fox | Chapter 5 Aug 4, 2020 46:43 Mac meets another skyjacker in prison — the James Bond of career criminals — a man named Garrett Brock Trapnell. In this episode, we'll learn Trap's wild backstory as he and Mac plot an insane escape from the Supermax prison where they're incarcerated. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Which Way Out | Chapter 4 Jul 28, 2020 43:25 On the lam somewhere in the mid-West, Mac is arguably the most wanted man in America — and he'll do whatever it takes to avoid capture. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Free, Fallin' | Chapter 3 Jul 21, 2020 47:00 After a vigilante derails his plans mid-hijacking, Mac must improvise a way to escape authorities with his money— and without being killed in the process. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Gateway to the Sky | Chapter 2 Jul 21, 2020 40:50 After casing airports around the Midwest, Mac decides to hijack an American Airlines flight out of St. Louis’s Lambert International Airport and demand $500,000— more than twice what Cooper had escaped with. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

I Can Do That | Chapter 1 Jul 21, 2020 37:19 In the wake of the infamous D.B. Cooper hijacking, Martin ‘Mac’ McNally, an ex-Navy mechanic and gas station attendant who moonlights as a small-time crook, hears the details of the mysterious Cooper heist on the radio and thinks, “I can do that.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Trailer: American Skyjacker Jun 15, 2020 4:18 What happens when a small-time crook takes a shot at the ultimate mile-high score? This is American Skyjacker. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

American Skyjacker: The Final Flight of Martin McNally

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