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Thomas J. Colbert
Thomas J. Colbert is an American consultant, writer, producer and former media executive. He is the co-author of ''The Last Master Outlaw'', a book that documents his five-year cold case investigation of D. B. Cooper suspect Robert Rackstraw. The book became the subject of a documentary on the History Channel which Colbert exec-produced. He currently operates TJC Consulting, a consulting firm in Los Angeles. Prior to his work as a consultant, he was a story researcher for CBS and Paramount Pictures and founder of media service Industry R&D. Career Colbert spent his early career as a story researcher for KCBS-TV in Los Angeles and then with ''Hard Copy''. After 12 years in the business, he founded the true-story tip service Industry R&D, Inc. (IRD). Colbert used his national network of contacts to collect high-profile stories from local media and then sell them to television and motion picture production companies. Tips generated by Colbert became books and films, including '' Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Last Master Outlaw
''The Last Master Outlaw: How He Outfoxed the FBI Six Times—but Not a Cold Case Team'' is a 2016 non-fiction book written by Thomas J. Colbert and Tom Szollosi. It details the results of a five-year investigation of a suspect in the 1971 D. B. Cooper hijacking case. The book documents the life of Robert Rackstraw and the evidence compiled against him. It was also the basis of the 2016 History Channel documentary ''D.B. Cooper: Case Closed''. Summary ''The Last Master Outlaw'' details the results of a secret, five-year cold case investigation organized by Thomas J. Colbert, a former research chief at the Los Angeles CBS news station and a part-time police trainer. Colbert recruited 40 retired investigators, including a dozen FBI agents, and documented the trail of former Army pilot and ex-convict Robert Rackstraw, the suspect on whom the book primarily focuses, through at least 20 states and five countries while utilizing fake identities. The team also identified more than 100 p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
