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Adam Tod Brown is a popular columnist, comedian, and podcast host working out of Los Angeles, California. He was born and raised in Peoria, Illinois. He has written for Playboy.com, but is most well for his a weekly column called The People vs. Adam Tod Brown on Cracked.com, which is known for riling up both conversation and controversy with his views on music, society, and historical perspective.
In 1972 he began claiming he was D.B. Cooper, and attempted through an intermediary, a former cellmate named James Brown, to sell his story to a Hollywood production company. He said he landed near Mount Hood, about 50 miles (80 km) southeast of Ariel, injuring himself and losing the ransom money in the process.