A dead man falls from a clear night sky, landing in a quiet Knoxville neighborhood. He was wearing combat fatigues, Italian loafers, and had a duffel bag of cocaine strapped to his waist. This is the bizarre, true story of Drew Thornton, a former narcotics officer, lawyer, and army paratrooper who became a legendary drug smuggler.

In this episode, we unravel the mystery of his final, fatal jump, explore the dark world of ‘The Company,’ and uncover how a single flight led to a multi-state cocaine hunt, an infamous ‘Cocaine Bear,’ and a tale so strange it had to be true.

(00:00) - Intro

(00:15) - The Body in the Driveway: An 85-year-old man finds a parachutist's corpse in his gravel driveway on a quiet September morning in 1985.

(03:00) - A tale of two epigrams: Thornton saw himself as a warrior poet.

(06:00) - Bill L ...