Articles for tag: Jimmy Hoffa, The Mafia

Karla News

The Disappearance of Teamster’s Union President Jimmy Hoffa

On July 30, 1975, Jimmy Hoffa, the former president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, disappeared from the Machus Red Fox Restaurant in Bloomfield Township, Michigan. He was never seen again and no trace of him has ever been found. It has been assumed that he was murdered by the Mafia with whom he had ...

Karla News

Top Five Famous Disappearances in History

Throughout history, literally countless people have disappeared, some without a trace, some leaving behind frightening evidence of the nature of their disappearance and some have disappeared, only to be found again. Some of these disappearances go virtually unnoticed. There are simply too many missing people for all of them to be recognized by the public. ...

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Vanished! History’s Famous Disappearances

D. B. Cooper On November 24, 1971, a man calling himself Dan Cooper purchased a one-way ticket on Northwest Airlines Flight 305 from Portland to Seattle. News services would later mistakenly publish reports with the name D. B. Cooper (a preliminary suspect who was quickly eliminated by police) and the moniker stuck. Shortly after takeoff, ...

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Shoes on Power Lines: How Do They Get There?

One of the greatest mysteries of modern times does not involve the disappearance of Jimmy Hoffa, the existence of the Loch Ness monster, or the celebrity of Paris Hilton; it is why do we see so many pairs of sneakers hanging over telephone and power lines? I admit that you will not find the answer ...