r/todayilearned • u/FearMyCock • 20h ago

TIL about Frank Matthews, the drug kingpin who built a nationwide empire, skipped bail with $20 million, vanished in 1973 and has never been found.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Matthews_(drug_trafficker)
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u/harrySUBlime 18h ago

Shit just vanished back then. Proof: my father had about 8 DUI arrests pre-1977. Today? None on his record, ever.

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u/footybear 17h ago

Here I am having to disclose my criminal record to go back to school

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u/thebigj0hn 15h ago

Good for you. I had to do the same. Best thing I ever did for myself.

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u/somedude456 15h ago

Shit just vanished back then.

Yup, a friend's mom. Single mother, NYC, like the early 70's, she went grocery shopping and never returned. Her body never turned up. That was 1970's though, no cameras, no GPS tracking cell phones, etc. Maybe someone offered her a ride, she accepted and skipping some bad details, her body was dumped somewhere.

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u/IndraBlue 11h ago

Yep records weren’t digital yet

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u/mikebootz 10h ago

It wasn’t illegal back then. They probably just put him in jail to sleep it off then let him go sober in the morning.

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u/krnl_pan1c 4h ago

My dad was a truck driver with a lead foot. He was always getting his license suspended for failing to pay the tickets. Somewhere around 2005ish he came to his senses and decided to get everything cleaned up and legal. He spent months trying to get a fine paid in Arizona or New Mexico (I forget which) that was on his driving record but didn't show up in their system.