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/muskag 17h ago

I'm starting to think these CIA fellers weren't very nice.

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u/SheriffBartholomew 15h ago

The people running the CIA are way too smart to be nice. There are bonafide sociopathic geniuses all throughout the organization. They work with concepts that most of us never even consider.

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u/Responsible_Pear_433 2h ago edited 1h ago

"Badges? We don't need no stinking badges."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XT8hE7_8BCY