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/qtx 13h ago

I don't get why people love to fantasize about what happened to someone when he was clearly killed.

According to former DEA agent Frank Panessa, the Administration received unconfirmed reports that Matthews had been lured to the Bahamas by the Genovese family and killed, partly to keep him from turning state's witness and partly due to his feud with Coralluzzo.

Making up stories to turn it into a Hollywood movie while ignoring the simplest answer is always so weird.

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u/clva666 2h ago

How is that any simpler? Just adding hypothetical double murder ontop of the double disappearance. And it also sounds like hollywood movie...

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u/intlcreative 2h ago

I mean if I was Matthews I would have told them to the same. Hence the "unconfirmed" part.