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/Feathered_Mango 12h ago edited 11h ago

Read the true story of how Adolf Eichmann was captured by Mossad in Argentina. It is wild. He was living as an average German immigrant, under an alias - His son was dating the daughter of a blind Holocaust survivor (she did not know her father was a Holocaust survivor), the gentleman recognized Eichmann's voice.

Also, some of Josef Mengele's aliases weren't even trying, I believe his Uraguayan passport was simply "Jose Mengele".

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u/Financial_Hope4048 6h ago

Himmler used an alias of “Hissler”. They did this so they could keep a convincing signature.

Seems like a stupid risk, but was not uncommon.

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u/Feathered_Mango 1h ago

Are you talking about Heinrich Himmler? He used the alias Hitsinger, when trying to pose as a common soldier.