Wednesday marks the 39th anniversary of Hoffa’s disappearance from the parking lot of the Machus Red Fox restaurant in suburban Detroit. And just last week, PBS devoted an episode of “History Detectives: Special Investigations” to Hoffa’s Houdini act. The name has become part of American mythology.
Nearly four decades after Jimmy Hoffa vanished, his ghost stays pretty active.Įvery few years, it seems, a new theory emerges about the final resting place of the Teamster Union titan’s body. Hoffa�s mysterious disappearance, assumed death and myriad searches for his body have been the stuff of urban legends for more than three decades. 30, 1957 file photo, Jimmy Hoffa, Teamsters vice president and leading candidate to succeed Dave Beck as the IBT�s new president, waves to delegates at the opening of the Teamsters Union convention at Miami Beach, Fla.
