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The History Hour: Jimmy Hoffa and the Mob

The Disappearance of Jimmy Hoffa

03/08/2013

Jimmy Hoffa and the Mob

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The death of the union boss; a World War II shark attack; and a soap opera grips India.

The death of the notorious American union boss; a shark attack during World War II; IRA decommissioning; and a soap opera grips India.

In 1975, the notorious American union boss, Jimmy Hoffa, went missing. Hoffa has never been seen since but it is widely believed he was killed in a mafia hit. On the History Hour this week, hear from an FBI agent who investigated the murder. Plus, the sailor who survived an attack by sharks during World War II, and the Indian actress who starred in a soap opera which gripped the nation.

Photo: Jimmy Hoffa testifying at a hearing into labour rackets, 1958 (Keystone/Getty Images)

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