Every few years it seems like the FBI gets a tip and a new search begins for Jimmy Hoffa's remains. Well, it's that time again! Based on a tip from some aging ex-con (who is, no surprise here, hawking a book), law enforcement agents are out in Oakland Township digging around for Jimmy yet again. It's good to see our tax dollars at work digging for the remains of a mobster who disappeared in 1975 and was declared legally dead in 1982. Why is this happening? I understand the need for closure in the case and Hoffa's family, I'm sure, would like to know where his remains are, but even his daughter stated that she wasn't confident the latest search would turn up anything. Hoffa's case is fascinating and I believe the Machus Red Fox restaurant where he was last seen on Telegraph near Maple Road is cursed. (That place has changed hands so many times over the years. Has anyone been able to make a successful go of it? I don't know. It just seems doomed to me.) But does the FBI really need to keep this case going every time some old mobster comes up with a new theory?
In a slightly unrelated note, how to mobsters get their nicknames? Are they given to them by the mob boss? Do the guys pick their own names? Inquiring minds want to know.
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