Nearly 50 years later, the mystery of what happened to Jimmy Hoffa remains one of the most famous unsolved disappearances in American history.
His story contains everything: power, politics, organized crime, betrayal, secret meetings, FBI investigations, and countless theories that continue to fascinate people to this day.
But who was Jimmy Hoffa?
And why did so many powerful people allegedly want him gone?
The Man Who Built an Empire
James Riddle Hoffa was born in 1913 and rose from humble beginnings to become one of the most influential labor leaders in American history.
By the 1950s and 1960s, he had transformed the International Brotherhood of Teamsters into a powerhouse organization representing hundreds of thousands of workers.
Truck drivers.