# Anyone heard this theory on Jimmy Hoffa?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 24, 2009, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-heard-this-theory-on-jimmy-hoffa/514943 "2009-10-24T06:01:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2023, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-heard-this-theory-on-jimmy-hoffa/514943/21 "2023-08-11T16:44:03Z")

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Oh. Well that explains it. Don’t know why that didn’t occur to me before.

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**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2023, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-heard-this-theory-on-jimmy-hoffa/514943/22 "2023-08-11T17:21:06Z")

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He got a hit song out of the deal. “Some in cheddar eating, you may find a stranger.” Unfortunately, the mob made him change the lyrics to cover their tracks.

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**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2023, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-heard-this-theory-on-jimmy-hoffa/514943/23 "2023-08-11T17:22:48Z")

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He was a member of the “Rat Pack” you know.

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**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2023, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-heard-this-theory-on-jimmy-hoffa/514943/24 "2023-08-11T19:26:29Z")

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> [@Chronos](#):
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> I can see that the Mafia might sometimes want to “send a message” with a body, but if that’s the goal, they’re not going to be subtle about it: They’re going to dump the body on the front steps of City Hall, or something like that.

Putting the head in someone’s bed while they’re sleeping probably sends an even better message…

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**Author:** ![Dallas\_Jones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dallas_jones/32/3277_2.png) [@Dallas\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dallas_Jones)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2023, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-heard-this-theory-on-jimmy-hoffa/514943/25 "2023-08-11T21:08:05Z")

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There is no body of Jimmy Hoffa that was entombed anywhere. The body ceased to exist a few hours after he was killed. Either ground up in a meat packing plant or cremated in a cooperative business.

This was well before any DNA testing. But even then mob guys knew that even a new building would eventually get rebuilt, and a body in the basement cement would be found.

See the documentary, The Sopranos and Satrial’s Pork Store. There is no body to find. I ain’t got nobody, and no body will ever find Jimmy Hoffa.

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