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Richer than
Frank Lucas. More powerful than the
Mafia. He was the biggest drug dealer in
America. In
1973 he jumped bail and disappeared with 15 million dollars. He has never been seen again.
Nearly four decades later, the fate of
Frank Matthews remains a complete mystery.
It s as if Matthews dropped off the face of the earth, explained
Mike Pizzi, a retired
U.S. Marshal who was involved with the hunt for Matthews, the fugitive, for several years.
The one hour and 23 minute documentary features rare archival footage, interviews with numerous sources who previously haven t talked on camera about Frank Matthews and never before seen photos of Matthews. The documentary explores several intriguing questions: how was Matthews been able to operate for several years without being detected? What was his relationship with
La Cosa Nostra? Why did the
CIA get involved in the Matthews investigation? Why has the mystery of his disappearance been so difficult to solve?
Born in
1944 in
Durham, North Carolina, Matthews left his hometown when he was a teenager, going first to
Philadelphia and then to
New York City. By the early
1970 s, Frank Matthews had become America's biggest drug kingpin. His organization, headquartered in
Brooklyn, stretched across more than 20 states, and he became the only
Black gangster to establish direct ties to the
French Connection heroin pipeline. To quote a federal prosecutor assigned to the Matthews case, Matthews was a pioneering giant of drug distribution." Matthews organization eventually outgrew even the
Italian Mafia, and when he built himself a mansion in
Staten Island's most exclusive neighborhood (and across the street from mobsters
Paul Castellano and
Three Finger Brown), he found himself on the verge of a war with La Cosa Nostra. Matthews also battled militant
Black Muslims for control in the streets of
New Jersey and Philadelphia as he built his empire.
The $15 to 20 million dollars he disappeared with is roughly equivalent to $
100 million in today's cash. What happened to Frank Matthews? That s the most intriguing questionin organized crime history, said Chepesiuk, who has spent five years researching the Frank Matthews story.
Despite one of the largest manhunts in
US history, there is no proof as to whether he is alive or dead.
About the
Director
Alan 'Al
Profit'
Bradley has directed numerous true crime documentaries including '
Motown Mafia' and '
Rollin: the
Fall of the
Auto Industry and the
Rise of the Drug
Economy in
Detroit' His first feature film, '
Saint Aubin' was also released in
2012. Ron Chepesiuk is the author of dozens of books and the director of a documentary on legendary heroin smuggler
Ike Atkinson.
- published: 09 Jan 2015
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