Scientists Reopen 1930 New York Judge Crater Mystery

A New York judge carrying 90 grand in today's money and two briefcases full of documents got into a taxi in Manhattan's theater district in 1930 and literally vanished so completely his name became slang for disappearing without a trace. Joseph Crater had just bought his Supreme Court seat through Tammany Hall corruption, was mixed up with showgirls and shady deals, and spent his final days methodically clearing out his office files and converting assets to cash before that last taxi ride. Nearly a century later, nobody knows if he pulled off the perfect escape or if someone pulled off the perfect murder—no body, no evidence, no answers, just a guy who dissolved into thin air in the middle of crowded Manhattan.