Riddle: The Podcast - The Search for James R. Hoffa 50 Years Later
"RIDDLE: The Podcast" accompanies the Fox Nation special, "Riddle: The Search for James R. Hoffa." In the podcast series, Fox News Anchor and Senior Correspondent Eric Shawn takes you behind the scenes of his investigation of the disappearance of the iconic labor leader, James R. Hoffa, who vanished in 1975. The podcast interviews are with people involved in the case or who have extensive knowledge of it: Former Philadelphia Mob Boss Ralph Natale, "I Heard You Paint Houses" author Charlie Brandt, Pulitzer Prize winning former Detroit Free Press reporter David Ashenfelter, "Hoffa Wars" author and investigative journalist Dan Moldea, "The Quiet Don" author Matt Birkbeck, former Fox News producer Ed Barnes, former I.R.S. special agent Melvin Gudknecht, Father Jonathan Morris, and Fox News cameraman Scott Wilder, among others. ..
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November 30, 2018 • 28 mins
Watch the two-hour special, "Riddle: The Search for James R. Hoffa," on Fox Nation. Fox Nation is a streaming subscription service you can access from your phone, computer and select TV devices. We've created a members-only destination for Fox News' most passionate and loyal fans featuring exclusive content, exclusive experiences and exclusive access.
In this episode you'll hear from Jeff Hansen, a former law enforcement officer i...
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November 30, 2018 • 27 mins
Watch the two-hour special, "Riddle: The Search for James R. Hoffa," on Fox Nation. Fox Nation is a streaming subscription service you can access from your phone, computer and select TV devices. We've created a members-only destination for Fox News' most passionate and loyal fans featuring exclusive content, exclusive experiences and exclusive access.
In this episode you'll hear from Father Jonathan Morris, long time Fox News cont...
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November 30, 2018 • 28 mins
Watch the two-hour special, "Riddle: The Search for James R. Hoffa," on Fox Nation. Fox Nation is a streaming subscription service you can access from your phone, computer and select TV devices. We've created a members-only destination for Fox News' most passionate and loyal fans featuring exclusive content, exclusive experiences and exclusive access.
In this episode you'll hear from Melvin Gudknecht, a former special agent in the...
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November 30, 2018 • 30 mins
Watch the two-hour special, "Riddle: The Search for James R. Hoffa," on Fox Nation. Fox Nation is a streaming subscription service you can access from your phone, computer and select TV devices. We've created a members-only destination for Fox News' most passionate and loyal fans featuring exclusive content, exclusive experiences and exclusive access.
In this episode you'll hear from Matt Birkbeck, an award-winning investigative j...
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November 30, 2018 • 40 mins
Watch the two-hour special, "Riddle: The Search for James R. Hoffa," on Fox Nation. Fox Nation is a streaming subscription service you can access from your phone, computer and select TV devices. We've created a members-only destination for Fox News' most passionate and loyal fans featuring exclusive content, exclusive experiences and exclusive access.
In this episode you'll hear from Dan Moldea, perhaps the nation's most prominent...
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November 30, 2018 • 25 mins
Watch the two-hour special, "Riddle: The Search for James R. Hoffa," on Fox Nation. Fox Nation is a streaming subscription service you can access from your phone, computer and select TV devices. We've created a members-only destination for Fox News' most passionate and loyal fans featuring exclusive content, exclusive experiences and exclusive access.
In this episode you'll hear from David Ashenfelter. David was a venerable report...
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November 30, 2018 • 28 mins
Watch the two-hour special, "Riddle: The Search for James R. Hoffa," on Fox Nation. Fox Nation is a streaming subscription service you can access from your phone, computer and select TV devices. We've created a members-only destination for Fox News' most passionate and loyal fans featuring exclusive content, exclusive experiences and exclusive access.
In this episode you'll hear from Charles Brandt, Frank Sheeran's former lawyer w...
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November 30, 2018 • 24 mins
Watch the two-hour special, "Riddle: The Search for James R. Hoffa," on Fox Nation. Fox Nation is a streaming subscription service you can access from your phone, computer and select TV devices. We've created a members-only destination for Fox News' most passionate and loyal fans featuring exclusive content, exclusive experiences and exclusive access.
In this episode you'll hear from Ralph Natale, the former mob boss of Philadelph...
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November 30, 2018 • 34 mins
Watch the two-hour special, "Riddle: The Search for James R. Hoffa," on Fox Nation. Fox Nation is a streaming subscription service you can access from your phone, computer and select TV devices. We've created a members-only destination for Fox News' most passionate and loyal fans featuring exclusive content, exclusive experiences and exclusive access.
In this episode you'll hear from Ed Barnes, the former Fox News producer who wor...
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September 4, 2019 • 2 mins
"RIDDLE: The Podcast" accompanies the Fox Nation special, "Riddle: The Search for James R. Hoffa." In the podcast series, Fox News Anchor and Senior Correspondent Eric Shawn takes you behind the scenes of his investigation of the disappearance of the iconic labor leader, James R. Hoffa, who vanished in 1975.
The podcast interviews are with people involved in the case or who have extensive knowledge of it: Former Philadelphia Mob B...
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November 27, 2019 • 24 mins
Dan Moldea has been on the Hoffa beat since 1974. He wrote the landmark book "The Hoffa Wars" in 1978, and is the most prominent Hoffa expert in the nation. We teamed up for the most recent Fox Nation investigation. Phillip Moscato, son of mobster Pillip Moscato Sr., who says his dad told him that mob hitman Sal Sally Bugs Birguglio shot Hoffa, the body brought back to New Jersey and buried. And, Frank Copola, son of Moscato Sr.'s ...
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November 27, 2019 • 24 mins
Phillip Moscato, Jr., his father, Phillip Moscato Sr., known as Brother Moscato, owned the dump in Jersey City, New Jersey where it was believed Hoffa's body was taken and buried after he was shot in Detroit. The FBI searched the dump but came up empty. The reason, says a new theory, the body was moved after one of the mafia hoodlums went to the FBI. Phil told me that in 2014, two weeks before his father died of liver cancer at the...
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December 4, 2019 • 25 mins
Scott Bernstein, Mob Historian and Editor of 'Gangsterreport.com', was born and raised in a mob connected Detroit family. He is considered a top Mafia expert. Bernstein does not believe that Frank 'the Irishman' Sheeran killed Jimmy Hoffa, and he tells us why in this episode.
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December 11, 2019 • 19 mins
Eric Shawn speaks with Geoff Schumacher, Author, Historian and Senior Director of content at the 'Mob Museum' in Las Vegas. He shares with us the knowledge of the largest repository of the nation's history of organized crime.
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December 17, 2019 • 22 mins
Eric Shawn speaks to Jack Goldsmith, current Harvard law Professor and former Deputy Attorney General of the United States under President George W. Bush. Jack's stepfather Chuckie Obrien is one of only two suspects in the death of Jimmy Hoffa still alive. Chuckie Obrien has been suspected of driving the car that took Hoffa to his death.
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July 30, 2025 • 40 mins
On July 30th 1975, legendary teamster’s leader James R. Hoffa vanished, never to be seen again. go inside one of America's greatest mysteries with 'Riddle: The Search for James R. Hoffa, 50-years later' podcast. Join FOX's Eric Shawn who has been on a two-decade quest to uncover the truth. He speaks with investigative journalists, authors, members of law enforcement and possible witnesses to track down the truth. download 'riddle: ...
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July 30, 2025 • 28 mins
On July 30th 1975, legendary teamster’s leader James R. Hoffa vanished, never to be seen again. go inside one of America's greatest mysteries with 'Riddle: The Search for James R. Hoffa, 50-years later' podcast. Join FOX's Eric Shawn who has been on a two-decade quest to uncover the truth. He speaks with investigative journalists, authors, members of law enforcement and possible witnesses to track down the truth. download 'riddle: ...
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July 30, 2025 • 28 mins
On July 30th 1975, legendary teamster’s leader James R. Hoffa vanished, never to be seen again. go inside one of America's greatest mysteries with 'Riddle: The Search for James R. Hoffa, 50-years later' podcast. Join FOX's Eric Shawn who has been on a two-decade quest to uncover the truth. He speaks with investigative journalists, authors, members of law enforcement and possible witnesses to track down the truth. download 'riddle: ...
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July 30, 2025 • 42 mins
On July 30th 1975, legendary teamster’s leader James R. Hoffa vanished, never to be seen again. go inside one of America's greatest mysteries with 'Riddle: The Search for James R. Hoffa, 50-years later' podcast. Join FOX's Eric Shawn who has been on a two-decade quest to uncover the truth. He speaks with investigative journalists, authors, members of law enforcement and possible witnesses to track down the truth. download 'riddle: ...
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July 30, 2025 • 33 mins
On July 30th 1975, legendary teamster’s leader James R. Hoffa vanished, never to be seen again. go inside one of America's greatest mysteries with 'Riddle: The Search for James R. Hoffa, 50-years later' podcast. Join FOX's Eric Shawn who has been on a two-decade quest to uncover the truth. He speaks with investigative journalists, authors, members of law enforcement and possible witnesses to track down the truth. download 'riddle: ...
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