Joseph Force Crater, a 41-year-old New York State Supreme Court Justice, vanished on the evening of August 6, 1930, in Manhattan, creating one of the most baffling missing person cases of the 20th century. Appointed by then-Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt, Crater's ascension to the bench was believed by many to be a result of his connections to New York's powerful and corrupt Tammany Hall political machine. His life was marked by a scandalous history, including numerous affairs and questionable f
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