Education of the Mind: TIL that J. Edgar Hoover falsely claimed that a woman who "couldn't plan breakfast" had been criminal mastermind and gang leader, after she was killed in a shootout between her son and the FBI. Hoover's version of her inspired Ma Beagle in DuckTales, and Ma Fratelli in The Goonies.

Sunday, July 16, 2017

TIL that J. Edgar Hoover falsely claimed that a woman who "couldn't plan breakfast" had been criminal mastermind and gang leader, after she was killed in a shootout between her son and the FBI. Hoover's version of her inspired Ma Beagle in DuckTales, and Ma Fratelli in The Goonies.

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