An in depth tutorial and discussion around the assassination of John F. Kennedy, (JFK) the country's 35th president who was brutally murdered in Dallas Texas on November 22, 1963. The series comprehensively explores the major facts, themes, and events leading up to the assassination in Dealey Plaza and the equally gripping stories surrounding the subsequent investigation. We review key elements of the Warren Commission Report , and the role of the CIA and FBI. We explore the possible involvement of the Mafia in the murder and the review of that topic by the government's House Select Committee on Assassinations in the 1970's. We explore the Jim Garrison investigation and the work of other key figures such as Mark Lane and others. Learn more about Lee Harvey Oswald the suspected killer and Jack Ruby the distraught Dallas night club owner with underworld ties and the man that killed Oswald as a national TV audience was watching. Stay with us as we take you through the facts and theories in bite sized discussions that are designed to educate, and inform as well as entertain the audience. This real life story is more fascinating than fiction...
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episode 156: Episode 156 The Garrison Investigation Part 6 Overview Part 2
Episode 156 is the sixth in a new series of episodes that chronicle the story of the Garrison investigation in New Orleans and the related trial of Clay Shaw. The first four episodes in this series provide commentary around the critical elements that continue to cloud our understanding of the facts surrounding Garrison, Clay Shaw and the trial. This episode along with the previous episode 155 are a two part overview mini-series. In these two episodes, we back the tape up and tell the complete story of the Garrison investigation and the Clay Shaw trial chronologically. We tell it in a way that is designed to help you as a juror and historian understand how all the complex parts of the Garrison story....fit together...and to help you evaluate and view these events in their proper historical perspective. There is more information packed into these two summary episodes than I have provided in any previous set of summary episodes produced for the podcast. So jump right in, and lets get going...Episode 157 is coming shortly and it is a bonus episode consisting of a short biography in support of each major participant in the Garrison and Clay Shaw saga...Episode 157 contains useful information for listeners who are not already familiar with the participants or those listeners who would like to hear more background information on some of the characters that were included in episodes 155 and 156.
Even as early as 1964, rumors and serious concerns over the lone gunman theory and the evidence that might contravene it, were becoming a major concern for the government and the commission. Conspiracy theories were contrary to the government's stated narrative from the very beginning. This real-life story is more fascinating than fiction. No matter whether you are a serious researcher or a casual student, you will enjoy the fact filled narrative and story as we relive one of the most shocking moments in American History. An event that changed the nation and changed the world forever.