The JFK Assassination - Was There Really a Second Shooter on the Grassy Knoll?

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  • Опубліковано 28 лис 2024
  • On November 22, 1963, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas. While most believe Lee Harvey Oswald to have been his killer, many are convinced that Oswald did not act alone. The obvious question arises - What happened? Who else was involved? Why? In this video, let's explore some of the alternative theories to what is considered the truest of them all, and who may have actually killed JFK.
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  • @goober5713
    @goober5713 Рік тому +3755

    I went to the same HS as Lee Harvey Oswald and actually had the same physics teacher. I had a theory that since she was a horrible teacher and was at the parade, he tried to shoot her but missed and accidentally shot JFK.

    • @adenkyramud5005
      @adenkyramud5005 Рік тому +133

      Lmaoooo

    • @TheOneandOnlyD-R-E
      @TheOneandOnlyD-R-E Рік тому +81

      🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @aceundead4750
      @aceundead4750 Рік тому +283

      Well guess this solves everything, nothing else to do but grab a beer and smoke a celebratory cigar lol

    • @rachelb4398
      @rachelb4398 Рік тому +68

      I live two blocks down from the elementary school he went to

    • @emmarichardson965
      @emmarichardson965 Рік тому +127

      🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Thank you. This is my new favorite wild theory.

  • @jdt.jd.
    @jdt.jd. Рік тому +1061

    I've been interested in how strange Dorothy Kilgallen's death was for a while. She definitely made enemies with her reporting. I'd love to get a DtU take on her. She's a fascinating woman in general and deserves to be talked about more

    • @TischTosh
      @TischTosh Рік тому +36

      Absolutely 💯 agreed!

    • @johnsuffill6520
      @johnsuffill6520 Рік тому

      She was killed by the Illuminati, obviously.

    • @malachichampion
      @malachichampion Рік тому +38

      PLEASE

    • @foxesofautumn
      @foxesofautumn Рік тому +28

      I'd love to see an episode on her!

    • @garytwist
      @garytwist Рік тому +1

      Joe Kennedy was involved with the mafia he convinced the mafia and the teamsters to vote JFK into the presidency.
      Lyndon B Johnson was involved with the mafia,he was involved with the Texan oil barons on who had a marksman working for him which was supposed to be the one on the grassy knoll.
      Bobby Kennedy was soon to prosecute Johnson with the connection to the mafia.

  • @DeliveryMcGee
    @DeliveryMcGee Рік тому +415

    Simon: "Don't take the revolver, what are you gonna do, get in a shootout with the police?" L. H. Oswald: "Uh, yeah?" I love Simon's naïveté.

    • @rachelb4398
      @rachelb4398 Рік тому +11

      I thought the same thing when he asked that!

    • @duncancurtis5971
      @duncancurtis5971 Рік тому +12

      JFK 1991 long drum roll, silence, ka chak, zoom in on Kevin Costner.

    • @jacobjones5269
      @jacobjones5269 Рік тому

      That’s actually a big logical fallacy.. Hard to believe a cabal running a frame job in the Tippit killing would let that frame job hinge on whether or not Oswald grabbed his pistol?!.. That seems risky, right?..
      What if he didn’t?.. lol..

    • @drstevej2527
      @drstevej2527 Рік тому +1

      Meaning higher education is not for you.

    • @thomaswhiddon7638
      @thomaswhiddon7638 Рік тому +2

      @@drstevej2527 That's what people like you tell people like me. It turned out that "higher education" was the easiest kind........a waste of time compared to international exploration.

  • @JoviaI1
    @JoviaI1 Рік тому +72

    Back in the 2000s there was a show of some guys testing shots on ballistics gel dummies where all the shots were taken from Oswald's position. One of the shots they took threw the dummy head back and to the left just like with JFK. I've personally done some shooting on private property and we were shooting all kinds of things like paint cans, soda cans, golfballs, watermellons and whatnot. You'd be surprised what direction things fly when they're shot. Many times it's not the direction the bullet was flying in. The "back and to the left" argument is one of the weakest forms of evidence in my opinion.

    • @chrisgibson5267
      @chrisgibson5267 Рік тому +8

      I saw the documentary and recall the work done to show how the rifle and its ammunition explain the events.
      They were able to show that the trajectory of the so-called magic bullet, which was not pristine and had been flattened slightly, was the result of the seating arrangement in the car.
      I also recall that a round fired from the grassy knoll with a Carcano would have passed through President Kennedy and would likely have killed his wife.
      I also recall that Oswald could have purchased a semi-automatic M1 Garand from the same magazine he purchased the Carcano from if he'd only had enough money.

    • @deadgolfer6345
      @deadgolfer6345 Рік тому +12

      Yeah, it ignores a couple things. Technically his head went forward first a little before going backwards. Also, it ignores that he had neck muscles that could contribute. But mostly, it ignores that the "stuff" (man it is brutal to even talk about) went out of the front side of his head as it would. I've never seen anything to convince me he was shot from any direction except from behind.

    • @paulalexandermanley6479
      @paulalexandermanley6479 Рік тому +1

      @@deadgolfer6345 I think he was struke in the head by two bullets at the same time.

    • @paulalexandermanley6479
      @paulalexandermanley6479 Рік тому +5

      The blood splatter on the car seats would have determine which direction the bullets came from, why the secret service wiped the seats technically a crime scene only they would know

    • @richsouthall1937
      @richsouthall1937 Рік тому +3

      Couple of things to remember here; there was actually a first shot that missed Kennedy; they believe it hit the light pole, but everyone in the car remembers hearing three shots. With that in mind, John Connolly was turning to his right to look at Kennedy and the origin of the sound; this is why he was hit with the second shot near his right armpit and then shattered his ribs. It’s also important to remember that the second shot which passed through Kennedy upper trapezius and just grazing the spinal column passed through only 6-8 inches of mostly soft 6:51 tissue; which means the bullet still had tremendous velocity and was able to easily hit Connolly and do all of that damage. And regarding the fatal headshot to Kennedy; remember Newtons law of equal and opposite reaction - so if a missile (bullet) is moving at massive speeds and hits an object and once it exits that object, it has the effect of a rocket engine forcing the object in the opposite direction of the bullets trajectory.

  • @resileaf9501
    @resileaf9501 Рік тому +322

    An hour and a half of Simon talking about conspiracy theories? I'm gonna need some snacks for this.

    • @theyshouldhavenamedmefishe7860
      @theyshouldhavenamedmefishe7860 Рік тому +9

      This whole channel is Simon discussing conspiracy theories

    • @silenttoxic707
      @silenttoxic707 Рік тому +9

      It’s even better because you can tell it’s got him intrigued, it’s not just him making fun of the people who believe it

    • @AppendixX92
      @AppendixX92 Рік тому

      69 nice

    • @leftysmalls
      @leftysmalls Рік тому +3

      Get one for me!!!

    • @cynicalminion
      @cynicalminion Рік тому

      i'm pretty sure that factboy hasn't realized that the SS aren't just bodyguards... they work for the TREASURY... simon, you do the casual criminalist... imagine the IRS had the FBI... THAT'S the secret service...

  • @JanetSnakehole28
    @JanetSnakehole28 Рік тому +145

    I highly recommend Ask a Mortician's deep dive into the adventures of JFK post mortem, as that was quite a bonkers saga eg, grandiose, heavy coffin vs small car, disagreements over a public tour of the body cross country, etc

    • @sarahstamp435
      @sarahstamp435 Рік тому +12

      Ooh I've watched that. It's very illuminating!

    • @HassassinCat
      @HassassinCat Рік тому +11

      Second this. Fantastic view of the less talked about part of the history

    • @kyleeconrad
      @kyleeconrad Рік тому +16

      Caitlin's video on JFK's obsequies is excellent and respectful. Highly recommend.

    • @hi.queen.ursula7836
      @hi.queen.ursula7836 Рік тому +15

      LUV this video from Caitlin informative, well put together, & respectful... thoroughly enjoyed her portrayal of Jackie's determination not to be on the sidelines of anything to do w/her husband ❤️

    • @Pippis78
      @Pippis78 Рік тому +6

      Yeah! That was great!

  • @annas03art32
    @annas03art32 Рік тому +355

    I'd recommend that everyone interested in this also watches a video by Ask a Mortician (Caitlin doughty) about what happened to Kennedy's body afterwards. It's really interesting and the autopsy/transportation of his body was insanely suspicious.

    • @amandahopwood8323
      @amandahopwood8323 Рік тому +29

      I love her!

    • @shelteredsparrow2736
      @shelteredsparrow2736 Рік тому +11

      My question is was it the same kind of bullet? That might answer the question of one or multiple shooters

    • @JenniferSteil28
      @JenniferSteil28 Рік тому +30

      I second this!
      They botched his final handling so bad…I felt so bad for Jackie by the end of that episode because of those final memories of his earthly remains that she had to keep.

    • @RaeCarson
      @RaeCarson Рік тому +25

      I specifically scrolled to the comment section to type this very recommendation. Not only does Caitlin explain the detailed actions of those involved in the aftermath, she explains the origins of why various security measures, regulations, and protocols were beefed up regarding presidential secret service.

    • @annas03art32
      @annas03art32 Рік тому +13

      @@JenniferSteil28 I absolutely agree. I was so sad for Jackie by the end of Caitlin's video.

  • @alisaurus4224
    @alisaurus4224 Рік тому +22

    I’ve lived in the Dallas area 30 years, driven Elm Street dozens of times, took Texas History in school and never heard most of this. The Dictabelt tape was new to me, as well as any serious consideration of a second shooter.

    • @-danR
      @-danR Рік тому +4

      By the way, the Dictabelt machine was _not_ on the motorcycle, but at HQ. It was one of the dumbest mistakes I've ever heard in any 'documentary'. I had to reply the passage to make sure Simon wasn't making a joke.
      The cop's radio transmissions were patched into the HQ recorder.

    • @zx7-rr486
      @zx7-rr486 Рік тому

      Reanalysis if that tape showed it was made AFTER the assassination.. police cross talk captured on the tape confirmed this. The "expert" acoustic analysts were totally wrong - it wasn't gun shot noise on the tape.

    • @aaronz7056
      @aaronz7056 11 місяців тому

      Dictabelt recording was debunked more than 40 years ago.

  • @Conradd23
    @Conradd23 Рік тому +441

    Simon is treating the word "conspiracy" as if it means "something that crazy people believe".
    "Conspiracy" just means that multiple people planned something secretly.

    • @vernpascal1531
      @vernpascal1531 Рік тому

      Yes Conspiracies are as American as Apple Pie. If you can't find a conspiracy in JFK's demise it's because you don't want too.

    • @CONEHEADDK
      @CONEHEADDK Рік тому +7

      climare change - joke

    • @rome8180
      @rome8180 Рік тому +41

      That's what "conspiracy" means. It's not what "conspiracy theory" means. Throughout the episode, he mostly uses the term "conspiracy theory."

    • @chistmasbrownie
      @chistmasbrownie Рік тому +33

      @@rome8180 which the feds or cia (can’t recall which one in particular) coined as a phrase for any1 who rightly thought jfk’s death was a conspiracy.

    • @elfpimp1
      @elfpimp1 Рік тому

      @Chistmas Brownie the CIA. And they used that term as a tool to discredit anyone who didn't believe the narrative.

  • @futuremath08
    @futuremath08 Рік тому +226

    Interestingly, Dr. Earl Rose, the Dallas County Coroner, was not allowed to perform an autopsy on JFK in Dallas. Dr. Rose had performed many autopsies in his career, including victims of gunshot wounds, so he would have done a highly professional examination of the president's wounds. leading to a much better understanding of the number and trajectory of the shots. Dr. Rose did perform the autopsies on Lee Harvey Oswald and Jack Ruby, and his findings have never been disputed.

    • @peterfraser9070
      @peterfraser9070 Рік тому +19

      They have explained that at the time they didn't know how many people were involved in the killing of Kennedy and they didn't know what might happen if they stayed in Dallas - they just wanted to get the hell out of there and back to Washington in one piece.

    • @innocento.1552
      @innocento.1552 Рік тому

      ​@@peterfraser9070yeah. So they have to run off after the president of the USA is already shot, and not call in reinforcement.

    • @Tab1300
      @Tab1300 Рік тому +12

      It was because initially, they had no idea if Oswald was alone. They needed to act in-house because they couldn't trust anyone. After all, a world leader was just killed by a gunman in a very public area.

    • @peterfraser9070
      @peterfraser9070 Рік тому +13

      @@Tab1300 The ones who believe in conspiracy the most are the same ones who know the least about the circumstances and the context. It never ever fails.

    • @dennismckean8773
      @dennismckean8773 Рік тому

      @@peterfraser9070 who are they and why did they commit a crime by illegally removing the Presidents body. Been a sheep long?

  • @akula4669
    @akula4669 Рік тому +135

    If not mistaking, the 60 year old assassin trapped in a 10 year old's body is a reference to the tv series / comic books Umbrella Academy. One of their season storylines takes places around the assassination of JFK.

    • @LCDigital92
      @LCDigital92 Рік тому +3

      That’s what I assumed.

    • @caradanellemcclintock8178
      @caradanellemcclintock8178 Рік тому +11

      In the Umbrella Academy Number Five is the "second shooter" they inserted him in various real world historical events that had strange circumstances this was one of the big ones he did though he was an old man when he did it in the show he got trapped in the child's body directly after that incident

    • @nickcoupe2964
      @nickcoupe2964 Рік тому +2

      It is

    • @mlee6050
      @mlee6050 Рік тому

      @@caradanellemcclintock8178 what episode was it? Feel I missed it

    • @caradanellemcclintock8178
      @caradanellemcclintock8178 Рік тому +1

      @@mlee6050 can't remember the exact episode but it's right after Five reappears the next episode they do a flash back to what he was up to after he disappeared some of it was subtext but they spent a bit on the JFK thing I don't think they say his name but the might say the grassy knoll I'm guessing episode 3 or 4 it's been a while since I watched season one

  • @InertiaCreeps
    @InertiaCreeps 9 місяців тому +6

    54:16 Here’s the problem with this theory. The acoustic analysis is done assuming the recording position did NOT move. What are the chances that the man with the motorcycle didn’t jump off his bike and let it fall over OR wheel it around to escape the area once gunshots were heard? This means 3 shots could have been recorder from one acoustic point with a 4th being HEARD from a different location/orientation. I haven’t seen any evidence that they took this into account when analyzing the acoustic data. ALso, its possible there were three shots and the fourth “shot” was the dictabelt hitting the ground.

    • @stddisclaimer8020
      @stddisclaimer8020 8 місяців тому

      The 4th shot biz has long been dealt with, debunked and dismissed (from every angle). Give up the dream of being the DIY genius who's discovered something all the experts overlooked. @InertiaCreeps

  • @Fray-Bentos
    @Fray-Bentos Рік тому +70

    The fact that Simon doesn't entirely know what a lathe is, while simultaneously saying "I've always been quite chipper"...... tells me a lot about Simon's life

    • @jordanhicks5131
      @jordanhicks5131 Рік тому +27

      Tells me he has soft hands

    • @ErrrorWayz
      @ErrrorWayz Рік тому +2

      If you know what Fray Bentos is you aren't chipper

    • @briandavis4916
      @briandavis4916 Рік тому +2

      Yes he's a fancy boi that's never had to do any real work for a living in his pampered life. And his constant off topic rambling and making bad jokes that only he laughs at is very annoying and makes it seem like he loves hearing himself talk more than sharing information about the video topic.

    • @ErrrorWayz
      @ErrrorWayz Рік тому +17

      @@briandavis4916 why watch then

    • @jordanhicks5131
      @jordanhicks5131 Рік тому +19

      @@briandavis4916 I agree he's a bit of a fancy boy but I love his dad jokes and rambling way of telling a story.
      Definitely an upper middle class city dweller though. Not that it's bad, just that it shows occasionally

  • @shannonnichols3415
    @shannonnichols3415 Рік тому +259

    I like how you stated “just because there wasn’t another shooter (if it’s proven) doesn’t mean he acted alone”. I feel the same, but had never heard it put that way

    • @bleezieg
      @bleezieg Рік тому +16

      I agree but there was definitely another shooter and that gutter in the street was the perfect spot if ther was an escape through the tunnel

    • @shannonnichols3415
      @shannonnichols3415 Рік тому

      @@bleezieg The manhole ho cov

    • @shannonnichols3415
      @shannonnichols3415 Рік тому

      @@bleezieg - do you have anything about Vince Foster? Off topic from JFK (maybe) but very on topic for “conspiracy’s” Don’t you love how someone does something that can only be described as a conspiracy, then acts like we are the nutty ones because we feel it is valuable enough to find out possible explanations? I tend to consider that as “fact finding” not conspiracy! I think that word is used to make someone look foolish and discredit them. I think they create a conspiracy theory, or use those words, to make the true meaning look ridiculous! I’m not offended. I don’t care if they call everything a conspiracy! I still believe the people and the situation are valuable enough to find answers!
      I believe JFK fits in this category as much as Vince Foster!

    • @DavidHRyall
      @DavidHRyall Рік тому +4

      @@bleezieg yep, there were 3

    • @bleezieg
      @bleezieg Рік тому +13

      @@DavidHRyall 3? We'll hell if you know their names we can wrap this up right now Lol

  • @stevendyke6725
    @stevendyke6725 Рік тому +57

    Simon, I'm a lathe operator. It's not bad, I listen to your videos all day.

    • @naomikriss5208
      @naomikriss5208 Рік тому +4

      I would like to lathe wood all day. How do you get that job?

    • @stevendyke6725
      @stevendyke6725 Рік тому +9

      ​@@naomikriss5208 I actually work with glass. I'm a flame worker. You just have to find a shop that's got one available and someone to teach you. I'm self employed, so a lot of it is my own effort to learn a trade. And a willingness to make thousands of the same thing over and over.

    • @AmateurAnalyst013
      @AmateurAnalyst013 Рік тому +3

      Same. Metal fabricator warehouse

    • @ThatWriterKevin
      @ThatWriterKevin Рік тому +6

      But you're not a lathe operator in Soviet Russia

    • @stevendyke6725
      @stevendyke6725 Рік тому

      @@ThatWriterKevin I still feel like I'd be sitting next to someone like Simon. Or bossed by Simon.... We really should help Danny.

  • @creagle26
    @creagle26 Рік тому +17

    Simon could probably do an entire episode on Orville Nix and how his film of the incident was taken by the government and not released in its entirety

    • @AlexDeLarge1
      @AlexDeLarge1 Рік тому

      No he couldn't, because it never happened lol.

    • @StoutProper
      @StoutProper Рік тому +6

      @@AlexDeLarge1it’s referenced in the Warren report goofy

    • @AntonMoquin-vg1sy
      @AntonMoquin-vg1sy Рік тому +1

      And the Zapruder film as well

    • @bshunter550
      @bshunter550 Рік тому +1

      The Nix film was purchased for $5,000 by UPI, not given to the government. It was UPI that lost the film.

    • @aaronz7056
      @aaronz7056 Рік тому

      Rubbish.

  • @exodus1977
    @exodus1977 Рік тому +81

    With regard to keeping secrets-- telling someone involved with a project to "keep it secret or we'll take out you and your entire family" is one thing... but actually taking out that person and their entire family is about the least secret and most public thing that could occur. In fact, you could probably start with a list of people whose entire families vanished all at once and pretty much work backwards to figure out who was involved.

    • @Maiant
      @Maiant Рік тому +20

      I don't know, the Clinton's have made quite a career of this.

    • @Maiant
      @Maiant Рік тому +4

      I don't know, the Clinton's have made quite a career of this.

    • @exodus1977
      @exodus1977 Рік тому +8

      @@Maiant The fact that everyone talks about it kinda proves my point above.

    • @Tj11813
      @Tj11813 Рік тому +4

      @@Maiant oh brother...

    • @88mphDrBrown
      @88mphDrBrown Рік тому +4

      This reminds me of the crazy unsolved case, I don't remember all the details but there was like a fire and a bunch of the kids disappeared. It happened in the middle of nowhere. I think Simon actually did a video about the case. I only remember sparse details. It was like a farm house, there was like a sedan that had been watching the house for a couple days, there was a fire, the dad ran to get their ladder to go up to the kids room but it was already placed up to the kids room, the fire was too intense to go in to get the kids, and after the house burned down there were 3 or 4 of the kids bodies missing. I think their phone lines had also been cut and they found a grenade in the grass outside of the house.
      Edit: the Sodder family

  • @JeeVeeHaych
    @JeeVeeHaych Рік тому +151

    Would definitely like to see Kevin taking on the Kilgallen-case as a follow-up to this. With a light sprinkling of 'effortlessly' in the script. Nice work on this one! IMO it says a lot that Kevin changed his mind and did a 180 after finishing it.

  • @TheOneandOnlyD-R-E
    @TheOneandOnlyD-R-E Рік тому +169

    Yes definitely do Kilgallen tapes! There is a very informative doc available here on UA-cam. Also, the reason Simon doesn't feel like this is a conspiracy is down to how old it is and how much has been proven already. If this was 1980 most people would think it crazy.

    • @rubiconnn
      @rubiconnn Рік тому +10

      The biggest factor in my mind is that J Edgar Hoover was absolutely insane and assassinating Kennedy is a drop in the bucket compared to what he did in his career.

    • @TheOneandOnlyD-R-E
      @TheOneandOnlyD-R-E Рік тому +6

      @@rubiconnn fr. They should do an episode on Hoover uncovering all his cross-dressing criminality🤣

    • @vernonfrance2974
      @vernonfrance2974 Рік тому

      I'm beginning to wonder why a smart guy with an appropriately British accent does not believe in the Moon Hoax Conspiracy Theory or in the JFK, RFK, MLK, and other OBVIOUS conspiracy killings.
      Is British education that deficient or might he be part of the disinformation campaign?

    • @vernonfrance2974
      @vernonfrance2974 Рік тому

      @@rubiconnn G. H. W. Bush was in Hoover's office the day after the assassination representing the CIA and Hoover knew how to protect himself. He made sure this would be immortalized on a memo. He knew, any connections with the CIA and your pretty likely to be Saddamed or Noriegaed or Osama bin Ladened. They love to get guys on their side and then turn them into scape goats. Hoover was not about to let Pappy Bush outsmart him. He knew a thing or two about intrigue himself.

    • @pugachevskobra5636
      @pugachevskobra5636 Рік тому

      Hoover couldn’t even assassinate MLK at the height of FBI power and influence, and he hated him so much he spent years mailing tapes to his house urging him to commit suicide; do you seriously think he suddenly had enough power to knock off the President of the most powerful country in the world, and keep everyone involved with the plot completely silent for nearly 7 decades?

  • @Hellheart
    @Hellheart Рік тому +1

    I'm a biomedical researcher for a major pharmaceutical corporation. I don't normally work on government projects that we end up getting. But, because the corporation does federal work, I'm not supposed to say anything too political online.

  • @Whitebishop89
    @Whitebishop89 Рік тому +94

    You've been talking about this video for awhile on your other channels I was wondering when it was going to show up. Can't wait to watch it. Thanks for all the content, Fact Boy.

    • @robert48044
      @robert48044 Рік тому +5

      I was gonna mention that

    • @marcuskrentz184
      @marcuskrentz184 Рік тому +2

      Honestly I thought it was released and It was an older video

    • @ThatWriterKevin
      @ThatWriterKevin Рік тому +6

      DTU has a tendency to be recorded more in advance than the other channels, but I've been anxiously awaiting it as well!

    • @Yoder023
      @Yoder023 Рік тому +6

      ​@@ThatWriterKevin
      Oh sh!t it's that one writer guy! Kevin I think. This guy's a legend! Ok just act..... casual....
      OMG HI KEVIN BIG FAN I LOVE YOUR WORK ON DECODING THE UNKNOWN!!!!
      *nailed it*

    • @ThatWriterKevin
      @ThatWriterKevin Рік тому +2

      @@Yoder023 thanks!

  • @TurquoiseInk
    @TurquoiseInk Рік тому +136

    The kid assassin is an Umbrella Academy reference. Dallas 1963 is a nonfiction book on the assassination. Steven King's novel is 11/22/63 (which is being added to my booklist). And while making threats to the FBI / CIA / government officials will get you on a watch list, there are still plenty of warnings that get ignored.

    • @trawlins396
      @trawlins396 Рік тому +7

      11/22/63 was one of his best.

    • @sharolynwells
      @sharolynwells Рік тому +1

      I normally don't enjoy King, but I liked that one.

    • @OfficialRedDirtNurse
      @OfficialRedDirtNurse Рік тому +3

      There was a mini series starring James Franco, IIRC.

    • @lisasharf1442
      @lisasharf1442 Рік тому

      @@trawlins396agreed. Time to read it again!😊

    • @JCaylor2099
      @JCaylor2099 Рік тому

      11/22/63 is my favorite Stephen King book it's one of the few where he doesn't drop the ball at the end

  • @josephknaapen6126
    @josephknaapen6126 Рік тому +26

    You did a fantastic job reprising something that has existed as part of the zeitgeist for more than either of our lives, as a writer, as a performer and narrator, and as an editor. Thank you for rescusitating this issue in an adroit, respectful, compassionate, intelligent way, and with such a curious and innocent tone.

    • @vernonfrance2974
      @vernonfrance2974 Рік тому

      🤣

    • @dw-fe2ww
      @dw-fe2ww Рік тому

      Hear, hear. Excellent presentation. Tastefully done despite the ugly subject matter. Two separate shooters is entirely possible. A Chicago trip had been canceled due to a threat, and also there was a threat in Florida that year. It was basically "open season" for shooting a President. The Dealy Plaza location was the best place in Dallas for that motorcade to be the most vulnerable.

    • @bottle1211
      @bottle1211 Рік тому

      Calm down

  • @crayoneater9979
    @crayoneater9979 2 місяці тому +3

    60 year old man trapped in a 10 year old body is an "Umbrella Academy" reference.

  • @pauladyer8311
    @pauladyer8311 Рік тому +74

    I think it's a great idea for Kevin to write a script about the journalist and her musing files. I think it would be really cool to do a mini series of different things associated with JFK. There is to much to cover in one episode

  • @jrmckim
    @jrmckim Рік тому +96

    My grandparents drove from Shreveport to Dallas (3 hours) to see JFK. My grandparents waited all morning and right after the car turned onto elm they heard what they thought were firecrackers and then screams. They were about 30-40 feet from the car when it happened. The pictures make it look like they were closer though. Luckily my grandmother had bent down to pick up my mom's shoe so she didn't see it. My grandfather had seen it and his first instinct was to take my 1-year-old mom off his shoulders and lay on top of both of his wife and daughter and then pulled them out of the crowd. My mom has no memory of it since she was so young.
    Here's a fun fact: My uncle was conceived the day JFK was assassinated. He was born on August 28th 1964.

    • @ElicBehexan
      @ElicBehexan Рік тому +8

      I turned 10 the day after the assassination, JFK was supposed to come to Austin after Dallas, they were letting us out of school early for the parade. They still let us out of school early...

    • @gluedtothemouse
      @gluedtothemouse Рік тому +9

      Wow, that's intense! Good dad-reflexes from your grandfather

    • @syntaxerror9994
      @syntaxerror9994 Рік тому

      Nothing puts you in the mood more than watching a world leader get shot.

    • @UnicornsPoopRainbows
      @UnicornsPoopRainbows Рік тому +8

      They had an eventful celebration of life evening...

    • @Simple_But_Expensive
      @Simple_But_Expensive Рік тому +3

      At the time my father was an foreign service officer (State Department) stationed in Japan. I remember the day because it was the first time I saw him cry. When I asked him why, he said “they shot the president”. Then, since I was only three years old, he had to explain who the president was. The funny thing is that years later he told me he thought Kennedy was soft on communism and a terrible president. The reason he was crying was not that Kennedy was killed, but that he thought the incident would destroy people’s trust in the government, which it did. MLK and Bobby were just icing on the cake. Add in things like the pentagon papers, watergate, the church commission, and all the crap since, and at any given time, about half the population hates the administration in power, and is willing to believe any bad thing they hear without applying any critical thought to it. It doesn’t matter who killed Kennedy. It matters what effect it had. The man died 60 years ago. Any person involved is now either dead or in a nursing home waiting to die. They had their motive (the classic mice (money, ideology, conscience, ego)), but there were a LOT of unintended consequences. As an example, Kennedy had already stated that he didn’t want conventional forces in Vietnam. He had also stated privately that other than the propaganda benefits of the moon landing, the government had no interests in space, and it should be turned over to private industry. These are just two examples. How many other things that happened over the next 60 years would habe been different if Americans hadn’t had their optimism beat over and over with a stick?

  • @theminutebible873
    @theminutebible873 Рік тому +203

    The question to ask is WHY were they so intent on selling the lone gunman theory. Perhaps because the law says that if there was a ‘conspiracy ’ multiple shooters, then they could convene a grand jury. If that happened, some very important people would have had to answer a lot of very uncomfortable questions.

    • @portugal5698
      @portugal5698 Рік тому

      Yep. Unfortunately, the main conspirator passed away almost a decade or so ago. Politicians cared more about his payoffs and funding, then they did about the pres. he had murderered.

    • @robirvine6970
      @robirvine6970 Рік тому +22

      Because it's the truth? What do you expect them to say when constantly asked exactly the same question? Do you think 1 + 1 = 2 is a conspiracy because the answers always the same?

    • @rileyswedelius-smith6360
      @rileyswedelius-smith6360 Рік тому

      Because they were embarrassed about the actual truth: that secret service agent George Hickey accidentally shot the President in the head while attempting to return fire to Oswald

    • @ethanallan1254
      @ethanallan1254 Рік тому +23

      I think Simon touched on the most likely theory for this in the episode, they didn’t know who the other guy was and they really didn’t want to be the ones who let someone who killed a president get away.

    • @joem7888
      @joem7888 Рік тому +1

      There’s a man named Garrison, he was the New Orleans DA back in the 70’s. He convened a grand jury and brought charges against Clay Shaw for conspiracy to kill JFK. He was vilified and slandered by the media and the government. They did a really good job of slandering him and the case at the time.

  • @fool4homeschool250
    @fool4homeschool250 Рік тому +13

    I have followed this conspiracy theory closely for over 4 decades, and I used to be a believer. Over time, I've become a believer in the lone gunman. The more you know about the ballistics, the more you realize the single-bullet theory is not really a stretch, and LHO's shot was a very easy one. If you visit Dallas, you'll be shocked at how close everything is. A shooter couldn't have shot from the knoll, because everyone would have noticed. The best indisputable evidence of a conspiracy is: LHO was handing out pro-Castro flyers with a phony stamped address, which was actually home to a severely right-wing anti-Castro group. As a teenager, LHO was in a boy scouts type of group with a pedophile group leader who worked closely with these anti-Castro people, and trained people for the Bay of Pigs invasion. No one ever heard Ruby utter a single word in favor of JFK prior to the assassination. The government never publicly identified the men who were helping LHO hand out literature in New Orleans, though they were photographed. The best evidence in favor of a lone gunman: LHO was deeply disturbed since childhood--his mother was an absolute narcissistic psychopath. He behaved dramatically just before the killing (ie: leaving his wife his wedding ring.) There is no evidence beyond LHO's three bullets; surely a shooter from a different angle would have left fragments. LHO got the job, before the parade was planned, he got it purely by happenstance, and his boss assigning him to that building was also happenstance. It wasn't his first lone assassination attempt, having almost killed Edwin Walker. My best guess? LHO killed JFK as a lone nut, but CIA had the mob kill LHO because they were afraid he would reveal his connection to them, the anti-Castro groups, and CIA efforts to get the mob to kill Castro and restore mob control over Cuba,

    • @JeremyHurtt
      @JeremyHurtt Рік тому +2

      To me, the best evidence is the fact that LHO attempted to murder another political figure, with the same rifle, only a few months earlier, and then murdered a police officer directly after kiling Kennedy.
      I, too, began as a believer. I read ALL the conspiracy books, and was obsessed with finding the "truth" of 11/22/63.
      It was, ironically, first going to Dealy Plaza that got me to start asking questions about the conspiracy theory itself. As you said, it's a small area, and the shot wouldn't be all that difficult to make, contrary to all of the narratives. Once I realized that talking point was nonsense, I started to investigate the rest of them. Realizing that "the magic bullet" was a total invention was a pretty big shocker, too.
      The more you objectively learn about the JFK assassination, the more you realize that the official story is, as uninteresting as it may be, almost certainly reality.

    • @abaez008
      @abaez008 Рік тому

      Akums razor

    • @richsouthall1937
      @richsouthall1937 Рік тому

      Totally agree with you about the supposed Grassy Knoll shooter theory. There were perhaps 20-30 people on the overpass, on the knoll itself and people behind the picket fence. Anybody shooting from that area would have been noticed by many, many people; but alas not a single person has ever stated that. And nobody would even attempt that because there is no concealment of their position - on the other hand, Oswald had the best concealment possible. Hidden within a building.

    • @agstudioband
      @agstudioband 11 місяців тому

      thats quite believable reason for CIA to kill Oswald (via Ruby). At that time it could work. But there is no more threat from Cuba or Castro anymore, so they would have explained it like this long time ago. Nobody did it, why? Public would understand it and take it! Documents are continously being opened to public, none of documents supported what you are saying.

  • @linseyskelly9524
    @linseyskelly9524 Рік тому +192

    What makes me so angry about this investigation is the fact that no one took Ed Hoffman seriously.
    He was the deaf man who was standing on the triple overpass and saw the shooter behind the fence, saw him disassemble his weapon and pass it off to another man, and saw them drive away.
    The FBI never took him seriously. He died in 2010.

    • @Caeruleo
      @Caeruleo Рік тому +52

      "What makes me so angry about this investigation is the fact that no one took Ed Hoffman seriously. He was the deaf man who was standing on the triple overpass and saw the shooter behind the fence, saw him disassemble his weapon and pass it off to another man, and saw them drive away. The FBI never took him seriously."
      I'm curious as to why you didn't bother to mention that he main reason Ed Hoffman was not taken seriously was because he changed his story repeatedly.

    • @mta4562
      @mta4562 Рік тому +15

      the physics don't work with a second shooter. you can get unangry.

    • @malekofthegreen738
      @malekofthegreen738 Рік тому +18

      ​@@Caeruleo dang you got so triggered you have a retype the whole comment? 😂😂😂

    • @carlfrye1566
      @carlfrye1566 Рік тому +23

      ​​@@malekofthegreen738 How is pointing out he changed his story repeatedly.......being triggered?

    • @Meton12765
      @Meton12765 Рік тому +15

      Yeah, there's a very good reason they didn't take him seriously. Because he was full of shit.

  • @BruceBoyde
    @BruceBoyde Рік тому +77

    This and MLK are the two conspiracies where I genuinely think the doubt and the motivation is there. Plenty of people, powerful people, wanted both dead and it seems plausible that they may have been involved.

    • @ThatWriterKevin
      @ThatWriterKevin Рік тому +8

      Well you'll be happy to know what episode I covered after this one and is even longer...

    • @BruceBoyde
      @BruceBoyde Рік тому +2

      @@ThatWriterKevin I'm excited to hear it. One of these >30 minute ones popping up on my timeline gets me honestly excited to get in the gym after work just so I can watch them while I run. This channel is by far my favorite in the whistleverse.

    • @kxkxkxkx
      @kxkxkxkx Рік тому

      Correct... Lee Oswald was a KGB agent recruited in Japan and trained in Russia and given a KGB wife ☝️

    • @elbrownstone92
      @elbrownstone92 Рік тому

      😊

    • @Nozirev
      @Nozirev Рік тому +4

      @@kxkxkxkxwhy would they give him a Russian wife if his undercover

  • @ventarfield7115
    @ventarfield7115 Рік тому +83

    A man in my family developed explosives in world war 2 and all way through slurry to the nukes. He said when he saw the bomb hit Nagasaki in the newspaper, it was the first time he had any clue as to what he had been working on. Everything is compartmentalized, and these people are compensated well to focus on their one little piece of the puzzle.

    • @pseudonym745
      @pseudonym745 Рік тому +10

      THANK YOU VERY MUCH!
      This should be written as a kind of disclaimer under every video/article /piece of information that bears the slightest chance of "getting visited" by the "how could it be possible if 100 000 people knew about it" - morons...

    • @bobdionne4625
      @bobdionne4625 Рік тому +2

      I never looked at it that way before.
      And now, thanks to you. I never will again. 🤔

    • @wilson1799
      @wilson1799 Рік тому +6

      But here there are many problems with your "man in my family." For one, why Nagasaki? Hiroshima happened and he went "nah, that was not me," but then Nagasaki happened and that was the moment he realized? What exactly did he do with explosives that would equate to the same level of work that the Mahattan Project required? If he was smart enough to be developing a new type of explosive, he was smart enough to know what those explosives would have been used for. Sure, the Manhattan Project was a secret to the public, but if he was developing it, he would have had some idea for its final destination: bombs, being made during a war, kill.
      As a historian, you learn very quickly that compartmentalization does not exist at the caliber conspiracy theorists require it to be at. You learn very quickly that when a secret becomes too big, it spills quite easily. Hell, look at the Holocaust, which you could argue was supposed to be compartmentalized. Not many of the lower level soldiers, let alone the citizens, knew exactly what was going on in the camps, yet what was happening was so quickly spread that even the U.S. knew it was happening before World War 2 even reached its peak. Humans are horrible at keeping secrets. Even organizations that were supposed to keep their jobs a secret, like the Stasi, eventually came to light.
      The problem with conspiracy theorists or those that push these narratives is that you assume history transitions from event to event with the help of grand plans. The idea that a single man can change history (ex. the assassination of Archduke Franzferdinand, the assassination of JFK) never seems plausible to you people. A man murders his wife? No big deal. A man murders a president in broad daylight without any protection? Well, that's impossible. JFK was not the first president to be assassinated, and if the U.S. continues for centuries, he surely will most likely not be the last. Individuals can change history just as easily as conspiracies conspired by large governments and organizations.

    • @wilson1799
      @wilson1799 Рік тому

      @@pseudonym745 But, you are wrong. If I tell a secret to 100,000 people, that secret is spreading. It is as simple as that. Whistleblowers happen all the time. Leaked files or data happen all the time. Compartmentalization never works.

    • @thelordofcringe
      @thelordofcringe Рік тому

      @@noasundqvist1271 the people who worked on it were in the mafia or working for J. Edgar Hoover. The two most secretive and murderous organizations of their era.

  • @DK-ss1vu
    @DK-ss1vu Рік тому +11

    I’ve given up trying to figure out what happened. I’ve read several books, watched numerous documentaries and listened to tons of lectures about the JFK assassination. At the end of the day, I don’t know what happened. Personally I think Oswald had help.

    • @aaronz7056
      @aaronz7056 Рік тому

      What service, exactly, did his "accomplices" provide?

    • @suestephan3255
      @suestephan3255 Рік тому +2

      Oswald was a pasty in that he didn’t act alone. From what he said when being arrested he most definitely would have spilled the beans except someone (Ruby) was within arms length with a gun and shot him mortally. So was that staged too. Odd how close he was able to be. Oswald was a sharp shooter probably learned in the Marines.

    • @aaronz7056
      @aaronz7056 Рік тому

      @@suestephan3255 "Probably..." Oswald scored 18 out of 20 in rapid fire at targets 200 yards away as per his Marines scorebook. "Staged" by whom? Enough with this crackpot paranoia. Oswald never made the slightest attempt to blow any conspiracy to any cop, any member of his family, to the President of the Dallas Bar Association, or to a live TV audience of millions. What service, exactly, did these "accomplices" provide?

    • @levidiaz3074
      @levidiaz3074 День тому

      You can't say that 💯 because files are still classified

  • @Sun-resa
    @Sun-resa Рік тому +26

    Yeah, about many murderers having terrible childhoods: I totally agree it's no excuse. Some of the kindest people I've ever met had horrible childhoods.

    • @hungi3caat936
      @hungi3caat936 Рік тому +5

      Some of the most awful people I've met had "good" childhoods.

    • @ryanparker4996
      @ryanparker4996 Рік тому +1

      The idea that were all born Tabula Rasa and then the events of our lives dictate wether or not were going to be good, is getting less and less believable every day I live. To me it seems some people are just born evil.

    • @turtleanton6539
      @turtleanton6539 Рік тому +1

      For sure😊

    • @turtleanton6539
      @turtleanton6539 Рік тому +1

      ​@@hungi3caat936for sure😊

    • @grimtraveller7923
      @grimtraveller7923 3 місяці тому

      @Sun-resa
      "Yeah, about many murderers having terrible childhoods: I totally agree it's no excuse. Some of the kindest people I've ever met had horrible childhoods"
      While true, it's irrelevant whether even the majority of kind people had terrible childhoods. What is relevant is that the subject at hand, Lee Oswald, had a lousy childhhood, and that his response to the goings on in that childhood contributed to his outlook, which had a direct bearing on how he saw the world, how he felt about people in the world {anything not positive simply confirmed what he already suspected about the world in relation to him} and how he expressed that in behaviour and action.
      It's not making excuses for him ¬> it's simply stating the reality of the matter. He will always be responsible for his negative behaviour and actions. But it is not living in the real world to pretend that a poor childhood had no bearing on him. It did. That's why we always ought to do our best to ensure that children are treasured, wanted and disciplined. If they go wrong after that, it won't be for want of trying.

  • @Handsomeanthony68
    @Handsomeanthony68 Рік тому +192

    Imagine, for a second, that Oswald and the Grassy Knoll dude were both assassins but totally unrelated to each other. Imagine the relief the other dude must’ve felt when everyone thought it was Oswald and he’s dead. Totally safe.🤣

    • @kenoverstreet4380
      @kenoverstreet4380 Рік тому

      CIA Operative Oswald knew the Grassy Knoll Shooter ... CIA Operative Oswald also knew MOBSTER operative Jacob Rubenstein ... Looks like a JFK WhiteWashFlick ... Said the word "Conspiracy Theory" a hundred times ... Books have been written ... Documentaries have been made ... Several Shooters ... 6+ Shots ... JFK was hit 4 times ... Connally hit 2 times ... One of the Shooters is still living and is writing a book ... Where Have You Been ??? Jacob Rubenstein, Lee Oswald, James Files, Chauncey Holt all knew each other ... All CIA Operatives ... Followed Orders ... There was a bullet hole thru the FRONT Windshield ... 88 Witnesses say Exit Wound was from the rear of the Head ... 50+ Witnesses say that shots were fired from the Grassy Knoll ... Where Have You Been ???? TOTAL MISINFORMATION ! ! !

    • @nickm455
      @nickm455 Рік тому +17

      I would bet the CIA had him killed too just in case.

    • @peterfraser9070
      @peterfraser9070 Рік тому +4

      "the Grassy Knoll dude": a non-existent person

    • @Dude0000
      @Dude0000 Рік тому +20

      @@peterfraser9070 aka a professional hitman carrying out the perfect crime. Time magazine bought the Zepruder film for a lot of money and only showed a few still photos never the full video. When it eventually came out, that’s when polls swung against the official narrative. There’s also evidence of tampering which the technicians at the lab have come out and told there stories which are interesting, and they didn’t know of each other’s work, even though one was in charge as it was a Kodak lab, so a private company, but the most advanced at the time.
      More you look into this, the more there is. Is endless.

    • @peterfraser9070
      @peterfraser9070 Рік тому +8

      @@Dude0000 "a professional hitman" who chooses an very open, public spot to stand and fire? And he missed, lol. Some "professional hitman".

  • @seadog2969
    @seadog2969 Рік тому +30

    I've never thought that Oswald worked alone but I've also never assumed there was a massive, huge conspiracy. When I finally went to Dallas and visited the Grassy Knoll and Book Depository, I was like "dude, I could make that shot. I've shot rabbits with my .22 at that distance." I'm writing this at the beginning of the video. Let's see how it goes.

    • @bboops23
      @bboops23 Рік тому +4

      So I watched a few documentaries about the JFK assassination and the one thing that they have consistently deduced is that if there was a second shooter, they probably weren't on the grassy knoll. The picture that everyone uses as evidence would require the person to be something like 16 feet tall and the angle doesn't line up with the information we have. But most of them consistently agree that a second shooter is more likely than one, but none of them could full on rule out a single shooter either. They moreso lined up with, if all these specific circumstances were true then one shooter could have done it, but two shooters is way more likely

    • @nickcallcutt8253
      @nickcallcutt8253 Рік тому +1

      @@bboops23 more like 6-8 different shooters on the plaza

    • @erraticonteuse
      @erraticonteuse Рік тому +14

      I know a guy who believes there was a second shooter who *wasn't* working with Oswald, because, you know, world leaders driving around in convertibles is kind of catnip to assassins. Oswald might not have been the only guy with the same idea.

    • @seadog2969
      @seadog2969 Рік тому

      @@erraticonteuse I never thought of that . . . . it would be a strange coincidence but it's also a very reasonable possibility as well.

    • @bboops23
      @bboops23 Рік тому

      @@seadog2969 so interestingly there's some evidence that when JFK visited Ireland earlier the same year, it's believed that there was a failed assassination attempt. So it wouldn't be too wild to suspect a second assassin who was unrelated to Oswald.

  • @giovannisantostasi9615
    @giovannisantostasi9615 Рік тому +1

    Look at all the permutations:
    1) Oswald was involved and had orders from a covert agency to shoot the president- at the same time they also gave orders to others to do the same (and then let Oswald be blamed).
    2) Oswald was involved and he knew there were others that will also shoot the president.
    3) He was not involved at all and he was simply blamed because he worked in the Depository building, had a gun and he was a USSR sympathizer.
    4) He was involved and he was the only shooter.
    I think we can eliminate 4 easily because there are 2 many things that seem unlikely. In particular the autopsy, finding an extra bullet what was not damaged (see recent revelation by secret service agent that found this bullet in the back of the car seat), the fact that WWII gun he used was not very good at all and so on.

  • @elizabethsayeau8305
    @elizabethsayeau8305 Рік тому +180

    I think after watching this whole video, the only thing i have to say is God bless Jackie Kennedy and may she rest in peace with her husband. The world does not give her enough admiration for her ability to not only witness the murder of her husband, but to publicly make a statement two days later. The Kennedy’s have a dark and complicated history, but no human being deserves this.

    • @captur69
      @captur69 Рік тому +9

      Rest in peace with which husband....

    • @Dude0000
      @Dude0000 Рік тому +8

      @@captur69 lol, I came to ask the same question.

    • @captur69
      @captur69 Рік тому +3

      @@Dude0000 besides I hate the phrase ''rest in peace'' we have no choice....we're dead...some people think the party goes on someplace....

    • @captur69
      @captur69 Рік тому

      @@Peterbrendanalbert well that's the result of marring into a crime family...with ties to the mob' unions ' and the like...like his father he should of kept to bootleging booze...

    • @bavarianbaron
      @bavarianbaron Рік тому +9

      I'm not so sure you understand the relationship between John and Jackie... it wasn't a healthy one. She seems better off afterwards.

  • @jsinope2786
    @jsinope2786 Рік тому +109

    Great work Kevin, Jenn and Simon. Definitely worth the watch and I can’t wait for part 2!

    • @ThatWriterKevin
      @ThatWriterKevin Рік тому +20

      Thanks!

    • @buncer
      @buncer Рік тому +11

      @@ThatWriterKevin definitely do a Killgallen episode. Please, the JFK assassination could be a whole DTU mini-series.

    • @Chancetheflapper
      @Chancetheflapper Рік тому +6

      @@ThatWriterKevin I need a part 2 to this 🙏🏼. Loved this episode. I rewound it a few times to make sure I listened to every word. Gripped 👀

    • @ThatWriterKevin
      @ThatWriterKevin Рік тому +2

      @@Chancetheflapper thanks! 💕

    • @PkkSpiral
      @PkkSpiral Рік тому +4

      @@ThatWriterKevin Absolutely solid work here. Dedication to the craft is evident.

  • @richardmarts2432
    @richardmarts2432 Рік тому +67

    I was a 8th grade student sitting in biology class when JFK was shot. I remember the school Principle using the intercom to call all the teachers to his office where he told them the news. The teachers returned to their classes and told the stunned students, then school was dismissed for the rest of the day. You would be hard pressed to find a dozen people who firmly believe Lee Oswald acted alone.

    • @windycityliz7711
      @windycityliz7711 Рік тому

      Exactly. And no one believed the Warren Report. And records are still sealed.

    • @cpwm17
      @cpwm17 Рік тому +7

      There's a lot more people than that that understand Oswald acted along (which is obvious for those that know the real facts). People that talk about the assassination a lot do tend to believe the conspiracies.

    • @J29-u8u
      @J29-u8u Рік тому +6

      @@cpwm17 I’m with you as regards Oswald being the sole assassin, but the latest polls on the subject do indeed show that the majority of Americans believe otherwise. Oliver Stone had the last laugh on this one.

    • @the-kilted-trucker59
      @the-kilted-trucker59 Рік тому +12

      Well think for a second on this. Little hole in, big hole out.
      Since Kennedy's face was intact and half the back of his head is missing. Where did the bullet enter?

    • @cpwm17
      @cpwm17 Рік тому

      @@J29-u8u Oliver Stone got people believing the piece of fiction he pulled out of his a$$ is real history.

  • @GraemePayne1967Marine
    @GraemePayne1967Marine Рік тому +1

    Citizenship - I was born in England (with English parents). Over time the family emigrated to Canada and then the USA. At the time of President Kennedy's assassination I was in school in Denver.
    Time passed .... Eventually I was 18 and decided to enlist in the US Marines. Part of the process was starting the application for me to become a US Citizen. By asking around I found out that taking US citizenship did NOT mean I would automatically lose my UK citizenship. So I became, and still am, a person with dual citizenship. I have since found found out that it it depends on the laws of the countries. By US law, taking the Oath of Allegiance means renouncing any other citizenship. But under UK law, that did not matter. So I would say that "it depends" ...........

  • @myronww
    @myronww Рік тому +62

    If you take an Amtrak from the East Coast to West Coast via the southern route, you pass right through Dallas on the very tracks that run through the plaza. The Amtrak train makes a stop in Dallas. It was really interesting to look outside the window of the train and see a place that you had never been to, but that you recognized because of its historical importance. It was also interesting to know that you are on the tracks associated with the event and the trains the "Hobo"s were on.

    • @dolnick7
      @dolnick7 Рік тому

      @@RichardM333 Absolutely no one saw this nonsense, but its author did manage to sell a few books.

    • @ryanparker4996
      @ryanparker4996 Рік тому

      ​@@RichardM333 they only place those on tracks as a warning for a stalled or derailed train ahead so the idea that they were randomly placed on the tracks near the plaza doesnt really make any sense.

    • @myronww
      @myronww Рік тому +1

      @@RichardM333 How does your theory explain the gun and open window in the school book depository. I find it very hard to believe that they could put something like that in place that fast for an accident. Also, how do you explain "back and to the left"

    • @fifedogg511
      @fifedogg511 Рік тому +1

      ​@@myronww back and to the left indicates that shot came from in front of him

    • @kenoverstreet4380
      @kenoverstreet4380 Рік тому

      Totally Irrelevant ... The CIA arranged the HIT at Tax Payers Expense ... Everything has been proven in Books and Documentaries and people still make stupid Comments about this Horrendous Crime ! !

  • @ThatJunkman
    @ThatJunkman Рік тому +75

    “I don’t think it was a conspiracy but I don’t think he acted alone”. That is a conspiracy

    • @creativeamerican8811
      @creativeamerican8811 7 місяців тому +8

      Thank you. One of the many things that irritates me about this world is the phrase “Conspiracy theorist”
      It only makes sense when it comes to case like JFK’s, either a lone assassination or a conspiracy.
      9/11 for example for a conspiracy, just who people believe conspired varies.

    • @PositiveOnly-dm3rx
      @PositiveOnly-dm3rx 4 місяці тому +1

      Uh, you need a dictionary. That's a coincidence, not a conspiracy.

    • @PositiveOnly-dm3rx
      @PositiveOnly-dm3rx 4 місяці тому

      Wait, did you not even watch the video? Or do you not understand what context is?

  • @bethanyr6951
    @bethanyr6951 Рік тому +52

    The secret service's actions afterwards are super suspicious as well. All the events from getting the body out of Dallas to the autopsy are very questionable. I have heard the theory that the final shot was fired on accident by a secret service member riding behind Kennedy. Definitely worthy of a coverup.

    • @kiddeath96
      @kiddeath96 Рік тому +2

      Isn't that more of a red hearing.

    • @sammysam601
      @sammysam601 Рік тому

      Some of these counter theories are deliberate plants by CIA affiliated writers to confuse the issues. This is one of them. When I started looking into all these theories I believed that one for like a week because I was desperate to hold on to any last narrative that had Oswald shooting from the sixth floor. Once I gave that up, it all started crumbling. Come into the conspiracy pool, the water is clear.

    • @bethanyr6951
      @bethanyr6951 Рік тому

      @@kiddeath96 Most likely, and I'm sure that's not what happened. But if it did, it would certainly explain a coverup.

    • @bethanyr6951
      @bethanyr6951 Рік тому +5

      @@sammysam601 The secret service accidental shooting theory is bunk, but it's not as bad as the Bush theory lol. But the best we can do at this point is find the best fitting explanation, we'll never actually know what happened. I find a lot of the conspiracy theories interesting from a novelty pov

    • @kiddeath96
      @kiddeath96 Рік тому

      @@sammysam601 oswald is guilty of something in my book. I haven't been fully shaken on him shooting yet. There was gun residue on his hands(proves nothing since it doesn't tell you exact time of fire.) And fresh palm print too. The Hoover comment is interesting. That's a smoking gun...maybe conspiracy? There's also the anti castro Cubans who said they knew him and had the same handler.
      Antonio Veciana (same alleged handler)
      Ilona Marita Lorenz ( might be sketch but is confirmed asset at one time)
      Ricardo Morales Navarrete (his son makes the claims)

  • @menwithven8114
    @menwithven8114 Місяць тому +1

    Comparing black civil rights to trans people is actually pretty disturbing Simon.

  • @Greg-TC
    @Greg-TC Рік тому +78

    Would love to see that part 2!
    Also, my favorite weird aspect of the JFK thing is that Woody Harrelson's dad, who was a real life hitman (seriously, look it up), was allegedly trained by the CIA and admitted to killing Kennedy while in a police stand off. He most likely had nothing to do with it, but still interesting

    • @Greg-TC
      @Greg-TC Рік тому +12

      @RandallWindle Official He recanted his confession and said he only said it to buy time. As far as I know, he wasn't even in Dallas on Nov 22, 1963. No one who knew him actually thought he did it. If there was any hard evidence he was involved, I would reconsider my statement, but as far as I know, there's barely circumstantial evidence

    • @dookiehowser1162
      @dookiehowser1162 Рік тому

      he was there, look up Mac Wallace, he was Johnson's personal bitch

    • @coryhoggatt7691
      @coryhoggatt7691 Рік тому +2

      @@Greg-TC no evidence? There’s a picture of him in Dallas that day!

    • @bloodshotterror624
      @bloodshotterror624 Рік тому

      ​@@coryhoggatt7691 you speaking of the 3 tramps perpwalk pic good sir?

    • @aaronz7056
      @aaronz7056 Рік тому

      He flatly denied it and there is no evidence for him anyway.

  • @ginnyjollykidd
    @ginnyjollykidd Рік тому +7

    Being the granddaughter of a Master Machinist, I have the utmost respect for my Grandpa, his meticulous attention to detail, and the ability to eyeball 0.125 inch (⅛ inch).
    Grandpa made his own tools, and he took his job seriously. He took pride in his work and got another Machinist job with Naval Ordnance after he retired From Dupont.
    I would say Oswald was lucky to get such a job.

  • @golferorb
    @golferorb Рік тому +38

    Video idea: Decoding the Unknown on holocaust denial.
    I've found it difficult to find any information why people think the holocaust was fake.

    • @bboops23
      @bboops23 Рік тому +3

      I doubt it would ever happen by virtue of it would probably be demonetized and set to limited viewership. He might also struggle to find sponsors

    • @betaich
      @betaich Рік тому

      because they are racists and want Adolf and his party members to not be bad people or think the jews nade it up to garner support

    • @jacobswafford1151
      @jacobswafford1151 Рік тому +4

      I second this as I know someone who believes this and I can't fathom why.

    • @stevewindsor3858
      @stevewindsor3858 Рік тому +3

      If I were to guess "Why" people believe it (playing arm chair psychologist) There might be a few reasons. Not all applied to everyone, not only one will be a factor. One is Social Influence, if you're raised in an area that is more... brash... you could hear it from acquaintances and older people. Another could be, wanting a scape goat still. Just as some people believe they should be given something for nothing, they could feel "attacked" by them(jews and others targeted in the holocaust" So it could be their demented way to "justify" their hate or fits their agenda another way. Another is simply propaganda. You repeat a lie enough, it gets taken as truth. All speculation here. Idk, people could just want to troll, might be a Poe.

    • @erraticonteuse
      @erraticonteuse Рік тому

      Antisemites want to pretend the thing they wanted to have succeeded didn't happen so no one stops them from trying again. It's not that complicated.

  • @kirksealls1912
    @kirksealls1912 4 місяці тому

    I’m a hunter, and I’ve personally seen an entry wound that is considerably larger than the exit wound, and I’ve never seen an animal “pushed” by a bullet. The direction they head has nothing to do with the direction the bullet came from. I’ve also seen full metal jacket bullets that traveled through a very great amount of tissue and bone with nothing to show for it but a squashed base.
    As far as the smoke from the grassy knoll is concerned, I fail to understand why the gun would have been visibly smoking.
    I’m not saying no one else was involved, but I don’t think this evidence is as strong as it otherwise sounds

    • @SpaceHCowboy
      @SpaceHCowboy 4 місяці тому

      Bro, what? The number of entry/exit /impacts doesn't even add up with the Warren Commission Report.
      End of story.
      Worth far more gone than left standing with full cardio pulmonary function.

    • @kirksealls1912
      @kirksealls1912 4 місяці тому

      Hi @@SpaceHCowboy! I should clarify, I’m not attempting to defend the Warren Commission’s diligence or findings, per se. I’m simply speaking to the evidence put forth suggesting that more than one assassin was involved that day.
      I don’t know if the Warren Commission’s entry/exit wound counts matched, but I do know that many, but not all, experiments by experts have concluded that a single bullet could account for all wounds that were received that day excepting the fatal head shot on Kennedy. Some of these experiments also produce bullets similar in appearance to the bullet that is purported by some to have made these wounds. The Wikipedia page on the subject summarizes some of these experiments:
      en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single-bullet_theory?wprov=sfti1#ABC's_The_Kennedy_Assassination:_Beyond_Conspiracy

  • @Pomshka
    @Pomshka Рік тому +34

    Halfway through the video: JFK reportedly wore some type of back brace? Corset device due to some injury he received. People have suggested the reason he doesn't duck after the first shot is because he physically couldn't due to the corset. He didn't like people to know he had to wear it, so very few people actually knew about it's existence. His doctor apparently, told him not to wear it that day but Kennedy wore it regardless because he didn't want people to see him wincing from the pain.

    • @kimberly1023
      @kimberly1023 Рік тому +8

      Kennedy had a horrible, rare disease called Addison’s Disease - a form of Adrenal Insufficiency - which causes a myriad of problems. Kennedy injured his back rescuing his boat mates when they were sunk by the Japanese. He had to have back surgery but the Addison’s made it very difficult for him to survive the surgery. The guy suffered a lot

    • @Lukecash2
      @Lukecash2 Рік тому +3

      It’s true, Kennedy did have a back brace and couldn’t have ducked.

    • @Pomshka
      @Pomshka Рік тому +1

      @@kimberly1023 Thank you! I wasn't 100% sure I was remembering correctly!

    • @Pomshka
      @Pomshka Рік тому

      @@Lukecash2 Thank you! I wasn't 100% sure I was right! I had this vague memory of having read this somewhere, so glad I was somewhat correct!

    • @ThatWriterKevin
      @ThatWriterKevin Рік тому +15

      This is correct. I mention his back brace, but I didn't go into all the details because the script was already really long.

  • @ignitionfrn2223
    @ignitionfrn2223 Рік тому +28

    4:50 - Chapter 1 - Dallas , 1963
    12:45 - Chapter 2 - Lee Harvey Oswald
    35:15 - Chapter 3 - Did oswald act alone ?
    48:25 - Chapter 4 - Evidence of a 2nd shooter
    1:08:35 - Chapter 5 - Evidence of a conspiracy
    1:21:20 - Wrap up

    • @brendanbrown3100
      @brendanbrown3100 Рік тому +1

      Chapter 6 - Simon reads “Case Closed” by Gerald Posner and wonders why he bothered making this video.

  • @abrahammorrison6374
    @abrahammorrison6374 Рік тому +40

    Clint Hill is the last surviving Secret Service member on the JFK assassination motorcade. He is 91.

    • @StoutProper
      @StoutProper Рік тому +5

      The secret service did a terrible job

    • @dab.
      @dab. Рік тому +3

      Clint Hill admitted to drinking at a club until the early hours before the assassination and to being slow to react. He, and some others, were criticised by the Warren Commission. Instead of being fired, Hill was promoted.

    • @heyron3554
      @heyron3554 Рік тому +4

      @@StoutProperThey wouldn’t have done so poorly had they not been given direct orders by their superiors, including none other than Kennedy himself, to keep the car’s top down and to keep a significant distance from his limousine, so as to give the appearance that there was no barrier between him and the public. Secret Service has since been given higher authority on what can and can’t be done with regards to the president’s safety, but they were following direct orders from Kennedy not to be too close to him. That is why they failed to save him.

    • @gregoryeugene3397
      @gregoryeugene3397 Рік тому +3

      He is not the last Secret Srevice agent alive.

    • @debswatching
      @debswatching Рік тому

      Clint is not the only Secret Service Agent alive. SSA Paul Landis was assigned to Jacqueline Kennedy’s security detail along with Clint Hill. Paul released a book NOV 2023 titled “The Final Witness: A Kennedy Secret Service Agent Breaks His Silence After 60 Years.” Paul attests that he was the person who found the ‘magic bullet’ in the Limo seat, next to Mrs. Kennedy. He put it in his pocket, then placed on JFK’s stretcher in the ER Room.

  • @InertiaCreeps
    @InertiaCreeps 9 місяців тому +3

    51:29 Here’s the problem with this “puff of smoke ON THE GRASSY KNOLL” non-sense. Even in the 1960’s we weren’t using muskets or black powder rifles. You don’t see little “puffs of smoke” with modern day fire arms. Just stop and think for one second. This idea is absolutely ludicrous. If “puffs of smoke” were a thing we’d be able to pin snipers down instantly. But its not a thing, and so there is no way in Hell a “puff of smoke” means a firearm unless somebody was using a black powder musket or rifle.

    • @loosegoose2466
      @loosegoose2466 4 місяці тому

      Fair enough, but what else could have caused the smoke?

    • @leviclement
      @leviclement 3 місяці тому +1

      @@loosegoose2466 a cigarette? Seems like everyone and their mother was smoking back then

    • @loosegoose2466
      @loosegoose2466 3 місяці тому +1

      @@leviclement yeah possibly, apparently there's a nearby steam pipe and also the exhaust fumes from cars and motor cycles

    • @chhdhhd
      @chhdhhd 3 місяці тому +2

      ​@@loosegoose2466dust kicked up by a gun shot not smoke but dirt would look alot like smoke watch any of the current war footage any dirt dust would be kicked up by the muzzle

    • @loosegoose2466
      @loosegoose2466 3 місяці тому

      @@chhdhhd Good point

  • @retriever19golden55
    @retriever19golden55 Рік тому +24

    The *first* shot completely missed everyone, and chipped off a piece of the curb. The fragment of curb slightly injured a bystander.

    • @gravitypronepart2201
      @gravitypronepart2201 Рік тому +1

      Yup, truth.

    • @StoutProper
      @StoutProper Рік тому

      And that bystander was adamant that it was the second shot that cut his cheek, not the first. The audio analysis suggests 6 gunshots

    • @gravitypronepart2201
      @gravitypronepart2201 Рік тому +1

      @@StoutProper do you have a reference to verify this as true?

    • @dab.
      @dab. Рік тому +2

      @@gravitypronepart2201 Which part? James Tague (who was hit) Warren Commission testimony was very vague and certainly not adamant about anything. The flawed audio analysis presented to the Select Committee was completely debunked years ago.

    • @gravitypronepart2201
      @gravitypronepart2201 Рік тому +2

      @dab. yeah, the sound was inconclusive. Witnesses reported different numbers of shots, and there were echos bouncing off of buildings. Also, what they reported seeing wasn't all the same either. This is typical in incidents like it. The fact that really mitigated against a conspiracy was that Oswald went to work there long before the route was even known.

  • @joannakirkwood4970
    @joannakirkwood4970 Рік тому +64

    I'm not a conspiracy theorist per se but this one incident, along with Marilyn Monroe's death have always held a morbid fascination. Both exceedingly sad and tragic, but both mysterious and unresolved. They will always remain so unfortunately...

    • @derekmanning8831
      @derekmanning8831 Рік тому

      The CIA murdered JFK after he threatened to disband them over operation Northwoods.. look it up .. Northwoods is declassified now ..
      It was 9/11 to a T .. go look it up and read it .. Bush sr authored Northwoods .. just replace Cuban nationals with Saudis and tell me what you think.. if everyone would just do the research maybe we could band together and bring the agencies snd scumbags still alive to trial and hold them responsible for the 3000 American Citizens they murdered to further their sick agenda

    • @Mako22.
      @Mako22. Рік тому

      its not unresolved. Oswald clearly did it and anyone saying differently is simply an uneducated idiot. The dude would have been castrated in trial. He didn't stand a chance.

    • @DavidHRyall
      @DavidHRyall Рік тому +2

      It was actually a conspiracy though

    • @Mako22.
      @Mako22. Рік тому

      @@DavidHRyall nope

    • @Rambam1776
      @Rambam1776 Рік тому +4

      It has been resolved 12 ways from Sunday, but people don't want to admit it.

  • @number1westiefan
    @number1westiefan Рік тому +43

    I just finished listening to the podcast "The sun of a Hitman". It was about the life of Charles Harrison, Woody's father, who was convicted of killing a Supreme Court Justice. At some point he claimed he was the one on the grassy knowl. He also said that the was running guns in Cuba with Jack Ruby in the late 50's

    • @RichardLionheart12
      @RichardLionheart12 Рік тому +2

      What about Secret Service Agent killing JFK theory

    • @aaronz7056
      @aaronz7056 Рік тому +4

      @@RichardLionheart12 Flatly contradicted by eyewitness, film, ballistics and medical evidence.

    • @peterfraser9070
      @peterfraser9070 Рік тому +3

      In reality, if you look into it, no one saw or heard a grassy knoll shooter, and what's funny is the idea of a pro hitman choosing such a public and exposed spot to shoot - and totally missing everyone, including the car. Lol.

    • @jasonkaminski2828
      @jasonkaminski2828 Рік тому +2

      @@peterfraser9070He was identified as one of the “tramps” by poker legend Doyle Brunson who knew him from the underground poker games of the time.

    • @peterfraser9070
      @peterfraser9070 Рік тому +1

      @@jasonkaminski2828 ua-cam.com/video/tZoPtl3cZqc/v-deo.html
      "he was the one on the grassy knoll": The frame by frame shows Kennedy's head go forward on impact and stuff is clearly visible going up and forward. Then we see the big exit wound above the right ear - there's a clearly visible piece of skull attached to skin hanging down from it.
      It was quite the head explosion - literally an explosion caused by the bullet bursting apart, so there's no way that debris wouldn't go flying in all directions - including back.
      But let's face it, the Connallys always said they were covered in you-know-what, and so was the front of the car.
      Your grassy knoll shooter missed completely; and he must have used a silencer, a cloak of invisibility and disappearing bullets.

  • @izziemoss8262
    @izziemoss8262 Рік тому +12

    The frame with Connelley 'not reacting' when watching the footage you can see he's definitely reacting,

  • @jessejoyce1295
    @jessejoyce1295 Рік тому +55

    Please make an episode about the death of Ms. Kilgallen as Kevin mentioned at the end of the video. I’m sort of surprised to hear Simon accept the possibility of two completely unrelated shooters both happening to open fire within seconds of each other, in the same time and place, randomly… given that I’ve heard Simon reference Occam’s razor on numerous occasions. The chances of that are so infinitesimally small that it’s absurd. Also, regarding the potential involvement of the CIA, remember that at the time president Kennedy was assassinated, anyone who wanted to investigate any aspect of the CIA’s then ongoing project MK Ultra would have been ridiculed and dismissed out of hand (in the same way that Simon seems to dismiss any possibility of government involvement in the JFK assassination). I think the possibility should be looked in to, it’s not like we’re talking about aliens building the pyramids or 9/11 conspiracy theories… I have no idea, and I’m not saying I believe it, but I don’t discount it, either.

    • @Lunch2391
      @Lunch2391 Рік тому +4

      not it's not two shooter randomly shooting at almost the same time.
      Shooter A and B are aiming at Kennedy and wait for a good opportunity to shoot.
      Shooter A takes a shot. Shooter B can decide between shooting or not shooting. He chooses to fire.
      If he and Oswald knew each other this is highly likely
      If they didn't know each other it is really unlikely that two people decided to shoot Kennedy at the same place but it is possible
      I'm highlg sceptical about this happening but there is evidence that it did happen

    • @vernonfrance2974
      @vernonfrance2974 Рік тому +1

      💓 The shots were from the back into his back, from the front into his throat and from the right into his temple. Triangulation of fire.

    • @nobbynoris
      @nobbynoris Рік тому

      There was evidence of a second gunman in Robert Kennedy's murder as well. It makes sense - if you're determined to do a job you'll make sure you have a back-up plan.

    • @Caeruleo
      @Caeruleo Рік тому

      @@vernonfrance2974 "The shots were from the back into his back, from the front into his throat and from the right into his temple."
      Nope, it has never been proven that the bullet hole in his back near the base of his neck and the bullet hole in the front of his throat were caused by two separate bullets, nor has it ever been proven that the bullet hole in the front of his throat was caused by a shot from the front. And it most definitely has never been proven that any bullet entered his right temple, and the majority of the evidence suggests otherwise. Had a bullet really entered his right temple we should expect the exit damage to be somewhere in the left hemisphere of his head, yet at both Parkland and Bethesda the damage was described as being more in the right half of his skull than the left half. Also, a bullet entry is usually much smaller than the bullet exit, yet the Zapruder film shows quite a large amount of damage in his right temple area, with those big, horrible flaps of bone and scalp in front of his right ear. And it is difficult to believe, as some have claimed, that that detail in the Zapruder film was "added" later and did not appear in the "original" film, because Zapruder himself said only two hours after the shooting on live television, before he or anyone else had yet seen the developed film for the first time ever, that he saw the right temple area of JFK's head explode, as did nearly all of the other closest witnesses on JFK's right as well, including Emmett Hudson, Bill Newman, Gayle Newman, and Marilyn Sitzman. None of them said that they saw any portion of the entire rear half of his head explode.
      Also the statements of the Dealey Plaza witnesses taken as a whole support the idea of a single shooter better than they support the idea of multiple shooters, although many people have mistakenly claimed otherwise. Of all the witnesses who ever expressed any opinion whatsoever regarding which direction(s) or location(s) the shots sounded as if they came from, the vast majority said that all the shots sounded as if they came either from the TSBD and nowhere else, or all came from the grassy knoll and nowhere else. Out of more than 200 witnesses I can only recall four, total, who contemporaneously claimed that the shots came from multiple directions: Sam Holland, Paul Landis, A.J. Millican, and Dave Powers.

    • @mrrooster4876
      @mrrooster4876 Рік тому

      @@Lunch2391 Oswald never even fired a shot. The rifle the FBI found and presented wasn't even the same type of rifle as his. Everyone needs to watch JFK Betrayed the 4 part series. People have been camping out at the JFK library since the files have been being declassified. The CIA killed Kennedy, it's clear. The FBI helped cover up the investigation. The secret service pressured people to go along with the narrative and the Mob tied up loose ends. There's overwhelming evidence of this now. The connections between the groups began with Operation Underworld. It all started while Eisenhower was President and he tried to warn the public with his farewell speech.

  • @fredsmith8498
    @fredsmith8498 Рік тому +7

    Wally Weston said that it was a sniper hired by the mafia. Ruby was on the outs with the mob and shot Oswald at their direction. Check it out, Wally worked for Ruby and essentially knew everything. Weston lived underground for many years coming out when he was told it was safe. He told a priest before he underwent a dangerous procedure in case he didn’t live. “Death bed confession.” He told others the same thing but never publicly .

  • @frederikvansteen3971
    @frederikvansteen3971 Рік тому +27

    Always found the aftermath the most compelling, why would Jack Ruby kill Oswald and spend his remaining days in jail. Good job, Kevin 👍

    • @thejason755
      @thejason755 Рік тому +9

      I’m sure if any of his blood relatives just mysteriously became wealthy after he went to jail it would be completely unrelated

    • @ThatWriterKevin
      @ThatWriterKevin Рік тому +13

      Thanks!

    • @Yoder023
      @Yoder023 Рік тому +4

      This is the only part where I can actually play devil's advocate and ask "If you know someone killed the president and you have the opportunity to kill him, would you?"
      Most would say yes. Some would believe they would 'be a hero' in America for doing so, not thinking of potential aftermath

    • @foxesofautumn
      @foxesofautumn Рік тому +2

      @@Yoder023 I guess it would depend on how I felt about the president.

    • @chitlitlah
      @chitlitlah Рік тому +8

      @@Yoder023 I don't think most would say yes. Maybe if you could somehow kill the assassin before the event took place, but killing him after the police had apprehended him and he was probably going to be executed by the government anyway and doing it yourself would just lead to you going to prison, what's the point? I'm sure a few would do it, but not most.

  • @mcfontaine
    @mcfontaine 9 місяців тому +1

    The research falls flat when you consider at its height 10,000 people worked for Bletchley Park and its Outstations … but no one told the story till 30 years after WW2.

    • @AlphaHorst
      @AlphaHorst 7 місяців тому

      How many worked in decoding? A few hundred
      You assume that every person knew about sth, while the research includes only the number of people who knew.
      Take 1000 people to build a road. 10 buried a body below the road section they worked on all alone. Somehow in your world all 1000 should know about that and not just 10 because all 1000 worked at that road.
      So the only thing that falls flat is your comprehension capability.

    • @Because-rt8qs
      @Because-rt8qs 5 місяців тому

      ​@@AlphaHorst but imagine instead of saying they built a road, all 1000 said they were truck drivers. Whether they knew about the body or not. Everyone was keeping secrets, in other words.

  • @Kasaaz
    @Kasaaz Рік тому +23

    Having done process design and looking at points of failure professionally, I find a lot of these being so mysterious has a lot to do with people trying to cover their own asses after something goes horribly wrong. It's more people not wanting to admit they f'd up big time than it is a conspiracy.

  • @spyderhobit
    @spyderhobit Рік тому +8

    I like Red Dwarf’s take on the grassy knoll. In that show, it’s Kennedy himself from an alternate timeline.

    • @owenshebbeare2999
      @owenshebbeare2999 Рік тому +1

      Glad to see someone else knows the facts. Lister still didn't get a smeggin' curry!

    • @Tob1Kadach1
      @Tob1Kadach1 Рік тому

      ​@@owenshebbeare2999Actually Lister did get his curries in the full uncut version of the episode that was cut down for TV broadcast. You can see it on the DVD release.

  • @Odayian420
    @Odayian420 Рік тому +9

    Finally he has been talking about this JFK video for a while now.

  • @geeksontapshow
    @geeksontapshow Рік тому +1

    As a Texan, I've been through Daily Plaza a couple of times, and the last time was on the 50th anniversary, and it was spooky.

  • @scdef.6009
    @scdef.6009 Рік тому +49

    This was fascinating, and has convinced a fellow anti-conspiracy theorist. Hopefully we get a part two, and learn more about Dorothy Kilgallen!

    • @HiFiAwardTour
      @HiFiAwardTour Рік тому +4

      Yes. Also homeboy needs an iPad case that doubles as a stand.

    • @benrtomahawk
      @benrtomahawk Рік тому

      Read Hit List by Richard Belzer.

    • @aaronz7056
      @aaronz7056 Рік тому

      @@benrtomahawk The "Mysterious Deaths List" Belzer parrots from a couple of grifters named Jim Marrs and Penn Jones is an hilarious myth. Everybody on it either had little or no connection to the case or else their causes of death were misreported to sound more "sinister."

    • @DFMMei
      @DFMMei Рік тому +1

      An anti-conspiracy theorist? Please explain to me exactly what that means and how you go about applying this to your everyday life

    • @elinra6190
      @elinra6190 Рік тому +2

      calling yourself an anti conspiracy theorist just shows your not intelligent enough to know what conspiracy even means. everyone who uses that phrase also seems to think being contrary is same as being intelligent…

  • @PeachM0de
    @PeachM0de Рік тому +11

    Thank you Kevin and team for putting this together. Hope you’re all doing well and staying safe/healthy.

  • @daltonhamby6305
    @daltonhamby6305 Рік тому +115

    I honestly would be down for a whole series from Kevin about the JFK assassination, this was fascinating.

    • @trawlins396
      @trawlins396 Рік тому

      I hated it. He spent way too much time trying to be "witty".

    • @User_yhvz
      @User_yhvz Рік тому

      Better yet Vote for RFK Jr who is JFK’s nephew. RFK Sr was also killed mysteriously. RFK Jr can tell you all kinds of things.

    • @geoffreyblankenmeyer9888
      @geoffreyblankenmeyer9888 Рік тому

      It's bullshit.

  • @michaelhayashi2978
    @michaelhayashi2978 11 місяців тому

    As an American it feels like our military has recently become politicized and it’s a scary thought.

    • @creativeself7147
      @creativeself7147 10 місяців тому

      Not just recently (although it depends on your definition of "recently," I suppose). Considering the ABSOLUTELY INSANE amount of money that is connected to the military and everything it's tied to, the military has been used as a political tool for centuries now and has long been the quickest and easiest way for those in top positions in the army and industry to gain immense wealth. The moment you dare to reduce that cash flow by advocating for less active military activity, you will find yourself with a MASSIVE price on your head.
      Just look at Kennedy. The man tried to stop the world from being bombarded with atomic bombs, effectively destroying EVERYTHING our species ever worked for AND STILL almost every single one of the military officials, political advisers, and agency-heads were FURIOUS that he didn't escalate the Cuba situation and either took the first shot or provoked it.
      And that's OFFICIAL information from unclassified documents. This isn't a conspiracy or something that may or may not be true like the JFK-Assasination - but the complete brutal truth. It details exactly how JFK was absolutely DESPISED inside of the government due to his legitimate efforts to achieve peace with the Soviets, and his unwillingness to agree to the beginning of the Vietnam War by repeatedly refusing to send combat troops despite immense pressure by government officials.
      While the JFK Assassination is a big deal; it is incredible how the things that happened (and still happen today - it's just that it'll be years before any of it will be made public) haven't caused an INSANE uproar in society. Just freaking imagine this, man.... the guys in charge of most governmental positions, that are supposed to PROTECT CIVILIZATION, actively wanted for the cold war to escalate and did just about everything in their power to send thousands of Americans to their deaths in Vietnam (and successfully did so once JFK was out of the picture) FOR ABSOLUTELY NOTHING but their own wealth and power.
      These people should be considered mass murderers that deserve to suffer for every single second of their remaining lives for choosing their own (already substantial) wealth above the lives of the entire human race. And yet.... these people go free, are rich beyond imagination, and in many cases even awarded for their 'duties'.
      I can't put into words how I felt when I first read through the declassified information. Even though it was always clear that many officials did not have the people's interest in mind, I never would have imagined how the majority of the government/those controlling the military do not give a SINGLE shit about civilians and actively try to find ways to start new wars to keep the military-industry rolling.

  • @generallypleasantjenny
    @generallypleasantjenny Рік тому +4

    I just visited the memorial last September. I was there testifying in a federal case against a man found guilty of fraud, who is also facing murder charges. FBI, federal and state prosecutors, all that. He did not follow ANY of your rules.

  • @alexanderg.i1991
    @alexanderg.i1991 Рік тому +8

    I swear I keep opening different UA-cam channels and this guy shows up. He’s everywhere😂

  • @markheard7777
    @markheard7777 Рік тому +75

    Fascinating subject. And am really glad that Dorothy Kilgallen's missing files were mentioned. I loved Mark Shaw's Book: Denial of Justice, which did an excellent job on the subject. Once you read that book, you'll be even more convinced that we don't know what really happened, and there are legitimate reasons to doubt the government's Oswald 's explanation.

    • @peterfraser9070
      @peterfraser9070 Рік тому

      "Once you read that book, you'll be even more convinced that we don't know what really happened": That's just what they want you to think so they can keep on selling their conspiracy books and keep the bandwagon going.
      This conspiracy to fabricate and promote a JFK conspiracy has been going on since the 60's, and it's the unfortunate reason so many people have been duped into thinking the Warren Commission was a cover-up. It's ridiculous.
      The "Oswald alone" truth has come to sound ridiculous to some people; but the truth of it can be confirmed.

    • @21972012145525
      @21972012145525 Рік тому

      What’s a good documentary to watch on that?

  • @rengarcia5189
    @rengarcia5189 Рік тому +2

    There is more to Jack Ruby than you covered. As he sat in jail awaiting arraignment, Ruby claimed two men in suits entered his cell and injected him with "cancer." Several days later he was dead.

    • @dustyflair
      @dustyflair Рік тому

      Dr. mary's Monkey.....They had cancer down to an exact science

    • @Leo.de99
      @Leo.de99 11 місяців тому

      Power of mk ultra thoughts..

    • @aaronz7056
      @aaronz7056 11 місяців тому

      B.S. and Ruby also claimed he could hear "Jews" being tortured in the next cell...

  • @AdamLDavies
    @AdamLDavies Рік тому +21

    I have been interested in the JFK Assassination for many years now and have read and watched multiple material regarding it and have written my own pieces on it. However, I think this is one of the best videos I've watched on this topic. Not just for someone interested in the assassination but for anyone wanting to learn about it. Regarding the discharge confusion, Oswald was discharged from the Marine Corps and put into the Marine Corps Reserve. It was during his time in the reserve that he was discharged fully and defected to the Soviet Union. Nonetheless the author done a great job explaining the who's the what and when's and was just a great video to watch. Well done!

    • @rodolfobuitrago4261
      @rodolfobuitrago4261 Рік тому

      What’s your thoughts on the release documents on the jfk

    • @jacobjones5269
      @jacobjones5269 Рік тому

      Great, a knowledgeable guy.. I have questions..
      Why did Lee discard his jacket that afternoon, and is that act suspicious?..

  • @tincoral
    @tincoral Рік тому +34

    The car President Kennedy was shot in is in a museum near Detroit, Michigan. In 2021 my nephew (12 yo at the time) and I went to the museum for a day out and because things were just starting to open up after lock down it was pretty empty throughout the entire building. As we walked, looking at the different presidential cars, my nephew was trying to peek into the back seat of this one and I asked him what he was looking for. And, in the yelling whisper that most pre-teen boys have, he replied "President Kennedy was shot in this car, I wanted to see if I could see brains". A guard near by snort laughed, a Karen in her mid 40's gasped and gave him a dirty look. I told him "I am thinking they cleaned it up back in the 60's, but double check!!". It was very cool to see the history they had there. They also had the bus that Rosa Parks sat down on, and the chair President Lincoln was sitting in when he was shot. Thanks for the info Simon and Kevin!!

    • @paulherman5822
      @paulherman5822 Рік тому +4

      The Lincoln chair used to be in one of the kind of Colonial buildings near the gates when I was little. And it's been reupholstered multiple times because of souvenir hunters, before it moved to an I think bulletproof glass case (been a paint bloodstain since I think the 1940s.) I touched it during the late 1970s.
      Last saw the Kennedy car and Lincoln chair about 10 years ago. Whatever Henry Ford was, his love of collecting history was great.

    • @tincoral
      @tincoral Рік тому +1

      @@paulherman5822 I am not 100% sure, but I think you are right about it being behind bullet proof glass. I was surprised at how small the chair was. I guess when we're not in the middle of a plague you can go sit in the seat Rosa sat in, but we couldn't that day. It is fantastic museum and we had a great day.

    • @paulherman5822
      @paulherman5822 Рік тому +3

      @@tincoral The Henry Ford and Greenfield Village I have always enjoyed.

    • @ThatWriterKevin
      @ThatWriterKevin Рік тому +3

      You're welcome!

  • @waterfallsandrain
    @waterfallsandrain Рік тому +15

    NOVA did an interesting breakdown of the bullet path in their episode, Cold Case JFK.
    Honestly, you guys could do a whole miniseries just on this one historical event.

    • @avaearles5609
      @avaearles5609 Рік тому +5

      Don't give him any ideas he will make a whole new channel about it

    • @ermining1
      @ermining1 Рік тому

      There are channels that already do great work on this, such as the one by Mark groubert who worked as a researched on JFK for the JFK movie ua-cam.com/users/liveJN5OV16E0rM?feature=share

    • @waterfallsandrain
      @waterfallsandrain Рік тому

      @@avaearles5609 😂

  • @JIm-w1b
    @JIm-w1b 11 місяців тому +1

    Plenty of people believe that Oswald acted alone, but I would, without hesitation, bet $10,000 that he didn't. Back in the day, they fully proved he could not have pumped the bolt as fast as the shots were heard, and even if he could have, to fire, through a tree, at a moving target 100 yards downrange and score at least 2 hits, would be like a double hole in one on a golf course. It's not humanly possible to shoot a rifle like that.

    • @Nonderyon
      @Nonderyon 11 місяців тому

      i thought reading about Oswald's killing J. D. Tippit would be clear evidence of his involvement, but wtf, even that is cloudy, what is with that gun for example, and there are the eyewitnesses +those unknown people who used the radio

    • @9Ballr
      @9Ballr 11 місяців тому +2

      He got off two shots after the first one in about 8.3 seconds. There was no tree blocking any of the shots (the first one was before the tree was in the way, the last two were after the limo had cleared the tree). The limo was 88 yards away at the time of the fatal head shot, moving slowly in almost a straight line from Oswald's line of sight, on a 3 degree down slope. Oswald scored above expert level in the Marine Corps shooting rapid-fire at targets 200 yards (8/10 bullseyes) and 300 yards (7/10) bullseyes away, and also scored above expert level shooting at targets 500 yards away.

  • @aprylvanryn5898
    @aprylvanryn5898 Рік тому +25

    "Because people do weird shit." Truer words were never spoken. I also read that book. It was called 1963. Great story. I laughed. I cried. I had nostalgic flashbacks. I'm glad u brought it up

    • @martinaudet7687
      @martinaudet7687 Рік тому +2

      Actually the book was titled "11:22:63".

    • @aprylvanryn5898
      @aprylvanryn5898 Рік тому +1

      ​@Martin Audet I assure you it was called 1963. I almost didn't read it because of the title
      Edit: I guess it was released under both titles. We were both right. The more you know 🌈 🌟

    • @kevinfox500
      @kevinfox500 Рік тому

      @@martinaudet7687 depends on your region. Wife picked up a French cooy for our collection.
      Title is, 22/11/63. European countriea, and the military tend to go day, month, year, compared to our month, day, year.

    • @scottboyd3838
      @scottboyd3838 Рік тому +1

      The King book is just called 11/22/63.

    • @scottboyd3838
      @scottboyd3838 Рік тому +1

      Well that's what my copy reads anyway, purchased here in Ontario Canada

  • @DerptyDerptyDUM
    @DerptyDerptyDUM Рік тому +20

    I just laughed way too hard at Simon's impersonation of hypothetical Oswald suddenly realizing that someone else was also shooting at Kennedy. 🤣

  • @kenzilla1851
    @kenzilla1851 Рік тому +15

    The 60-year-old time traveling assassin trapped in a 10-year-old's body is actually a reference to Gerard Way's 'Umbrella Academy' comic. The second volume is called 'Dallas.'
    **SPOILERS SINCE UMBRELLA ACADEMY HAS BEEN MORE POPULAR NOW**
    One of the big plot points is that Number 5, the 60-year-old who is trapped in a 10-year-old's body due to time shenanigans, has to return to the past with his family to prevent his older self from stopping the JFK assassination. If this at all intrigues you, I do recommend picking up the Umbrella Academy comics. They do differ from the Netflix series.

  • @xoclutch
    @xoclutch Рік тому

    I was a police officer for many years the concept that the bullet spray is the wrong way is a big flaw in this conspiracy theory, blood splatter does some major weird things especially when the head is hit, I have personally seen backwards spray, and all sorts of weird patterns it's very difficult to understand and is always straight forward.

    • @xoclutch
      @xoclutch Рік тому

      Isn't always straight forward*

  • @mroxion8271
    @mroxion8271 Рік тому +20

    My physics teacher in high school had us to a physics problem where the result was the object receiving the force seemed to move backwards rather than forwards (we got a negative number rather than a positive number). After that problem about balls hitting each other he then made an off hand reference to the JFK assassination. Just because his head went backwards doesnt mean that the force came from the front but is a consequence of the conservation of momentum or something. I wish I paid more attention but that has always stuck with me. If anyone could explain this I would love to hear it.

    • @personzorz
      @personzorz Рік тому +13

      It has to do with conservation of momentum and a small fast object putting its energy into more matter moving slower.
      Kinetic energy is proportional to velocity squared while momentum is proportional to velocity. A bullet has relatively little momentum but a whole lot of energy. When it enters something, shall we say, squishy, it can transfer a lot of that energy and you go from a tiny amount of matter moving fast to a larger amount of matter just expanding outwards slower in all direction. Then, if some of it is allowed to spray outwards, it acts like a rocket pushing the rest of the material back. Thus momentum is conserved but it's new momentum generated by the energy going into the previously stationary matter.
      Simpler version: when you shoot something squishy it can explode and act like a rocket, in any direction not just the direction of the incoming projectile

    • @juancervantes4085
      @juancervantes4085 Рік тому

      @MrOxion
      Someone within the last couple of years said "What you are seeing and what you are hearing is not what's happening"!
      When any person tries to convince you that you did not see what you saw or that you did not hear what you heard and even to include that we know more than you about anything because we are the exs the

    • @juancervantes4085
      @juancervantes4085 Рік тому

      @MrOxion
      (Cont'd)
      because we are the experts then it usually mean that they are lying to you!

    • @conors4430
      @conors4430 Рік тому +5

      Medical forensics specialists have also made the point that at the speed a bullet would’ve gone through his head, his head wouldn’t have been moving forward at that point. By the time his body would have even reacted to that bullet passing through his head, the bullet would have been 100 m down the road. Don’t forget it went through his brain, your brain controls all nerves and muscles and bones in your body. It’s completely plausible that you could be shot from behind and your body spasms in the direction. The bullet came from which would throw his head back. If you punch someone in the head, their head travels in the direction, the punch is going. Because the punch can’t literally go through your head. Therefore your head or your fist needs to give up the space and recoil. This is a bullet going at supersonic speed through his head.

    • @conors4430
      @conors4430 Рік тому +4

      @@juancervantes4085 that’s just a lazy statement. It happens every day where multiples of people at the same event saw different things or recollect differently. By your statement you are saying they are all correct, even though they are all contradicting one another. Literally can’t be the case. So somebody is wrong Even though everybody there saw with their own eyes and heard with their own ears. And yet there are contradictions. Again, they can’t all be correct, and yet they all saw and heard. And yet they all have different stories. You call that suspicion, the rest of us understand that Eyewitness testimony isn’t good enough in and of itself.

  • @sniperboom1202
    @sniperboom1202 Рік тому +23

    I actually have a family connection to this! My grandfather on my dad's side. Clayton L. beard jr. was a dog handler in the Air Force from 1961 to 66. The day before Kennedy was assassinated he was off duty. But the base commander came in stating that Air Force One was going to be landing and then they needed a security detail. All the men would get an extra $5 per hour in a pack of cigarettes signed by the president. My grandfather obviously having the day off and volunteered because he wanted some extra spending money. He got off shift at around 6:00 in the morning. Went to sleep and when he woke up the president was dead. I wish you still had the cigarettes or at least the pack but he had to quit smoking over 40 years ago.

    • @chrisfelan2665
      @chrisfelan2665 Рік тому +1

      When did the US Air Force pay by the hour?

  • @amberly0317
    @amberly0317 Рік тому +5

    In school, we were taught Oswald acted alone. But then Oswald’s assassination brings up some questions soooo I definitely think there was more than just him

  • @leaongat7549
    @leaongat7549 Місяць тому +1

    British guy talking American politics and then saying “trans rights” are the good guys? Stfu “mate”

  • @patricklavigne4963
    @patricklavigne4963 Рік тому +15

    Back in ‘99 I happened upon the book “Mortal Error: The Shot That Killed JFK” and now nothing can change my mind about the events of that day.
    My interest lies in the “why” and “who”.

    • @lindakaye7935
      @lindakaye7935 Рік тому +2

      Is that the book that says the secret service did it?

    • @patricklavigne4963
      @patricklavigne4963 Рік тому +4

      @@lindakaye7935 on accident, yes.

    • @lindakaye7935
      @lindakaye7935 Рік тому +3

      @patricklavigne4963 that's what I thought. That sounded so much more plausible then the magic bullet theory.

    • @maxxdahl6062
      @maxxdahl6062 Рік тому

      @@lindakaye7935lmao

    • @aaronz7056
      @aaronz7056 Рік тому

      Agent Hickey successfully sued the publishers of that libelous book.

  • @captaincarl8230
    @captaincarl8230 Рік тому +32

    When I was in high school many moons ago, one of my math teachers said that he went on a vacation and visited the site of the shooting. He stated that from the window that Oswald was allegedly at, and the fact that Oswald was a right-handed shooter, from that angle Oswald would have had to lean out the window in order to get a good shot at JFK.

    • @aaronz7056
      @aaronz7056 Рік тому +2

      He was mistaken.

    • @michaelhorning6014
      @michaelhorning6014 Рік тому +2

      A large window, and not much of an angle. Oswald had plenty of room.

    • @timothycalvert1269
      @timothycalvert1269 Рік тому +2

      That statement is false. I used to live in DFW and i have visited the memorial several times. The window is large. And it would be an easy shot, especially for a Nam Era trained soldier.

    • @Rambam1776
      @Rambam1776 Рік тому +2

      I've been there. That is nonsense. And any trained Marine would make that shot nine times out of ten.

    • @captaincarl8230
      @captaincarl8230 Рік тому +1

      Thank you to all who have corrected him. I will tell him about it in the "great big classroom in the sky". Please stop replying.

  • @mena88
    @mena88 Рік тому +9

    It’s “funny” how she “died” after her conversation with Jack Ruby. Keep in mind Ruby, a member of the mob, killed (silenced) Oswald and said sometime before his death that the world does not know the true facts about kennedy’s assassination.

    • @mena88
      @mena88 Рік тому +4

      @XvonPocalypse well, it's a fact that Oswald was the lone shooter, that he was a communist sympathizer and that Jack Ruby murdered Oswald to spare Jackie the heartache of having to testify in court. The masses up to some time ago agreed that these were facts and true. But in light of recent evidence, some of which arent yet publicly available, none of those initial statement are true. The point is that facts are agreed upon opinions that may contain some truth but it is not truth. I'll leave you with one more example. It was considered fact in the 19th century that tomatoes were poisonous fruits...

    • @patrickday4206
      @patrickday4206 Рік тому

      He was likely working with the cia as he was selling guns the Cuban freedom fighters

  • @codyskaggles4782
    @codyskaggles4782 4 місяці тому

    Bro Simon my dude how many channels you got or do you narrate for other channels? Been trying to keep subscribed but bro I’ve seen you on so many channels lol much love broski

  • @ethal1222
    @ethal1222 Рік тому +19

    Got you covered Simon. The 60 year old assassin trapped in a 10 year old's body is a reference to The Umbrella Academy.

    • @korgan7779
      @korgan7779 Рік тому +2

      Okay, confirmed what I believed it to be.

  • @ChrisEck13
    @ChrisEck13 Рік тому +6

    You need more episodes like this. It's much better when a topic could actually be true.

  • @markbelmares7138
    @markbelmares7138 Рік тому +9

    An army vet and his son "hit the deck" after her heard and felt shots coming from behind him "on the grassy knoll" a police officers and deputies, found footprints behind the fence over the knoll, people smelled cordite in the immediate area. A man in uniform, sunglasses, badge is photographed with a rifle near the fence.

    • @Layinglow4412
      @Layinglow4412 Рік тому

      I believe that man to be Rosco white . His son found his diary and i believe he told his wife before hand that Kennedy was going to be killed and he was part of it .

    • @davidwilliams4498
      @davidwilliams4498 Рік тому

      Many long time resarchers believe that was Roscoe white in uniform he was a cop an also his wife overheard a conversation that he was a grassy knowell shooter an he shot tippet. Google Roscoe white. It's not make believe conspiracy.

    • @gravitypronepart2201
      @gravitypronepart2201 Рік тому

      And the bunny rabbit witnessed the whole thing

    • @chouseification
      @chouseification Рік тому

      I have stood behind the "stockade fence" on the grassy knoll, just at the edge of a parking lot... it really WAS a perfect spot, and I have done plenty of shooting. I also stood on the platform next to the stairs where Zapruder was standing - what an odd feeling knowing this was the exact vantage point of that film, although I'm taller than Abe was. :D

  • @DK-sc4gn
    @DK-sc4gn 11 місяців тому +1

    Oswald didnt qualify as a sharpshooter. He qualified at the lowest qualification, marksman. He was reported to have spoken excellent russian like a native born russian. So much is contradictory!

    • @9Ballr
      @9Ballr 11 місяців тому

      Oswald qualified as both a sharpshooter (1956) and a marksman (1959). More importantly, he scored above expert level in the rapid-fire part of the test where he hit 8 out of 10 bullseyes from 200 yards and 7 out of 10 bullseyes from 300 yards. He also qualified above expert level shooting at a distance of 500 yards. The limo was 88 yards away at the time of the fatal head shot.

  • @franciscobuenrostro3891
    @franciscobuenrostro3891 Рік тому +6

    What I find the most interesting is that Lee Harry Oswald was killed before he could say anything. And this guy who killed Oswald happened to die of cancer soon after. Maybe this guy knew of his illness and someone gave money to his family to silence Oswald

    • @aaronz7056
      @aaronz7056 Рік тому +1

      No evidence for that.

    • @warrendietzel1953
      @warrendietzel1953 Рік тому

      What's arguably more interesting was that Jack Ruby was on the payroll of Richard Nixon before the events at Dealey Plaza.

    • @JamalFuckinKilla
      @JamalFuckinKilla Рік тому

      What's interesting is that this thread is... pretty coooooll... 😎🤪

    • @aaronz7056
      @aaronz7056 Рік тому

      @@warrendietzel1953 You know, Ruby and Nixon both wore neckties, too!

    • @warrendietzel1953
      @warrendietzel1953 Рік тому

      I mean, that’s not exactly some sort of tangential non-sequitur, Aaron… That Jack Ruby was on the payroll of someone who should have been (at the very least) a person of interest in the case is entirely relevant to any conversation about Jack Ruby in relation to the events at Dealey Plaza.

  • @LoriPeace
    @LoriPeace Рік тому +38

    Thoroughly enjoyed this and would love a part two, talking about Dorothy Kilgallen!

    • @PassRush49
      @PassRush49 Рік тому +1

      There's an excellent book written about her: "Denial of Justice," by Mark Shaw. "The Report Who Knew Too Much," by same author, though I haven't read that one.

  • @jackmanley1473
    @jackmanley1473 11 місяців тому +2

    One of the weirdest experiences I ever had in school was that, of all people, my Middle School PE teacher was the one who showed me (and my class) the Zapruder Film. To this day, I have never figured out why he was the one to show it to a bunch of 8th graders instead of a history teacher (or if he was supposed to show it to us at all).

  • @felixrosendorodriguez8739
    @felixrosendorodriguez8739 Рік тому +6

    Saw this on my notifications. . . I'll be saving this to help me get through tonight's extended shift. . . Thanks for making my day, and subsequently my life, all the more bearable fact Boi. I appreciate your work and the work of the Whistlerverse team.

  • @Rifter-
    @Rifter- Рік тому +10

    Glad Simon got the Zoolander reference. The Umbrella Academy one was a bit more obscure.

  • @TheSylvreWolfe
    @TheSylvreWolfe Рік тому +15

    When Khruschev learned of the assassination, he ordered the KGB to investigate because he was concerned that the Soviets would catch the blame, especially after the Cuban Missile Crisis. Khruschev wanted to be able to have evidence to present to prove their innocence in case the allegation was made. No one wanted another stand-off. The KGB concluded it was Oswald and there was no reason to believe there was another shooter.

    • @YouTuber-ep5xx
      @YouTuber-ep5xx Рік тому

      That must be why Trump and now Biden still refused to release all the facts. Too damaging, cuz Oswald did it.

    • @ComradeQuagsire
      @ComradeQuagsire Рік тому +8

      So they just went along with what the Americans said after it was obvious the Soviets wouldn't catch the blame. Their entire goal was to avoid conflict and randomly coming out with evidence of a second shooter after America said there wasn't one would have absolutely caused that conflict.

    • @mejuliie
      @mejuliie Рік тому +2

      @@ComradeQuagsire Both are a possibility. And that's the thing, it's just a theory. Looking at geopolitics at the time, there is very little reason for the Soviets to want Kennedy dead. At the end of the day it's a bunch of ifs and buts, and we don't have the information to conclusively rule out a bunch of the theories out there or likewise to prove them.

  • @AndrewSlacks
    @AndrewSlacks 4 місяці тому +2

    A puff of smoke? Coming from an area with people? In the 1960s? What could it possibly have been???

  • @joannakirkwood4970
    @joannakirkwood4970 Рік тому +19

    My daughter went to Dallas to stand on the spot that JFK was fatally shot. She has much curiosity about it as I do, she said it gave her goosebumps standing on that spot. She remains as sceptical as me that LHO was the only shooter...

    • @QueenIsabella18
      @QueenIsabella18 Рік тому

      Your daughter is one of the reasons that traffic in that area of Dallas sucks. Too many idiots walking into and standing in the middle of a 3 lane highway.