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JFK The Enduring Secret

An in depth tutorial and discussion around the assassination of John F. Kennedy, (JFK) the country’s 35th president who was brutally murdered in Dallas Texas on November 22, 1963. The series comprehensively explores the major facts, themes, and events leading up to the assassination in Dealey Plaza and the equally gripping stories surrounding the subsequent investigation. We review key elements of the Warren Commission Report , and the role of the CIA and FBI. We explore the possible involvement of the Mafia in the murder and the review of that topic by the government’s House Select Committee on Assassinations in the 1970’s. We explore the Jim Garrison investigation and the work of other key figures such as Mark Lane and others. Learn more about Lee Harvey Oswald the suspected killer and Jack Ruby the distraught Dallas night club owner with underworld ties and the man that killed Oswald as a national TV audience was watching. Stay with us as we take you through the facts and theories in bite sized discussions that are designed to educate, and inform as well as entertain the audience. This real life story is more fascinating than fiction. No matter whether you are a serious researcher or a casual student, you will enjoy the fact filled narrative and story as we relive one of the most shocking moments in American History. An event that changed the nation and change the world forever.

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Episode 172 A Recap of the Joan Mellen Interview on Taking Aim Radio Jun 10, 2023

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Episode 172 is a recap by me of our three part series which featured an interview of the author Joan Mellen on the Taking Aim Radio Program. Our three part series bonus episodes (wanders, really) supplements our ongoing story of the Garrison investigation in New Orleans and the related trial of Clay Shaw. Joan Mellen is the author of a well done investigative book entitled A Farewell to Justice. In a rare appearance to promote her book, Ms. Mellon participated in a radio interview that was presented by radio station WBAI in Brooklyn on the show Taking Aim. The conversation aired in October 2005, just prior to her book coming out. ..and it is quite revealing. In the three part series, Ms. Mellen engages in an intimate conversation about some of the most important investigative work done around the assassination itself and the Garrison investigation. Today's episode discussed and recaps the most important aspects of what we heard from Joan and her interviewers.
Even as early as 1964, rumors and serious concerns over the lone gunman theory and the evidence that might contravene it, were becoming a major concern for the government and the commission. Conspiracy theories were contrary to the government's stated narrative from the very beginning. This real-life story is more fascinating than fiction. No matter whether you are a serious researcher or a casual student, you will enjoy the fact filled narrative and story as we relive one of the most shocking moments in American History. An event that changed the nation and changed the world forever.

Tags: Joan MellonA Farewell to JusticeRalph ShoenmanMark Lane

Episode 171 A Bonus Episode Joan Mellen Taking Aim Radio Show Part 3 Jun 01, 2023

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Episode 171 is part 3 (and the final part) in a three part series of bonus episodes (wanders, really) which supplement our story of the Garrison investigation in New Orleans and the related trial of Clay Shaw. Joan Mellen is the author of a well done investigative book entitled A Farewell to Justice. In a rare appearance to promote her book, Ms. Mellon participated in a radio interview that was presented by radio station WBAI in Brooklyn on the show Taking Aim. The conversation aired in October 2005, just prior to her book coming out. ..and it is quite revealing. Hear Ms. Mellen in an intimate conversation about some of the most important investigative work done around the assassination itself and the Garrison investigation. And, as a bonus, the interview was conducted by Ralph Shoenman and Mya Shone. Today's episode reveals more detail on why Robert Kennedy so opposed the Garrison investigation. Shone was a documentary filmmaker and Shoenman was a left wing activist who was involved in some of the original investigative work on the Kennedy assassination and who made acquaintance with Mark Lane. Shoenman had previously gone to work for Bertrand Russell in 1960, and he was a major force behind Bertrand Russell's important and highly influential/controversial 1964 article entitled 16 Questions on the Assassination. Russell was one of the most influential philosophers and social activists of the 20th century and he won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1950. Russell would later break with Shoenman, citing various allegations of wrongdoing while working at Russell's foundation (and) in an attempt to distance himself from some of Shoenman's more radical activities.
Even as early as 1964, rumors and serious concerns over the lone gunman theory and the evidence that might contravene it, were becoming a major concern for the government and the commission. Conspiracy theories were contrary to the government's stated narrative from the very beginning. This real-life story is more fascinating than fiction. No matter whether you are a serious researcher or a casual student, you will enjoy the fact filled narrative and story as we relive one of the most shocking moments in American History. An event that changed the nation and changed the world forever.

Episode 170 A Bonus Episode Joan Mellen Taking Aim Radio Show Part 2 Jun 01, 2023

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Episode 170 is part 2 in a three part series of bonus episodes which supplement our story of the Garrison investigation in New Orleans and the related trial of Clay Shaw. Joan Mellen is the author of a well done investigative book entitled A Farewell to Justice. In a rare appearance to promote her book, Ms. Mellen participated in a radio interview that was presented by radio station WBAI in Brooklyn on the show Taking Aim. The conversation aired in October 2005, just prior to her book coming out. ..and it is quite revealing. Hear Ms. Mellon in an intimate conversation about some of the most important investigative work done around the assassination itself and the Garrison investigation. And, as a bonus, the interview was conducted by Ralph Shoenman and Mya Shone. Shone was a documentary filmmaker and Shoenman was a left wing activist who was involved in some of the original investigative work on the Kennedy assassination and who made acquaintance with Mark Lane. Shoenman had previously gone to work for Bertrand Russell in 1960, and he was a major force behind Bertrand Russell's important and highly influential/controversial 1964 article entitled 16 Questions on the Assassination. Russell was one of the most influential philosophers and social activists of the 20th century and he won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1950. Russell would later break with Shoenman, citing various allegations of wrongdoing while working at Russell's foundation (and) in an attempt to distance himself from some of Shoenman's more radical activities.
Even as early as 1964, rumors and serious concerns over the lone gunman theory and the evidence that might contravene it, were becoming a major concern for the government and the commission. Conspiracy theories were contrary to the government's stated narrative from the very beginning. This real-life story is more fascinating than fiction. No matter whether you are a serious researcher or a casual student, you will enjoy the fact filled narrative and story as we relive one of the most shocking moments in American History. An event that changed the nation and changed the world forever.

Episode 169 A Bonus Episode Joan Mellen Taking Aim Radio Show Part 1 May 29, 2023

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Episode 169 is part 1 in a series of bonus episodes which supplement our story of the Garrison investigation in New Orleans and the related trial of Clay Shaw. Joan Mellen is the author of a well done investigative book entitled A Farewell to Justice. In a rare appearance to promote her book, Ms. Mellen participated in a radio interview that was presented by radio station WBAI in Brooklyn on the show Taking Aim. The conversation aired in October 2005, just prior to her book coming out. ..and it is quite revealing. Hear Ms. Mellon in an intimate conversation about some of the most important investigative work done around the assassination itself and the Garrison investigation. And, as a bonus, the interview was conducted by Ralph Shoenman and Mya Shone. Shone was a documentary filmmaker and Shoenman was a left wing activist who was involved in some of the original investigative work on the Kennedy assassination and who made acquaintance with Mark Lane. Shoenman had previously gone to work for Bertrand Russell in 1960, and he was a major force behind Bertrand Russell's important and highly influential/controversial 1964 article entitled 16 Questions on the Assassination. Russell was one of the most influential philosophers and social activists of the 20th century and he won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1950. Russell would later break with Shoenman, citing various allegations of wrongdoing while working at Russell's foundation (and) in an attempt to distance himself from some of Shoenman's more radical activities.
Even as early as 1964, rumors and serious concerns over the lone gunman theory and the evidence that might contravene it, were becoming a major concern for the government and the commission. Conspiracy theories were contrary to the government's stated narrative from the very beginning. This real-life story is more fascinating than fiction. No matter whether you are a serious researcher or a casual student, you will enjoy the fact filled narrative and story as we relive one of the most shocking moments in American History. An event that changed the nation and changed the world forever.

Episode168 Memorial Day Tribute May 26, 2023

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Join us today for a Memorial Day Tribute Episode. A wander worth taking with me. Our regular programming will begin again later in the weekend.

Episode 167 The Garrison Investigation Part 17 Rose Cherami Part 2 May 24, 2023

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Episode 167 is the seventeenth in a new series of episodes that chronicle the story of the Garrison investigation in New Orleans and the related trial of Clay Shaw. Today's episode is the second and last in two part multi-espisode mini series on Rose Cherami. You may recall that the story of Rose Cherami dons the opening scene of the movie JFK. She was a stripper and a prostitute and a drug mule and a mother. And she worked for Jack Ruby at one point. She is one of a unique handful of witnesses who expressed knowledge of the assassination before the assassination actually occurred and she met with a mysterious death within two years of our president's murder. Her story was not featured in the Warren Commission but her fantastic story was unearthed soon after by Jim Garrison and his team, including Frances Fruge who was on loan to Garrison from the Louisiana State Police. Fruge was the officer who originally interacted with Rose and heard her claim of the impending assassination for the first time on the night of November 20th, 1963. Her story was investigated further by the House Select Committee on Assassinations. Ironically, Cherami was admitted for drug detoxification on the night of the 20th at East Louisiana State Hospital. The same hospital where Lee Harvey Oswald had applied for a job while in the Clinton/Jackson area. It was a very small world. Listen to these three episodes and see how the characters begin to draw closer together in relation to one another. As the ever deepening analysis draws out the players, and exposes the relationships that most clearly existed.
Even as early as 1964, rumors and serious concerns over the lone gunman theory and the evidence that might contravene it, were becoming a major concern for the government and the commission. Conspiracy theories were contrary to the government's stated narrative from the very beginning. This real-life story is more fascinating than fiction. No matter whether you are a serious researcher or a casual student, you will enjoy the fact filled narrative and story as we relive one of the most shocking moments in American History. An event that changed the nation and changed the world forever.

Episode 166 The Garrison Investigation Part 16 Rose Cherami Part 1 May 24, 2023

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Episode 166 is the sixteenth in a new series of episodes that chronicle the story of the Garrison investigation in New Orleans and the related trial of Clay Shaw. Today's episode is the first in a two part multi-espisode mini series on Rose Cherami. You may recall that the story of Rose Cherami dons the opening scene of the movie JFK. She was a stripper and a prostitute and a drug mule and a mother. And she worked for Jack Ruby at one point. She is one of a unique handful of witnesses who expressed knowledge of the assassination before the assassination actually occurred and she met with a mysterious death within two years of our president's murder. Her story was not featured in the Warren Commission but her fantastic story was unearthed soon after by Jim Garrison and his team, including Frances Fruge who was on loan to Garrison from the Louisiana State Police. Fruge was the officer who originally interacted with Rose and heard her claim of the impending assassination for the first time on the night of November 20th, 1963. Her story was investigated further by the House Select Committee on Assassinations. Ironically, Cherami was admitted for drug detoxification on the night of the 20th at East Louisiana State Hospital. The same hospital where Lee Harvey Oswald had applied for a job while in the Clinton/Jackson area. It was a very small world. Listen to these three episodes and see how the characters begin to draw closer together in relation to one another. As the ever deepening analysis draws out the players, and exposes the relationships that most clearly existed.
Even as early as 1964, rumors and serious concerns over the lone gunman theory and the evidence that might contravene it, were becoming a major concern for the government and the commission. Conspiracy theories were contrary to the government's stated narrative from the very beginning. This real-life story is more fascinating than fiction. No matter whether you are a serious researcher or a casual student, you will enjoy the fact filled narrative and story as we relive one of the most shocking moments in American History. An event that changed the nation and changed the world forever.

Episode 165 The Garrison Investigation Part 15 Garrison Rebuttal of the NBC White Paper May 13, 2023

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Episode 165 is the fifteenth in a new series of episodes that chronicle the story of the Garrison investigation in New Orleans and the related trial of Clay Shaw. Today's episode features the audio from Jim Garrison's nationally televised rebuttal of the NBC Whitepaper on the Garrison Investigation. While the NBC White Paper shed some light on many controversial aspects of the investigation, there was a clear bias contained in the programming. Outraged, Jim Garrison appealed to the FCC and, under the "then existing fairness doctrine", he was granted 30 minutes of prime time on NBC to rebut the case. Garrison used the rebuttal to make his bigger than life case about the true forces behind the Kennedy assassination, but avoided addressing the specific allegations about his investigation that were leveled during NBC's program. The NBC White Paper aired on June 19th, 1967, and Garrison's rebuttal came within weeks. The NBC White Paper was a major blow to Garrison and his team. On the surface, this prime time television special was an attempt by NBC to address the controversial aspects of the Garrison investigation, which had already resulted in the arrest of Clay Shaw on March 1st, 1967. Shaw was subsequently indicted, after a preliminary hearing and a grand jury proceeding, under the charge of conspiracy to murder President Kennedy. One of the principal forces behind the NBC White Paper was Walter Sheridan and his ultimate objective was to discredit the investigation overall. NBC attacked the rather flimsy evidence that Garrison's team presented in a preliminary hearing...evidence used to justify arresting Clay Shaw. NBC also addressed what appeared to be dubious methods applied by the Orleans Parish District Attorney's Office to obtain testimony from key witnesses. Finally they would attempt to refute that Clay Shaw was Clay Bertrand resulting in an embarrassing faux pas by the network that backfired. Many of the so called witnesses featured in the NBC White Paper were subsequently summoned to testify in front of the Orleans Parish Grand Jury and repeat their statements under oath. Playing hardball, Garrison used this tool to test whether the statements made on the NBC TV special were truthful. Several of the witnesses appearing on the NBC program refused to answer such questions before the grand jury, citing their right to avoid self incrimination.
Even as early as 1964, rumors and serious concerns over the lone gunman theory and the evidence that might contravene it, were becoming a major concern for the government and the commission. Conspiracy theories were contrary to the government's stated narrative from the very beginning. This real-life story is more fascinating than fiction. No matter whether you are a serious researcher or a casual student, you will enjoy the fact filled narrative and story as we relive one of the most shocking moments in American History. An event that changed the nation and changed the world forever.

Episode 164 The Garrison Investigation Part 14 The NBC Whitepaper May 09, 2023

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Episode 164 is the fourteenth in a new series of episodes that chronicle the story of the Garrison investigation in New Orleans and the related trial of Clay Shaw. Today's episode features the audio from the NBC Whitepaper on the Garrison Investigation, which aired on June 19th, 1967. It was a major blow to Garrison and his team. On the surface, this prime time television special was an attempt by NBC to address the controversial aspects of the Garrison investigation, which had already resulted in the arrest of Clay Shaw on March 1st, 1967. Shaw was subsequently indicted, after a preliminary hearing and a grand jury proceeding, under the charge of conspiracy to murder President Kennedy. One of the principal forces behind the NBC White Paper was Walter Sheridan and his ultimate objective was to discredit the investigation overall. NBC attacked the rather flimsy evidence that Garrison's team presented in a preliminary hearing...evidence used to justify arresting Clay Shaw. NBC also addressed what appeared to be dubious methods applied by the Orleans Parish District Attorney's Office to obtain testimony from key witnesses. Finally they would attempt to refute that Clay Shaw was Clay Bertrand resulting in an embarrassing faux pas by the network that backfired. Many of the so called witnesses featured in the NBC White Paper were subsequently summoned to testify in front of the Orleans Parish Grand Jury and repeat their statements under oath. Playing hardball, Garrison used this tool to test whether the statements made on the NBC TV special were truthful. Several of the witnesses appearing on the NBC program refused to answer such questions before the grand jury, citing their right to avoid self incrimination. While the White Paper shed some light on many controversial aspects of the investigation, there was a clear bias contained in the programming. Outraged, Jim Garrison appealed to the FCC and, under the "then existing fairness doctrine", he was granted 30 minutes of prime time on NBC to rebut the case. Garrison's rebuttal is featured in episode 165.
Even as early as 1964, rumors and serious concerns over the lone gunman theory and the evidence that might contravene it, were becoming a major concern for the government and the commission. Conspiracy theories were contrary to the government's stated narrative from the very beginning. This real-life story is more fascinating than fiction. No matter whether you are a serious researcher or a casual student, you will enjoy the fact filled narrative and story as we relive one of the most shocking moments in American History. An event that changed the nation and changed the world forever.

Episode 163 The Garrison Investigation Part 13 Perry Russo Part 4 May 03, 2023

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Episode 163 is the thirteenth in a new series of episodes that chronicle the story of the Garrison investigation in New Orleans and the related trial of Clay Shaw. Episode thirteen is the forth in a mini-series that addresses the star witness of the Clay Shaw trial, Perry Russo. In this forth episode, we continue with a recreation of Russo's sworn testimony under oath at the preliminary hearing which was his first debut as a witness related to the case against Clay Shaw. Today's episode features the cross examination of Perry Russo by the defense attorney Irvin Dymond. Perry Russo had previously gone public on his own before he was discovered by anyone, including Garrison...but Garrison soon took control and the ensuing story related to Russo's ongoing interactions with the New Orleans D.A.'s office would prove to be more than controversial. Phelan and others would contend that Garrison and his staff engaged in a progressive series of actions that included the use of sodium pentothal (truth serum) and a series of hypnosis sessions all of which pointed to witness manipulation. That he and his office had engaged in steps to suggest the proper answers to Russo, was the issue in question and whether those actions materially enhanced the original testimony of Perry Russo and were, essentially, untruths... Critics contend that the changes were so radical that Russo's testimony evolved from being initially irrelevant, to so significant that it singlehandedly resulted in the arrest of Clay Shaw, for conspiracy to murder the President. Join us in in this exciting series of episodes about one of the most fascinating witnesses....in fact the star witness...of the Clay Shaw trial.
Even as early as 1964, rumors and serious concerns over the lone gunman theory and the evidence that might contravene it, were becoming a major concern for the government and the commission. Conspiracy theories were contrary to the government's stated narrative from the very beginning. This real-life story is more fascinating than fiction. No matter whether you are a serious researcher or a casual student, you will enjoy the fact filled narrative and story as we relive one of the most shocking moments in American History. An event that changed the nation and changed the world forever.

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