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JFK The Enduring Secret

239 episodes - English - Latest episode: 19 days ago - ★★★★★ - 330 ratings

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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Episodes

Episode 221 James Meredith and the Oxford Riot Part 5 (Final Episode of the Wander)

April 07, 2024 13:00 - 43 minutes - 30.2 MB

Episode 221 is the fifth and final  episode of a mutli-part wander that  is the story of James Meredith and the Oxford Riots. Meredith was the first black man admitted to the University of Mississippi. Most  who are familiar with the history, recall  the tense moment of his admission, but few understand the extent of the violence which encompassed the event.  By the end of September 1962, Meredith's attempt at  registration had become  an ongoing affair. After his initial rejection , he file...

Episode 220 James Meredith and the Oxford Riot Part 4

April 04, 2024 18:00 - 47 minutes - 32.8 MB

Episode 220 is the fourth episode of a mutli-part wander that  is the story of James Meredith and the Oxford Riots. Meredith was the first black man admitted to the University of Mississippi. Most  who are familiar with the history, recall  the tense moment of his admission, but few understand the extent of the violence which encompassed the event.  By the end of September 1962, Meredith's attempt at  registration had become  an ongoing affair. After his initial rejection , he filed a lawsui...

Episode 219 James Meredith and the Oxford Riot Part 3

April 03, 2024 19:00 - 32 minutes - 22 MB

Episode 219 is the third episode of a mutli-part wander that  is the story of James Meredith and the Oxford Riots. Meredith was the first black man admitted to the University of Mississippi. Most  who are familiar with the history, recall  the tense moment of his admission, but few understand the extent of the violence which encompassed the event.  By the end of September 1962, Meredith's attempt at  registration had become  an ongoing affair. After his initial rejection , he filed a lawsuit...

Episode 218 James Meredith and the Oxford Riot Part 2

April 02, 2024 23:00 - 28 minutes - 19.3 MB

Episode 218 is the second episode of a mutli-part wander that  is the story of James Meredith and the Oxford Riots. Meredith was the first black man admitted to the University of Mississippi. Most  who are familiar with the history, recall  the tense moment of his admission, but few understand the extent of the violence which encompassed the event.  By the end of September 1962, Meredith's attempt at  registration had become  an ongoing affair. After his initial rejection , he filed a lawsui...

Episode 217 James Meredith And The Oxford Riot Part 1

April 01, 2024 23:00 - 26 minutes - 18 MB

Episode 217 is the story of James Meredith and the Oxford Riots. Meredith was the first black man admitted to the University of Mississippi. Most  who are familiar with the history, recall  the tense moment of his admission, but few understand the extent of the violence which encompassed the event.  By the end of September 1962, Meredith's attempt at  registration had become  an ongoing affair. After his initial rejection , he filed a lawsuit in federal court claiming racial discrimination  ...

Mysteries at Bethesda Is Now Live At Our You Tube Channel! A Live Discussion With Famed JFK Author and Researcher William Matson Law and Rick Russo

March 24, 2024 16:00 - 2 minutes - 2.07 MB

This is the long awaited followup You Tube episode that I promised after the podcast preview a few weeks ago with Rick Russo.  Mysteries of the Enduring Secret is our new mini-series  on our You Tube channel  that tackles some of the more fascinating and remaining mysteries of the JFK's assassination.  Certainly, one of the most perplexing of those is the mystery of what went on   that night at the autopsy.   Join us for one of the most eye opening episodes that you will have been exposed to...

Episode 216 Joseph Milteer And The Radical Right Wing of America The Civil Rights Movement Part 3 The Freedom Rides and More

March 12, 2024 19:00 - 28 minutes - 19.8 MB

Episode 216 is the fifth episode covering Joseph Milteer and the radical right wing of America. This episode is  the  third  in a  mini-series wander that gives an overview of the civil rights movement as we traverse through the 1950's and early 1960's.  In episode 216 we continue with our chronology of events in 1960 and 1961 including the freedom bus rides and more. This series begins to explore more broadly  the impact of the civil rights movement and the clash of civilization that began ...

Episode 215 Joseph Milteer and The Radical Right Wing of America The Civil Rights Movement Part 2 The Greensboro Sit In

March 09, 2024 18:00 - 24 minutes - 17 MB

Episode 215 is the fourth episode covering Joseph Milteer and the radical right wing of America. This episode is  the  second in a  mini-series wander that gives an overview of the civil rights movement as we traverse through the 1950's and early 1960's.  In part 1 (episode 214) we portray events up through 1959. In today's episode,  we pick up the action in 1960,  and  we tell the story of the Greensboro sit in which occurred in February of that year.  The sit in would resonate with the peo...

Episode 214 The Secret Service Question Part 23 Joseph Milteer Part 3 The 1950's and Racism As a Back Drop

March 06, 2024 14:00 - 39 minutes - 26.9 MB

Episode 214 is the twenty-third  in a series covering the Secret Service and  possible involvement in the coverup, or the  actual plot itself to assassinate President Kennedy.  Today's episode is our third in a mini-series  covering Joseph Milteer.  In today's episode we begin to explore more broadly  the impact of the civil rights movement and the clash of civilization that began to accelerate in the 1950's. The landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision in Brown versus the Board of Education had...

Episode 214 Joseph Milteer and The Radical Right Wing of America The Civil Rights Movement Part 1 A Chronology through 1959

March 06, 2024 14:00 - 39 minutes - 26.9 MB

Episode 214 is the -third  in a series covering Joseph Milteer and the radical right wing of America.  In today's episode we begin to explore more broadly  the impact of the civil rights movement and the clash of civilization that began to accelerate in the 1950's. The landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision in Brown versus the Board of Education had a major impact and was a major accelerator after 1954 of change in this country.  We explore that history in this episode  up to about 1960 and th...

Episode 214 Joseph Milteer and the Right Wing of America The Civil Rights Movement Part 1 A Chronology through 1959

March 06, 2024 14:00 - 39 minutes - 26.9 MB

Episode 214 is the twenty-third  in a series covering the Secret Service and  possible involvement in the coverup, or the  actual plot itself to assassinate President Kennedy.  Today's episode is our third in a mini-series  covering Joseph Milteer.  In today's episode we begin to explore more broadly  the impact of the civil rights movement and the clash of civilization that began to accelerate in the 1950's. The landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision in Brown versus the Board of Education had...

Episode 213 A Second Wander of the Weekend The Audio From You Tube Interview of the Authors of Chokeholds

March 03, 2024 13:00 - 1 hour - 31.8 MB

Chokeholds is a wonderful new book on the JFK assassination authored by famous JFK assassination researcher James DiEugenio and four of his co-authors Matt Crumpton, Paul Bleau, Andrew Iler and Mark Adamczyk. Three of the five authors are lawyers and the book brings a refreshingly new, and more rigorous,  approach to standards of proof as they would have been applied, had Oswald not been murdered.   It's a great mix of new facts and old and,  and its organization and content  brings order to...

Episode 212 A Wander Back to Bethesda and the Autopsy and A Big Reveal By Rick Russo

March 02, 2024 21:00 - 1 hour - 42.9 MB

Episode 212 is a special wander back to the autopsy with guest Rick Russo who is my JFK sidekick friend and co-producer of a series of twelve episodes on our JFK Enduing Secret You Tube Channel entitled Mysteries of the Enduring Secret.  Earlier, we completed 30 or so episodes on the fantastic  goings on that encompass this part of the JFK story.   The story at Bethesda and the story of the autopsy.  You may have thought that we were done with the autopsy, but this episodes reveals shocking ...

Episode 211 Joseph Milteer and The Radical Right Wing of America Part 2 Don Adams in Quitman

February 28, 2024 23:00 - 56 minutes - 38.9 MB

Episode 211 is the second  in a series covering  Joesph Milteer and the radical right wing of America.     In today's episode we tell the story of Don Adams. Adams was a rookie FBI agent in 1963 who was assigned out of the Atlanta office to work in a rotation out of Quitman Georgia.   As a satellite office,  agents stationed in Quitman covered nine counties in southern Georgia. Because the secret service had no offices in south Georgia, they called on the FBI for help in investigating Miltee...

Episode 211 The Secret Service Question Part 22 Joseph Milteer Part 2 Don Adams in Quitman

February 28, 2024 23:00 - 56 minutes - 38.9 MB

Episode 211 is the twenty-second  in a series covering the Secret Service and  possible involvement in the coverup, or the  actual plot itself to assassinate President Kennedy.  Today's episode is our second in a mini-series  covering Joseph Milteer.  In today's episode we tell the story of Don Adams. Adams was a rookie FBI agent in 1963 who was assigned out of the Atlanta office to work in a rotation out of Quitman Georgia.   As a satellite office,  agents stationed in Quitman covered nine ...

Episode 210 Joseph Milteer and the Radical Right Wing of America Part 1 A Brief Introduction to Joseph Milteer

February 19, 2024 04:00 - 18 minutes - 12.4 MB

Episode 210 is the  first  in a series covering Joseph Milteer and the radical right wing of  America. On November 9th, 1963,  just seven days after the secret service had thwarted the plot in Chicago, an informant working for the intelligence unit of the Miami police department William  Somersett captured an extraordinary conversation on a surveillance tape. As Somersett and Milteer carried on a conversation in Somersett's Miami apartment, Milteer would reveal that a plan was already in the...

Episode 210 The Secret Service Question Part 21 Joseph Milteer Part 1

February 19, 2024 04:00 - 18 minutes - 12.4 MB

Episode 210 is the twenty first   in a series covering the Secret Service and  their possible involvement in the coverup, or the  actual plot itself to assassinate President Kennedy.  Today's episode is the first in a mini-series wander that covers the right wing racist Joseph Milteer.  On November 9th, 1963,  just seven days after the secret service had thwarted the plot in Chicago, an informant working for the intelligence unit of the Miami police department William  Somersett captured an ...

Join Us For Episode 1 of a New Mini-Series on JFK The Enduring Secret You Tube The Mysterious Death of Captain Michael Groves

February 12, 2024 06:00 - 1 minute - 838 KB

Join me and my  co-producer and sidekick Rick Russo  for this mini-series as we take a  fresh look at lingering questions surrounding  the assassination of  President  John  F. Kennedy. Mysteries of the Enduring Secret is a collection of  video episodes that take you on an   exciting journey  as Rick and I explore  and unlock little known and little understood facts about the case. Along the way,  you’ll meet some of the experts in the area of JFK assassination research, witnesses,  and see ...

Episode 209 The Secret Service Question Part 20 The Chicago Plot

February 11, 2024 23:00 - 1 hour - 41.9 MB

Episode 209 is the twentieth  in a series covering the Secret Service and  possible involvement in the coverup, or the  actual plot itself to assassinate President Kennedy.  Today's episode covers the  plot to  kill the president in Chicago on November 2nd, 1963. just twenty days before his actual assassination in Dallas. President Kennedy was scheduled to attend the Army Airforce Game in Chicago. Several days prior to his arrival,  the FBI phoned the  secret service Chicago office and appri...

An Interview On Our You Tube Channel About The Recently Published Book Chokeholds Featuring Three of its Five Authors James DiEugenio, Paul Bleau and Andrew Iler

February 04, 2024 15:00 - 4 minutes - 2.96 MB

Join us this weekend over on our You Tube Channel JFK The Enduring Secret, where we discuss the recently released book Chokeholds.  Chokeholds is coauthoried by five notable JFK assassination researchers James DiEugenio, Paul Bleau, Andrew Iler, Matt Crumpton and Mark Adamczyk.  Jim, Andrew and Paul  were able to join us on the show for some lively conversation and discussion about this great new book and more!  I will be appearing on Matt's show soon in one of his rebuttal episodes. 

Episode 208 The Secret Service Question Part 6

January 20, 2024 20:00 - 36 minutes - 24.1 MB

Episode 208 is the nineteenth  in a series covering the Secret Service and  possible involvement in the coverup, or the  actual plot itself to assassinate President Kennedy.  Today's episode is part 6 and the final episode  of a multi part mini-series covering the presidential limousine and the hole in the windshield. In today's episode, we hear for the second time directly, from Doug Weldon who is considered the premier expert on assassination research as it relates to the  limousine and th...

Episode 207 The Secret Service Question Part 18 The Limousine Part 5

January 20, 2024 20:00 - 57 minutes - 36 MB

Episode 207 is the eighteenth in a series covering the Secret Service and  possible involvement in the coverup, or the  actual plot itself to assassinate President Kennedy.  Today's episode is part 5 of a multi part mini-series covering the presidential limousine. In today's episode, we hear for the first time, directly, from Doug Weldon who is considered the premier expert on assassination research as it relates to the  limousine.  Episodes 207 and 208 complete our series on the limousine a...

Episode 208 The Secret Service Question Part 19 Doug Weldon Part 2

January 20, 2024 20:00 - 36 minutes - 24.1 MB

Episode 208 is the nineteenth  in a series covering the Secret Service and  possible involvement in the coverup, or the  actual plot itself to assassinate President Kennedy.  Today's episode is part 6 and the final episode  of a multi part mini-series covering the presidential limousine and the hole in the windshield. In today's episode, we hear for the second time directly, from Doug Weldon who is considered the premier expert on assassination research as it relates to the  limousine and th...

Episode 206 The Secret Service Question Part 17 The Limousine Part 4

January 15, 2024 13:00 - 44 minutes - 30.4 MB

Episode 206 is the seventeenth in a series covering the Secret Service and  possible involvement in the coverup, or the  actual plot itself to assassinate President Kennedy.  Today's episode is part 4 of a multi part mini-series covering the presidential limousine. In today's episode,  unravel the "hocus pocus" related to the three key memos that, along with the White House garage logs, represent the key written documents to explore regarding the limousine's chain of custody in the aftermath...

Episode 205 The Secret Service Question Part 16 The Limousine Part 3

January 13, 2024 17:00 - 49 minutes - 34.1 MB

Episode 205 is the sixteenth   in a series covering the Secret Service and  possible involvement in the coverup, or the  actual plot itself to assassinate President Kennedy.  Today's episode is part 3 of a multi part mini-series covering the presidential limousine. In today's episode, we read verbatim the three key memos that, along with the White House garage logs, represent the key written documents to explore regarding the limousine's chain of custody in the aftermath of the assassination...

Episode 204 The Secret Service Question Part 15 The Limousine Part 2

January 07, 2024 01:00 - 46 minutes - 32 MB

Episode 204 is the fifteenth  in a series covering the Secret Service and  possible involvement in the coverup, or the  actual plot itself to assassinate President Kennedy.  Today's episode is part 2 of a multi part mini-series covering the presidential limousine.  Was there a bullet hole through and through the windshield?  If so, then did it come from the front.. or the back?  And what  happened to the evidence of it.  How did the government overcome at least ten  eyewitnesses who saw the ...

Episode 203 The Secret Service Question Part 14 The Limousine Part 1

January 02, 2024 22:00 - 36 minutes - 25 MB

Episode 203 is the fourteenth  in a series covering the Secret Service and  possible involvement in the coverup, or the  actual plot itself to assassinate President Kennedy.  Today's episode is part 1 of a multi part mini-series covering the presidential limousine.  Was there a bullet hole through and through the windshield?  If so, then did it come from the front.. or the back?  And what  happened to the evidence of it.  How did the government overcome at least ten  eyewitnesses who saw the...

Episode 202 The Secret Service Question Part 13 Bonus The Cellar Part 3 Bonus Episode on Pat Kirkwood

December 27, 2023 15:00 - 21 minutes - 14.5 MB

Episode 202 is the thirteenth in a mini- series wander covering the Secret Service and  possible involvement in the coverup, or the  actual plot itself to assassinate President Kennedy.  Today's episode is a bonus episode that finishes out our coverage of the incident at the  Cellar Coffee House and Fort Worth Press Club. Pat Kirkwood was the colorful owner of the Cellar and he was known to throw a great party. As he came to grips with his terminal cancer, he would have one more reunion of s...

Episode 201 The Secret Service Question Part 12 The Cellar Part 2

December 27, 2023 15:00 - 55 minutes - 38 MB

Episode 201 is the twelfth in a mini- series wander covering the Secret Service and  possible involvement in the coverup, or the  actual plot itself to assassinate President Kennedy.  Today's episode is part 2 related to the story surrounding the Cellar night club and Fort Worth Press Club incidents and covers the official internal investigative report issued just days after the incident by secret service inspector Gerrard McCann. The President and the  agents arrived in Fort Worth late that...

Episode 200 The Secret Service Question Part 11 Party at the Cellar Part 1

December 26, 2023 17:00 - 59 minutes - 40.7 MB

Episode 200 is the eleventh  in a mini- series wander covering the Secret Service and their possible involvement in the coverup, or the  actual plot itself to assassinate President Kennedy.  Today's episode  continues our coverage of the individuals in the white house detail who were in Dallas that fateful day.  In this episode, we tell the story of the impact of events which took place the night before in Fort Worth  in an edgy nightclub named the Cellar. The President and the  agents arriv...

Episode 199 The Secret Service Question Part 10 Paul Landis Statements in 1963

December 18, 2023 07:00 - 48 minutes - 33.3 MB

Episode 199 is the tenth in a mini- series wander covering the Secret Service and their possible involvement in the coverup, or the  actual plot itself to assassinate President Kennedy.  Today's episode  continues our coverage of the individuals in the white house detail who were in Dallas that fateful day.  In this episode, we compare the two 1963 statements by Paul Landis, made just days after the assassination on November 27th and November 30th, 1963.  Mr. Landis is yet another secret ser...

Episode 198 The Secret Service Question Part 9 Sam Kinney Part 2

December 17, 2023 19:00 - 25 minutes - 17.8 MB

Episode 198 is the ninth in a mini- series wander covering the Secret Service and their possible involvement in the coverup, or the  actual plot itself to assassinate President Kennedy.  Today's episode  continues our coverage of Sam Kinney, the driver of the Presidential follow up car that day in Dallas.  It's part of the overall story of the secret service agents in Dallas that fateful day.  The follow up car was carrying the bulk of the secret service agents who were protecting the presid...

Episode 197 The Secret Service Question Part 8 Sam Kinney Part 1

December 13, 2023 10:00 - 54 minutes - 37.3 MB

Episode 197 is the eighth in a mini- series wander covering the Secret Service and their possible involvement in the coverup, or the  actual plot itself to assassinate President Kennedy.  Today's episode  continues our coverage of the individuals in the white house detail who were in Dallas that fateful day.  In this episode, we tell the story of Sam Kinney the driver of the Secret Service  follow up car. The car that was carrying the bulk of the secret service agents, and which was  situate...

Episode 196 The Secret Service Question Part 7 William Greer and Tom Shipman

November 25, 2023 23:00 - 36 minutes - 25.1 MB

Episode 196 is the seventh in a mini- series wander covering the Secret Service and their possible involvement in the coverup, or the  actual plot itself to assassinate President Kennedy.  Today's episode  is the second in  our coverage of each of the individuals in the white house detail who were in Dallas that fateful day.  In  episode 195 we told the story of  Roy Kellerman and  we tell the story of Agent William Greer in today's episode 196.  Agent  Greer was the driver of the presidenti...

Episode 195 The Secret Service Question Part 6 Roy Kellerman

November 22, 2023 12:00 - 47 minutes - 32.5 MB

Episode 195 is the sixth in a mini- series wander covering the Secret Service and their possible involvement in the coverup, or the  actual plot itself to assassinate President Kennedy. Today's episode begins  our coverage of each of the individuals in the white house detail who were in Dallas that fateful day.  We tell the story today of Agent  Roy Kellerman, who was nominally in charge in Dallas during the trip . He sat in the front right seat of the president's limousine as they made thei...

Episode 194 The Secret Service Question Part 5 Abraham Bolden and the Motive

November 11, 2023 21:00 - 1 hour - 44.1 MB

Episode 194 is the fifth in a mini- series wander covering the Secret Service and their possible involvement in the coverup, or the  actual plot itself to assassinate President Kennedy. Today's episode begins to cover the  perplexing question of how men generally so loyal to the President, might have motivations to act otherwise. It is the seminal question regarding the inner workings of the secret service and their true orientation to President Kennedy. Getting a look inside, requires locat...

Episode 193 The Secret Service Question Part 4

October 14, 2023 15:00 - 50 minutes - 34.8 MB

Episode 193 is the fourth in a mini- series wander covering the Secret Service and their possible involvement in the coverup, or the  actual plot itself to assassinate President Kennedy. Today's episode covers the next section of chapter 8 and a portion of Chapter 2 in the Warren Commission Report dealing with advance planning and preparation undertaken by the Secret Service  prior to the president's trip to Texas.  Chapter 8 generally addresses the Secret Service role in protecting the pres...

Episode 192 The Secret Service Question Part 3

October 10, 2023 12:00 - 49 minutes - 34.2 MB

Episode 192 is the third in a mini- series wander covering the Secret Service and their possible involvement in the coverup or the  actual plot itself to assassinate President Kennedy. Today's episode covers the next section of chapter 8 in the Warren Commission Report dealing with what the Secret Service and the FBI knew about Oswald prior to the assassination.  Chapter 8 generally addresses the Secret Service role in protecting the president and pertinent facts around their conduct in Dall...

Episode 191 The Secret Service Question Part 2

October 09, 2023 13:00 - 39 minutes - 27.3 MB

Episode 191 is the second in a mini- series wander covering the Secret Service and their possible involvement in the coverup or the  actual plot itself to assassinate President Kennedy. Today's episode covers the initial section of chapter 8 in the Warren Commission Report. Chapter 8 addresses the Secret Service role in protecting the president and pertinent facts around their conduct in Dallas.  Recent events, including the pending publication of the book by former Secret Service agent  Pau...

Episode 190 The Secret Service Question Part 1

October 06, 2023 15:00 - 22 minutes - 15.2 MB

Episode 190 is the first in a mini- series wander covering the Secret Service and their possible involvement in the coverup or the  actual plot itself to assassinate President Kennedy. Recent events, including the pending publication of the book by former Secret Service agent  Paul Landis, have given rise to renewed interest in this topic. Mr. Landis is  88 years old land he was an agent who  was there in Dallas on November 22nd and participated in the motorcade protection. He now  claims to...

Episode 189 The Reverend Raymond Broshears Part 2

October 05, 2023 18:00 - 1 hour - 56.5 MB

Episode 189 is the second and last in a two part mini- series wander covering the Reverend Raymond Broshears. In today's final mini-series "wander" episode, we present Broshears' taped audio deposition that he gave to the House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA).  Broshears was one of the most bizarre witnesses that surfaced during the Garrison investigation. He met David Ferrie in New Orleans and became rather good friends with him.  They were sexual partners as well.  According to t...

Episode 188 The Reverend Raymond Broshears Part 1

October 05, 2023 16:00 - 55 minutes - 38.2 MB

Episode 188 is the first in a two part mini- series wander covering the Reverend Raymond Broshears.  Broshears was one of the most bizarre witnesses that surfaced during the Garrison investigation. He met David Ferrie in New Orleans and became rather good friends with him.  They were sexual partners as well.  According to the story that  the good Reverend told back in the day, Ferrie confided in Broshears after the fact,  regarding his involvement in the  assassination plot to kill the presi...

Episode 187 Richard Case Nagell Part 5 Bonus Episode 3

September 14, 2023 16:00 - 49 minutes - 34.1 MB

Episode 187 is the fifth and final  in a  multi-part series covering Richard Case Nagell.  This is third bonus episode as well, and it may be the the most interesting one yet. Addressing the Eroshkin incident, the Luma Hotel, and the death of Marine  Emmett Dugan.  Richard Case Nagell  was a highly decorated United  States Army veteran, counterintelligence officer,  and former CIA Double Agent for a brief period  with ties to Russia. Nagell was arrested on September 20, 1963 after he entered...

Episode 186 Richard Case Nagell Part 4 Bonus Episode 2

September 08, 2023 18:00 - 50 minutes - 34.4 MB

Episode 186 is the fourth  in a  multi-part series covering Richard Case Nagell.  This is our second bonus episode and it addresses the perspective that Nagell's trial lawyer Joe Calamia  had on his legal proceedings...and the strategy for  a defense at the second trial. Nagell's lawyers settled on a temporary insanity plea, after unsuccessfully arguing to both their client and to the court, that Nagell was insane...and thus, should be hospitalized and not prosecuted  and incarcerated. The l...

Episode 185 Richard Case Nagell Part 3 Bonus Episode 1

September 07, 2023 13:00 - 44 minutes - 30.3 MB

Episode 185 is the third  in a  multi-part series covering Richard Case Nagell.  This is our first bonus episode and it covers several important topics in a bit greater detail. Bonus episodes provide a deeper understanding of material already addressed. Today, we discuss the  horrific plane crash that handed him is life changing injuries, the letters he wrote to J. Edgar Hoover and some details related to the bank  incident itself that may provide additional insight into what his intentions ...

Episode 184 Richard Case Nagell Part 2

September 04, 2023 15:00 - 1 hour - 55.3 MB

Episode 184 is the second  in a  multi-part series covering Richard Case Nagell.  This episode follows our opening overview in Episode 183 and  is comprehensive chronology of Nagell's life through the bank incident.  Nagell  was a highly decorated United States Army veteran, counterintelligence officer,  and former CIA Double Agent for a brief period  with ties to Russia. Nagell was arrested on September 20, 1963 after he entered the State National Bank in El Paso, Texas and fired two shots ...

Episode 183 Richard Case Nagell Part 1

August 28, 2023 20:00 - 57 minutes - 39.4 MB

Episode 183 is the first in a  multi-part series covering Richard Case Nagell.   Nagell was a highly decorated United States Army veteran, counterintelligence officer,  and former CIA Double Agent for a brief period  with ties to Russia. Nagell was arrested on September 20, 1963 after he entered the State National Bank in El Paso, Texas and fired two shots into  a wall at the bank. After firing the 45 calibre pistol, Nagel allowed himself to be taken into custody at the bank. Nagell had  obs...

Episode 181 Placeholder Episode To Be Replaced

August 13, 2023 03:00 - 2 minutes - 1.6 MB

Episode 181 is a placeholder for an upcoming Episode. Listen to this short two minute podcast and you will know the answer why...  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 ...

Episode 182 Gordon Novel

August 13, 2023 03:00 - 55 minutes - 38.2 MB

Episode 182 tells the story of Gordon Novel. After winning Jim Garrison's confidence and becoming his security officer during the district attorney's investigation of the JFK assassination, it would soon become known that Novel was working for the CIA and had infiltrated Garrison's team. Garrison would eventually come to understand this double cross and seek to extradite Novel, who eventually fled to Ohio to avoid extradition by Garrison. Garrison knew that Novel had participated in the Houm...

Episode 180 Houma Heist (Or Transfer?)

August 06, 2023 16:00 - 40 minutes - 28.1 MB

Episode 180 covers the The Houma bunker raid, of the Schlumberger  Wells Company munitions and arms cache, which took place in the late summer of 1961. Later it was found that  participants  in the raid included  some individuals who were also implicated in the assassination plot related to  President Kennedy. The participants in the raid included David Ferrie, Sergio Aracha Smith, Rancier Blaise Ehlinger, Carlos Quiroga, Layton Martins, Luis Rabel Nunez, Gordon Novel, Novel’s wife Marlene ...