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Episode 147 Bay of Pigs Part 5 The Invasion Finishes and Fails

JFK The Enduring Secret

English - January 21, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 50.8 MB - ★★★★★ - 330 ratings
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Episode 147 is the fifth and final  in a multi-part series on the Bay of Pigs, as we wind down our overall series on Cuba.  In this episode,  we complete the story of the actual invasion  of the Bay of Pigs.  This current episode part 5,  joins the invasion team as as they hit the beaches and the battle gets underway for the mission of the Cuban Expeditionary Force to Retake  Cuba.  Listen to a bonus episode in episode 148 as we bring you an epilogue that tells the tragic story and ending of Peppy San Romain and also the equally stunning story of the four US Airmen who died at the Bay of Pigs including  men from the  Alabama National Guard.  We have moved the story of the Mafia plot(s) to kill Castro  (as part of the Bay of Pigs affair) to  episode 149.

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We will return to our regular programming in the next episode. Join us we continue to enter the unknown with evidence that is complex, incomplete and sometimes conflicting. 

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. Stay tuned as there are many more episodes to come!

This 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 changed the world forever.