JFK The Enduring Secret
253 episodes - English - Latest episode: 7 days ago - ★★★★★ - 451 ratingsAn 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 193 The Secret Service Question Part 4
October 14, 2023 15:00 - 50 minutes - 34.8 MBEpisode 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 MBEpisode 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 MBEpisode 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 MBEpisode 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 MBEpisode 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 MBEpisode 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 MBEpisode 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 MBEpisode 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 MBEpisode 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 MBEpisode 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 MBEpisode 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 182 Gordon Novel
August 13, 2023 03:00 - 55 minutes - 38.2 MBEpisode 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 181 Placeholder Episode To Be Replaced
August 13, 2023 03:00 - 2 minutes - 1.6 MBEpisode 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 180 Houma Heist (Or Transfer?)
August 06, 2023 16:00 - 40 minutes - 28.1 MBEpisode 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 ...
Episode 179 Charles I. Spiesel The Zany Accountant Part 2
August 02, 2023 14:00 - 22 minutes - 15.4 MBEpisode 179 is the second and last in a two part series covering Charles I. Spiesel, the zany accountant from New York who testified at the Clay Shaw Trial. This is a classic story of a witness that began with all the potential to sink Clay Shaw. Professional and articulate on the stand, his testimony for the prosecution was clear and convincing. But it only lasted for a few minutes, as he was destroyed upon cross examination by Irvin Dymond the defense attorney for Clay Shaw. This story...
Episode 178 Charles I. Spiesel The Zany Accountant Part 1
August 01, 2023 20:00 - 48 minutes - 33.2 MBEpisode 178 is the first in a two part series covering Charles I. Spiesel, the zany accountant from New York who testified at the Clay Shaw Trial. This is a classic story of a witness that began with all the potential to sink Clay Shaw. Professional and articulate on the stand, his testimony for the prosecution was clear and convincing. But it only lasted for a few minutes, as he was destroyed upon cross examination by Irvin Dymond the defense attorney for Clay Shaw. This story is so bizar...
Episode 177 Dean Andrews Part 3 Bonus Episode Recreation of Orleans Grand Jury Testimony
July 21, 2023 12:00 - 34 minutes - 23.7 MBEpisode 177 is the third in a mini series covering Dean A. Andrews, Jr. the flamboyant jive talking New Orleans attorney that is so aptly portrayed by John Candy in the movie JFK. Today's Episode recreates his entire June 28th, 1967 testimony in front of the Orleans Grand Jury. Testimony that flatly contradicted what he told the Warren Commission. By this time, Andrews had already been charged with perjury and gave additional testimony that would result in additional perjury charges t...
Episode 176 Dean Andrews Part 2 A Bonus Episode Recreating His Warren Commission Testimony
July 15, 2023 22:00 - 56 minutes - 38.6 MBEpisode 176 is the second in a mini series covering Dean A. Andrews, Jr. the flamboyant jive talking New Orleans attorney that is so aptly portrayed by John Candy in the movie JFK. Today's Episode recreates his entire Warren Commission testimony. Andrews, sick in a hospital bed, received a phone call the day after President Kennedy was assassinated. The mysterious caller who identified himself as Clay Bertrand asked Andrews if he would go to Dallas and represent Lee Harvey Oswald in th...
Episode 175 Dean Andrews Part 1
July 10, 2023 15:00 - 1 hour - 61.8 MBEpisode 175 is the first in a mini series covering Dean A. Andrews, Jr. the flamboyant jive talking New Orleans attorney that is so aptly portrayed by John Candy in the movie JFK. Andrews, sick in a hospital bed, received a phone call the day after President Kennedy was assassinated. The mysterious caller who identified himself as Clay Bertrand asked Andrews if he would go to Dallas and represent Lee Harvey Oswald in the murder case related to the assassination. Oswald was murdered the...
Episode 174 The Alleged Attempted Bribery of Al Beauboeuf
June 26, 2023 17:00 - 1 hour - 44.9 MBEpisode 174 is the story of the alleged attempted bribe of Al Beauboeuf by the Garrison investigators. Beauboeuf was a close friend of David Ferrie who lived at Ferrie's apartment for a time and also accompanied Ferrie on the night of the assassination on the famous trip to the Wonderland Skating Rink in Houston. Garrison was convinced that Ferrie was not telling them the truth, and that he was part of the assassination plot. Garrison's team also believed that Beauboeuf's relationship wi...
Episode 173 Perry Russo's 2nd Polygraph Test Conducted by Ed O'Donnell
June 16, 2023 13:00 - 26 minutes - 17.9 MBEpisode 173 is the story of the 2nd polygraph test taken by Perry Russo. Jim Garrison and his team, concerned that the results of the first polygraph test administered to Perry Russo would be made public on national television as part of Walter Sheridan's NBC White Paper documentary, scrambled to have a second polygraph administered that would reinforce the veracity and confirm the truth of Perry Russo's statements to be made at trial. More specifically, that Russo was present at the assas...
Episode 172 A Recap of the Joan Mellen Interview on Taking Aim Radio
June 10, 2023 18:00 - 58 minutes - 40.3 MBEpisode 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 intervi...
Episode 171 A Bonus Episode Joan Mellon Taking Aim Radio Show Part 3
June 01, 2023 16:00 - 1 hour - 43.1 MBEpisode 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 Mellon 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 ...
Episode 171 A Bonus Episode Joan Mellen Taking Aim Radio Show Part 3
June 01, 2023 16:00 - 1 hour - 43.1 MBEpisode 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 ...
Episode 170 A Bonus Episode Joan Mellon Taking Aim Radio Show Part 2
June 01, 2023 06:00 - 58 minutes - 40.3 MBEpisode 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 Mellon 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 ...
Episode 170 A Bonus Episode Joan Mellen Taking Aim Radio Show Part 2
June 01, 2023 06:00 - 58 minutes - 40.3 MBEpisode 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 ...
Episode 169 A Bonus Episode Joan Mellon Taking Aim Radio Show Part 1
May 30, 2023 02:00 - 54 minutes - 37.6 MBEpisode 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 Mellon 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 ...
Episode 169 A Bonus Episode Joan Mellen Taking Aim Radio Show Part 1
May 30, 2023 02:00 - 54 minutes - 37.6 MBEpisode 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 ...
Episode168 Memorial Day Tribute
May 26, 2023 16:00 - 16 minutes - 11.1 MBJoin 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 18:00 - 54 minutes - 37.5 MBEpisode 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 w...
Episode 166 The Garrison Investigation Part 16 Rose Cherami Part 1
May 24, 2023 13:00 - 38 minutes - 26.8 MBEpisode 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 w...
Episode 165 The Garrison Investigation Part 15 Garrison Rebuttal of the NBC White Paper
May 13, 2023 17:00 - 47 minutes - 32.8 MBEpisode 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 ...
Episode 164 The Garrison Investigation Part 14 The NBC Whitepaper
May 09, 2023 15:00 - 1 hour - 55.6 MBEpisode 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 alre...
Episode 163 The Garrison Investigation Part 13 Perry Russo Part 4
May 03, 2023 20:00 - 1 hour - 54.7 MBEpisode 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 epis...
Episode 162 The Garrison Investigation Part 12 Perry Russo Part 3
May 01, 2023 13:00 - 45 minutes - 31 MBEpisode 162 is the twelfth 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 twelve is the third in a mini-series that addresses the star witness of the Clay Shaw trial, Perry Russo. In this third episode covering 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. Perry Russo had previously gone public on hi...
Episode 161 The Garrison Investigation Part 11 Perry Russo Part 2
April 20, 2023 17:00 - 38 minutes - 26.3 MBEpisode 161 is the eleventh 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 eleven is the second in a mini-series that addresses the star witness of the Clay Shaw trial, Perry Russo. In this second episode covering Russo, we tell the story from the perspective of Jim Phelan from the Saturday Evening Post and the issues with Perry Russo's testimony. Phelan became privy to certain memos prepar...
Episode160 The Garrison Investigation Part 10 Perry Russo Part 1
April 14, 2023 13:00 - 49 minutes - 34.2 MBEpisode 160 is the tenth 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 ten is the first in a mini-series that addresses the star witness of the Clay Shaw trial. Perry Russo. In this first episode covering Russo, we pick up the action on February 22nd, the date of David Ferrie's death, when by all accounts the investigation should probably have been closed down. But Garrison pushed on and he w...
Episode 159 The Garrison Investigation Part 9 The Clinton Witnesses
March 31, 2023 20:00 - 1 hour - 45.2 MBEpisode 159 is the ninth 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 nine address the eight witnesses that testified at the Clay Shaw Trial who were from the Clinton/Jackson Louisiana area. In late August or early September 1964, Lee Harvey Oswald came to Clinton Louisiana in search of employment at the state mental hospital situated close to another nearby town Jackson, Louisiana. His ques...
Episode 158 The Garrison Investigation Part 8 Inventory of Characters Part 2
March 21, 2023 06:00 - 28 minutes - 19.4 MBEpisode 158 is the eighth 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 158 is a wander that sets up the discussion related to the "Clinton" witnesses who saw Clay Shaw, David Ferrie and Oswald together in that town. 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 t...
Episode 157 The Garrison Investigation Part 7 Inventory of Characters Part 1
March 12, 2023 23:00 - 28 minutes - 19.6 MBEpisode 157 is the seventh 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 157 and 158 contain useful information for listeners who are not already familiar with the participants or those listeners who would like to hear more background information on some of the characters that were included in episodes 155 and 156. The previous two episodes, part 5and part 6 , back the tape up and tell th...
Episode 156 The Garrison Investigation Part 6 Overview Part 2
February 28, 2023 04:00 - 24 minutes - 16.6 MBEpisode 156 is the sixth in a new series of episodes that chronicle the story of the Garrison investigation in New Orleans and the related trial of Clay Shaw. The first four episodes in this series provide commentary around the critical elements that continue to cloud our understanding of the facts surrounding Garrison, Clay Shaw and the trial. This episode along with the previous episode 155 are a two part overview mini-series. In these two episodes, we back the tape up and tel...
Episode 155 The Garrison Investigation Part 5 Overview Part 1
February 28, 2023 04:00 - 54 minutes - 37.4 MBEpisode 155 is the fifth in a new series of episodes that chronicle the story of the Garrison investigation in New Orleans and the related trial of Clay Shaw. The first four episodes provide commentary around the critical elements that continue to cloud our understanding of the facts surrounding Garrison, Clay Shaw and the trial. This episode along with episode 156 are a two part overview mini-series. In these two episodes, we back the tape up and tell the complete story of the Ga...
Episode 154 The Garrison Investigation Part 4 Press Bias and CIA Defense of the Warren Report
February 21, 2023 13:00 - 51 minutes - 35.7 MBEpisode 154 is the fourth in a new series of episodes that chronicle the story of the Garrison investigation in New Orleans and the related trial of Clay Shaw. This episode addresses the bias of writers and the press, which collectively undermined getting at the complete truth. We also explore the actions taken by the CIA after it became a matter of public record that the Garrison investigation was underway. More specifically, we read, in its entirety, the CIA internal memo dated ...
Episode 153 The Garrison Investigation Part 3 Garrison In His Own Words
February 16, 2023 13:00 - 56 minutes - 38.7 MBEpisode 153 is the third in a new series of episodes that chronicle the story of the Garrison investigation in New Orleans and the related trial of Clay Shaw. This episode gives Garrison the floor in 1967, recorded at a lecture attended by a supportive audience. He outlines his view (as the facts appeared to him at that moment) of what happened in the assassination. Few venues (including the 30 minute NBC rebuttal, which you also will hear later in the series) offer such a relaxed f...
Episode 152 The Garrison Investigation Part 2 Assassination Weekend in New Orleans
February 06, 2023 14:00 - 30 minutes - 21.2 MBEpisode 152 is the second in a new series of episodes that chronicle the story of the Garrison investigation in New Orleans and the related trial of Clay Shaw. This episode begins to introduce Jim Garrison and the events that occurred in New Orleans on the day of the Assassination and over that weekend as Garrison's team absorb the shock of the event and begin to engage in the investigation, handing their results over swiftly to the FBI. Jim Garrison was the New Orleans district attorn...
Episode 151 The Garrison Investigation Part 1 Introduction
January 31, 2023 02:00 - 31 minutes - 21.8 MBEpisode 151 is the first in a new series of episodes that chronicle the story of the Garrison investigation in New Orleans and the related trial of Clay Shaw. Jim Garrison was the New Orleans district attorney and, a result of his investigation into the murder of JFK, Clay Shaw was indicted by a grand jury and tried on conspiracy charges to assassinate the president. It was the only criminal trial ever conducted in the United States related to the president's murder. Garrison's in...
Episode 150 Epilogue of Pepe San Roman And The Alabama National Guard
January 27, 2023 00:00 - 55 minutes - 38 MBEpisode 150 is an epilogue related to Pepe San Roman who was the commander of Brigade 2506, and this episode includes an equally stunning epilogue related to the four United States airmen who died at the Bay of Pigs. There were eight Americans from the Alabama National Guard who flew missions over Cuba as part of the invasion on April 19th, 1961 In the final hours of the mission, four of those men were killed in the last major air battle of the campaign. These men were among sixty...
Episode 149 Roselli and the CIA Mafia Plots to Kill Castro During the Bay of Pigs Part 2
January 24, 2023 23:00 - 29 minutes - 20 MBEpisode 148 is the second of two episodes in a two part series related to the CIA/Mafia plots to kill Castro. Plots that were an integral part of the the Bay of Pigs invasion. Listen to this stunning story as Sheffield Edwards pitches the idea to use the mafia, and Richard Bissell buys into it. And how they then use a "cut out" operative Robert Maheu to engage Johnny Roselli, a mafia don, to get the plot rolling. Shortly thereafter, Sam Giancana and Santo Trafficante join the mission t...
Episode 148 Roselli and the CIA Mafia Plots to Kill Castro During the Bay of Pigs Part 1
January 24, 2023 17:00 - 56 minutes - 39 MBEpisode 148 is the first of two episodes in a two part series related to the CIA/Mafia plots to kill Castro. Plots that were an integral part of the the Bay of Pigs invasion. Listen to this stunning story as Sheffield Edwards pitches the idea to use the mafia, and Richard Bissell buys into it. And how they then use a "cut out" operative Robert Maheu to engage Johnny Roselli, a mafia don, to get the plot rolling. Shortly thereafter, Sam Giancana and Santo Trafficante join the mission te...
Episode 147 Bay of Pigs Part 5 The Invasion Finishes and Fails
January 21, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 50.8 MBEpisode 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...