The JFK Assassination

* The assassination of US President John F. Kennedy (JFK) in Dallas, Texas, on Friday, 22 November 1963 remains a matter of controversy even in the 21st century. Allegations that JFK was killed by a conspiracy of some sort have never been validated,, but they still persist. This document examines the facts of the case to determine if such allegations have a basis in the evidence.

Readers who don't have the time for this extended document may find the short document THE JFK ASSASSINATION IN BRIEF more suitable.

[1.0] Introduction To The Assassination

• [1.1] THE MURDER OF JFK
  
• [1.2] THE WARREN COMMISSION
  
• [1.3] JIM GARRISON / THE HSCA / THE ACOUSTIC EVIDENCE
  
• [1.4] THE ASSASSINATION SAGA
  

[2.0] Lee Harvey Oswald (1)

• [2.1] OSWALD'S ORIGINS
  
• [2.2] OSWALD IN THE MARINES / OSWALD GOES TO THE USSR
  
• [2.3] YURIY NOSENKO & OSWALD'S RECEPTION IN THE USSR
  
• [2.4] OSWALD MARRIES MARINA PRUSAKOVA / OSWALD RETURNS TO THE USA
  
• [2.5] OSWALD IN FORT WORTH
  
• [2.6] GEORGE DE MOHRENSCHILDT & THE CIA DCD
  

[3.0] Lee Harvey Oswald (2)

• [3.1] RUTH & MICHAEL PAINE
  
• [3.2] OSWALD BUYS A RIFLE
  
• [3.3] THE "FASCIST HUNTER" PHOTOS
  
• [3.4] THE ATTACK ON GENERAL WALKER
  
• [3.5] OSWALD IN NEW ORLEANS
  
• [3.6] 544 CAMP STREET & GUY BANISTER
  
• [3.7] OSWALD VERSUS CUBANS IN NEW ORLEANS / OSWALD'S ARREST
  
• [3.8] OSWALD'S RADIO FIASCO / THE MYSTERIOUS "MAURICE BISHOP"
  

[4.0] Lee Harvey Oswald (3)

• [4.1] OSWALD's TRIP TO MEXICO / SILVIA ODIO
  
• [4.2] OSWALD IN MEXICO CITY
  
• [4.3] OSWALD'S MEXICO CITY VISIT THROUGH THE CONSPIRACY LENS
  
• [4.4] OSWALD AT THE TSBD / FBI AGENT HOSTY
  
• [4.5] JFK'S VISIT ANNOUNCED / THE MOTORCADE ROUTE
  
• [4.6] THE PROBABILITY ARGUMENT / OSWALD'S ACTIONS ON 21 NOVEMBER
  
• [4.7] FOOTNOTE: OSWALD DOUBLES IN DALLAS
  

[5.0] The Assassination (1)

• [5.1] THE SIXTH FLOOR OF THE TSBD
  
• [5.2] OSWALD'S WHEREABOUTS
  
• [5.3] THE SCENE AT DEALEY PLAZA / MOTORCADE SECURITY ARRANGEMENTS
  
• [5.4] THE SHOOTINGS
  
• [5.5] OSWALD LEAVES THE TSBD
  
• [5.6] OSWALD'S FLIGHT
  
• [5.7] THE POLICE AT DEALEY PLAZA
  

[6.0] The Assassination (2)

• [6.1] THE KILLING OF OFFICER TIPPIT
  
• [6.2] OSWALD ARRESTED AT THE TEXAS THEATER
  
• [6.3] DEATH OF THE PRESIDENT
  
• [6.4] JFK'S DEATH ANNOUNCED / LBJ SWORN IN
  

[7.0] The Assassination (3)

• [7.1] OSWALD'S FIRST INTERROGATION & LINEUP
  
• [7.2] OSWALD'S SECOND INTERROGATION & LINEUP
  
• [7.3] OSWALD'S THIRD LINEUP & PRESS CONFERENCE
  
• [7.4] JFK'S AUTOPSY AT BETHESDA
  

[8.0] The Assassination (4)

• [8.1] PROBLEMS WITH THE BETHESDA AUTOPSY / JFK'S BRAIN & CASKET
  
• [8.2] ZAPRUDER SELLS HIS VIDEO / OSWALD'S THIRD INTERROGATION
  
• [8.3] WASHINGTON DC IN CONFUSION
  

[9.0] The Assassination (5)

• [9.1] OSWALD'S FOURTH LINEUP / OSWALD'S FOURTH INTERROGATION
  
• [9.2] OSWALD'S FIFTH INTERROGATION / RUBY MURDERS OSWALD
  
• [9.3] FBI AGENT HOSTY DESTROYS EVIDENCE / WADE'S RUSH TO JUDGEMENT
  
• [9.4] BURIALS OF JFK, TIPPIT, & OSWALD / OSWALD'S EXHUMATION
  
• [9.5] OSWALD'S FAMILY IN THE AFTERMATH
  

[10.0] The Balance Of Evidence (1)

• [10.1] NUMBER & DIRECTION OF SHOTS FIRED IN DEALEY PLAZA
  
• [10.2] THE GRASSY KNOLL: JEAN HILL & THE "BADGE MAN"
  
• [10.3] THE GRASSY KNOLL: THE "PUFF OF WHITE SMOKE"
  
• [10.4] THE GRASSY KNOLL: OTHER "WITNESSES"
  
• [10.5] THE GRASSY KNOLL: ROSCOE WHITE / JIMMY FILES
  
• [10.6] THE GRASSY KNOLL: THE RUSH UP THE KNOLL / OTHER SHOOTER SITES
  

[11.0] The Balance Of Evidence (2)

• [11.1] THE ZAPRUDER VIDEO
  
• [11.2] THE THROAT SHOT & WHAT THE PARKLAND DOCTORS SAW
  
• [11.3] CONNALLY'S WOUNDS / THE ZAPRUDER VIDEO AS A "FAKE"
  
• [11.4] SINGLE BULLET VERSUS "MAGIC BULLET"
  
• [11.5] THE CE 399 BULLET (1): DID IT CAUSE THE WOUNDS?
  
• [11.6] THE CE 399 BULLET (2): WAS IT PLANTED?
  
• [11.7] THE CE 399 BULLET (3): WAS IT "PRISTINE"?
  

[12.0] The Balance Of Evidence (3)

• [12.1] THE HEAD SHOT & WHAT THE PARKLAND DOCTORS SAW
  
• [12.2] PARKLAND CONTRARIANS: CHARLES CRENSHAW
  
• [12.3] PARKLAND CONTRARIANS: ROBERT MCCLELLAND
  
• [12.4] THE HEAD SHOT & THE HEAD SNAP
  

[13.0] The Balance Of Evidence (4)

• [13.1] CHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF CE 399 BULLET & BULLET FRAGMENTS
  
• [13.2] THE BULLET FROM THE WALKER ATTACK / JFK'S LIMOUSINE
  
• [13.3] ACCURACY & LETHALITY OF THE CARCANO RIFLE
  
• [13.4] FOOTNOTE: THE MAUSER "SWITCHEROO" / ROGER CRAIG
  

[14.0] The Balance Of Evidence (5)

• [14.1] OSWALD'S MARKSMANSHIP
  
• [14.2] OTHER ISSUES WITH THE CARCANO RIFLE
  
• [14.3] MULTIPLE CARCANOS?
  
• [14.4] THE "BAG OF CURTAIN RODS" / BOOTH'S DERINGER
  
• [14.5] DEALEY PLAZA REENACTMENTS & SIMULATIONS
  

[15.0] The Balance Of Evidence (6)

• [15.1] FACES IN DEALEY PLAZA: THE UMBRELLA MAN & THE BABUSCHKA LADY
  
• [15.2] FACES IN DEALEY PLAZA: THE THREE TRAMPS
  
• [15.3] FACES (NOT) IN DEALEY PLAZA: JOSEPH MILTEER
  
• [15.4] OSWALD'S MOVEMENTS OUT OF THE TSBD
  
• [15.5] OSWALD'S MOVEMENTS UP TO THE TIPPIT SHOOTING
  
• [15.6] WITNESSES TO THE TIPPIT SHOOTING
  

[16.0] The Balance Of Evidence (7)

• [16.1] OSWALD'S REVOLVER / CHAIN OF CUSTODY
  
• [16.2] THE MYSTERIOUS WALLET / THE "38 AUTO" PISTOL
  
• [16.3] ALTERNATE TALES OF THE TIPPIT KILLING
  
• [16.4] WHERE WAS OSWALD GOING?
  
• [16.5] THE CASE AGAINST OSWALD
  
• [16.6] THE CASE AGAINST CONSPIRACY
  

[17.0] Jack Ruby (1)

• [17.1] WHO WAS JACK RUBY?
  
• [17.2] RUBY, COPS, & MOBSTERS
  
• [17.3] RUBY'S ACTIONS ON THURSDAY, 21 NOVEMBER 1963 / JOE CAMPISI
  
• [17.4] RUBY'S ACTIONS ON FRIDAY, 22 NOVEMBER 1963
  

[18.0] Jack Ruby (2)

• [18.1] RUBY'S ACTIONS ON SATURDAY, 23 NOVEMBER 1963
  
• [18.2] RUBY MURDERS OSWALD / RUBY'S TRIAL
  
• [18.3] RUBY'S TESTIMONY TO THE WARREN COMMISSION / RUBY'S DEATH
  

[19.0] Jack Ruby (3)

• [19.1] RUBY'S MURDER OF OSWALD
  
• [19.2] RUBY'S CONTACTS WITH MOBSTERS BEFORE THE ASSASSINATION
  
• [19.3] RUBY'S 1959 TRIP TO CUBA
  
• [19.4] OTHER RUBY CONSPIRACY TALES / MARK LANE'S TRICKS
  
• [19.5] RUBY AS GUNRUNNER: NANCY PERRIN RICH
  
• [19.6] RUBY AS GUNRUNNER: MARY THOMPSON & BLANEY MACK JOHNSON
  

[20.0] Jack Ruby (4)

• [20.1] RUBY & OSWALD
  
• [20.2] BEVERLY OLIVER, THE "BABUSCHKA LADY"
  
• [20.3] ROSE CHERAMI
  
• [20.4] THE RUBY FRINGE
  

[21.0] The Warren Commission (1)

• [21.1] LBJ CREATES THE WARREN COMMISSION
  
• [21.2] LBJ & THE WARREN COMMISSION
  
• [21.3] THE WARREN COMMISSION & "WORLD WAR III"
  
• [21.4] THE FBI & THE WARREN COMMISSION
  

[22.0] The Warren Commission (2)

• [22.1] OTHER CRITICISMS OF THE WARREN COMMISSION
  
• [22.2] SECRECY & THE WARREN COMMISSION
  
• [22.3] THE ARRB
  
• [22.4] FOUNDERS OF THE CONSPIRACY MOVEMENT
  

[23.0] Jim Garrison, David Ferrie, & Clay Shaw

• [23.1] JIM GARRISON & DAVID FERRIE
  
• [23.2] DEATH OF FERRIE / GARRISON ARRESTS CLAY SHAW
  
• [23.3] GARRISON'S PLAYBOY INTERVIEW
  

[24.0] The Trial Of Clay Shaw

• [24.1] SHAW'S "LINKS" TO THE CONSPIRACY
  
• [24.2] THE CLINTON WITNESSES
  
• [24.3] SHAW'S CONNECTION TO THE CIA
  
• [24.4] THE TRIAL OF CLAY SHAW
  
• [24.5] GARRISON'S CONTINUED PERSECUTION OF SHAW / SHAW'S DEATH
  
• [24.6] FOOTNOTE: OLIVER STONE'S MOVIE "JFK"
  

[25.0] The House Select Committee On Assassinations

• [25.1] THE HSCA
  
• [25.2] HSCA WITNESSES: MARITA LORENZ / LARRY HUFF
  
• [25.3] HSCA NON-WITNESSES: THOMAS BECKHAM / RICHARD CASE NAGELL
  
• [25.4] FOOTNOTE: G. ROBERT BLAKEY & THE JFK ASSASSINATION
  

[26.0] The Conspiracy Movement After Garrison (1)

• [26.1] DAVID LIFTON'S BEST EVIDENCE
  
• [26.2] ROBERT EASTERLING / HUGH MACDONALD & "SAUL" / GEORGE HICKEY
  
• [26.3] LAMAR WALDRON / DAVID TALBOT
  
• [26.4] OSWALD DOUBLE STORIES
  
• [26.5] "HARVEY & LEE", THE ULTIMATE OSWALD DOUBLE STORY
  

[27.0] The Conspiracy Movement After Garrison (2)

• [27.1] THE MEN WHO KILLED KENNEDY: THE CORSICAN CONNECTION
  
• [27.2] THE MEN WHO KILLED KENNEDY: JUDYTH VARY BAKER
  
• [27.3] THE MEN WHO KILLED KENNEDY: LOY FACTOR, MAC WALLACE, & LBJ
  
• [27.4] WILD BILL COOPER, THE UFO CONNECTION, & THE ULTRA-FRINGE
  

[28.0] Conspiracy Suspects: The Mob

• [28.1] THE MOB & THE JFK ASSASSINATION
  
• [28.2] CARLOS MARCELLO
  
• [28.3] OTHER MOBSTERS / THE CIA-MOB CONNECTION
  
• [28.4] THE OSWALD-MOB "CONNECTION"
  
• [28.5] THE MOB "PLOT" ON THE BEST-SELLER LISTS
  

[29.0] Conspiracy Suspects: The CIA (1)

• [29.1] JFK & THE CIA / OPERATION MONGOOSE
  
• [29.2] JFK & VIETNAM
  
• [29.3] LBJ & VIETNAM
  
• [29.4] MKULTRA / IRAN-CONTRA
  

[30.0] Conspiracy Suspects: The CIA (2)

• [30.1] CIA CONCEALMENT & THE WARREN COMMISSION
  
• [30.2] OSWALD & THE CIA
  
• [30.3] THE CIA "PLOT" ON THE BEST-SELLER LIST
  
• [30.4] FOOTNOTE: THE CIA IN ITS OWN DEFENSE
  

[31.0] Conspiracy Suspects: The FBI, Secret Service, & Others

• [31.1] THE FBI & COINTELPRO / THE SECRET SERVICE
  
• [31.2] THE SECRET SERVICE
  
• [31.3] LYNDON JOHNSON
  
• [31.4] FIDEL CASTRO
  
• [31.5] THE ANTI-CASTRO CUBANS / THE KGB / RIGHT WING
  

[32.0] Mysterious Deaths / Conclusions

• [32.1] THE "MYSTERIOUS DEATHS"
  
• [32.2] CONCLUSIONS
  
• [32.3] COMMENTS, SOURCES, & REVISION HISTORY