JFK Files

Five decades after JFK’s assassination, the lucrative conspiracy theory industry hums along

2013-05-12T10:45:00.000-04:00

by ALLEN G. BREED with DAVID PORTER / Associated Press On the very day John F. Kennedy died, a cottage industry was born. Fifty years and hundreds of millions of dollars later, it's still thriving. Its product? The "truth" about the president's assassination. "By the evening of November 22, 1963, I found myself being drawn into the case," Los Angeles businessman Ray Marcus wrote in "

Owner to sell rooming house where Oswald lived before JFK assassination

2013-05-09T08:34:00.000-04:00

by ROY APPLETON / Dallas Morning News Pat Hall wants to sell her house in north Oak Cliff. The place at 1026 N. Beckley Ave. should attract some interest, as it has for half a century. A guy named Lee Harvey Oswald lived there for a while in 1963. That is, until he was arrested and charged with killing President John F. Kennedy and Dallas police Officer J.D. Tippit. With the 50th

Newseum displays rarely seen JFK, Oswald artifacts

2013-04-11T07:39:00.001-04:00

by NEAL AUGENSTEIN / WTOP.COM Fig. 1 – Oswald's arrest shirt on display. [WTOP] WASHINGTON - For one of the most tragic and dissected events in American history, it's hard to believe artifacts from the Nov. 22, 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy exist that have never been seen. Yet, the Newseum is set to unveil some of these items. "They're items from the National

Skeptics of JFK assassination official version say they're barred from 50th anniversary

2013-01-02T15:44:00.000-05:00

by EDMUND DeMARCHE / FoxNews.com A Washington-based group that has long questioned the official version of John F. Kennedy's assassination says the city of Dallas is trampling its rights by barring it from Dealey Plaza for this year's 50th anniversary of the murder of the nation's 35th president. The Coalition on Political Assassinations has gathered every year since 1994 at the site where

Irving house that hosted Lee Harvey Oswald is headed back to 1963

2012-12-22T21:14:00.000-05:00

by AVI SELK / Dallas Morning News Despite half a century of renovations, a boxy little tract house on West Fifth Street has never been able to leave its past behind. New owners have come and gone: changed the windows, painted the bricks, built new walls. But the tourists who still gawk daily from the sidewalk will always see Ruth Paine’s house on Nov. 22, 1963 — the morning her houseguest

Dallas apartment complex where Lee Harvey Oswald briefly lived being demolished

2012-12-01T15:57:00.000-05:00

by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DALLAS — A dilapidated Dallas apartment complex where Lee Harvey Oswald briefly lived before the assassination of President John F. Kennedy is being demolished. After a four-year battle over code violations at the uninhabited 10-unit, two-story apartment complex built in 1925, owner Jane Bryant is in the process of taking the building down per a court order. She’s

Somber 50th anniversary of JFK assassination to include Pulitzer Prize winner David McCullough

2012-11-22T07:49:00.000-05:00

by JONATHAN RIENSTRA / Austin Culturemap Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings, Ruth Altshuler and former mayor Ron Kirk announced plans Tuesday at the Old Red Museum in Dallas for next year’s 50th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy’s death. Headed by a 25-person committee, “The 50th” is a public memorial that will take place at Dealey Plaza on November 22, 2013, beginning at 12:25 pm. “It

Historical marker for slain police officer J.D. Tippit unveiled in Oak Cliff ceremony

2012-11-20T22:43:00.000-05:00

by ROY APPLETON / Dallas Morning News Dallas police Chief David Brown, left, and Farris Rookstool III help Marie Tippit unveil a historical marker honoring her late husband, J.D. Tippit (Brad Loper / Dallas Morning News) President Kennedy had been shot in downtown Dallas. A police dispatcher ordered Officer J.D. Tippit into central Oak Cliff and minutes later told him to be “at large

Gaeton Fonzi, Investigator of JFK Assassination, Dies at 76

2012-09-12T08:56:00.003-04:00

by PAUL VITELLO / New York Times Gaeton Fonzi was one of the most relentless investigators on the House Select Committee on Assassinations in the late 1970s, remembered by former colleagues with both awe and echoes of the impatience he inspired with his pursuit of the full story behind the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. They called him Ahab. Mr. Fonzi was also the staff member

Murray J. Jackson, former Dallas police dispatcher dies at 77

2012-06-13T21:58:00.000-04:00

by DALE K. MYERS The former Dallas police radio dispatcher who handled the police emergency in the wake of the Kennedy assassination has died at the age of 77 in Hamilton, Texas. Murray James Jackson was a warm a fun-loving soul who will be remembered by friends and family for his great sense of humor and helpful attitude. He was born in Marshalltown, Iowa, on September 24, 1934 to

National Archives to Keep JFK Secrets until 2017

2012-06-12T22:23:00.000-04:00

The National Archives (NARA) today turned down the request of a Washington non-profit public interest group to declassify secret records related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in time for the 50th anniversary of that tragic event in 2013. The request for release of the secret documents was made by the Assassination Archives and Research Center (AARC), a Washington, D.C.

Earl F. Rose of Iowa City, figure in JFK case, dies

2012-05-01T14:24:00.003-04:00

by KYLE MUNSON / Des Moines Register Earl Rose was the medical examiner in Dallas in 1963 when President John F. Kennedy was shot and killed there. This photo was taken in the mid-1960s. [Des Moines Register] I just received word that retired forensic pathologist and University of Iowa professor Earl Rose of Iowa City, 85, whom I profiled a couple days ago in my column in the Des Moines

James Sibert: Last surviving FBI agent at JFK autopsy dies

2012-04-19T00:58:00.003-04:00

by STEPHANIE BORDEN / Naples Daily NewsHe was the last surviving FBI agent to attend the autopsy of President John F. Kennedy.But, as family and friends say, James Sibert was much more than that. A husband, father and decorated World War II veteran, Sibert died April 6 in Fort Myers of complications following a hospital fall.Sibert was 93, and a memorial service Saturday will remember his life.

The Kennedy assassination: Did Castro know in advance?

2012-03-19T20:55:00.016-04:00

A new book by former CIA analyst Brian Latell details evidence that Cuban intelligence knew beforehand of JFK’s assassinationby GLENN GARVIN / Miami HeraldThe orders surprised the Cuban intelligence officer. Most days in his tiny communications hut, just outside Fidel Castro’s isolated family compound on the west side of Havana, were spent huddled over his radio gear, trolling the island’s

As 50th anniversary approaches, Dallas’ nerves still raw about JFK assassination

2012-03-04T09:46:00.008-05:00

by SCOTT K. PARKS / Dallas Morning News The question hangs heavy in the air as if Dallas were still reeling from the assassination of President John F. Kennedy on Nov. 22, 1963.What should the city do to officially observe the 50th anniversary coming up in November 2013?“This is very important — unbelievably important — as to our place on the world stage,” Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings said recently

Lee Harvey Oswald gravestone wanted back from Roscoe museum

2012-02-14T17:55:00.003-05:00

by GREG STANLEY / Rockford Register StarWayne Lensing stands next to Lee Harvey Oswald's tombstone in the Oswald Room on Monday, Feb. 13, 2012, at Historic Auto Attractions in Roscoe. Lensing has owned the stone for about 1.5 years. In the background is the ambulance that picked up Oswald after he was shot by Jack Ruby in Dallas. [Max Gersh | RRStar.com]A tombstone doesn’t typically come with a

Newly discovered JFK assassination tapes made public

2012-01-30T12:25:00.003-05:00

by DEBBIE SIEGELBAUM / TheHill.comThe public can listen to newly discovered audiotapes of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, 48 years after the tragedy.The National Archives and Records Administration is providing public access to the recordings, which consist of conversations among individuals in Washington, Air Force One pilots and officials on board the flight from Dallas to

State approves historical marker where Officer Tippit died

2012-01-28T08:08:00.001-05:00

by BRAD WATSON / WFAAAn important spot in Dallas, long neglected in the story of the Kennedy assassination, will finally get a historical marker.On Friday, the Texas Historical Commission approved a marker for the location where Lee Harvey Oswald killed Officer J.D.Tippit.As work on the Adamson High School campus expansion continues, the effort to secure a historical marker for the nearby

JFK hearse sells for $160,000

2012-01-22T08:27:00.002-05:00

by PETER VALDES-DAPENA / CNN MoneyThis hearse, which carried President John F. Kennedy's body after his assassination in Dallas, was sold for $160,000.A Cadillac hearse that carried the body of President John F. Kennedy to Air Force One following his assassination in Dallas was sold at a Scottsdale, Ariz., auction for $160,000.The car was sold at Barrett-Jackson auction company's annual

Mr. Holland’s Opus: Max Holland and National Geographic Channel’s "The Lost Bullet"

2012-01-05T18:05:00.023-05:00

by DALE K. MYERS with TODD W. VAUGHANFig. 1 – Opening Title of National Geographic Channel’s “JFK: The Lost Bullet” [NatGeo TV]If you knew little to nothing about the JFK assassination, you might have found the National Geographic Channels’ (NatGeo) fast cutting, visually stimulating docu-mystery about the so-called “lost bullet” last November interesting and informative.Unfortunately, for the

Johnny Calvin Brewer, man who helped catch JFK assassin Lee Harvey Oswald, honored by Dallas police

2011-11-23T09:55:00.002-05:00

Reuters / New York Daily News / Dallas Morning NewsJohnny Calvin Brewer stands in front of the Texas Theater in Dallas exactly 48 years after he helped catch JFK's killer. Photograph by Jeffrey McWhorter / AP.Dallas police honored a man on Tuesday whose "keen observation skills and strong sense of civic duty" led them to Lee Harvey Oswald, who had crept into the back of a darkened movie theater

Crowd marks John F. Kennedy’s assassination with moment of silence at Dallas’ Dealey Plaza

2011-11-23T09:47:00.002-05:00

by MARC RAMIREZ, Staff Writer / Dallas Morning NewsMaria Ortiz (front) was joined by her children, Jose Ortiz and Teresa Guerrero, during a moment of silence Tuesday at Dealey Plaza in downtown Dallas to commemorate the 48th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy's assassination. Photograph by Patrick T. Fallon, Staff Photographer / Dallas Morning News.To Dealey Plaza they came, the young and

The Assassination of John F. Kennedy – 48 Years On

2011-11-22T09:05:00.000-05:00

by JOHN MARTINOn November 22nd, 1963 President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas. The evidence against the chief suspect Lee Harvey Oswald was overwhelming. Witnesses saw shots being fired from the sixth floor of the Texas School Depository Building where Oswald was employed. A Mannlicher Carcano rifle was found on this floor. The bullet that hit the President and Governor Connally was

Gap in history to be closed: A memorial marker for Officer J.D.Tippit

2011-11-22T09:01:00.002-05:00

by BRAD WATSON / WFAA-TVToday is the 48th anniversary of the assassination of President Kennedy in downtown Dallas.As people visit Dealey Plaza, there will be few if any visitors stopping by an important spot left unmarked; Where Lee Harvey Oswald killed Officer J.D. Tippit.But that should be changing next year, all because of a News 8 report in 2010.The corner of 10th and Patton now borders

TV: The Lost Bullet and more

2011-11-17T09:42:00.005-05:00

by DALE K. MYERSTelevision acknowledges the 48th anniversary of the John F. Kennedy assassination this year with three documentaries, only one of which is new.The History Channel and National Geographic Channel are both offering up reruns of 2003's Beyond Conspiracy and 2010's The Lost JFK Tapes – programs worth watching.The new documentary, JFK: The Lost Bullet, produced by Robert Stone (Oswald’