JFK The Enduring Secret

Episode 288 is the long awaited first episode of our mini-series on the Tippit murder. David Belin, the celebrated Warren Commission attorney called it the "Rosetta Stone" of the JFK assassination. It may very well be... just that! In today's opening episode we go right to the scene of the crime and begin to educate ourselves on exactly what happened at 10th and Patton. This is the first of a group of episodes in the mini-series that provides a deep dive into those events at...

Join me on one of our most exciting wanders yet! As we approach 300 episodes, I feel compelled to bring this story now to our loyal listeners. You have waited long enough to hear me tell this one. David Belin, the celebrated Warren Commission attorney called the J.D. Tippit murder the "Rosetta Stone" of the JFK assassination. It may very well be... just that! In this mini-series, which starts this weekend, we examine the evidence, and delve into the bewildering array of contradict...

As promised, the video interview is live on our YouTube Channel!

As researchers peer deeper and deeper into the JFK Records Act, startling and suspicious questions arise as to how the nation's national archives (NARA) handled record administration. Record administration that was handed over to NARA after the JFK record collection was turned over to them upon sunsetting of the ARRB. Even more startling, are the facts surrounding how certain CIA records in a sequestered collection might have been "managed" prior to the effective date of the...

This is our first episode covering Lyndon Johnson and how he accumulated his wealth, becoming the richest president in history up to his time. In today's episode (which is one of 2 episodes covering this topic ), we begin by telling the story of KTBC Austin, the radio station snatched from the hands of Dr. Ulmer and JM West. And how KTBC served as the foundation for acquisition of the only TV station in Austin. Johnson was able to skillfully accomplish this through his ...

This is our second episode covering Lyndon Johnson himself and selected parts of his own background. In today's episode (which is part 2 of a two-part mini-series covering this event), we conclude the telling of the story of the stolen Democratic primary run off race in 1948 that occurred in Texas. The Box 13 scandal is a classic and blatant voter fraud case that propelled Lyndon Johnson ultimately to the Senate. And it revealed, on a national basis, the unbridled ambition of this man w...

This is our first episode covering Lyndon Johnson himself and selected parts of his own background. In today's episode (which is one of 2 episodes covering this event), we begin by telling the story of the stolen Democratic primary run off race in 1948 that occurred in Texas. The Box 13 scandal is a classic and blatant voter fraud case that propelled Lyndon Johnson ultimately to the Senate. And it revealed, on a national basis, the unbridled ambition of this man who would take outrageous and ...

A status update on the JFK Records Act litigation between the Mary Ferrell Foundation and NARA. Just a few days ago on August 6th, the litigants filed a joint status report in the case involving the declassification of records related to historical assassinations. The defendant's request for summary judgement was stayed as a result of President Trumps order regarding the release of records and this new status report updates the public on the latest status of the...

A random episode that pays tribute to author David Talbot and his must have book entitled Brothers and also captures most perfectly Talbot's reminders regarding the lesson of history that the Church Committee and its members brought to us many years before...

Hello listeners, I added a few interesting facts and made a few edits. So please do use this updated version of episode 282 and delete any prior downloads of this episode. Thanks again! Jeff

We are winding down our series on the Johnson inner circle. We have covered Billy Sol Estes, Bobby Baker, and Mac Wallace. One topic I promised to come back to was the fingerprint found inside the Texas Schoolbook Depository. The fingerprint that allegedly matches Mac Wallace. Today we tackle that issue with an action packed episode. If it was Mac Wallace's fingerprint, surely that leads to deeper ties that Johnson likely had with the assassination itself. All of these men w...

This is Part 15 of the mini-series that covers the story of Bobby Baker. It's also the final episode of the Bobby Baker series and the final episode on Don Reynolds. It's a deeper dive into Reynolds and includes the insightful thoughts brought to us by his nephew Bob Nelson who wrote a book entitled LBJ's Mortal Wound: The Don Reynolds Story. This mini-series is part of a larger series covering Billy Sol Estes, Mac Wallace, Bobby Baker and other members of Johnson's Texas inner circle. ...

This is Part 14 of the mini-series that covers the story of Bobby Baker. We are nearing the end (finally) of the tale of Bobby Baker and the story of the Carousel motel is most appropriate. It was his dream to build and operate this coastal travel experience and yet it turned out to be a financial anchor that materially contributed to his personal and political demise. He would commit fraud along the way to obtain financing for the hotel in a desperate moment after his partn...

This is Part 13 of the mini-series that covers the story of Bobby Baker. Today we continue to tell the story of Don Reynolds, the Maryland insurance broker who who made Bobby Baker a nominal partner in his insurance agency and engaged in other business with Baker. Today, we tell the story of the performance bond related to the D.C. stadium build, with Baker's portion of the commissions disguised and paid in the form of a loan to avoid questions surrounding his conflict of interest...

This is Part 12 of the mini-series that covers the story of Bobby Baker. This mini-series is part of a larger series covering Billy Sol Estes, Mac Wallace, Bobby Baker and other members of Johnson's Texas inner circle. All of these men were quite intertwined around Johnson at the time of the assassination. They were involved in circumstances that were closing in on Johnson too and that provided him great motive in the killing of the President. The story is extraordinary. We began the story of...