<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[On The Trail of Delusion]]></title><description><![CDATA[On The Trail of Delu]]></description><link>https://www.onthetrailofdelusion.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 10:54:56 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.onthetrailofdelusion.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Was Lee Harvey Oswald on Acid?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Chad Nagle has written an article for Jefferson Morley's Substack on MK-Ultra and Lee Harvey Oswald. Back in 1983, when online publishing was barely a twinkle in anyone’s eye, Rolling Stone magazine published an article entitled, “Did Lee Harvey Oswald Drop Acid?” Co-authored by Martin Lee, Robert Ranftel, and Jeff Cohen, it tells an uncorroborated yet intriguing tale suggesting that MKULTRA may have somehow caught JFK’s accused assassin in its web. A respected New Orleans assistant district...]]></description><link>https://www.onthetrailofdelusion.com/post/was-lee-harvey-oswald-on-acid</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a202b651eb41e7885ff9600</guid><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 13:07:38 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/325b1c_36238428732d4d2bbd3145e5796ec069~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_750,h_650,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Fred Litwin</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Can the JFK Assassination Story Get More Absurd?]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Daily Mail in the UK excerpts a new book about UFOs: The story is an excerpt from Kaplan's upcoming book: Of course Dorothy Kilgallen is part of the story: Kilgallen was a friend of President John F. Kennedy, and became part of Marilyn’s inner circle after they met in 1960, during the filming of Let’s Make Love. She had a long-standing interest in UAPs. She revealed this in February 1954, when she told her readers: ‘Flying saucers are regarded as of such vital importance that they will be...]]></description><link>https://www.onthetrailofdelusion.com/post/can-the-jfk-assassination-story-get-more-absurd</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a1ee966345fdf6c424e34c8</guid><pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 15:00:32 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/325b1c_c889bd03f9bf499f856c1973149e8096~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_394,h_210,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Fred Litwin</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jefferson Morley Gets a New Job]]></title><description><![CDATA[Jefferson Morley announced this week that he is taking a leave of absence from his Substack, JFK Facts. Here is his text: Rep. Anna Paulina Luna announced today that I have been appointed as an adviser to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. I’m honored to be assisting the Committee in writing a report on the status of JFK assassination files since the implementation of President Trump’s Executive Order 14176. To give the report the attention it deserves, and to avoid the...]]></description><link>https://www.onthetrailofdelusion.com/post/jefferson-morley-gets-a-new-job</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a185230d715e99f6b9a17c1</guid><pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2026 21:11:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/325b1c_d689ff94b0634c4da786040583222003~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_583,h_277,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Fred Litwin</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[On the Trail of Delusion, Episode 38, with Todd Kwait]]></title><description><![CDATA[It was a real pleasure to talk with Todd Kwait - a true Renaissance man. He has had several careers -- as a lawyer, businessman, record producer, and film maker. His film, Truth is the Only Client, is terrific -- both in content and in production values. I've watched it several times and I look forward to watching it again soon. I strongly urge everybody to either buy a copy of Truth is the Only Client, or to stream it. Here is their official webpage. Here is the AI summary of our discussion:...]]></description><link>https://www.onthetrailofdelusion.com/post/on-the-trail-of-delusion-episode-38-with-todd-kwait</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a160f8f2a9023e233356c72</guid><pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2026 14:02:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="http://youtu.be/hLiAnKeWAS4?si=15evjCQSz8BUNy45" length="0" type="video"/><dc:creator>Fred Litwin</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[On the Trail of Delusion, Episode 37, with Steve Roe]]></title><description><![CDATA[https://web.archive.org/web/20230529063612/https://www.washingtondecoded.com/site/2022/06/roe3.htmlhttps://web.archive.org/web/20220611204234/https://www.washingtondecoded.com/site/2022/06/roe3.html In episode 32, I convened a panel to discuss the single-bullet theory. Unfortunately, Steve Roe could not join us that evening. I wanted him to be part of that panel because of his knowledge of the chain of custody of CE399. So, consider this episode to be a companion to our panel discussion. You...]]></description><link>https://www.onthetrailofdelusion.com/post/on-the-trail-of-delusion-episode-37-with-steve-roe</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a11ae3bc9b7de4f2a1dc072</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2026 13:49:01 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="http://youtu.be/g5gk4P1yDP8?si=7Bow2zRJvalB1Gw4" length="0" type="video"/><dc:creator>Fred Litwin</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jim Garrison's No-Show]]></title><description><![CDATA[Long John Nebel Here is an excerpt from a December 1970 letter sent by Sylvia Meagher to Mary Ferrell: Money Quote: I suppose, being the crude phony he is, Garrison will soon charge that because of CIA pressure on the media he was prevented from appearing on radio and TV to discuss the assassination -- just wait. Previous Relevant Blog Posts on Sylvia Meagher and Jim Garrison Sylvia Meagher on the Sewer Shot and Jim Garrison An excerpt from a letter Meagher sent to Thomas Stamm. A Vincent...]]></description><link>https://www.onthetrailofdelusion.com/post/jim-garrison-s-no-show</link><guid isPermaLink="false">646e10cc27941cc7a8b36220</guid><pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 01:06:28 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/325b1c_396c5d1039c84e05a1c3d43c004546c8~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_720,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Fred Litwin</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[New York Times Editorial on the Death of Jim Garrison]]></title><description><![CDATA[From the October 23, 1992, edition of the New York Times: Money quote: Mr. Garrison was a vulgar political survivor. And the perpetrator of what could have been a judicial tragedy. Previous Relevant Blog Posts on Jim Garrison Was Jim Garrison a Prophet of the American People? Mark Lane goes overboard. Jim Garrison's "Reign of Terror" William Gurvich said that Garrison wanted Walter Sheridan roughed up. Gaeton Fonzi's Notes from a Discussion with Jim Garrison Garrison feeds Fonzi lots of...]]></description><link>https://www.onthetrailofdelusion.com/post/new-york-times-editorial-on-the-death-of-jim-garrison</link><guid isPermaLink="false">645542fed7e4c64c7ed80ae8</guid><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 15:10:43 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/325b1c_9d1e294429fa4c8784a58c5c679c23c8~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_298,h_36,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Fred Litwin</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[G. Robert Blakey, R.I.P., (1936-2026)]]></title><description><![CDATA[It was sad to hear that G. Robert Blakey died last Friday at the age of 90. He will always be remembered for taking over the helm of the House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA) and having it focus on the science side of the case. The HSCA was in a shambles until he provided some clear leadership. Don Edwards Writes Thomas Downing about Richard Sprague While the HSCA went off track with the acoustics evidence, they also provided a clear scientific case for the guilt of Lee Harvey...]]></description><link>https://www.onthetrailofdelusion.com/post/g-robert-blakey-r-i-p-1936-2026</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69fd011325e3fb6b30c9b795</guid><pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2026 13:30:50 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/325b1c_2358c10e92c344b59de8200d27e80ba0~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Fred Litwin</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rob Reiner's Upcoming Book]]></title><description><![CDATA[Rob Reiner will be posthumously publishing a book based on his podcast series, Who Killed JFK?, in November. Here is the description on Amazon: Based on the hit podcast of the same name, Who Killed JFK? unravels a tangled web of evidence—including recently declassified documents, rare interview transcripts, and existing expert research—and presents the definitive analysis of the Kennedy assassination. Since the fateful day in Dallas on November 22, 1963, journalists, historians, and...]]></description><link>https://www.onthetrailofdelusion.com/post/rob-reiner-s-upcoming-book</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69b331e6d558374c818dcade</guid><pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 13:44:35 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/325b1c_614d12ff6a9541b583caa428965b0d5a~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Fred Litwin</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[On the Trail of Delusion, Episode 36, Fred Litwin]]></title><description><![CDATA[It was a ton of fun to present to Professor Robert Vitt's class at Long Beach City College. Professor Vitt was also a guest on Episode 30. Episode 30 Dr. Robert Vitt talks about conspiracy theories, the early JFK researchers, and how to evaluate evidence. Previous Episodes of On the Trail of Delusion: Episode 1 My first guest was Robert Reynolds who is an expert on the JFK assassination files. Episode 2 Robert A. Wagner discusses his new book, JFK Assassinated. Episode 3 Gerald Posner...]]></description><link>https://www.onthetrailofdelusion.com/post/on-the-trail-of-delusion-episode-36-fred-litwin</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69f89d0f7c961ad0b9facbb3</guid><pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 13:31:17 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="http://youtu.be/c5j9yeXZ__0?si=Ea_NFrycu7TykNTW" length="0" type="video"/><dc:creator>Fred Litwin</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Was Tosh Plumlee in Dealey Plaza on November 22nd?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Tosh Plumlee being interviewed in 1991. Tosh Plumlee has long insisted that he was part of an abort team which was flown into Dallas on November 22nd to try and stop the JFK assassination. I have posted two videos from an interview conducted with Gus Russo in 1991. 1991 Tosh Plumlee Interview, Part One Part One of two parts. 1991 Tosh Plumlee Interview, Part Two Second of two parts. The whole story is ridiculous from start to finish, and it changes every time he tells it. So, here is the...]]></description><link>https://www.onthetrailofdelusion.com/post/was-tosh-plumlee-in-dealey-plaza-on-november-22nd</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69f367e379cb054083e15dec</guid><pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 17:37:38 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/325b1c_0114179be40c440cb0c9d1e771465a2c~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_700,h_501,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Fred Litwin</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tosh Plumlee and Lee Harvey Oswald]]></title><description><![CDATA[Page x of Tosh Plumlee's book, Deep Cover, Shallow Graves I think the above photograph is obscene. Like many people, I have visited Oswald's grave, but the last thing I would do is salute. After all, Oswald killed JFK, and he killed a policeman. So, here is what Plumlee has to say about Oswald in his book. In the spring of 1958, I was sent for training at the School of Illusionary Warfare in Nags Head, North Carolina, where I met a young Lee Harvey Oswald. [page 6] There are two problems with...]]></description><link>https://www.onthetrailofdelusion.com/post/tosh-plumlee-and-lee-harvey-oswald</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69f27fe3bc2ce3253fd30d7d</guid><pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 17:45:16 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/325b1c_db0c53a2da774bb0b0af0faa92109164~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_979,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Fred Litwin</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tosh Plumlee Writes Fiction!]]></title><description><![CDATA[I just received my copy of Tosh Plumlee's new book, Deep Cover, Shallow Graves. It's one of the finest pieces of fiction I've read in a long time, and for those of you who like fantasy, well, you can't go wrong. Kris Millegan wrote a publisher's foreword which immediately gives you a sense of the seriousness of this book: I heard about Tosh from the intrepid Jim Marrs. I was working on Judyth Vary Baker's book, Me &#38; Lee: How I Came to Know, Love and Lose Lee Harvey Oswald, and she was talking...]]></description><link>https://www.onthetrailofdelusion.com/post/tosh-plumlee-writes-fiction</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69f16d63d3f2ae6dd9159a62</guid><pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 15:14:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/325b1c_dacf3234e4d048c0a2a00a9d6fa744f5~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_600,h_900,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Fred Litwin</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Penn &#38; Teller on Hypnosis]]></title><description><![CDATA[Penn Jillette, the talkative member of the magic act Penn &#38; Teller, knows that people will find the duo’s new project a little surprising. It is a Supreme Court brief filed last month urging the justices to hear an appeal from Charles Don Flores, a death row inmate in Texas. A key piece of evidence in the case was tainted by a police officer’s “investigative hypnosis” of a witness, the brief said. Here is a summary of the case: The brief noted that there was no physical evidence against...]]></description><link>https://www.onthetrailofdelusion.com/post/penn-teller-on-hypnosis</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69efa724d3f2ae6dd911a221</guid><pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 15:19:59 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/325b1c_82fa2a9113e4427e8bb6d79992bc7b93~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_658,h_804,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Fred Litwin</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[On the Trail of Delusion, Episode 35, with John Corbett]]></title><description><![CDATA[John Corbett discusses the JFK assassination on the JFK assassination forum. You will find that his posts are intelligent and that he really knows the case. It was a pleasure to talk with him. Previous Episodes of On the Trail of Delusion: Episode 1 My first guest was Robert Reynolds who is an expert on the JFK assassination files. Episode 2 Robert A. Wagner discusses his new book, JFK Assassinated. Episode 3 Gerald Posner discusses the JFK assassination and conspiracy theories. Episode 4 Dr....]]></description><link>https://www.onthetrailofdelusion.com/post/on-the-trail-of-delusion-episode-35-with-john-corbett</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69e8c794b17cf497ceb0d448</guid><pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 13:10:04 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="http://youtu.be/YbvDPhfFQiY?si=ERCyg2urO26uL_m3" length="0" type="video"/><dc:creator>Fred Litwin</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Was Jim Garrison a Prophet of the American People?]]></title><description><![CDATA[From an interview with Mark Lane on WVUE-TV, New Orleans on April 29, 1978. Aaron Kohn of the Metropolitan Crime Commission produced a transcript and here is an excerpt about the JFK assassination: (the rest of the interview was about the Martin Luther King assassination, Lane was in town to promote his book, Code Name Zorro , which was co-authored with Dick Gregory) Kohn sent copies of the transcript to the FBI and to Robert Blakey. He made the transcript from a video tape copy of the...]]></description><link>https://www.onthetrailofdelusion.com/post/was-jim-garrison-a-prophet-of-the-american-people</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69e2509f724c2c08e3306431</guid><pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 18:43:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/325b1c_a95926a635804c83b737b157ec4c0b4b~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_768,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Fred Litwin</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good Thing They Weren't Betting Men!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Houston Post, May 4, 1975 Money Quotes : "If I were a betting man," says trial lawyer Bernard J. Fensterwald, "I'd bet the full story will be known within a year." "A year? I'm surprised at Fensterwald," said Dr. Richard Popkin, a philosophy professor at Washington University in St. Louis. "I'd make in six months." Fensterwald's comment on Marina Oswald strikes me as fairly cruel: "Can you imagine what you could do with Marina (Oswald's Russian-born widow) in one morning if you put her under...]]></description><link>https://www.onthetrailofdelusion.com/post/good-thing-they-weren-t-betting-men</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69d7c1110b7119100d012182</guid><pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 13:30:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/325b1c_ab29ba311d0f43668064cbc1bd7a282e~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_975,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Fred Litwin</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[On the Trail of Delusion, Episode 34, with Steve Barber]]></title><description><![CDATA[It was an honor to talk with Steve Barber who played a critical role in debunking the HSCA acoustics evidence. Previous Episodes of On the Trail of Delusion : Episode 1 My first guest was Robert Reynolds who is an expert on the JFK assassination files . Episode 2 Robert A. Wagner discusses his new book, JFK Assassinated . Episode 3 Gerald Posner discusses the JFK assassination and conspiracy theories. Episode 4 Dr. Martin J. Kelly, Jr. discusses conspiracy theories and the medical evidence in...]]></description><link>https://www.onthetrailofdelusion.com/post/on-the-trail-of-delusion-episode-34-with-steve-barber</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69dce711c31b00fb851376c3</guid><pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 13:22:05 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="http://youtu.be/v3rdad0vCFE?si=kaBkfLRikmFUX5Pi" length="0" type="video"/><dc:creator>Fred Litwin</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fred Litwin: The pro-CIA Troll]]></title><description><![CDATA[Jefferson Morley seems to be a tad upset. My blog post on his Evelyn Lincoln article hit  a nerve. When troll Fred Litwin starts croaking, you know something significant has turned up that worries the anxious and isolated defenders of the lone gunman theory. But what is revealing is that Morley now has a remarkable ability -- he can both honestly quote me and then distort the same quote in the same paragraph! Check this out: (Anyone that is except Fred Litwin. He writes of Lincoln, “Who...]]></description><link>https://www.onthetrailofdelusion.com/post/fred-litwin-the-pro-cia-troll</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69d65dfccafca5fd4bf7f376</guid><pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 18:03:11 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/325b1c_3f2edf240d3143caafa60dd1dcfda310~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_747,h_269,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Fred Litwin</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[On the Trail of Delusion, Episode 33, with Ernest Kearney]]></title><description><![CDATA[Playwright Ernest Kearney stopped by to discuss conspiracy theories, and the influence of two books, Virtues of the Mind  by Linda Zagzebski and The True Believer  by Eric Hoffer, on his worldview. Others topics discussed are a critique of the documentary  The Assassination and Mrs. Paine , The Jim Garrison/Clay Shaw case, and the books Rush to Judgement  by Mark Lane and Vincent Bugliosi's Reclaiming History . This episode also contains never before seen footage of Fred Litwin's appearance...]]></description><link>https://www.onthetrailofdelusion.com/post/on-the-trail-of-delusion-episode-33-with-ernest-kearney</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69d30209072d140cb95a35c3</guid><pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 13:52:08 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="http://youtu.be/vS3aen2tfUM?si=M_foCMh41GCl-4rV" length="0" type="video"/><dc:creator>Fred Litwin</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>