Rod McKuen Rod McKuen's tribute was read at Clay Shaw's funeral on August 16, 1974. He also had his tribute printed in Variety magazine....

Lane and Garrison in March 1967 in New Orleans I just blogged about Mark Lane's appearance on the Joe Dolan Show on KNEW radio after...

Here is a letter that Clay Shaw sent his attorney, Edward Wegmann, in 1973 about an article which clearly upset him: Relevant Past Blog...

New Orleans Times-Picayune, December 15, 1971 Jim Garrison's prosecution of Clay Shaw for conspiracy to kill JFK and for perjury forced...

Sylvia Meagher wrote a letter to Clay Shaw with a terrific point: Clay Shaw was in San Francisco at the St. Francis Hotel on the 22nd and...

Encounters with Assassins, Spies, Presidents, and Would-Be Masters of the Universe Edward Jay Epstein, author of Inquest and Counterplot,...

Two days ago, I asked an important question about Oliver Stone and Clay Shaw: The responses from people on Facebook have been incredibly...

Clay Shaw outside the courtroom in New Orleans In my response to the Matt Douthit and James DiEugenio review of my book, Oliver Stone's...

From left to right: Oliver Stone, Paul Bleau, and James DiEugenio Conspiracy theorist Paul Bleau just published an analysis of Jim...

Jim Garrison appealed the Christenberry decision which prohibited his perjury charges against Clay Shaw from proceeding. The United...

In January 1971, Judge Herbert Christenberry conducted three days of hearings on Garrison's prosecution of Clay Shaw for perjury. Here is...

Part one of five-part series in the Pittsburgh Press , February 2, 1969 Previous Relevant Blog Posts Did the FBI Bug Garrison's Offices? Hugh Aynesworth debunks William Walters. Was Jim Garrison Napoleon or Rasputin? A terrific cover of Westward with a story by Hugh Aynesworth Why do Conspiracy Theorists Still Believe Julia Ann Mercer? Hugh Aynesworth saw Jack Ruby at the offices of the Dallas Morning News on the morning of November 22, 1963. Jim Garrison Hoped Clay Shaw

New Orleans States-Item, February 25, 1967 Garrison actually thought that Shaw would commit suicide. Here is an excerpt from "Garrison vs. Shaw: The Big Melodrama in New Orleans" by Hugh Aynesworth from the second of five articles written for The Pittsburgh Press, February 3 , 1969: Previous Relevant Blog Posts When Shaw was Arrested, What Serious Evidence did Garrison have that he Conspired to Kill JFK? Please take the challenge. In June 1970, Clay Shaw and Others Look Back

Jamie Kirchick has just published an important article on Oliver Stone, his so-called documentary JFK Revisited, and "his three-decade...

In April 1967, Judge Haggerty handed down strict "guidelines governing conduct" of the prosecution and the defense in the Clay Shaw case. New Orleans Times-Picayune, April 1, 1967 Garrison didn't think much of Judge Haggerty's guidelines. Note Garrison's quote: "The judge was just making a suggestion when he handed out the guidelines. The District Attorney can make any statements he wishes." Previous Relevant Blog Posts ACLU had Concerns about a Fair Trial for Clay Shaw Garr

This article appears in the August 26, 1969, issue of Look Magazine and is a very good overview of the treatment of Clay Shaw. You can...

Clay Shaw outside the courtroom Baton Rouge Advocate, February 27, 1994 Some highlights: Dave Snyder, a reporter for the New Orleans...

Yup, here it is! Courtesy of the Malcolm Blunt archive (found in the David Ferrie folder in the New Orleans -Louisiana section) Ok, there...

Clearly there must be a coded message here somewhere. This is where the cryptologic abilities of Jim Garrison would have come in handy!...

The ACLU had some early concerns about a fair trial for Clay Shaw. I was happy to find this article, but I wish they had been far more...