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Rod McKuen's Tribute to Clay Shaw
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....

Fred Litwin
Sep 5, 20231 min read


Mark Lane on Clay Shaw
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...

Fred Litwin
Jul 30, 20232 min read


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

Fred Litwin
Jun 30, 20231 min read


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

Fred Litwin
Jun 20, 20231 min read


Sylvia Meagher Writes Clay Shaw with an Idea
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...

Fred Litwin
Jun 1, 20231 min read


Assume Nothing
Encounters with Assassins, Spies, Presidents, and Would-Be Masters of the Universe Edward Jay Epstein, author of Inquest and Counterplot,...

Fred Litwin
Mar 29, 20232 min read


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

Fred Litwin
Feb 24, 20233 min read


When will Oliver Stone Admit he was Wrong about Clay Shaw?
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...

Fred Litwin
Feb 22, 20236 min read


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

Fred Litwin
Sep 19, 202211 min read


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

Fred Litwin
Apr 12, 20222 min read


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

Fred Litwin
Apr 11, 20227 min read


Jim Garrison Hoped Clay Shaw Would Commit Suicide
New Orleans States-Item, February 25, 1967 Garrison actually thought that Shaw would commit suicide. Here is an excerpt from "Garrison...

Fred Litwin
Feb 7, 20221 min read


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

Fred Litwin
Jan 30, 20222 min read


Jim Garrison on Judge Haggerty's Guidelines
In April 1967, Judge Haggerty handed down strict "guidelines governing conduct" of the prosecution and the defense in the Clay Shaw case....

Fred Litwin
Jan 4, 20221 min read


The Persecution of Clay Shaw
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...

Fred Litwin
Dec 31, 20215 min read


A Look Back at Clay Shaw's Trial
Clay Shaw outside the courtroom Baton Rouge Advocate, February 27, 1994 Some highlights: Dave Snyder, a reporter for the New Orleans...

Fred Litwin
Dec 28, 20212 min read


Is this the Smoking Gun that ties Oswald to Ferrie and Shaw?
Yup, here it is! Courtesy of the Malcolm Blunt archive (found in the David Ferrie folder in the New Orleans -Louisiana section) Ok, there...

Fred Litwin
Dec 27, 20212 min read


The Conspirators at Permindex wish you a very Merry Christmas
Clearly there must be a coded message here somewhere. This is where the cryptologic abilities of Jim Garrison would have come in handy!...

Fred Litwin
Dec 25, 20211 min read


ACLU had Concerns about a Fair Trial for Clay Shaw
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...

Fred Litwin
Dec 19, 20211 min read


Two Reasons why Clay Shaw Never Admitted to being a Domestic Contact of the CIA
Clay Shaw testified at his trial that he had never worked for the CIA. Irvin Dymond: Mr. Shaw, have you ever worked for the Central...

Fred Litwin
Dec 8, 20212 min read
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