It was a lot of fun speaking with author Don Carpenter on my podcast. Don is the author of Man of a Million Fragments: The True Story of Clay Shaw, a magisterial biography of Clay Shaw. Don did an amazing amount of research for this book, and it is an important addition to the literature about Jim Garrison. Here is a link to Don Carpenter's website. Previous Episodes of On the Trail of Delusion: Episode 1 My first guest was Robert Reynolds who is an expert on the JFK assassin

When Delphine Roberts (secretary to Guy Banister) was interviewed by the HSCA, she told them several things she clearly made up. Here is...

Here is a letter from Edward Wegmann to Irvin Dymond with a to-do list. They had a huge task list -- in addition to checking out a...

Jim Garrison charged that the lawyers of various witnesses, including Gordon Novel, were paid by the CIA . In the late 1970s, Gordon Novel was charged with firebombing a building in New Orleans and one of his lawyers was Jim Garrison. This prompted a very funny comment from a prosecutor. Hat Tip: Don Carpenter's incredible biography of Claw Shaw: Man of a Million Fragments . New Orleans Times-Picayune, October 15, 1976 Previous Relevant Blog Posts Did the CIA Pay the Lawyers

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John Manchester said in his statement to Jim Garrison that the black Cadillac, seen in Clinton, was identified as being with the International Trade Mart. Here is his statement: Here is a very telling memo written by Jonathan Blackmer of the HSCA: Donald Carpenter, in his book Man of a Million Fragments , writes that: (page 365-366) "Shaw testified at trial that the International Trade Mart had never owned any vehicles. A review of balance sheets and other financial records f

This is a story of false identification and the fact that many people, in any large investigation, come forward with stories that are...