Raymond Broshears surprised everybody while he was in New Orleans. He confirmed a longstanding conspiracy belief about the Oswald...

Thomas Beckham claimed he was friends with Lee Harvey Oswald in New Orleans. This post examines what he told the New Orleans grand jury...

Thomas Beckham's book, Remnants of Truth, is very hard to find. I was lucky that an antiquarian book shop informed me they had a copy -...

Yesterday, I posted Jim Garrison's memo to the HSCA regarding Fred Crisman and Thomas Beckham. The memo included two pages describing several exhibits Garrison included: Here is my transcription of these two pages. There are still a few words that I cannot make out, so if you have an idea, please let me know. Now, here are the exhibits: Exhibit 1: Beckham's Arrest Record This was his rap sheet from 1968 - there was more to come... Exhibit 2: Anonymous Letter A I've already p

In July 1977, Jim Garrison submitted a memo to the HSCA regarding Fred Crisman and Thomas Beckham. Both men had testified before the New Orleans' grand jury and Garrison believed they were important suspects. Here is the handwritten memo (a typed version is below). If anybody notices any transcription errors, please let me know. Here is a transcription of this memo. The first part was taken from the JFK Lancer disk of Crisman/Beckham material; the last part is my transcriptio

Jim Garrison thought he was a very significant witness. Garrison subpoenaed Crisman to testify before the grand jury in New Orleans, but...

Kerry Thornley was a Marine buddy of Oswald's and they served together for three months in the spring of 1959. Oswald took an interest in...

On August 16, 1977, JIm Garrison sent a memo to HSCA investigator Jonathan Blackmer about statements of Perry Russo while under hypnosis. Here is the memo: Perry Russo had continually given Garrison and his staff a description of Oswald that did not match reality. Russo kept describing Oswald as having a beard and as being somewhat dirty - when, in fact, Oswald was clean-shaven, and had good personal hygiene. Now, Garrison has a new explanation for why Russo had gotten Oswald

In September 1977, Jim Garrison sent a letter to the HSCA about Clay Shaw - which we published yesterday. Along with the letter, Garrison sent a memo with his best leads about Clay Shaw. Here is the memo along with Garrison's notations.. First, let me fill in a couple of paragraphs that are hard to read (I have a copy of this memo that was typed before Garrison added his notations). J. Statement of Barbara Messina, Monroe, Louisiana, re: Q. One of the meetings was at Shaw's a

After the HSCA began its work, investigators visited Jim Garrison and spent a week interviewing him. He also started writing memos to the HSCA. Here is a list of memos that I have found: - July 15, 1977 letter about Morgan City. - July 18, 1977 regarding Thomas Beckham. - August 16, 1977 letter about the deaths of Guy Banister and Clay Shaw. - August 25, 1977 letter with questions for Thomas Beckham. - September 12, 1977 memo listing a variety of leads. - September 14, 1977 l