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David Lifton Spoofs Harold Weisberg
David Lifton sent this spoof to Sylvia Meagher: Meagher appreciated the satire: Previous Relevant Blog Posts An Unreleased "Top Secret"...

Fred Litwin
Sep 27, 20231 min read


An Unreleased "Top Secret" Memo
Imagine my surprise yesterday when I received an unreleased memo about the JFK assassination in an unmarked envelope in this week's mail....

Fred Litwin
Aug 18, 20231 min read


Letter from a Friend in New Orleans for the 1969 Mardi Gras
New Orleans Times-Picayune, February 19, 1969 I found this commentary by Tony Geiss in the Sylvia Meagher archives, and it is not bad:...

Fred Litwin
Jul 2, 20231 min read


Ramparts' Satire of Assassination Books
Here is a expanded excerpt from my book, I was a Teenage JFK Conspiracy Freak (pages 69 -71). I thought this story illustrated how easy it is to fool people with over-the-top factoids. It was all good fun but yet today, many conspiracy theorists trade in just as ridiculous factoids that aren't meant to be satirical. While the early critics of the Warren Report were deadly serious, two writers decided to add a bit of fun to the proceedings. Jacob Brackman and Faye Levine wro

Fred Litwin
Jun 26, 20233 min read


Sylvia Meagher's Ode to the District Attorney of New Orleans
Who knew that Sylvia Meagher was a poet? I found this in one of her folders she called doggerel. Relevant Past Blog Post Limericks from...

Fred Litwin
Jun 2, 20231 min read


Jim Garrison wasn't the only master decoder
The Washington Evening Star, May 17. 1967 More about Stafford Cripps here. Previous Relevant Blog Posts Jim Garrison, the Cryptologist...

Fred Litwin
Nov 28, 20211 min read


Another Art Buchwald Column on Jim Garrison
Here's another Art Buchwald column on Jim Garrison.

Fred Litwin
Oct 19, 20211 min read


Art Buchwald Skewers Jim Garrison
Art Buchwald was a political satirist whose work appeared in over 550 newspapers across the United States. He won the Pulitzer Prize for Outstanding Commentary in 1982. In 1967 there was a scandal regarding Senator Thomas Dodd of Connecticut. It centered on Dodd's association with Julius Klein, a public relations consultant for several West German clients and there were allegations of financial wrongdoing. Art Buchwald by Yousuf Karsh who was a very famous Canadian. Art Buch

Fred Litwin
Oct 10, 20211 min read


Jim Garrison, the Cryptologist
Besides being a crusading District Attorney, Jim Garrison was also a cryptologist. No code was too difficult for him to crack. A researcher noticed similar notations in Clay Shaw's notebook and in Lee Harvey Oswald's notebook. Clay Shaw had written P.O. 19106 in his notebook along with the name Lee Odom. Mr. Odom had talked to Shaw about possibility of putting on a bullfight in New Orleans. In Oswald's notebook was a similar notation, but instead of P.O., there were two Cyril

Fred Litwin
Nov 14, 20202 min read
Limericks from the Clay Shaw Trial
Well, time for some fun. James Kirkwood, a playwright who wrote "Chorus Line," attended Clay Shaw's trial and wrote American Grotesque....

Fred Litwin
Oct 30, 20202 min read
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