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Did a Piece of Paper with the Names of Jack Ruby and Lee Oswald Provide a Link to Rose Cherami?
Hat tip: My friend Steve Roe found this gem in James DiEugenio's book. Destiny Betrayed, and wrote it up on the Education Forum. Once...
Fred Litwin
May 16, 20218 min read
Did Lee Harvey Oswald Use Jack Ruby As a Job Reference?
James DiEugenio, in his book Destiny Betrayed, writes: (page 212) "Another very interesting record which indicates a Ruby-Oswald...
Fred Litwin
May 8, 20212 min read
Was There a Link Between Jack Ruby and David Ferrie?
{Note that I am standing on the shoulders of giants - David Reitzes wrote a terrific article on Lawrence Meyers years ago, and Stephen...
Fred Litwin
May 7, 20216 min read
Jim Garrison Names the Grassy Knoll Gunman!
Yes, Jim Garrison suspected that Larry Crafard, a handyman who cleaned up Jack Ruby's nightclub every morning, was a grassy knoll gunman,...
Fred Litwin
Apr 30, 202110 min read
Jim Garrison's Ridiculous Letter to the HSCA...
Here is a letter that Jim Garrison wrote Jonathan Blackmer of the HSCA in July of 1977: Here is my transcription of Garrison's letter:...
Fred Litwin
Apr 16, 20215 min read
Was Eladio del Valle one of the assassins?
One of our earlier blog posts looked at Eladio del Valle and the rumor that he was David Ferrie's paymaster. In 1975, an allegation was...
Fred Litwin
Apr 9, 20212 min read
Did Breck Wall order Jack Ruby to Kill Oswald?
We've already blogged on Breck Wall and his trip to Galveston the weekend of the assassination. Jack Ruby called Breck Wall on Saturday...
Fred Litwin
Mar 8, 20211 min read
Was Thornley the Second Oswald? Yes, Again!
Jim Garrison was convinced that Kerry Thornley was the second Oswald. Here is a memo regarding an interview with yet another felon about...
Fred Litwin
Mar 6, 20211 min read
Why Didn't Jim Garrison Go to Montreal?
I was born in Montreal and so I am fascinated by the amount of times the city comes up in Garrison documents. In the 1960s it was the...
Fred Litwin
Feb 1, 20213 min read
Reverend Raymond Broshears Tells Even More in New Orleans!
Raymond Broshears was interviewed twice in New Orleans which resulted in two lengthy transcripts. Instead of posting the entire memos, I...
Fred Litwin
Jan 26, 20213 min read
Did a Cabbie take Oswald and Ferrie to Ruby's Nightclub?
On March 9th, 1967 the press started reporting that a Dallas taxicab driver, Raymond Cummings, claimed to have driven Lee Harvey Oswald...
Fred Litwin
Jan 5, 20212 min read
Did Oswald and Ruby plan to buy a restaurant together?
Why wouldn't Jack Ruby want to partner with Lee Harvey Oswald in buying a nightclub or a restaurant? What a perfect partnership - Ruby...
Fred Litwin
Jan 4, 20211 min read
Was Jack Ruby in Clinton with Clay Shaw and David Ferrie?
When Anne Dischler, a Garrison investigator, interviewed witness Andrew Dunn, he said that Shaw, Oswald and Ferrie were in the car seen...
Fred Litwin
Dec 30, 20201 min read
Was Oswald's Alias a Code for a Jack Ruby Stripper?
While going through Jim Garrison's papers at NARA in Maryland, I found this letter that was sent to him, along with a newspaper clipping....
Fred Litwin
Dec 11, 20201 min read
Did Clay Shaw Pay Off Jack Ruby?
One of the crazier stories to come out of the so-called Garrison investigation was that of Slidin' Clyde Johnson. He was a fringe...
Fred Litwin
Dec 10, 20202 min read
Did Garrison find proof that Ruby knew Oswald?
Here is a memo dated March 6, 1967 regarding a walk-in lead. You can see that Alcock doesn't quite believe the lead - "this man's...
Fred Litwin
Nov 7, 20201 min read
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