This interview is from 1976 and contains some really ridiculous stuff: There's no shortage of crazy material in this interview. Whereabouts of Shaw and Ferrie on November 22nd. Q: But I think that the charge against you, more specifically, was that you failed to show any real link between Clay Shaw and the Kennedy assassination. A: We showed his connection with Lee Harvey Oswald and we had him in specific conversation about the assassination, even up to such details as whe

In December 1967, Jim Garrison released several pictures to the press which he believed proved that Kennedy was shot by a .45 caliber bullet. Here is a UPI article on his theories: Garrison also believed that this shot was fired from a sewer, or a storm drain, on Elm Street. Here is an excerpt from an interview with Jim Garrison on December 9, 1967: Martin : You said a moment ago you would show us or tell us where you think that bullet was fired from, that the man was picki

Shortly after Jack Ruby gunned down Lee Harvey Oswald, Dean Andrews told his story of being contacted by Clay Bertrand to represent Oswald. The FBI and the Secret Service tried hard to find the elusive Bertrand to no avail. I have blogged about this here. James DiEugenio took exception to what I wrote in my book about the search : "On page 39 he writes that the FBI and Jim Garrison were trying to find Clay Bertrand in late 1963. He then repeats this on page 41. The obvious q

The diary of Arthur Bremer is, of course, very suspicious: "It is my considered judgment that the diary left behind by Arthur Bremer, while undoubtedly written by his hand, is an example of the deception customarily used by intelligence agencies. It serves as an arrow pointing in the wrong direction. It serves to help make a highly meaningful act appear meaningless -- just as did so much of the "evidence" gratuitously left behind after the assassinations of John Kennedy, Mart

The famous clairvoyant predicts the future! I thought I would have some fun with this post. It's hard to believe that Jeanne Dixon was hired to speak at these luncheons. New Orleans Times-Picayune, June 4, 1967 Jeanne Dixon said that Jim Garrison was on the "right track." Here is your absolute proof that all of this stuff was nonsense. She was back in September. New Orleans Times Picayune, September 18, 1967 About Jim Garrison, Dixon said that "it is apparent that sources out

Washington Evening Star, March 16, 1967 I am not sure of the date of this cartoon, but it was drawn by Hugh Haynie who worked for the Louisville Courier-Journal,

Washington Evening Star, May 29, 1967 An apt cartoon illustrating the damage Garrison was doing to critics of the Warren Report. Sylvia Meagher wrote about this in a letter to Harold Weisberg: Josiah Thompson also mentioned the damage Jim Garrison did to the critics in his 2021 book Last Second in Dallas : (page 112)

Here's another Art Buchwald column on Jim Garrison.

I posted an important Max Lerner opinion piece yesterday on Garrison's early thinking on the JFK conspiracy. Garrison told Lerner, just like he told Hugh Aynesworth, James Phelan, Merriman Smith, and Lawrence Schiller, that homosexuals were behind the conspiracy. Here is another excellent Lerner opinion piece. Springfield Daily News, February 24, 1969 I find this article to be particularly persuasive. Lerner mentions Edward Jay Epstein's book, Counterplot . It's an excellent

Washington Evening Star, June 14, 1967 Max Lerner sat down with Jim Garrison at his home in New Orleans for three hours. Money paragraphs: It's not clear exactly when Lerner sat down with Garrison. But this is very consistent with what Garrison told Hugh Aynesworth, James Phelan, Merriman Smith, and Lawrence Schiller. In addition, here is what Perry Russo told Shaw's attorneys in March 1971: Sounds almost identical to the Lerner article. Check out this post on Jim Garrison an

Here is an overview of the Garrison investigation from the New Orleans Times-Picayune of December 15, 1991. Here are some of the important quotes in this article: "He had changed from a liberal, crusading, dedicated public officer to a megalomaniac. Once he became fixed on the Kennedy probe, he became absolutely ruthless in his pursuit of it." David Chandler on Jim Garrison "A few of us quite frankly were relieved. We were hoping this was the opportunity we had been waiting

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

Here is an editorial from the Chicago Daily News right after the acquittal of Clay Shaw: Chicago Daily News, March 4, 1969 Unfortunately, Garrison was re-elected for another term. Here is an editorial from the Arkansas Gazette from March 4, 1969: And, here is the San Francisco Chronicle from March 4, 1969: Note the inclusion of homosexuals with "bums, perjurers...and other social misfits and bottom rungers." And in a paper from San Francisco. Gay people still had ways to g

An interesting FBI report : Sheriff Heyd told the FBI that "Garrison is psychotic and will do anything." The result of the press interviews which Heyd permitted: And this:

.I don't have the rest of the message. Was Marguerite looking for payment? Here is the article from the May 30, 1968 issue of the New Orleans States-Item. Here is Jim Garrison's reply to Marguerite Oswald: Yup, Oswald was an "intelligent, clean-cut American boy." What is really crazy is Garrison's statement that "One of the individuals working with our investigation had noticed that the federal government was buying up all copies of the book and got curious as to why this was

New Orleans Times-Picayune, June 18, 1967 Here is a letter that Garrison wrote to Marina Oswald: Marina wasn't too happy about receiving a subpoena. Here is a headline that reflected her feelings: You can read Marina's testimony here. Of course, Garrison maintained that Clay Shaw conspired with Lee Harvey Oswald. Here is the grand jury indictment of Clay Shaw:

The poor woman (Jutta is a female name). Looking for Jim Garrison for help with her doctoral thesis is like asking Robert Kennedy Jr. to help with your medical exams. And then Garrison wants to receive any information she has on McIntire. Jutta did publish her work. Jim Garrison had a fascination with odd (and old) churches. Previous Blog Posts on Edgar Eugene Bradley Edgar Eugene Bradley Writes Jim Garrison Was Edgar Eugene Bradley One of the Three Tramps? Why Jim Garriso

Here is a letter that Garrison wrote to Arch Kimbrough, another JFK assassination researcher: James Dondson was the man who was with Clay Shaw during the weekend of the assassination. Was there a second Dondson? Garrison writes: "The problem is that these curious CIA types -- such as Ferrie, Bradley and Beckham -- have made themselves part of odd religions or extreme right-wing groups, and sometimes a combination of both. In most instances, however, their history in intellige

Here are two letters that Bradley wrote Jim Garrison: Garrison did not take up Bradley on his offer to meet, although they did talk on the phone (see below). Bradley wrote again in September 1969: Bradley and Garrison eventually did meet. Here is an excerpt of a letter sent by Mary Ferrell to Harold Weisberg on September 10, 1991 : Yup, of course, Garrison had been misled. That's the standard line. How on earth could you blame the boss for indicting an innocent man for consp

Elmer Renfroe was a gay man who lived in the French Quarter in New Orleans and once, while drunk, told stories to a confidential informant of Aaron Kohn, head of the Metropolitan Crime Commission: The informant spoke again to Renfroe a few days later: Investigators for Clay Shaw spoke to Renfroe in March, 1967: Renfroe was interviewed again in April: It appears that Richard Townley, a local reporter, might have been the confidential informant. What is interesting is the fact