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"I Know Who Killed JFK," Part Three
Mark Lane Reuters release in various newspapers, March 31, 1967 "I Know Who Killed JFK," Part Two Lane speaks at a Men's Business Club. "I Know Who Killed JFK," Part One Mort Sahl said he knew who killed JFK. Mark Lane Said that Clay Shaw Was a "Powerful, Domestic Force in the Assassination." Lane speaks at the Louisiana State Bar Association.

Fred Litwin
Dec 20, 20251 min read


The Early Mark Lane
Mark Lane's mugshot from his arrest in Mississippi. See below for further information. Here is an article from the May 7, 1962, edition of the New York Post . Mark Lane was trying to win the Reform nomination for the 19th district of New York State for the House of Representatives in D.C.: New York Post, May 7, 1962 Lane would go on and lose this vote. Here is the report written by the five residents: Money Quote : While some newspaper readers have been impressed by Lane's pu

Fred Litwin
Nov 16, 20257 min read


Should We Blame Mark Lane?
Here is an ad for the film Rush to Judgment . I am not sure what newspaper this ad was placed, but clearly it was in New York City. Jim Garrison told all the critics that they were the ones who got him into the JFK assassination investigation. He knew how to flatter people. Most probably, the first book that he read was Harold Weisberg's Whitewash, and it was through that book that he learned that Dean Andrews stuck to his story about Clay Bertrand when testifying to the Warr

Fred Litwin
Oct 21, 20252 min read


In Defense of the Warren Commission
Garry Wills was an author, historian and philosopher who won a Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction in 1993. The Capital Times, April...

Fred Litwin
Sep 6, 20253 min read


Victor Navasky Reviews Mark Lane's "A Citizen's Dissent"
Victor Navasky would go on to become editor of The Nation. This review is from the New York Times of July 14, 1968: Money Quote: One...

Fred Litwin
Aug 25, 20252 min read


Mark Lane and Jonestown
Mark Lane (one the right) with Jim Jones. For those of you who want to learn more about Mark Lane and his involvement with Jonestown,...

Fred Litwin
Nov 17, 20242 min read


New York Times Profile of Mark Lane
February 4, 1979 Money Quote Seymour Ostrow, his law partner then, said recently that Mr. Lane's reputation was largely an illusion....

Fred Litwin
Nov 12, 20242 min read


Nightmare Brought to Life
New York Times, April 23, 1981 Money Quote: As the disciples murmured and applauded, the visitor said he had traveled in Guyana on a...

Fred Litwin
Nov 11, 20242 min read


Mark Lane, Again
Washington Post, December 5, 1978 From the article: It is just one excitement after another for Mark Lane. Only a few days before he went...

Fred Litwin
Jun 30, 20242 min read


Mark Lane: A Bent for the Macabre Side
Philadelphia Bulletin, February 23, 1979 Lane seems perpetually attracted to mayhem, chaos, the ugly and the profane. He has a unique way...

Fred Litwin
Jun 23, 20242 min read


Sylvia Meagher Corresponds with Philippe Labro
Philippe Labro was a French journalist who covered the JFK Assassination for France-Soir. He encountered Jack Ruby on November 23, 1963:...

Fred Litwin
Mar 31, 20244 min read


Who Stole JFK's Brain?
Was it Richard Nixon? Gee, the answer was given in 1973 and I missed it. Of course, Gus Russo told the whole story of JFK's brain in his...

Fred Litwin
Jan 5, 20242 min read


Mark Lane and The Progressive
Here is a note from the October 1968 issue of The Progressive magazine about Mark Lane: Sylvia Meagher sent this note to a variety of JFK...

Fred Litwin
Dec 26, 20231 min read


Alfredda Scobey's TV Appearance
Alfredda Scobey, a lawyer on the staff of the Warren Commission, wrote an important paper about the admissibility of evidence if Oswald...

Fred Litwin
Oct 11, 20236 min read


Mark Lane on Clay Shaw
Lane and Garrison in March 1967 in New Orleans I just blogged about Mark Lane's appearance on the Joe Dolan Show on KNEW radio after...

Fred Litwin
Jul 30, 20232 min read


Mark Lane on the Joe Dolan Show
Joe Dolan had a radio talk show on KNEW in Oakland in the 1960s. Here is a transcript of a show with Mark Lane:: Lane had been in New...

Fred Litwin
Jul 29, 20232 min read


Did the CIA Try to Kill Mark Lane?
An intriguing news conference: Beverly Hills Citizen News, July 31, 1968 Money Quote: In a press conference, Lane said he has received "a...

Fred Litwin
Jul 9, 20231 min read


Mark Lane saw a conspiracy - as usual
Tampa Bay Times, November 29, 1979 Money Quote: In the many-layered horrors of Jonestown, the egregious lawyer has behaved in a manner so...

Fred Litwin
Jul 7, 20231 min read


Mark Lane: The Left's Leading Hearse-Chaser
Here is another profile of Mark Lane, this time in the left-wing magazine, Mother Jones: Money Quote: Lane was not one to be fastidious...

Fred Litwin
Jun 13, 20232 min read


Jim Garrison's Files and Mark Lane
New Orleans States-Item, March 29, 1974 (Original caption: Outgoing District Attorney Jim Garrison packs personal belongings into...

Fred Litwin
Jun 11, 20235 min read
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