It was a blast talking with author Adam Gorightly about Kerry Thornley, Thomas Beckham, Fred Crisman, and Raymond Broshears. Adam has...

Beckham's mug shot from 1972 in Mississippi. We've written extensively about Thomas Beckham (see the links below), who testified before...

Here is yet another recording of an HSCA interview with Jim Garrison. This took place in either in late July or early August of 1977. In this session, Garrison talked mostly about Guy Banister. Here is a Word document with the transcript. Here is a PDF file with the transcript. Discussion Garrison discusses the memos written about Betty Parrott (see below for documents). She was an informant in the French Quarter who was very close to Bill Dalzell, who started an anti-Castro

Here is some additional information on Thomas Beckham. Gus Russo sent me this picture of Beckham as his alter ego, recording star Wade...

In February 1978, Jim Garrison called into Ted Gandolfo's radio show with some startling information. Here are some of the highlights:...

“To see what is in front of one’s nose needs a constant struggle.” George Orwell The QUICK article clearly demonstrates that Jim Garrison, in late February and early March 1967, put homosexuality at the heart of his investigation into the JFK assassination. It's consistent with what Garrison told journalists like Hugh Aynesworth, James Phelan, Jack Anderson, Merriman Smith, and Art Kevin. Garrison repeated the same nonsense to the Los Angeles Times: Los Angeles Times, March 2

Confidential Magazine from August 1968. The article about the "homosexual ring" was written by Joel Palmer, a part-time investigator for...

Thomas Beckham was a con man who had lived in New Orleans in the early 1960s. He tried his hand in the music business with Jack Martin as his short-lived manager. He liked costumes and regularly wore a priest's collar. Here are some of our other blog posts on Thomas Beckham: Why Did Jim Garrison Want to Speak with Thomas Beckham? The above post looks at Beckham's con. Did Thomas Beckham Know Lee Harvey Oswald? Thomas Beckham's Book, Remnants of Truth, Part One The above tw

“There is only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.” Oscar Wilde , The Picture of Dorian...

This story starts with an HSCA interview of Thomas Beckham in October of 1977. He was a con man who had conned Jim Garrison (see my book,...

Raymond Broshears was interviewed twice in New Orleans which resulted in two lengthy transcripts. Instead of posting the entire memos, I...

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

Both Jack Martin and David Ferrie were clergy in the Orthodox Old Catholic Church of North America. It was an "odd sect" which drew the attention of Jim Garrison, thinking that perhaps there was some CIA connection. Making it all the more suspicious, there was a rumor that Oswald had tried to seek refuge in the Abundant Life Temple, after killing officer J.D. Tippit. He hadn't, but he probably ran through the alleyway next to the Temple. And so Garrison had investigator Bill

Jim Garrison listed Thomas Beckham twice in his leads memo from November 1967. Here is the first: This is the only reference I have seen...

The Clinton witnesses were an important part of the Clay Shaw trial - they claimed that Clay Shaw, David Ferrie and Lee Harvey Oswald...

Jim Garrison took a big interest in Thomas Beckham. In the early 1960s, he was a young kid trying to make it in the music business, and Jack Martin tried to help him out. He taught Beckham a few tricks, and before you know it, Beckham was "raising money" for the anti-Castro cause while wearing a priest's habit. Here's an early Garrison memo on Beckham. Ultimately, they found him in Omaha, Nebraska. The fact that Beckham was masquerading as a Doctor should have been a sign. Ac

About two weeks after Garrison received the second anonymous letter (see my earlier post with the two anonymous letters), a shadowy...