On the Trail of Delusion, Episode 19 with Janet Banister
- Fred Litwin
- Aug 26
- 3 min read
Janet Banister is a choir and general music teacher by day and a podcast detective by night, unearthing long-buried family secrets and captivating historical true crime. As the creator of Skeletons in the Closet: Family Secrets, she weaves deep research, layered storytelling, and a love for all things mysterious.
Janet has a podcast about Guy Banister who was one of Jim Garrison's many suspects in his "investigation" of the JFK assassination.
Please have a listen and buy a book!
Previous Episodes of On the Trail of Delusion:
Episode 1
Episode 2
Episode 3
Episode 4
Episode 5
Episode 6
Episode 7
Episode 8
Episode 9
Episode 10
Episode 11
Episode 12
Episode 13
Episode 14
Episode 15
Episode 16
Episode 17
Episode 18
An interview with Phil Tinline about his book, Ghosts of Iron Mountain.
Previous Relevant Blog Posts on Guy Banister
Banister's mental health was in decline in 1964.
Guy Banister's office was at 531 Lafayette and his office was not connected to the office at 544 Camp Street.
Guy Banister couldn't pay his rent in 1964 and was evicted.
Some pictures of Camp and Lafayette streets.
Oliver Stone's so-called documentary, JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass, makes the claim that Guy Banister gave Lee Harvey Oswald an office at 544 Camp Street in New Orleans.
Roberts was interviewed by Garrison's office in 1967 and she said nothing about seeing Oswald in Banister's office.
Mary Brengel worked for Banister for a few months, and she also did not see Oswald in the office.
Joseph Newbrough, who worked for Banister, told PBS Frontline that Banister's office was not connected to 544 Camp Street.
Jack Martin loved to tell stories. He said nothing about Oswald being in Banister's office when he blabbing to the FBI and the Secret Service in 1963 and 1964.
Garrison told the HSCA some ridiculous stories about Banister.
The film JFK explanation is not right.
Jim Garrison interviewed Jack Martin in his office on December 14, 1966. Here is a link to a tape recording of that interview and a transcript. Martin talks about seeing Oswald in Banister's office with Sergio Arcacha Smith. But there are problems with his story.
