This is the picture that Jim Garrison showed on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. The tall tramp in front was supposedly Edgar Eugene Bradley. I recently posted the Bill Turner and Bill Boxley memos regarding Edgar Eugene Bradley. Here is a paragraph from the Bill Turner memo: Here is an article from UPI which included a paragraph about Garrison's identification of Bradley as one of the tramps: Opelousas Daily World, June 27, 1968 Aydelotte's identification of Bradley as one of the tramps was reinforced by Garrison volunteer investigator Steven Jaffe and photography expert Richard Sprague. Here is an excerpt of a letter that Steven Jaffe sent to Jim Garrison: Some of the Garrison staffers were not so sure. Here is an excerpt from the February 13, 1968, diary entry of Tom Bethell: "The office staff listening quietly through these explanations by Turner. When he had finished, Charlie Ward showed him the Dallas Morning News pictures of the same two tramps being led away. The facial angle is different, and the lead man obviously is not Bradley (though clearly the same man as in the other picture.) I don't think Turner had seen this picture before, and he was undoubtedly very embarrassed by it. He hummed and hawed, but wouldn't positively say that it wasn't Bradley." Richard Sprague was certain that one of the tramps was Edgar Eugene Bradley. Here is a letter that Sprague sent to Steve Burton: Here is a letter that Steve Burton sent to Sprague: Here is Sprague's reply: Note the P.S. in the above letter: "I still believe Bradley is the tramp because of five similar scars but I wish I had a photo of the back of Bradley's right hand taken in 1963." I have only word in reply: OY! Richard Sprague sent this letter to Fred Newcomb: Sprague writes that perhaps Bradley had an operation after November 22, 1963 to alter the protusions from his ears. Once again: OY! Fred Newcomb wasn't buying the theory that Bradley was a tramp. Roger Craig had identified Bradley as one of the secret service men in Dealey Plaza. So was Bradley a tramp or secret service? Sprague even started to believe that there were multiple Bradleys. Here is an exchange of letters between Sprague and Newcomb: Newcomb was not impressed: Gary Schoener had some comments about Sprague's effect on Garrison in a letter he sent to Canadian researcher Richard Bernabei on May 2, 1969: Here's the important quote: "... well over a year ago I spotted things I didn't trust in Sprague's work, so I began to try to find out more about him and his work. Then Garrison flew me down to see him last March and I became aware of the fact that Sprague's work was playing an important role in the Garrison investigation. Garrison clearly was sure of himself on Bradley largely because Sprague assured him that it was Bradley in that tramp picture, and elaborated about a triangular scar next to the left eye. On seeing the photos I was shocked, and then concerned. Since that time a number of researchers, examining Sprague's other work, have added to the picture and the picture includes a number of examples which could have ruined Garrison, and a number which added to the inaccuracies in his pubic statements and writings. Sprague's carelessness and irresponsibility, for whatever reason, make him a threat as long as there are people like Garrison who are easily led and who can get into the public eye." Schoener also had some interesting comments about William Turner: "Turner, from his public writings alone, and most certainly from his Garrison memos, has been throwing in misdirection faster than most of us can dig up good info. His imagination is amazing, and his ability to type sheet after sheet of horseshit and head them with the title "memo" staggers the imagination." Here is a Sprague letter from July 1969: Finally in late 1969 Sprague admitted that Bradley was not one of the tramps: Hat tip: Dennis Moricet for a few of the Sprague documents. Previous Blog Posts on Edgar Eugene Bradley Why Jim Garrison Indicted Edgar Eugene Bradley for Conspiracy to Kill JFK, Part Two... Why Did Jim Garrison Indict Edgar Eugene Bradley for Conspiracy to Kill JFK? Edgar Eugene Bradley - Another Garrison Victim Jim Garrison Finds Another JFK Assassination Conspirator! Reverend Raymond Broshears Tells Even More in New Orleans! Broshears talks about Edgar Eugene Bradley Jim Garrison Discusses The Three Tramps Was Edgar Eugene Bradley one of the three tramps? Previous Blog Posts on the Three Tramps Jim Garrison Discusses The Three Tramps The Three Tramps Did Leander D'avy see Oswald with the Three Tramps? Was General Edward Lansdale in one of the pictures of the three tramps? Was Fred Crisman Behind the JFK Assassination? Was Fred Crisman one of JFK's Assassins?

Los Angeles Times, December 28, 1967 Yesterday, I posted the memos that led Jim Garrison to indict Edgar Eugene Bradley for conspiracy to kill JFK. Here is another explanation for Garrison's actions. This is from the Tom Bethell diary entry of February 14, 1968: "I asked Bill Turner when he came in if he had spoken to Garrison last night about what Rev. Brice reputedly said to Boxley on the subject of placing Bradley in New Orleans jurisdiction. Turner said he had not, and then made the following admission: that Garrison had told him the reason he was charging Bradley was a gambit in the publicity struggle than anything else. Apparently, according to Turner, Garrison does not really believe that Bradley is guilty." So Bradley was a gambit. Pretty smart, eh? Here is what Charles Ward, an Assistant District Attorney who worked for Garrison, told an audience, on August 7, 1969, while he was running for District Attorney. He was asked about the Clay Shaw case: You can read the whole memo on Charles Ward's speech here. Think about it. A District Attorney, in a major city in the United States, indicts a man for conspiracy to kill JFK as a gambit "in the publicity struggle." Previous Blog Posts on Edgar Eugene Bradley Why Did Jim Garrison Indict Edgar Eugene Bradley for Conspiracy to Kill JFK? Edgar Eugene Bradley - Another Garrison Victim Jim Garrison Finds Another JFK Assassination Conspirator! Reverend Raymond Broshears Tells Even More in New Orleans! Broshears talks about Edgar Eugene Bradley Jim Garrison Discusses The Three Tramps Was Edgar Eugene Bradley one of the three tramps?

It all started with a letter to Mike Karmazin, an Assistant District Attorney working for Jim Garrison: Some notes on this letter: Thornhill was just 21 years old. One of his witnesses claims that Bradley tried to hire him to kill Kennedy during the 1961 campaign in California. The witness was supposed to escape using the storm drain. Thornhill has got the year wrong. He is referring to a campaign stop during the Democratic primary in 1960. Bradley supposedly asked a witness if her husband would kill Kennedy. Another witness was in the Bradley home on the day Kennedy was assassinated, and his wife said that Bradley was in Dallas. One witness claimed that Bradley had been in New Orleans shortly before the assassination. The lead just floundered until William Turner noticed it in September 1967. In December, Bill Turner and Bill Boxley were with Garrison in Los Angeles and they mentioned Bradley. Garrison asked them to check it out. Here is the memo that Bill Turner wrote about their short investigation: Garrison's notation on the third page reads as follows: "John Lorenz = 6 feet, slender, dark brown hair, thin face, straight nose + believes he "used to sell cars." Some comments on this memo: Turner and Boxley went to the address provided by Mr. Thornhill and instead met with a Carol Aydelotte. Thornhill lived there with Aydelotte and her husband, but he was at work. Aydelotte knew Bradley through her work with the John Birch Society, and that he was always carping that someone should kill Kennedy. Because of her knowledge of these remarks, Aydelotte felt that Bradley had "launched a campaign of intimidation and harassment against her, and the matter is currently pending in a civil suit in the local courts." Reverend Wesley Brice would have knowledge of a phone call from Bradley from Dallas shortly after the assassination. A former minuteman, Dennis Mower, was "approached by BRADLEY in 1960 when Kennedy was a candidate and visited Los Angeles on the campaign tour. She said at this time BRADLEY had the blueprints, or plans of the storm drain system of the Sears Department Store Complex and Shopping Center in Van Nuys, and that BRADLEY was trying to induce MOWER to hide in part of this system and take a shot at Kennedy when he came by." After Kennedy became President, "BRADLEY had found a hotel room (name of the hotel not known), from which he would be able to take a sniper shot at the President." Aydelotte considered Bradley to be a sadist, and she said that "1) he beats his daughter, JEANINE BRADLEY, who lives at the BRADLEY residence, frequently and viciously. She also said that he has a habit of pinching women to the point where they become black and blue, and while doing so, practically froths at the mouth." Turner and Boxley showed pictures to Mrs. Aydelotte, and she identified Bradley as being one of the three tramps. Bill Boxley also filed a memo: Garrison notation on the last page: "Brice should appear at extradition." Garrison was referring to the extradition hearing of Edgar Eugene Bradley. Some comments on this memo: Aydelotte said that Bradley, upon learning that her husband possessed a .375 Magnum rifle, asked her to "persuade her husband to use the weapon for an assassination attempt upon President John F. Kennedy." Her mother had heard Bradley talk about using the storm drain as a location for the assassination. Bradley had shown Aydelotte's husband "various assassination devices including poisons, ground glass and booby traps at a garage at his residence." "Thornhill also describes BRADLEY as being sadistic in temperament." Thornhill also said that "he had heard BRADLEY boast of a heart attack drug," and that shortly after the boast, a close friend of Bradley's had a heart attack. Thornhill said Bradley was connected to two other deaths. Turner and Boxley met with Dennis Mower who "confirmed that BRADLEY had attempted to recruit him to assassinate President Kennedy and he stated that he had reported the attempt to FBI agents HOLBROOK and QUINN." Reverend Wesley Brice said that Bradley told him he was in Dallas on the day of the assassination, and that while in Dallas, Bradley stayed at a hotel a block away from Dealey Plaza. Brice felt it was important to note "the shooting death of the husband of a belly dancer they said was named CRYSTAL JADE." These memos were enough to convince Jim Garrison to indict Edgar Eugene Bradley. Here is what Tom Bethell wrote in his diary entry for January 14, 1968, about the Bradley indictment: "Returned from Washington D.C. after approx 3 weeks visit -- partly vacation partly business. The day before I left Edgar Eugene Bradley was charged with conspiracy by Garrison. The original lead on Bradley was a letter we were sent by one Thomas Thornhill, alleging that Bradley had been involved in the assassination, including a photograph of Bradley. The letter was dated in April, 1967, but nobody took any notice of it until Bill Turner found it in the files during his visit in September. Bradley was then investigated in L.A. by Turner, Boxley, and Garrison, during one of his visits to the West Coast. Garrison became persuaded that a photograph, taken in Dealey Plaza shortly after the assassination of two tramps being led away by Dallas policemen depicted Bradley. Nobody in the DA's office was prepared to fill out the Bill of Information charging Bradley, especially Alcock, but Garrison talked them into it over the phone. Garrison assured them that the case against Bradley was solid, and that we had jurisdiction in the case. Then, with extreme misgivings, charges were filed while Garrison was still away. He returned almost immediately, and was back in time to be present for the DA's office party." So, what was going on? Garrison was being played. He had stumbled into a massive feud between Bradley and far-right members of the John Birch Society, in particular Carol Aydelotte, who was also involved with the Minutemen [a far-right paramilitary organization] and the American Nazi Party. Dennis Mower also had a checkered past. He was currently the leader of the Southern California Minutemen and was a KKK organizer north of Los Angeles. He had previously been arrested for armed robbery and for transporting a stolen machine gun across state lines. It all started when Aydelotte asked Bradley to donate to one of her causes, and when he called her a "kook," she went after him. He asked Robert Welch, head of the John Birch Society, to look at what was going on in her chapter, and she was soon downgraded. She sued Bradley for conspiracy to slander, and on December 19, the day before Garrison delivered his indictment, Bradley was being deposed in her lawsuit. Aydelotte claimed to have over four hundred hours of tapes concerning Bradley. The allegations against Bradley were preposterous. Dennis Mower was only fourteen in 1960 when Bradley supposedly asked him to kill Kennedy. He said he turned down Bradley and went to the FBI, but the FBI had no record of this. The best way for Aydelotte to get back at Bradley was to get him tangled up with Garrison. And she succeeded. What is amazing is that Garrison indicted Bradley without any investigation of the allegations of Aydelotte, Thornhill, Mower, and Brice. This was a mirror image of Clay Shaw whom Garrison indicted despite having absolutely no evidence that he was involved in a conspiracy to kill JFK. Take the $64 challenge. Bonus Material Here is an FBI report which discusses Dennis Mower: You can read more about Dennis Mower here. Carol Aydelotte sent many letters to Jim Garrison. Here is one of them: Loran Hall and Lawrence Howard were also active in the far-right movement that included the Minutemen, the John Birch Society, the National States Rights Party, the California Rangers, the Christian Defense League, and other organizations. There is no doubt there was some vicious hatred of Kennedy amongst this crowd. Previous Blog Posts on Edgar Eugene Bradley Edgar Eugene Bradley - Another Garrison Victim Jim Garrison Finds Another JFK Assassination Conspirator! Reverend Raymond Broshears Tells Even More in New Orleans! 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Clay Shaw wasn't the only person that Garrison charged with conspiracy to assassinate JFK. He also claimed that Edgar Eugene Bradley, a promoter for a right-wing Christian radio show, conspired as well. For a while, Garrison also believed he was one of the three tramps. You can read more about Garrison's nonexistent case against Bradley here. Original caption: (January 4, 1968) "The photo shows Edgar Eugene Bradley, who was accused by District Attorney Jim Garrison of New Orleans of being part of the conspiracy to assassinate the late President Kennedy, as he holds a press conference to report the findings of a private lie detector test he had taken to prove his innocence in the case. Posing here only to show the equipment is Bradley. Behind him at left is his attorney, George Jensen, and at right, polygraph expert Major Chris Dugas." Here is the press releasing announcing the charges against Bradley: The Los Angeles Times thought it was all part of the Garrison 'Circus': Los Angeles Times, December 28, 1967 Needless to say, Bradley wasn't too keen on being extradited to New Orleans: Los Angeles Times, January 24, 1968 At the hearing for his extradition, Bradley produced an iron-clad alibi: Capital Times [Madison}, June 28, 1968 There's another part of this article that ran in the Los Angeles Times of June 27, 1968: In November 1968, Governor Ronald Reagan turned down Garrison's extradition request. Garrison had presented no evidence to support his allegations: Los Angeles Times, November 9, 1968 The whole Edgar Eugene Bradley affair was an embarrassment. Why did Garrison charge Bradley with conspiracy? The conspiracy books blame staff members William Turner and Bill Boxley. Here is what James DiEugenio says in his book Destiny Betrayed: (page 283) "The triple disasters of Perrin-Bradley-Lamarr made 1968 a bad year for Garrison. Toward the end of it, after the Perrin-Bradley false accusations, Garrison had confided in fellow Warren Commission critic Vince Salandria. He told him that he felt like his office was the object of some intricately designed counterintelligence operation." The other two disasters that he mentions are Garrison's attempt to indict Robert Perrin as a grassy knoll assassin despite the fact that he had committed suicide in 1962; and Lamarr was the person who was involved in the Farewell America hoax. Joan Mellen writes in her book A Farewell to Justice that: (page 266) "In retrospect, this unfortunate event seems part of a general sabotage from within the Garrison investigation." And what does Jim Garrison say about Edgar Eugene Bradley? Well, there's not one word about him in On the Trail of the Assassins. In fact, the blame for the Bradley indictment lies solely with Jim Garrison. His staff was against it, but he was insistent. In future blog posts, I will include the memos that led to Garrison ordering Bradley's arrest. Previous Blog Posts on Edgard Eugene Bradley Jim Garrison Finds Another JFK Assassination Conspirator!

Here is a story from The Sunday Times [London] of May 16, 2021: "On one of my first days as a Sunday Times reporter in New York I interviewed the terrifying Trump consigliere Roger Stone at JG Melon and the reliably bonkers film director Oliver Stone over afternoon tea at the Plaza. I’ll always remember this baptism of fire in uptown Manhattan as the day of the two Stones: Roger yelling at me over a cheeseburger about how the Clintons belonged in prison, Oliver ranting to me over Earl Grey about how the CIA killed Hugo Chávez by inserting cancer into his rectum. “You might as well retire from covering America now,” a friend observed over decompression drinks that evening. 'It can’t get any crazier.'" Crazy, no? So, I went searching for his original story from 2017 and here it is: "Venezuela’s recent descent into chaos is widely viewed as a damning indictment of what happens when far-left politics are allowed to run free. Many blame the policies of the preening Hugo Chavez, who led the country for 14 years until his death in 2013. But not Oliver Stone. The mustachioed Platoon director told me over tea in Manhattan that he sees the dark hand of the American deep state at work in the death of a man he considered a friend, and the carnage that followed. “He died suspiciously young,” Stone says. “Rectal cancer. You have to ask these questions.” Does he really think the Americans assassinated Chavez by inserting cancer into his bottom? “I don’t have proof,” he says. “There’s medical ways. We used all kinds of medical techniques — in the Congo, in Cuba. We’ve had biological warfare on our minds. There’s lots of ways the CIA can do things. There was certainly much animus towards him.” I suppose some things are always America’s fault." My advice to Oliver Stone: If you are going to say something stupid, do it in front of people who won't put it in the newspaper. Previous Blog Posts on Oliver Stone's Politics Oliver Stone Sides with Cuba's 'Repressive Dictatorship' Two Views on Oliver Stone's Love Affair with Nazarbayev... Oliver Stone Fêtes Another Dictator Oliver Stone's Disgraceful Tribute to Hugo Chavez Is the director's latest film soft on Castro? Oliver Stone defends himself After Calling Russian Anti-LGBTQ Law ‘Sensible’ Hollywood Movie Director Oliver Stone praises Putin for Syria intervention on trip to Saudi Arabia Oliver Stone: Jewish Control of the Media is Preventing Free Holocaust Debate Oliver Stone's Latest Dictator Suckup Oliver Stone’s Latest Piece of Pro-Putin Propaganda May Be His Most Shameless Move Yet ‘The Putin Interviews’: Oliver Stone’s Wildly Irresponsible Love Letter to Vladimir Putin Has Oliver Stone Ever met a Dictator He Doesn't Admire? Oliver Stone's 'Empathy' for Hitler Iran's Fajr Film Festival grabs headlines with Oliver Stone Previous Blog Posts on Oliver Stone's JFK David Lifton Writes to Oliver Stone George Lardner's internal Washington Post Memo about Oliver Stone Gary Cornwell on Jim Garrison and Oliver Stone A New Orleans Look at Oliver Stone's JFK Harold Weisberg Writes Oliver Stone! The Outline for a George Lardner/Harold Weisberg Book on Jim Garrison/Oliver Stone Is Oliver Stone's film, JFK, Homophobic? When Tommy Lee Jones met Jim Garrison... Did David Ferrie Confess in a Hotel Room?

You never know who's going to phone... Here's the transcript of their conversation: Thank god they preserved the transcript of this conversation. Is Oliver Stone looking for a comedy skit?

Just mention the word homosexual and you have Jim Garrison's attention. Garrison asked Richard E. Sprague, the photography expert, to investigate: Alas, the meeting never happened...

Over the past two weeks I have systematically debunked the Richard Case Nagell story. There is absolutely no underlying evidence to support any of it. He had no foreknowledge of the JFK assassination. He wasn't hired to kill Oswald. In fact, he never met Lee Harvey Oswald. He wasn't CIA and he wasn't KGB. Who was Richard Case Nagell? He was a war hero who suffered brain damage in a plane crash in 1954. He was never the same, and his family and friends realized that he needed help. Unfortunately, despite his pleas for help -- and the shoot-up in the bank in El Paso was a plea for help -- Richard Case Nagell never got the help he needed and the help he deserved. And that's the Richard Case Nagell story. He wasn't the man who knew too much; he was the man who needed help. And he turned into the man who loved to entice. Conspiracy theorists have turned him into a QAnon icon; only they can decipher his cryptic messages. The first edition of Dick Russell's book, The Man Who Knew Too Much, is over 800 pages and is chock full of ridiculous material. There are so many silly stories that I could blog for another month. For instance, shortly after Nagell's second trial in 1966, he told his sister to get in touch with Mark Lane. Fortunately for us, he was out promoting his book Rush to Judgment. Otherwise, he might have fallen for the Nagell story, and he would have turned it into a very public circus. What did Nagell want his sister to tell Lane? Well, if Lane would represent Nagell, he could tell his sister about "a location where I have photographic evidence relating to the Main Topic." (page 640). A standard Nagell ploy. Nagell then wrote to Richard Popkin, and then he got in touch with Jim Garrison. He was on his way. Nagell needed someone to help him with his writ of habeas corpus and what better hook than to tell a JFK conspiracy theorist that he had some incredible evidence -- be it a tape recording of the conspirators or perhaps some photographs. It was always too good to be true. He always knew what buttons to push. And Nagell was an excellent student of the assassination. When he first met William Martin, the Assistant District Attorney from Jim Garrison's office, Nagell wanted to hear his theory of the assassination. Only then would he talk about some of what he knew. And it was the same with Dick Russell: (page 32 in the second edition) "I also sent Nagell a detailed outline of what I believed to be the "highlights" of his relationship to Oswald and the assassination, which he returned to me with typewritten corrections" Richard Popkin wrote Jim Garrison a letter and he asked: "Incidentally have you seen the message from Nagell that confirms that Oswald was a FBI informer with number 179?" Clearly Nagell got that from a public source. An FBI informant's number would not be known to the informant, or anybody outside the FBI. In this case, we know that the story of S-179 was made up by Lonnie Hudkins after a phone call with Hugh Aynesworth. Nagell knew how to play these people and strung them along, first for some legal help, and second, for god knows what. Perhaps he just wanted some attention, or perhaps he wanted some meaning to his life. Since he was a very disturbed man, we will never quite understand his motivations. He had been on his way to a successful career in counterintelligence but the brain damage damaged him permanently. Nagell promised Dick Russell that "the truth will come out if I die, and the government is well aware of that." But nothing ever came out. Nagell's supposed evidence never turned up. He had decades to produce it and all he could do was promise was that it would appear after he was dead. Some people are still waiting. At the end of the second edition of The Man Who Knew Too Much, Dick Russell recounts a conversation he had with Nagell in 1978: (page 466) "So I'm still hanging in there, with no guarantee, only this faith that there've got to be some people in this world who won't just let me fade away." Nagell's faith was justified. Conspiracy theorists will never let him fade away. If Nagell were still alive, I think he'd be thrilled that he is the talk of the town in conspiracy land. Here is a handy guide to the Nagell story: David Reitzes has written an extensive analysis of the Richard Case Nagell Story. Previous Richard Case Nagell Blog Posts The Importance of Richard Case Nagell to Some Conspiracy Theorists Was Richard Case Nagell the "Most Important Witness There Is"? Jim Garrison and a few conspiracy theorists think Nagell is a very important witness. But is he really? Genesis of the Richard Case Nagell story Did David Kroman Crack the JFK Assassination Conspiracy? David Kroman met Richard Case Nagell at the Springfield Medical Center for Federal Prisoners. Stephen Jaffe, a Garrison volunteer, wrote a memo, relating Nagell's story through the eyes and ears of David Kroman. Richard Case Nagell Shoots Up the State National Bank in El Paso... Nagell was convicted of armed robbery and was sentenced to ten years, but his conviction was overturned because of startling new evidence. Richard Case Nagell and the JFK Assassination Did Richard Case Nagell Have Foreknowledge of Oswald and the JFK Assassination? There is no credible evidence that Nagell had any foreknowledge of either Lee Harvey Oswald or the JFK assassination. Did Richard Case Nagell Meet Lee Harvey Oswald? Nagell claims he met Oswald in Japan, Texas, Mexico City, and New Orleans. There is no credible evidence that he ever met Oswald. Did Richard Case Nagell Warn Fidel Castro about the Assassination? Nagell went to Cuba and met with Fidel Castro and even played ping-pong with the man. Insane Conspiracy Theories about Richard Case Nagell Who was Leon Oswald? Richard Case Nagell said that he knew the two Oswalds - Lee Harvey and Leon. Some conspiracy theorists believe this madness. Richard Popkin Melds the Second Oswald Theory with the Richard Case Nagell Story Combine one part crazy and one part ridiculous and what do you come up with? An early attempt at a unified conspiracy theory of the JFK assassination. Two Smoking Guns of the Richard Case Nagell Story Is this Document the Smoking Gun on the Richard Case Nagell Story? Nagell sent conspiracy theorist Dick Russell one page of a military intelligence file which seemed to indicate that he was monitoring Oswald and his wife on behalf of the CIA. But does the whole document really show that? Dick Russell's Second Smoking Gun on the Richard Case Nagell Story Did Richard Case Nagell had an Oswald Military ID in his possession when he was arrested in September 1963? Richard Case Nagell and Jim Garrison Why Didn't Richard Case Nagell Testify at Clay Shaw's Trial? Richard Case Nagell believes that he wasn't called to testify at Clay Shaw's trial because his testimony would have blown up Jim Garrison's case. Jim Garrison Discusses Richard Case Nagell At a conference in September 1968, Garrison and his investigators discuss his face-to-face meeting with Nagell in New York City. Richard Case Nagell Sends Jim Garrison on a Wild-Goose Chase William Martin, an Assistant District Attorney working for Jim Garrison, tried to retrieve a tape that Nagell said contained the voices of three JFK assassination conspirators. Richard Popkin Writes Garrison About Richard Case Nagell Richard Popkin, author of "The Second Oswald," writes Jim Garrison about Richard Case Nagell. Garrison staffer Tom Bethell thought the Nagell lead was useless. Richard Case Nagell's Mental Health Richard Case Nagell's Fight for a Disability Pension Nagell won a full disability pension in 1982 and the 60+ page court case provides complete details on his mental problems. Why Did Richard Case Nagell Shoot Up the First National Bank of El Paso? Richard Case Nagell told a psychiatrist why he shot up the bank in El Paso in 1963. Richard Case Nagell's Family Speaks about his Mental Health The FBI spoke to Nagell's ex-wife, his mother, his sister, and one of his friends. They all agreed that Nagell had significant mental health problems. Richard Case Nagell Visits Europe in 1969... Nagell visited the American consulates in Zurich and Barcelona in 1969. He was a deeply disturbed man. Richard Case Nagell's Evidence Richard Case Nagell's Nonexistent Evidence None of the so-called evidence that Nagell promised would materialize on his death has shown up. Did this evidence ever exist?

Richard Case Nagell went to Europe in 1969 and his first stop was Zurich in March. I find it interesting that Nagell claims that "certain interests" didn't want him to testify in the Clay Shaw trial. I have blogged about the various reasons why Nagell did not testify. Notice he is not saying anything about a practice hand grenade. Here is a Secret Service Report from April 1969: Here is a Department of State Telegram from May 1969: Does any of this sound like a sane man? Sounds like another cry for help. Previous Richard Case Nagell Blog Posts A Wrap-Up of the Richard Case Nagell Story The Importance of Richard Case Nagell to Some Conspiracy Theorists Was Richard Case Nagell the "Most Important Witness There Is"? Jim Garrison and a few conspiracy theorists think Nagell is a very important witness. But is he really? Genesis of the Richard Case Nagell story Did David Kroman Crack the JFK Assassination Conspiracy? David Kroman met Richard Case Nagell at the Springfield Medical Center for Federal Prisoners. Stephen Jaffe, a Garrison volunteer, wrote a memo, relating Nagell's story through the eyes and ears of David Kroman. Richard Case Nagell Shoots Up the State National Bank in El Paso... Nagell was convicted of armed robbery and was sentenced to ten years, but his conviction was overturned because of startling new evidence. Richard Case Nagell and the JFK Assassination Did Richard Case Nagell Have Foreknowledge of Oswald and the JFK Assassination? There is no credible evidence that Nagell had any foreknowledge of either Lee Harvey Oswald or the JFK assassination. Did Richard Case Nagell Meet Lee Harvey Oswald? Nagell claims he met Oswald in Japan, Texas, Mexico City, and New Orleans. There is no credible evidence that he ever met Oswald. Did Richard Case Nagell Warn Fidel Castro about the Assassination? Nagell went to Cuba and met with Fidel Castro and even played ping-pong with the man. Insane Conspiracy Theories about Richard Case Nagell Who was Leon Oswald? Richard Case Nagell said that he knew the two Oswalds - Lee Harvey and Leon. Some conspiracy theorists believe this madness. Richard Popkin Melds the Second Oswald Theory with the Richard Case Nagell Story Combine one part crazy and one part ridiculous and what do you come up with? An early attempt at a unified conspiracy theory of the JFK assassination. Two Smoking Guns of the Richard Case Nagell Story Is this Document the Smoking Gun on the Richard Case Nagell Story? Nagell sent conspiracy theorist Dick Russell one page of a military intelligence file which seemed to indicate that he was monitoring Oswald and his wife on behalf of the CIA. But does the whole document really show that? Dick Russell's Second Smoking Gun on the Richard Case Nagell Story Did Richard Case Nagell had an Oswald Military ID in his possession when he was arrested in September 1963? Richard Case Nagell and Jim Garrison Why Didn't Richard Case Nagell Testify at Clay Shaw's Trial? Richard Case Nagell believes that he wasn't called to testify at Clay Shaw's trial because his testimony would have blown up Jim Garrison's case. Jim Garrison Discusses Richard Case Nagell At a conference in September 1968, Garrison and his investigators discuss his face-to-face meeting with Nagell in New York City. Richard Case Nagell Sends Jim Garrison on a Wild-Goose Chase William Martin, an Assistant District Attorney working for Jim Garrison, tried to retrieve a tape that Nagell said contained the voices of three JFK assassination conspirators. Richard Popkin Writes Garrison About Richard Case Nagell Richard Popkin, author of "The Second Oswald," writes Jim Garrison about Richard Case Nagell. Garrison staffer Tom Bethell thought the Nagell lead was useless. Richard Case Nagell's Mental Health Richard Case Nagell's Fight for a Disability Pension Nagell won a full disability pension in 1982 and the 60+ page court case provides complete details on his mental problems. Why Did Richard Case Nagell Shoot Up the First National Bank of El Paso? Richard Case Nagell told a psychiatrist why he shot up the bank in El Paso in 1963. Richard Case Nagell's Family Speaks about his Mental Health The FBI spoke to Nagell's ex-wife, his mother, his sister, and one of his friends. They all agreed that Nagell had significant mental health problems. Richard Case Nagell Visits Europe in 1969... Nagell visited the American consulates in Zurich and Barcelona in 1969. He was a deeply disturbed man. Richard Case Nagell's Evidence Richard Case Nagell's Nonexistent Evidence None of the so-called evidence that Nagell promised would materialize on his death has shown up. Did this evidence ever exist?

If you take one part crazy, and then add another part ridiculous, what do you come up with? Richard Popkin, author of The Second Oswald, was a believer in the Richard Case Nagell story. Since he had already written his book, it was only natural to try and come up with a unified theory of conspiracy. On the last page, Popkin says that "From the data I've heard of lately it may be that "second Oswald" is a group of people rather than one individual." Do you think Garrison found "all sorts of holes in" this theory? Previous Richard Case Nagell Blog Posts A Wrap-Up of the Richard Case Nagell Story The Importance of Richard Case Nagell to Some Conspiracy Theorists Was Richard Case Nagell the "Most Important Witness There Is"? Jim Garrison and a few conspiracy theorists think Nagell is a very important witness. But is he really? Genesis of the Richard Case Nagell story Did David Kroman Crack the JFK Assassination Conspiracy? David Kroman met Richard Case Nagell at the Springfield Medical Center for Federal Prisoners. Stephen Jaffe, a Garrison volunteer, wrote a memo, relating Nagell's story through the eyes and ears of David Kroman. Richard Case Nagell Shoots Up the State National Bank in El Paso... Nagell was convicted of armed robbery and was sentenced to ten years, but his conviction was overturned because of startling new evidence. Richard Case Nagell and the JFK Assassination Did Richard Case Nagell Have Foreknowledge of Oswald and the JFK Assassination? There is no credible evidence that Nagell had any foreknowledge of either Lee Harvey Oswald or the JFK assassination. Did Richard Case Nagell Meet Lee Harvey Oswald? Nagell claims he met Oswald in Japan, Texas, Mexico City, and New Orleans. There is no credible evidence that he ever met Oswald. Did Richard Case Nagell Warn Fidel Castro about the Assassination? Nagell went to Cuba and met with Fidel Castro and even played ping-pong with the man. Insane Conspiracy Theories about Richard Case Nagell Who was Leon Oswald? Richard Case Nagell said that he knew the two Oswalds - Lee Harvey and Leon. Some conspiracy theorists believe this madness. Richard Popkin Melds the Second Oswald Theory with the Richard Case Nagell Story Combine one part crazy and one part ridiculous and what do you come up with? An early attempt at a unified conspiracy theory of the JFK assassination. Two Smoking Guns of the Richard Case Nagell Story Is this Document the Smoking Gun on the Richard Case Nagell Story? Nagell sent conspiracy theorist Dick Russell one page of a military intelligence file which seemed to indicate that he was monitoring Oswald and his wife on behalf of the CIA. But does the whole document really show that? Dick Russell's Second Smoking Gun on the Richard Case Nagell Story Did Richard Case Nagell had an Oswald Military ID in his possession when he was arrested in September 1963? Richard Case Nagell and Jim Garrison Why Didn't Richard Case Nagell Testify at Clay Shaw's Trial? Richard Case Nagell believes that he wasn't called to testify at Clay Shaw's trial because his testimony would have blown up Jim Garrison's case. Jim Garrison Discusses Richard Case Nagell At a conference in September 1968, Garrison and his investigators discuss his face-to-face meeting with Nagell in New York City. Richard Case Nagell Sends Jim Garrison on a Wild-Goose Chase William Martin, an Assistant District Attorney working for Jim Garrison, tried to retrieve a tape that Nagell said contained the voices of three JFK assassination conspirators. Richard Popkin Writes Garrison About Richard Case Nagell Richard Popkin, author of "The Second Oswald," writes Jim Garrison about Richard Case Nagell. Garrison staffer Tom Bethell thought the Nagell lead was useless. Richard Case Nagell's Mental Health Richard Case Nagell's Fight for a Disability Pension Nagell won a full disability pension in 1982 and the 60+ page court case provides complete details on his mental problems. Why Did Richard Case Nagell Shoot Up the First National Bank of El Paso? Richard Case Nagell told a psychiatrist why he shot up the bank in El Paso in 1963. Richard Case Nagell's Family Speaks about his Mental Health The FBI spoke to Nagell's ex-wife, his mother, his sister, and one of his friends. They all agreed that Nagell had significant mental health problems. Richard Case Nagell Visits Europe in 1969... Nagell visited the American consulates in Zurich and Barcelona in 1969. He was a deeply disturbed man. Richard Case Nagell's Evidence Richard Case Nagell's Nonexistent Evidence None of the so-called evidence that Nagell promised would materialize on his death has shown up. Did this evidence ever exist?

Richard Popkin, author of The Second Oswald, thought that Richard Case Nagell was an important witness. Here is a letter he wrote Jim Garrison (X is Nagell): William Martin was the Assistant District Attorney was visited Nagell in prison. He really didn't get anywhere at all. Tom Bethell, a staffer in the Garrison office, answered Popkin: As you can see, Bethell didn't think much of the Nagell lead. Here is a link to a document about the Mannlicher-Carcano in San Antonio. The note on the bottom of the FBI memo is from J. Edgar Hoover, and it reads: "O.K. They certainly pay a lot of attention to trivia." "They" refers to the White House. Previous Richard Case Nagell Blog Posts A Wrap-Up of the Richard Case Nagell Story The Importance of Richard Case Nagell to Some Conspiracy Theorists Was Richard Case Nagell the "Most Important Witness There Is"? Jim Garrison and a few conspiracy theorists think Nagell is a very important witness. But is he really? Genesis of the Richard Case Nagell story Did David Kroman Crack the JFK Assassination Conspiracy? David Kroman met Richard Case Nagell at the Springfield Medical Center for Federal Prisoners. Stephen Jaffe, a Garrison volunteer, wrote a memo, relating Nagell's story through the eyes and ears of David Kroman. Richard Case Nagell Shoots Up the State National Bank in El Paso... Nagell was convicted of armed robbery and was sentenced to ten years, but his conviction was overturned because of startling new evidence. Richard Case Nagell and the JFK Assassination Did Richard Case Nagell Have Foreknowledge of Oswald and the JFK Assassination? There is no credible evidence that Nagell had any foreknowledge of either Lee Harvey Oswald or the JFK assassination. Did Richard Case Nagell Meet Lee Harvey Oswald? Nagell claims he met Oswald in Japan, Texas, Mexico City, and New Orleans. There is no credible evidence that he ever met Oswald. Did Richard Case Nagell Warn Fidel Castro about the Assassination? Nagell went to Cuba and met with Fidel Castro and even played ping-pong with the man. Insane Conspiracy Theories about Richard Case Nagell Who was Leon Oswald? Richard Case Nagell said that he knew the two Oswalds - Lee Harvey and Leon. Some conspiracy theorists believe this madness. Richard Popkin Melds the Second Oswald Theory with the Richard Case Nagell Story Combine one part crazy and one part ridiculous and what do you come up with? An early attempt at a unified conspiracy theory of the JFK assassination. Two Smoking Guns of the Richard Case Nagell Story Is this Document the Smoking Gun on the Richard Case Nagell Story? Nagell sent conspiracy theorist Dick Russell one page of a military intelligence file which seemed to indicate that he was monitoring Oswald and his wife on behalf of the CIA. But does the whole document really show that? Dick Russell's Second Smoking Gun on the Richard Case Nagell Story Did Richard Case Nagell had an Oswald Military ID in his possession when he was arrested in September 1963? Richard Case Nagell and Jim Garrison Why Didn't Richard Case Nagell Testify at Clay Shaw's Trial? Richard Case Nagell believes that he wasn't called to testify at Clay Shaw's trial because his testimony would have blown up Jim Garrison's case. Jim Garrison Discusses Richard Case Nagell At a conference in September 1968, Garrison and his investigators discuss his face-to-face meeting with Nagell in New York City. Richard Case Nagell Sends Jim Garrison on a Wild-Goose Chase William Martin, an Assistant District Attorney working for Jim Garrison, tried to retrieve a tape that Nagell said contained the voices of three JFK assassination conspirators. Richard Popkin Writes Garrison About Richard Case Nagell Richard Popkin, author of "The Second Oswald," writes Jim Garrison about Richard Case Nagell. Garrison staffer Tom Bethell thought the Nagell lead was useless. Richard Case Nagell's Mental Health Richard Case Nagell's Fight for a Disability Pension Nagell won a full disability pension in 1982 and the 60+ page court case provides complete details on his mental problems. Why Did Richard Case Nagell Shoot Up the First National Bank of El Paso? Richard Case Nagell told a psychiatrist why he shot up the bank in El Paso in 1963. Richard Case Nagell's Family Speaks about his Mental Health The FBI spoke to Nagell's ex-wife, his mother, his sister, and one of his friends. They all agreed that Nagell had significant mental health problems. Richard Case Nagell Visits Europe in 1969... Nagell visited the American consulates in Zurich and Barcelona in 1969. He was a deeply disturbed man. Richard Case Nagell's Evidence Richard Case Nagell's Nonexistent Evidence None of the so-called evidence that Nagell promised would materialize on his death has shown up. Did this evidence ever exist?

Dick Russell claims that Richard Case Nagell went to Cuba in 1963. He wasn't sure when, but it was before September. Here is what he wrote: (page 429 in the first edition of The Man Who Knew Too Much) "It appears that Nagell then made a journey from Mexico to Cuba. Except to admit having made what he calls an "unauthorized trip," Nagell has said only that it took place before September 1963. Ricard von Kleist's correspondence with attorney Fensterwald told of Nagell having traveled to Cuba from Mexico's Yucatan peninsula, in the fishing boat partially owned by the Hotel Luma's bartender, Franz Waehuf. "This is and was known by J. Edgar Hoover and the FBI," von Kleist reported. Nagell indicated to me that he met personally with Fidel Castro, apparently to inform the Cuban premier of what was transpiring -- a "domestic-inspired, domestic-formulated, and domestic-sponsored" plot to assassinate Kennedy, where the intent was to make it look like Castro had engineered it. "Cuban authorities had been informed of his [Oswald's] association with anti-Castro elements (posing as pro-Castro agents) in the USA before September 1963," Nagell has written. During one interview, when I asked him whether Castro ever knew what was going on, Nagell replied: "That's a loaded question." In a footnote on page 773 Russell noted: "RCN on Castro: At our May 19, 1978, interview, RCN mentioned that should I ever go to Cuba, Castro was an excellent Ping-Pong player -- "and he'll play you, too." He added that I ought to brush up on my game." I don't know whether Dick Russell took Richard Nagell's advise to "brush up" his game. Previous Richard Case Nagell Blog Posts A Wrap-Up of the Richard Case Nagell Story The Importance of Richard Case Nagell to Some Conspiracy Theorists Was Richard Case Nagell the "Most Important Witness There Is"? Jim Garrison and a few conspiracy theorists think Nagell is a very important witness. But is he really? Genesis of the Richard Case Nagell story Did David Kroman Crack the JFK Assassination Conspiracy? David Kroman met Richard Case Nagell at the Springfield Medical Center for Federal Prisoners. Stephen Jaffe, a Garrison volunteer, wrote a memo, relating Nagell's story through the eyes and ears of David Kroman. Richard Case Nagell Shoots Up the State National Bank in El Paso... Nagell was convicted of armed robbery and was sentenced to ten years, but his conviction was overturned because of startling new evidence. Richard Case Nagell and the JFK Assassination Did Richard Case Nagell Have Foreknowledge of Oswald and the JFK Assassination? There is no credible evidence that Nagell had any foreknowledge of either Lee Harvey Oswald or the JFK assassination. Did Richard Case Nagell Meet Lee Harvey Oswald? Nagell claims he met Oswald in Japan, Texas, Mexico City, and New Orleans. There is no credible evidence that he ever met Oswald. Did Richard Case Nagell Warn Fidel Castro about the Assassination? Nagell went to Cuba and met with Fidel Castro and even played ping-pong with the man. Insane Conspiracy Theories about Richard Case Nagell Who was Leon Oswald? Richard Case Nagell said that he knew the two Oswalds - Lee Harvey and Leon. Some conspiracy theorists believe this madness. Richard Popkin Melds the Second Oswald Theory with the Richard Case Nagell Story Combine one part crazy and one part ridiculous and what do you come up with? An early attempt at a unified conspiracy theory of the JFK assassination. Two Smoking Guns of the Richard Case Nagell Story Is this Document the Smoking Gun on the Richard Case Nagell Story? Nagell sent conspiracy theorist Dick Russell one page of a military intelligence file which seemed to indicate that he was monitoring Oswald and his wife on behalf of the CIA. But does the whole document really show that? Dick Russell's Second Smoking Gun on the Richard Case Nagell Story Did Richard Case Nagell had an Oswald Military ID in his possession when he was arrested in September 1963? Richard Case Nagell and Jim Garrison Why Didn't Richard Case Nagell Testify at Clay Shaw's Trial? Richard Case Nagell believes that he wasn't called to testify at Clay Shaw's trial because his testimony would have blown up Jim Garrison's case. Jim Garrison Discusses Richard Case Nagell At a conference in September 1968, Garrison and his investigators discuss his face-to-face meeting with Nagell in New York City. Richard Case Nagell Sends Jim Garrison on a Wild-Goose Chase William Martin, an Assistant District Attorney working for Jim Garrison, tried to retrieve a tape that Nagell said contained the voices of three JFK assassination conspirators. Richard Popkin Writes Garrison About Richard Case Nagell Richard Popkin, author of "The Second Oswald," writes Jim Garrison about Richard Case Nagell. Garrison staffer Tom Bethell thought the Nagell lead was useless. Richard Case Nagell's Mental Health Richard Case Nagell's Fight for a Disability Pension Nagell won a full disability pension in 1982 and the 60+ page court case provides complete details on his mental problems. Why Did Richard Case Nagell Shoot Up the First National Bank of El Paso? Richard Case Nagell told a psychiatrist why he shot up the bank in El Paso in 1963. Richard Case Nagell's Family Speaks about his Mental Health The FBI spoke to Nagell's ex-wife, his mother, his sister, and one of his friends. They all agreed that Nagell had significant mental health problems. Richard Case Nagell Visits Europe in 1969... Nagell visited the American consulates in Zurich and Barcelona in 1969. He was a deeply disturbed man. Richard Case Nagell's Evidence Richard Case Nagell's Nonexistent Evidence None of the so-called evidence that Nagell promised would materialize on his death has shown up. Did this evidence ever exist?