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The JFK assassination and the conspiracy theories surrounding it
TLDR President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas in 1963, and there are various conspiracy theories surrounding the event, including involvement from Lee Harvey Oswald, the mob, and the CIA. The House Select Committee on Assassinations concluded that there was a conspiracy, but no hard evidence has been found to support any specific theory.
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The podcast episode is about the JFK assassination and the various conspiracy theories surrounding it.
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President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas on November 22, 1963, when shots were fired at his motorcade, resulting in his death and the graphic blowing off of the back right side of his head.
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President John F. Kennedy was pronounced dead at Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas at 1 p.m., and there were conflicting accounts about where the shots came from, including the grassy knoll, but the official line is that there was only one shooter.
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Lee Harvey Oswald was apprehended in a theater after shooting and killing a cop, and he made the statement "I'm a patsy," fueling speculation about his involvement in the assassination of President Kennedy.
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Lee Harvey Oswald had a difficult childhood, spending time in an orphanage and feeling emotionally starved, which may have influenced his later search for belonging and his interest in Marxism and communism, as well as his decision to teach himself Russian and eventually move to Russia before returning to the United States with his wife.
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Lee Harvey Oswald and his wife moved to Texas, where she felt isolated and made friends with a woman named Ruth Payne, and after moving back to the United States from Russia, Oswald tried to assassinate Major General Edwin Walker and later started a pro-Cuba, pro-Castro sympathizer club.
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Lee Harvey Oswald was unimpressive and had no support from Russia, Cuba, or anyone else, making him the perfect patsy, but the Warren Commission concluded that he acted alone in assassinating JFK.
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One theory is that the mob was involved in JFK's assassination and that Jack Ruby, a Dallas nightclub owner, killed Lee Harvey Oswald to prevent him from revealing more information.
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The House Select Committee on Assassinations in 1976 concluded that JFK's assassination was the result of a conspiracy, but they did not believe it was the mob, CIA, FBI, or Cubans, and they found no hard evidence to support their conclusion.
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Conspiracy theorists believe that Woody Harrelson's dad was one of the three tramps who killed JFK, and the fact that they resembled the other suspects and the CIA's refusal to declassify documents about the assassination only adds fuel to the fire.
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