Russian defection, part of ONI’s False Defector Program, 27, 28, 302
set-up of (patsy), xiv, 16, 19, 26, 29, 34, 112, 126, 133, 149, 174, 294, 295, 299, 305, 308
silenced by Ruby, on live TV, xxiii–xxiv, 25–26, 29, 63, 176, 317
Tippit’s murder by. see Tippit, J.D.
voice analysis of statement of innocence, 26, 29, 30
Zangetty’s foreknowledge of death of. see
Zangetty, Jack
Oswald, Marina Prusakova, 28, 28p, 79, 290, 291
Owen, Wayne, 49–50
Paisley, John
CIA “mole” for KGB, 256–257, 258, 316
evidentiary inconsistencies in assassination of, 257–258, 316
“suicide” death of, prior to testimony given, 202, 255p, 256, 281, 316
Palamara, Vince, 288, 289
Parkland Hospital, Dallas, 37, 41, 156, 158,
289, 295
Parnau, Cassie, 83, 84
Pataky, Ron, 81, 85, 89
Pawley, William, 202, 281
Pensacola Journal, 105
Perry, David, 138–139
Phillips, David Atlee, 225, 297
Pinchot Meyer, Mary. see Meyer, Mary Pinchot
Pitzer, William B.
autopsy of withheld from family, 160, 162
CIA assassin of. see Marvin, Daniel
integrity of, 160
and Kennedy’s autopsy, knowledge of, xiv, 154–158, 159, 162, 310
national security assassination of, 280, 310
negative paraffin tests on, 160–161
overview of, 153–154, 153p
suicidal death, official verdict inconsistencies, 160–163
plane crash deaths. see Morrison, Deslesseps; Reeves, Jim; Ward, Hugh
Plumlee, Tosh, 20–21, 22, 25, 224–225,
261–262, 264
Poe, J.M., 15–16
political figure deaths. see Morrison, Deslesseps
Posner, Gerald, 112, 138, 195
Powers, Gary
CIA pilot, 259–260, 259p, 316
connection to Oswald, 262, 264, 316
death of, due to possible helicopter sabotage, 259, 262, 265, 316
official explanation of death of, 263–264
U-2 incident, 260, 264–265, 316
unlikely pilot errors of, 259–264, 265, 316
Prine, Andrew, 54, 55, 62–63
Pritchett, Florence
cancer death of, xxii–xxiii, 77, 306
and Kennedy, 77, 91p
notes on JFK, given to by Kilgallen, 76, 77, 91, 92, 306
private investigator deaths. see Banister, Guy; Ward, Hugh
probability of unnatural deaths, xiii, xiv–xv, xvi.
see also witness deaths
Provenzano, Anthony “Tony Pro,” 244, 248–249, 250, 253, 254
Prusakova, Marina. see Oswald, Marina Prusakova
Puzo, Mario, 210
Quesada, Manuel Rodriguez, 165–166, 168, 311
Rearview Mirror (Turner), 122
Reclaiming History (Bugliosi), 230
Reeves, Jim
briefcase of, search for, 270, 271, 273, 317
connection to Oswald and Ruby, 268, 317
crash site of, search for misdirected, 269–272, 272p, 317
disappearance of files on crash of, 271–272
as intel courier, 268–269, 273
link to JFK assassination, 268–269
overview of, 265, 265p
photographic memory of, 268
possible sabotage of plane, 273, 317
Reilly Coffee Company, 291
reporter deaths. see Hunter, Bill; Kilgallen,
Dorothy; Koethe, Jim
Revel, Gary, 205–206
Reynolds, Warren, 15, 94–96, 307, 318
Rischel, Walter, 138
Rivera, Geraldo, 137, 138
Roberts, Craig, xix, xxii, 105, 123, 200,
260–261, 262
Roberts, Delphine, 117
Roberts, Earlene
harassment of, by police, 127, 129–130, 309
heart attack death of, 127, 130, 309
overview of, 127–128, 128p
testimony of on movement of Oswald, 6–7, 8, 128–129, 309
Roberts, Emory, 286, 289
Roselli, Johnny
anti-Castro activity, 174, 222–223, 301
Church Committee testimony of, xxvi, 218
CIA connection, 202, 222–223, 315
death of, prior to testimony of, 202, 217, 219, 221, 224, 315
and Giancana, xviii, 217, 222
link to JFK assassination, 210, 224, 225, 315
Military Intelligence, active in, 224
role in Chicago Mob, 221p, 222
on silencing of Oswald, 33
and Trafficante, 217, 222, 223
violent murder of, 221, 223
Rose’s Delicatessen, Chicago, 210, 211
Rothermel, Paul, 51, 52
Ruby, Jack
anti-Castro activity, 26, 38, 174
apartment of accessed, 72, 73
on being framed to murder Oswald, 34
on “brainwashing,” in polygraph, 36–37
cancer death of, by suspected injection, 33, 41–42, 176, 293, 295, 305
and cancer research as bioweapon, 40–41, 42, 290, 293, 294–295, 305
The Carousel Club owner. see The Carousel Club
CIA connection, 38
connection to Ferrie, 172, 174
connection to Giancana, 38, 216
connection to Irv Kupcinet, 54, 59, 60, 61
connection to Jim Reeves, 268
connection to Killam, 104, 106p, 107, 308
connection to Oswald, xiv, 39, 49, 101, 141,
175, 310
connection to Rose Cheramie, 49, 50, 306
connection to Socarrás, 239, 240
connection to Tippit, 78, 80–81
connection to Trafficante, 38
connection to Zangettty, 45
death of, by cancer injection, xxii–xxiii, 37, 294–295
interviews with, 34–36
Kilgallen interview with, 75–76, 80
link to JFK assassination, 29–30, 175
mafia connections, xxiv, 26, 32–33, 38, 40, 61–63, 80
multi-leveled connections of, 38, 39, 305
murders of people connected to, 38
official verdict inconsistencies, 32, 39
Oswald silenced by, on TV, xxiii, 25–28, 29,
63, 176
overview of, 31–32, 31p
police connections, 40, 41
Sheeran on blunder over Oswald, 40, 61
and the Warren Commission, 39–40, 294
Russell, Dick, 182, 231, 236
Russia
Kennedy policies toward, 298–299
Marina Prusakova suspected as KGB, 28, 79
Oswald informer, 316
Oswald’s “defection” to, 27, 28, 302
Paisley, suspected CIA mole for KGB,
256–257, 258
U-2 incident, 260, 264–265, 316
Schoener, Gary Richard, 95
Schuster, Ralph, 203–204, 319–320
Schweiker, Richard, 28, 217
Scott, Peter Dale, 210
Scott, Win, 202, 302
Scully, Tom, xxiv, 38, 74
Select Committee on Intelligence Activities, 202
Senate Committee investigation, xix
Senator, George, 38, 73, 74
Shaw, Clay, 117, 126, 172, 174
Shaw, J. Gary, 51
Sheeran, Frank “The Irishman”
and Hoffa, 251p
on Hoffa’s “failure to show appreciation,” 248
on Hoffa’s request to mafia to “get” JFK, 244, 247
involvement in Hoffa’s disappearance and death, 249–254
link to JFK assassination, 244–245, 247
on Ruby’s blunder over Oswald, 40, 61
Shelton, Zack, 18, 228
Sherman, Mary<
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as cancer researcher for bioweapon. see cancer research, as bioweapon
connection to Ferrie, 186, 193, 194, 195,
290, 294
connection to Oswald, 186, 194, 195, 290, 294
crime scene of, 187–188, 192, 196, 312
death of, and signs of a cover-up, 185–186, 195, 281, 293
death of, by medical accident, 196, 292–293, 312
fire damage at crime scene, 187–188,
190–193, 194
inconsistencies with official verdict, 186,
191–193, 194–195
linear particle accelerator, likely source of injury to, 193, 194, 312
link to JFK assassination, xxv, 193, 196
overview of, 185–186, 185p
pre- and post-mortem injury to, 187,
191–192, 194
Shimon, Joe, xix
“shooting” witness deaths. see Hunter, Bill; Tippit, J.D.; Walle, Marilyn “Delilah”; Zangetty, Jack
Sibert, James, 155, 157
Simkin, John
“convenient” death of, prior to testimony of, 204
on Dave Morales, 300
on Guy Banister, 116
on HSCA Nondisclosure Agreement, xvii
on murders by cancer injections, xxii
on questionable credibility of Warren
Commission, 39
on suspected murder of William Sullivan, 207
Sinatra, Frank Jr., xxiv–xxv, 43–44, 45, 62, 306
Sirhan, Sirhan Bishara, 275–277, 278, 317
Sloan, Bill, 72
Smathers, George, 67p
Smith, Florence Pritchett. see Pritchett, Florence
Socarrás, Carlos Prío, 165, 202, 204, 239–241, 282
Southwood, James, 231
Special Report: The Death of “Crazy Billy” Sullivan (Goldberg & Yazijian), 206
Speer, Pat, 199
Stewart, Sarah, xxii
Stockdale, Ann, 69
Stockdale, Grant
friendship with Kennedy and Smathers, 67, 67p
inconsistencies with official verdict of suicide, 66–69, 306
intimidation of, 283
overview of, 65–66, 65p
Sturgis, Frank, 239, 240
“suicide” witness deaths. see Bogard, Al “Guy”; de Mohrenschildt, George; Ferrie, David; Kilgallen, Dorothy; Killam, Hank; Kupcinet, Karyn; McDonald, Betty; Paisley, John; Pitzer, William B.; Socarrás, Carlos Prío; Stockdale, Grant; Underhill, Gary
Sullivan, William
“convenient” death of, prior to testimony of, 203, 205–206
murder of, suspected, 200
predicts own death, 202, 207, 282, 314
Summers, Anthony, 28, 117, 169
Talbot, David, 299
Tanenbaum, Robert, 235–236
tape recording of de Mohrenschildt’s death, 236–237
Teamsters Union, 243, 244, 245–246, 248, 253, 316
Texas School Book Depository, xiv, 8, 133, 136, 290, 299
The Carousel Club, 44, 80, 81, 94p, 96, 141, 307, 310
The Godfather (Puzo), 210
The Kilgallen Files (Parnau), 83
The Men Who Killed Kennedy, 280
The New York Times, 204–205, 218
The Strawberry Boys, 245
The Tangled Web (Cain), 211
The Warren Omission (Brown), 132
thyonphosphate genre, 198
Time-Life International, 319, 320
Tippit, J.D.
connection to Jack Ruby, 78, 80–81
inconsistencies with Oswald as killer of, 9, 13, 15, 94–95, 97–99, 129, 305
James Files testimony on “unplanned” death of, 16–17
Jim Garrison investigation on murder of, 7
killer of, possible, 18
as member of special tactical team, 1p,
20–23, 300
not in assigned patrol area, 9, 20, 22
official verdict, and inconsistencies, 1, 2, 3, 10, 13, 15
and Oswald, link to, 4, 6–7, 20, 96
timeline of shooting of, xiii, xv, 4–13
wallet found at crime scene of, 18–19, 19p
weapon and bullets in murder of, 10–12, 13, 15
witnesses to murder of. see Benavides, Domingo “Dom”; Clemons, Acquilla; Reynolds, Warren
Tombs, Wiley, 270
Top Ten Records, 4, 5
Trafficante, Santo
anti-Castro activity, 217
connection to Giancana, 216
connection to Jack Ruby, 38
connection to Marcello, xxvi, 216
connection to Roselli, 217, 222, 223
last of three mobsters recruited by CIA, 223–224
link to JFK assassination, xxvi, 169, 218,
244–245, 247
and Masferrer, 301
Turner, William, 117, 122, 126
TWEP (Terminate with Extreme Prejudice), xx
U-2 incident, 260, 264–265, 316
Underhill, Gary
and Charlene Fitsimmons, 112–113
Heiner on, xiv
knowledge of Executive Action, 113–114
knowledge on JFK assassination, 111, 112, 113–114
murder of, 308
official verdict inconsistencies, 111, 320
on the run, in fear of his life, 111, 112, 113,
283, 308
unsolved murder, witness deaths. see Benavides, Eddy; del Valle, Eladio; Hernandez, Gilberto Rodriguez; Kennedy, Robert F. “Bobby”; Kupcinet, Karyn; Masferrer, Rolando
“el Tigre”; Meyer, Mary Pinchot; Quesada, Manuel Rodriguez
U.S. Military Intelligence
Abort Team attempts to prevent JFK assassination, 20, 22–23, 224, 300, 305
liaison with Dallas Police Department, 20,
52, 300
Oswald operational in, 20–22, 26, 28, 292, 293
Roselli active in, 224
Varona, Tony, 182
vehicle crash witness deaths. see Bowers, Lee Jr.; Cheramie, Rose; Morrison, Deslesseps;
Powers, Gary; Reeves, Jim; Ward, Hugh
Ventura, Jesse, 230
Voebel, Ed, 302
Wade, Henry, 285
Wallace, Mac, 202, 299, 300
Walle, Marilyn “Delilah,” 141, 310
Walton, Bill, 150
Ward, Hugh, 119, 121, 122–123, 309, 320
Warren Commission
arrival in New Orleans, death of Sherman prior to, 186, 193, 195
on bullets used to kill Tippit, 11–12
Earlene Roberts’ testimony on Oswald, 128–129
evidence tampering of, 132–133
Garrison’s view of flaws in, 175–176
and Jack Ruby, 36, 39–40
Lee Bowers’ testimony, on Grassy Knoll, 136–137
on meeting at Carousel (Ruby’s casino), 81
misleading information given to, 215
Nichols, Hoover’s liaison with, 203, 204
questionable credibility of, 39
and Ruby’s requests to speak to
members of, 294
testimony on security of Dallas Police
Department to, 41
and Tippit’s murder, 8–9, 14–15
witness deaths, xv, xix. see also specific cases
Washington Post, xxvi, 33, 144, 146, 198
Watergate, 198–199, 200
Waters, William “Bill,” 109
Weiner, Tim, 283
Weiss, Victor, 49, 50
Weissman, Bernard, 81
West, Louis Jolyon “Jolly,” xxiii, 294
What’s My Line? 76, 89
White, Roscoe, 20, 300
With Malice (Myers), 12
Without Smoking Gun (Heiner), 159
witness deaths
additional, 299–303
causes. see “accidental” witness deaths; cancer, witness deaths
by; “heart attack” witness deaths; “natural causes,” witness deaths;
“suicide” witness de
aths; unsolved murder, witness deaths; vehicle crash witness deaths
CIA. see CIA
“convenient deaths” of Banister and his
connections, 117–118, 119, 121–123, 126
of FBI officials, xviii, 201–208. see also FBI
witness deaths
within first fourteen years, post-JFK
assassination, 318
within first year, post-JFK assassination,
317–318, 319–320
four categories of, xxv
increase in, prior to testimony, xvii–xix,
202–203, 318–319. see also House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA); Jim Garrison investigation; Warren Commission
investigatory results, 305–320
mafia-related. see Mafia
by medical “accident,” xix–xx
national security assassinations. see national security assassinations
overview of, 115–116, 115p
probability of coincidence of unnatural, xiii, xiv–xv, xvi–xvii, 202–204, 279, 282, 313, 317–318
social context of, 303–304
witness intimidation. see also Benavides, Domingo “Dom”; Benavides, Eddy; Bogard, Al “Guy”; Bowers, Lee Jr.; Clemons, Acquilla;
McDonald, Betty; Reynolds, Warren;
Roberts, Earlene; Stockdale, Grant, changes to official verdict by, 73, 94–95, 235
Wright, Frank, 13, 14–15
Yarborough, Ralph, 288
Yazijian, Harvey, 206
youtube videos
Acquilla Clemons, witness to Tippit murder, 14
Dom Benavides, witness to Tippit murder, 97
Geraldo Rivera documentary, 137–138
Jack Ruby on LBJ involvement in assassination of JFK, 34
The Men Who Killed Kennedy, 280
Zangetty, Jack
connections to Chicago mob, 43–44
murdered after “predictions” about Ruby and Sinatra Jr., xxiv, 43–45, 60–61, 282, 306, 319
official verdict inconsistencies, 43–44
Zapata, 230–231
Zapruder, Abraham, 319, 320
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