Episode Description

On November 22, 1963, President John F. Kennedy arrived in Dallas as part of a political trip through Texas meant to repair Democratic divisions and prepare for the 1964 campaign. Within hours, he was dead, Governor John Connally was wounded, Lyndon Johnson was president, and a 24-year-old former Marine named Lee Harvey Oswald was in custody. But the story only grew stranger. Oswald denied the charges, called himself a patsy, and was murdered two days later by Dallas nightclub owner Jack Ruby. In this first episode, we follow the assassination from the Texas trip and Dealey Plaza through Parkland Hospital, Oswald’s arrest, Ruby’s shocking act, and the birth of the official story.

Keywords

John F. Kennedy assassination, JFK assassination, Lee Harvey Oswald, Jack Ruby, Dealey Plaza, Texas School Book Depository, Warren Commission, Lyndon Johnson, Jacqueline Kennedy, Governor John Connally, J. D. Tippit, Parkland Hospital, Zapruder film, Dallas 1963, JFK conspiracy, lone gunman theory, JFK true crime, American history podcast

Useful Sources

The Warren Commission Reporthttps://www.archives.gov/research/jfk/warren-commission-report

National Archives JFK Assassination Records Collectionhttps://www.archives.gov/research/jfk

JFK Library: November 22, 1963https://www.jfklibrary.org/learn/about-jfk/jfk-in-history/november-22-1963-death-of-the-president

JFK Library: John F. Kennedy Biographyhttps://www.jfklibrary.org/learn/about-jfk/life-of-john-f-kennedy

The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plazahttps://www.jfk.org/

The Sixth Floor Museum: John F. Kennedy and the Memory of a Nationhttps://www.jfk.org/exhibits/john-f-kennedy-and-the-memory-of-a-nation/

History.com: JFK Assassinationhttps://www.history.com/topics/1960s/jfk-assassination

Britannica: Assassination of John F. Kennedyhttps://www.britannica.com/event/assassination-of-John-F-Kennedy

FBI Records: John F. Kennedy Assassinationhttps://vault.fbi.gov/john-f.-kennedy-assassination

Mary Ferrell Foundation: JFK Assassination Recordshttps://www.maryferrell.org/pages/JFK_Assassination.html

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