JFK The Enduring Secret

By: Jeff Crudele
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  • An in depth tutorial and discussion around the assassination of John F. Kennedy, (JFK) the country's 35th president who was brutally murdered in Dallas Texas on November 22, 1963. The series comprehensively explores the major facts, themes, and events leading up to the assassination in Dealey Plaza and the equally gripping stories surrounding the subsequent investigation. We review key elements of the Warren Commission Report , and the role of the CIA and FBI. We explore the possible involvement of the Mafia in the murder and the review of that topic by the government's House Select Committee on Assassinations in the 1970's. We explore the Jim Garrison investigation and the work of other key figures such as Mark Lane and others. Learn more about Lee Harvey Oswald the suspected killer and Jack Ruby the distraught Dallas night club owner with underworld ties and the man that killed Oswald as a national TV audience was watching. Stay with us as we take you through the facts and theories in bite sized discussions that are designed to educate, and inform as well as entertain the audience. This real life story is more fascinating than fiction. No matter whether you are a serious researcher or a casual student, you will enjoy the fact filled narrative and story as we relive one of the most shocking moments in American History. An event that changed the nation and change the world forever.

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  • Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays Everyone!
    Dec 24 2024

    A heartfelt thankyou and Christmas and holiday message to all of our listeners from your podcast host Jeff Crudele.

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    8 mins
  • Episode 243 Oswald Goes to Mexico City Part 7 Friday September 27th and the Visits to the Cuban Consulate and the Soviet Embassy
    Dec 21 2024

    Lee Harvey Oswald's trip to Mexico is one of the most mysterious aspects of the JFK assassination case, and some say it holds the key to understanding what really happened and who was actually involved. Today's episode Part 7 is the seventh episode in this miniseries. In Part 7 we pick the action up as Oswald has checked into the hotel in Mexico and now heads immediately to the Cuban Consulate in search of a transit visa. We follow Oswald on Friday's odyssey, including three visits to the Cuban Consulate and one visit to the Soviet Embassy. Oswald's efforts to obtain a transit visa that would allow him to travel to Cuba are ultimately thwarted that day, and some of the most important events of his visit happen on Friday including his only known and verifiable interaction with Silvia Duran. And some of the confounding questions begin to arise as well, on whether it was the authentic Oswald (or not) that visited the Cuban Consulate and the Soviet Embassy. And what to make of the phone calls to the Soviet Embassy in the minutes after his arrival in Mexico City. Calls that seem difficult for him to have made and that clearly don't seem to be Oswald, because they were spoken in Spanish, a language he could not speak. And luck would have it that his four visits that day, three to the Cuban Consulate and one to the Soviet Embassy, all escaped the America surveillance cameras with no photographs either taken or surviving for posterity. Was that accomplished for the reasons explained by the CIA, or was it done deliberately for another reason?

    We're exploring aspect of the Mexico City story that ultimately impacted what the government decided that it could not reveal and highlight about Mexico City at that moment...now just beginning to explore the curious role of the CIA and its involvement in the Mexico City affair.....and the plume of suspicions that Mexico creates for the CIA... Come join us as we take you through an entire mini-series of episodes that explore what we know and we don't know about Oswald and his trip to Mexico City. We will take you from the moment he left New Orleans and traveled to Mexico City, through his time there and his return to the United States.. That is...if he even went at all..to Mexico ....or rather if he was not the only Oswald who was in Mexico in late September and early October. The plot thickens almost immediately. The evidence in this part of the case is confounding and it may be one of the toughest assignments yet for all of us, including you, the jury, to sort through it all. Come join us as we review one of the most fascinating story tells regarding the JFK assassination, and as we borrow heavily from so many great researchers including the work of Jefferson Morley who wrote Our Man In Mexico and John Armstrong who wrote Harvey and Lee, two of the most detailed and spellbinding books every written on the JFK assassination. Others as well contribute to the richness of our investigation into what happened...really...in Mexico City....

    Even as early as 1964, rumors and serious concerns over the lone gunman theory and the evidence that might contravene it, were becoming a major concern for the government and the commission. Conspiracy theories were contrary to the government's stated narrative from the very beginning. This real-life story is more fascinating than fiction. No matter whether you are a serious researcher or a casual student, you will enjoy the fact filled narrative and story as we relive one of the most shocking moments in American History. An event that changed the nation and changed the world forever.

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    1 hr and 10 mins
  • Episode 242 Oswald Goes To Mexico City Part 6 Oswald Enters Mexico and Travels From Nuevo Laredo to Mexico City
    Dec 12 2024

    Lee Harvey Oswald's trip to Mexico is one of the most mysterious aspects of the JFK assassination case, and some say it holds the key to understanding what really happened and who was actually involved. Today's episode Part 6 is the sixth episode in this miniseries. In Part 6 we pick the action up in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico just after Oswald entered Mexico, boarded a new bus and headed for Mexico City via Monterey. We're still in the early stages of a story that ultimately impacted what the government decided that it could not reveal and highlight about Mexico City at that moment...in later episodes we will explore the curious role of the CIA and its involvement in the Mexico City affair.....and the plume of suspicions that Mexico creates for the CIA... Come join us as we take you through an entire mini-series of episodes that explore what we know and we don't know about Oswald and his trip to Mexico City. We will take you from the moment he left New Orleans and traveled to Mexico City, through his time there and his return to the United States.. That is...if he even went at all..to Mexico ....or rather if he was not the only Oswald who was in Mexico in late September and early October. The plot thickens almost immediately. The evidence in this part of the case is confounding and it may be one of the toughest assignments yet for all of us, including you, the jury, to sort through it all. Come join us as we review one of the most fascinating story tells regarding the JFK assassination, and as we borrow heavily from so many great researchers including the work of Jefferson Morley who wrote Our Man In Mexico and John Armstrong who wrote Harvey and Lee, two of the most detailed and spellbinding books every written on the JFK assassination. Others as well contribute to the richness of our investigation into what happened...really...in Mexico City....

    Even as early as 1964, rumors and serious concerns over the lone gunman theory and the evidence that might contravene it, were becoming a major concern for the government and the commission. Conspiracy theories were contrary to the government's stated narrative from the very beginning. This real-life story is more fascinating than fiction. No matter whether you are a serious researcher or a casual student, you will enjoy the fact filled narrative and story as we relive one of the most shocking moments in American History. An event that changed the nation and changed the world forever.

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    47 mins

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VERY LONG WINDED

Some nice tidbits of info among a lot of talking. Probably could have done it in half the episodes. I could swear he is saying "Osweld" not "Oswald". "Just saying" as Jeff says a million times. The word "wound" is pronounced with an ooh sound...not a long "o" ......wond???? Would not dwell on this stuff but it is constant and drives me nuts along with "without further adeiu" and "sleeping dogs lying"

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Insightful

I have studied the JFK assassination in great detail and this podcast brings out new and relevant details.

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Top notch stuff on a complex and interesting topic

Highly recommended! Of all the programs on this subject this is the most objective, sane and the host makes it easy to grasp both the details and the big picture. Good one.

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Maybe the best podcast devoted to this topic

This guy's good! Even his "wanders" and southern accents (in impersonation of Dean Andrews) are way better than he gives himself credit for. He does this all while maintaining a balance and even-keel rare in podcasts of this topic. I highly recommend this to anyone interested in the JFK Assassination.

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Never Thought …

…I’d devour a JFK conspiracy podcast. I’ve listened to each and all of Jeff’s episodes in the last 3 weeks. Fascinating, erudite, balanced, and absent the histrionics and “out there” assertions that often steer me away from this genre. He shies away from nothing, taking on it all, but always calling it as his well informed eyes see it.

Jeff’s side trips, and topical cul-de-sac stop offs to address collateral subjects are always a treat. His episodes on the history of Cuba and Fidel Castro are worthy of their own stand-alone topical podcast series.

And finally, Jeff’s humanity, his personal and family anecdotes, sharing joys and challenges with listeners is the absolute icing on the cake.

Try it. You’ll like.

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Expertly detailed

I have listened to this podcast since it began. It is well researched and delivered. More details on every conceivable aspect of the JFK assassination. If you’re into deep dives, this is the deepest.

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