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An Historical Mystery. The Kennedy Conspiracy. Possible Shooters/Consp. Lee Harvey Oswald Jack Ruby Lyndon B. Johnson "Badgeman" Nikita Khrushchev Fidel Castro Secret Service J. Edgar Hoover Jimmy Hoffa The Assass. Today Works Cited. Table of Contents. John Fitzgeral Kennedy - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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The Kennedy Conspiracy
An Historical Mystery
Table of Contents John Fitzgeral Kennedy The Trip The Trip (cont...) The Assassination The Conspiracy/
The Magic Bullet Theory/ Multiple Shooters
Important Locations The Texas Book School Depo The Grassy Knoll The Elm St. Sewer
Possible Shooters/Consp. Lee Harvey Oswald Jack Ruby Lyndon B. Johnson "Badgeman" Nikita Khrushchev Fidel Castro Secret Service J. Edgar Hoover Jimmy Hoffa
The Assass. Today Works Cited
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
The 35th President of the United States
Born into a family of politicians
Controversial because of the Bay of Pigs Invasion, Cold War dealings, and Cuban Missile Crisis
The Trip to Dallas
Kennedy arrived in Dallas on November 21, 1963 Traveled to Texas for a five city tour for a few
reasons: Lost the 1960 vote in Texas during the Presidential
Campaign and wanted to increase his public image in Texas
Starting his campaign for the 1964 election The Kennedy/Johnson ticket was not particularly
popular in the 1960 election and wanted to make themselves more popular with those in Dallas
Trip To Dallas (cont...)
The Assassination
The Conspiracy
There are many theories as to who truly killed Kennedy The Magic Bullet Theory Multiple shooters/ Multiple locations
Many are not sure what to believe because nobody can identify how many shots were fired
Also, the “back and to the left” theory A lot of people claim that Oswald couldn't be the lone
shooter because Kennedy's head went back and to the left when he was hit, if he were shot from the TSBD, his head would have gone forward and to the right.
The Magic Bullet Theory Theory that
one shot hit both Kennedy and Gov. Connely.
The Magic Bullet (cont...)
Multiple Shooters
Many people believe that there were more shooters than just Oswald that day This gives way to the theory of a conspiracy, because
now we have to figure out who else had reason to kill Kennedy
There are many theories as to who would possibly want Kennedy dead due to different political dealings
Important Locations of the Assassination
The following are three possible locations where the shooters could have possibly shot from: The Texas School Book Depository The Grassy Knoll The sewer on Elm St.
The Texas School Book Depository
This is the most famous location Oswald supposedly
shot from the 6th Story of the TSBD
Would have given him a rear shot at President Kennedy, giving way to the idea of the “Magic Bullet Theory”
The Grassy Knoll The Grassy Knoll is an area on the same side of the street as the TSBD
Many people claim that shots came from a wall in the Grassy Knoll
Khrushchev Castro Badgeman,Hoffa
The Elm Street Sewer
Sewer just past the Freeway Sign
Would have given the shooter a perfect view of Kennedy and would have caused the “Back and to the left” phenomena
Khrushchev, Castro, Hoffa, Hoover
Possible Shooters/ Conspirators
The following are a list of possible shooters/conspirators and the reasons for which they may have wanted President Kennedy dead
Lee Harvey Oswald
The most famous person in the conspiracy The shooter from the
Texas School Book Depository Some claim that there is picture evidence that
Oswald was actually standing in front of the TBSD during the shooting Was apprehended two hours after the shooting, in the
mean time he had shot Officer Tibbits Shot to death two days later as he was being
transported to a new facility for protection
Jack Ruby
Local strip club ownerClub was believed to be controlled by the mafia
Many believe that he was sent to kill Oswald in order to silence him from talking because of mob ties to the assassination
Lyndon B. Johnson
Vice President of the United StatesDidn't like the Kennedy'sWas going to be dropped from the 1964 Presidential election as Vice PresidentHad been attempting to gain the party nomination
“Badgeman” No one knows whether
“Badgeman” really exists An outline of a figure is
thought to exist above the wall in the Grassy Knoll
Some theorists say that Tibbits is the badgeman. Tibbits was a police officer who was killed by Oswald after the assassination.
Nikita Khrushchev
President of the U.S.S.R.Khrushchev was embarrassed by Kennedy during the Cuban Missile CrisisKennedy had also made Khrushchev back down in Berlin
Fidel CastroDictator of CubaWas infuriated with the United States because on three separate occasions the government had tried to overthrow or kill himKennedy had also imposed a trade embargo on Cuba in 1962
Secret Service
Probably the most likely of scenarios would have been the secret services involvement. There are two possibilities here: Kennedy often used the Secret Service to take him to
and from his meeting places with Marylin Monroe, who he was carrying out an affair with
The day before the parade, the route was changed to incorporate the turn onto Elm St.
The head of the Secret Service was sent out of the country In the book Mortal Error: The Shot that Killed JFK, the
author Bonar Menninger claims that Secret Service agent George Hickey accidentally killed JFK while attempting to return fire on the gunman
J. Edgar Hoover
The first Director of the Federal Bureau of InvestigationKennedy was going to force Hoover to retire as Director of FBI because he was about to turn 70 years old.
Jimmy Hoffa/ Mafia Jimmy Hoffa was the
infamous leader of the Mafia
Kennedy's father, Joseph, and influential government official got John support from the Mafia during the election in return for not going after the mafia John and Robert were
attempting to go after Hoffa in Court
The Assassination Today
The information I've given you today is just a small amount of theory behind this ever changing event.
In recent years more theories have come out, some have been debunked, some still remain a mystery.
Files containing information on the assassination were locked in a vault and set to be released at a future date. The release date is supposed to be within the next five to ten years.
Is still one of the greatest historical mysteries
Works Cited
John F. Kennedy. John F. Kennedy: 35th President of the United States. March 21, 2008. www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/jk35.html
November 22, 1963: Death of the President. March 22, 1963. www.jfklibrary.org/Historical+Resources/JFK+in+History/Death+of+the+President.htm
Menninger, Bonar. Mortal Error: The Shot that Killed JFK. (New York: St. Martins Press, 1992)
Help filling in details of conspiracy: Thomas Briggs and Brad Weidman.