This podcast details true crime cases. It contains adult themes and may contain descriptions of violence.

It is not intended for children.

Listen or discretion is advised. Thank you for joining me for today's episode of Once Upon A Crime.

It feels good to be back in the studio, getting new episodes out for the month of April.

This month, I'll be revisiting a series I did back in season one of the podcast Artful Crimes. In this series I'll bring you

true crime cases connected to the world of art and artists. In this episode an up-and-coming

artist who was connected to a high-profile politician, becomes the victim of a violent crime.

First, a little history to put this case into context.

On November 22, 1963, our 35th President of the United States, John Fitzgerald

Kennedy was shot dead as he rode in a convertible and waved a crowd who came to see his

motorcade drive through Dallas, Texas.

24-year-old Lee Harvey Oswald was arrested 45 minutes later after shooting and killing a police officer who'd stopped to question him.

He denied shooting Kennedy, insisting he was a Patsy.

The next day, Oswald was shot and killed by Dallas resident Jack Ruby, as he was escorted through the basement of the

Dallas Police headquarters to be transported to jail. Immediately after Kennedy's

assassination questions were raised about who was actually responsible for his murder.

Was Oswald solely responsible or was he a Patsy like he said,

framed by powerful enemies of the president?

Conspiracy theories around the assassination of JFK would proliferate and still continue until the present day.

Less than a year later, a person close to Kennedy was also murdered in broad daylight.

After her relationship with the slain president came to light, her name would forever be linked

to his, and her murder would also become fodder for conspiracy theorists.

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