Welcome to JFK in The Enduring Secret.

I'm your host, Jeff Crudell. Hello, everyone, and welcome back to the podcast.

Today's episode is episode 19.

Today, we explore the story of Marion Baker.

Marion Baker was a motorcycle policeman on the Dallas Police Force. He has an

interesting position to play in this drama. He was the very first policeman inside the Dallas

School Book Depository in his actions created the only other crucial timestamp besides the

Zepruder film, a timestamp that would

ultimately prove to be essential in proving that Lee Harvey Oswald was indeed the killer, or indeed

was not. So without further ado, let's listen to episode 19.

There are so many actors in this grand drama that is the story of the Kennedy assassination.

Each one with a unique part to play. This act of the play starts with an important appearance by

Dallas motorcycle policeman Marion Baker. Others will make their way upon the stage in short order.

Marion Baker was riding on one of the police motorcycles that were in tight formation around the motorcade that day in Dallas.

Dressed in that very familiar look of a motorcycle cop, you know, the hard white half-shell motorcycle helmet and the high boots with a high shine that are such a trademark of these imposing-looking officers as they ride upon their imposing-looking motorcycles.

His position in the motorcade placed him on Houston Street as that first shot rang out. It was a spot not far past where you make

the turn off of Main Street and onto Houston Street. Marion Baker had a keen ear, keener than most

that day. At the moment the first shot rang out, he knew it was a shot, and he was pretty sure that it came from the

Texas School Book Depository. Baker's testimony to the Warren Commission was given on March 24th,

1964, and it was important in establishing whether there was any possibility at all that Oswald

could be placed on the sixth floor at the moment the shots occurred.

It was a matter of seconds, really, in the analysis.

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