Episode 259 Billie Sol Estes Part 8 The Mid Fifties And The Foundations of A Financial Empire

JFK The Enduring Secret

Jeff Crudele

Coup D'etat, Documentary, Government, Ruby, History, Jfk, Murder, Kennedy, Mafia, President, Oswald, Dallas, Fbi, Society & Culture, Assassination, Cia, Johnson

4.6 • 602 Ratings

🗓️ 9 March 2025

⏱️ 37 minutes

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This is Part 8 in the series that covers the story of Billy Sol Estes, Mac Wallace, Bobby Baker and other members of Johnson's Texas inner circle. Part 8 continues the rewind of the tape, and tells the story of the early years of Billy Sol Estes. This time covering the mid 50's and the foundations of his financial empire. Today is a continuation of the story of the business dealings between Cliff Carter and Billie Sol and how it progressed from its beginnings told in episode 7 to ...

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0:00.0	Welcome to JFK and The Enduring Secret.
0:06.0	I'm your host, Jeff Crudell.
0:09.0	Hello everyone and welcome back to the podcast.
0:24.6	Today's episode is episode 259, and it's a continuation of all this good work we've been doing on Billy Solestis.
0:33.1	Now, you may feel like some of this has been a little redundant, and I have to admit it has been.
0:40.1	We've kind of toggled back and forth between different authors, and at times there is no doubt
0:45.6	that we've covered some of the same material in a slightly different way. But listening to some
0:51.6	authors and then turning around and hearing it from Billy Saul himself is still a treat.
0:57.3	I hope in the end it won't be too much, but it is the way this wander is going to go.
1:04.5	So without further ado, let's rejoin the effort as we continue with much of what's been said in two of the most important books on Billy Solestis.
1:15.3	The Last Witness by William Raymond with Billy Solesties.
1:19.6	And a Texan looks at Lyndon by Jay Evans Haley.
1:24.0	Much of what you'll hear in the next few episodes comes from those two books.
1:28.9	So sit back, listen up, and enjoy.
1:33.6	And without further ado, let's listen to episode 259 of JFK, The Enduring Secret. enduring secret.
1:59.7	Based in Pekis, Billy Solestis quickly set up a network of corruption that facilitated his rapid enrichment.
2:02.7	It was this system built with the help of Cliff Carter and Lyndon Johnson
2:06.9	that was later the cause of his downfall.
2:10.5	The most important thing was to have easy and rapid access to sources of finance
2:16.2	and gain key influences in just the right places.
2:20.0	And that meant when you were in Peacus to control the local office of the Department of Agriculture.
2:25.7	Peacus is part of both Reeves County and neighboring Peacus County.
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