Episode 271 Bobby Baker Part 5 The Story of Magic ("MGIC")

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

🗓️ 26 May 2025

⏱️ 41 minutes

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This is Part 5 of the mini-series that covers the story of Bobby Baker. This mini-series is part of a larger series covering Billy Sol Estes, Mac Wallace, Bobby Baker and other members of Johnson's Texas inner circle. All of these men were quite intertwined around Johnson at the time of the assassination. They were involved in circumstances that were closing in on Johnson too and that provided him great motive in the killing of the President. The stor...

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0:00.0	Welcome to JFK and The Enduring Secret.
0:06.4	I'm your host, Jeff Crudell.
0:23.5	Hello, everyone, and welcome back to the podcast.
0:30.1	Today's episode is episode 271, and yes, it's a continuation of our Bobby Baker's series.
0:33.3	Today, we have a lesson in magic.
0:38.7	But before we get to that, I want to recognize the fact that it's the Memorial Day weekend.
0:43.8	Traditionally, as we've heard so many times on this podcast, because we're in season six,
0:48.0	this is, in some ways, the symbolic beginning of the summer.
0:51.3	I got a text yesterday from my brother Dennis.
0:55.6	A couple of times a week, he sends his favorite pick of the day.
1:02.9	And over this Memorial Day weekend, he sent a picture that included himself and me and my son.
1:07.0	All three of us last year, just about this time, give or take a couple of weeks.
1:08.8	It was the early part of June.
1:12.8	We trekked across the Atlantic, spent a few days in Paris,
1:19.5	and then went down to the Normandy Coast to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landing and to spend time engulfed in the history of that world event.
1:32.1	I had a couple of hot dogs yesterday, just as everybody does, I guess,
1:34.8	or at least whatever their favorite comfort food is,
1:38.2	enjoying ourselves on a long weekend.
1:42.0	But then as we settled in for a night of watching television, What popped up for us to watch right away was
1:45.5	some specials on the Smithsonian Channel about World War II. I've seen a lot of footage and
1:52.0	looked at a lot of history, but I'll tell you, the special weekend and tribute to World War II
1:58.3	that went on this weekend at the Smithsonian was absolutely
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