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 77.

Listening to Gerald Custer took four and a half episodes, so it does qualify in my own mind as a

wander. You might be exhausted, maybe even a little annoyed at me for doing that, or just confused,

or maybe you might just be delighted and happy that I did take us on that little trip.

Either way, it was definitely not a small wander, and I do appreciate that you took the time

to go with me, especially during the busy holiday season.

Episodes 72, 73, 74, 75, and 76 contained close to the complete deposition that Gerald Custer gave to the ARRB in 1997.

I really did give you a head fake in episode 72 when I told you I was going to edit out portions of

the deposition to make it shorter and more manageable.

Ultimately, I did do that for the initial portions of episode 72 only, but then nothing after that,

as I ultimately decided that it would be best for you to hear most all of it.

Taking out only some door slams and long pauses and other

annoying background noise contained in the recording, but leaving all the conversation in.

This deposition is one of the few that was recorded on audio tape and not just transcribed.

So all the intonations of his voice, the humor, the cynicism,

and he is a colorful character, it was all there, as tedious as it was to listen to all of it.

Well, you just got to hear as much detail and as much candid discussion as there is, in this case,

and it was a set of episodes that covered an

important and complex topic, the radiology exam, which was truthfully central and key to making

a forensic determination about the wounds that President Kennedy suffered and where they really

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