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 92.

In 1981, we saw the publication of one of the most controversial books ever to be written about the Kennedy assassination.

It was David Lifton's bestseller, best evidence, disguise and deception in the assassination of John F. Kennedy.

But let's rewind the tape for a minute.

Late in 1964, just around the time that the Warren

Commission report was published, Lifton, like so many Americans in this country, became

interested in the JFK case. And wouldn't you know it? That happened after attending a lecture by

Mark Lane on the topic of the Kennedy assassination,

and of course the related conspiracy to cover up the truth.

Lifton was more than interested and interested enough to purchase one of the 26-volume

sets of the Warren Commission report.

It wasn't long afterward when he started his own investigation

and research into the Kennedy case. The quest was an all-consuming one in Lifton's life.

In 1966, Lifton was dismissed from UCLA for neglecting his studies, and that was undoubtedly

attributable to his increasing interest in the case. He quit his aerospace job, too, and that was undoubtedly attributable to his increasing interest in the case.

He quit his aerospace job, too, and for a time, Lifton began devoting all of his time to

the Kennedy assassination. It was at UCLA that he began his interesting interaction with Warren

Commission attorney Wesley Liebler. Lifton was not your average college student.

He had already graduated from Cornell University's School of Engineering Physics in 1962,

and he had made his way to the West Coast enrolling at UCLA to work on an advanced degree

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