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JFK The Enduring Secret

Episode 94 James Jenkins and the Coffin Question Part 2

JFK The Enduring Secret

Jeff Crudele

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

4.6659 Ratings

🗓️ 3 April 2022

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Episode 94 continues the story of the autopsy. This is part two of a multi-part episode series featuring James Jenkins who, along with Paul O'Connor, was one of the two autopsy technicians that helped to perform the autopsy of President Kennedy. Testimony from this witness is relatively rare, as Jenkins avoided the limelight of the JFK assassination. Found to be one of the most credible witnesses present that night, his recollections become integral in assessing the cr...

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0:00.0

Welcome to JFK in The Enduring Secret.

0:11.0

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

0:27.9

Today's episode is episode 94.

0:31.2

And it's a continuation of episode 93, where we were initially introduced to James Jenkins. Jenkins was one of the two

0:40.0

autopsy technicians that was present that day at Bethesda and participated in the autopsy.

0:46.9

Jenkins is believed to be one of the more credible witnesses to the events that occurred that

0:52.3

evening. Well, we're just going to get right back into it,

0:56.6

so without further ado,

0:59.0

let's listen to episode 94 of JFK,

1:03.6

The Enduring Secret.

1:04.6

The Enduring Secret. It's not nefarious that he did that.

1:22.3

It was just because what he, I could see what he was doing.

1:31.7

I, you know, I'm sure he just wanted the hands on.

1:40.2

And, you know, because the responsibility that he had was great. And he wanted to make sure that he actually accomplished it.

1:50.4

But anyway, so we proceeded with that. When we were almost finished with it, Dr. Humes came back in, and he had four flag officers following him.

1:58.0

I didn't, at that time, I didn't know who these people were.

2:06.6

As they came into the morgue proper from the ante room, the flag officers went into the gallery. And they came down to the end of the gallery and stood at the rail adjacent to the autopsy table where I was and the body was.

2:16.6

And then other people began to filter into the gallery. table where I was and the body was.

2:18.8

And then other people began to filter into the gallery, but nobody came, nobody was allowed

2:23.8

on the floor with us.

2:27.4

And at that time, Dr. Humes, and I know there was one other person that was with him doing that.

2:39.7

And I believe and still do believe that that was Dr. Fink.

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