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Who Killed JFK?

Introducing: Who Killed JFK?

Who Killed JFK?

iHeartPodcasts

Society & Culture, History, True Crime

4.44.3K Ratings

🗓️ 25 October 2023

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Summary

In commemoration of the 60th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy's assassination, Who Killed JFK? explores the pressing questions that still surround one of the most tragic moments of the 20th century. Award-winning journalist Soledad O'Brien and beloved filmmaker Rob Reiner team up to discover the truth behind the assassination, revealing how the ramifications of the 1963 tragedy still impact American society today.

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0:00.0

The assassination of President John F. Kennedy is the greatest murder mystery in American history.

0:08.8

I was 16 years old when it happened and it has never left me.

0:17.2

That's Rob Briner, creative powerhouse behind the films When Harry met Sally, the Princess Bride, to name a few. Recently Rob called me, soldedad O'Brien, and asked me what I knew about this crime,

0:26.0

which happened 60 years ago.

0:28.0

I know the government's first investigation concluded that a lone gunman named Lee Harvey Oswald

0:35.0

killed the president.

0:36.2

I also know that 15 years later the government

0:39.3

backtracked on that story and said the assassination was a result of a conspiracy.

0:45.0

60 years later new leads are still emerging.

0:50.0

To me, an award-winning journalist, that's the making of an incredible story.

0:55.2

And on this podcast, you're going to hear it told by one of America's greatest storytellers.

1:09.0

So Rob, you're the one who's done the reporting on the story, so I'm going to let you lead me on this journey.

1:14.3

Okay, well, to solve any murder, you start at the scene of the crime. Kennedy apparently shot in head.

1:16.3

He fell, face down in backseat of his car.

1:19.1

The single bullet theory holds that one bullet entered the president's back, move upward.

1:25.0

Then when the bullet comes out, it's moving again, downward, leftward, and forward,

1:32.0

turns in midair. How in the hell is that possible and will answer

1:36.2

decades long questions by talking directly to people who were there

1:40.9

mrs kennedy stood up and right behind where she had been sitting, there was a pristine

1:47.0

board.

1:48.0

Then we'll ask, who had the motive to assassinate a sitting president?

1:52.3

My dad thought JFK, screwed us at the bay of sitting president. My dad thought JFK screwed us at the Bay of pigs,

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