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

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

That's Rob Reiner, creative powerhouse behind the films

When Harry Met Sally, the Princess Bride, to name a few.

Recently Rob called me, sold it at O'Brien, and asked me what I knew about this crime,

which happened 60 years ago. I know the government's first investigation concluded that a lone gunman named Lee Harvey Oswald

killed the president.

I also know that 15 years later,

the government backtracked on that story

and said the assassination was a result of a conspiracy.

60 years later new leads are still emerging.

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

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

Okay, well, to solve any murder, you start at the scene of the crime.

Kennedy apparently shot in head.

He fell, face down, and backseat of his car.

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

move upward.

Then when the bullet comes out,

it's moving again, downward, leftward, and forward,

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

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