There were two more murders, 15 miles away.

When police arrived, they found the telephones and electricity lines.

We have a weird homicide.

A scene described by one investigator as reminiscent of a weird...

A cop of murder.

Today's story is one of great historic significance.

A story that came on the coattails of an event that almost everyone in the

world knows about. On November 24, 1963, one man killed another in an odd sort of retribution

for the assassination of much-loved president, John F. Kennedy. So if you like your coffee hot but your bones chilled, sit back and start

your day with a morning cup of murder. Jack Leon Ruby, born Jack Rubenstein on March 25,

1911, was the fifth of his parents surviving 10 children. Parents who, while their kids were

growing up, showed violence towards one another and separated often. Eventually, Jack's mother would be

placed into a mental hospital. Jack's adolescence was filled with juvenile delinquency, foster

homes, and at the age of just 11, he was arrested for the first time for truancy.

In fact, he skipped so much school that he had to spend time at the Institute for Juvenile Research.

At a young age, Jack began selling horse racing tip sheets and various other novelties, as well as acting

as a business agent for a local trash collector's union, which would eventually earn him a place

at the International Brotherhood of Teamsters.

All of his business dealings came to an abrupt end when he, like so many other young men,

was drafted in 1943 and made to serve for the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II.

Working as an aircraft mechanic until 1946, Jack's military records are quite the opposite from his criminal one.

Promoted to private first class, he was officially discharged in 1946 and went back to his

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