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Crime Countdown

JFK Assassination Theories

Crime Countdown

Spotify Studios

True Crime, History

4.43.1K Ratings

🗓️ 23 November 2020

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

The murder of America's 35th president, followed by the murder of his killer, and the untimely death of his killer's killer, left the U.S. in a tailspin. Ash and Alaina tackle the ten most believable theories that surfaced in the wake of the chaos. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

On November 24, 1963, Jack Ruby shot Lee Harvey Oswald.

0:08.1

No doubts there.

0:09.1

Ruby fired his gun in full view of reporter, civilians, and even cops.

0:13.6

He said he killed Oswald because he was outraged.

0:16.7

After all, Oswald shot the president just two days before.

0:20.4

And honestly, as far as motives go, that's pretty fair.

0:23.6

But Jack Ruby didn't just kill Lee Harvey Oswald.

0:26.6

He killed America's chance for closure.

0:29.4

Without Oswald's public trial and punishment,

0:31.9

America never got the end of the story of the JFK assassination.

0:36.2

He left an entire country with a lot of unanswered questions.

0:39.9

And it didn't stop there.

0:41.3

Ruby died before he could be retried for murdering Oswald.

0:45.3

It's like a loose end on a loose end.

0:47.0

It is.

0:48.0

And as anyone who's ever been on the internet knows,

0:51.0

there's only one way to tie loose ends up.

0:53.4

Conspiracy theories.

0:55.4

Today we look at the 10 most compelling conspiracy theories

0:58.9

surrounding the JFK assassination.

1:17.8

Hey, all you weirdos.

1:19.0

Welcome to Crime Countdown, a Spotify original from podcast.

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