Content warning, this episode contains discussion of murder and violence.

The assassination of President John F. Kennedy is, in many ways, a murder case that's all about the big and the small.

In terms of impact, the assassination was huge, a seismic event.

The tragic murder of a beloved young president continues to haunt us to this day.

And of course, Lee Harvey Oswald's bullets also took away the life of the father of two

small children and a husband who was, by some accounts, very much reconciling with his wife,

first lady Jacqueline Kennedy.

This was a personal tragedy for his family,

as well as a moment of lost innocence for the entire United States.

The assassination led to an atmosphere of distrust.

Numerous conspiracy theories circulate about our democracy being thwarted, about our nation being

nation being attacked by foreign enemies with impunity or even worse

betrayed from within. Bad actors continue to take advantage of that despair.

Why strive for change and improvements if shadowy all-powerful actors are just going to cut down anyone who represents that change. Why vote? Why care? Those are all the major themes.

Then there's the small stuff. And those who study the JFK assassination definitely sweat the small stuff.

This case is all about the little details and discrepancies,

the forensic evidence.

Oswald's exact movements that day, and in the days leading up to the moment he evidence. was they concluded later on after the chaos stopped.

The various investigations, the solid ones and the sloppy ones as well.

The small bits of evidence that could tell us everything, if only we could piece it all together.

One point of debate about the JFK assassination has to do with the bullets.

It's commonly accepted that Oswald took three shots.

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